| 2020 Offerpad Arizona Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 6th Arizona Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 31, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Arizona Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Tucson, Arizona | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Drew Plitt (QB, Ball State) & Bryce Cosby (S, Ball State)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | San Jose State by 9[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Joe Lehring (C-USA)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Brad Nessler (play–by–play) Rick Neuheisel (analyst) Jenny Dell (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2020 Arizona Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 31, 2020, with kickoff at 2:00 p.m. EST (12:00 p.m. local MST).[4] It was the sixth edition of the Arizona Bowl, and was one of the 2020–21 bowl games concluding the 2020 FBS football season. On October 30, it was announced that the game would be played behind closed doors without spectators, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Arizona.[5] Sponsored by real estate agency Offerpad, the game was officially known as the Offerpad Arizona Bowl.
With the cancellation of the Sun Bowl, on December 10 it was announced that television coverage of the Arizona Bowl would be moved from CBS Sports Network to the CBS broadcast network.[6]