2020 Camellia Bowl

2020 Camellia Bowl
7th Camellia Bowl
Marshall Thundering Herd Buffalo Bulls
(7–2) (5–1)
C–USA MAC
10 17
Head coach: 
Doc Holliday		 Head coach: 
Lance Leipold
1234 Total
Marshall 0730 10
Buffalo 01007 17
DateDecember 25, 2020
Season2020
StadiumCramton Bowl
LocationMontgomery, Alabama
MVPKevin Marks (RB, Buffalo)[1]
FavoriteBuffalo by 4.5[2]
RefereeEdwin Lee (The American)[3]
Attendance2,512
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersBill Roth (play-by-play), Dustin Fox (analyst) and Lauren Sisler (sideline)
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The 2020 Camellia Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 25, 2020, at the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Alabama, with kickoff at 2:30 p.m. EST on ESPN.[4] It was the seventh edition of the Camellia Bowl, and was one of the 2020–21 bowl games concluding the 2020 FBS football season. Buffalo defeated Marshall, 17–10, to claim their second bowl victory in school history.[5][6]

This was first bowl game played on Christmas Day since the 2003 Hawaii Bowl.[7] Christmas Day college football had previously been played at the Cramton Bowl from 1979 to 2001 in the form of the Blue-Gray Football Classic. It was one of two bowl games, along with the inaugural Montgomery Bowl, that were played at the Cramton Bowl following the 2020 college football season.

  1. ^ @HustleBelt (December 25, 2020). "Kevin Marks wins Camellia Bowl MVP with 138 rushing yards and the game-winning TD" (Tweet). Retrieved December 25, 2020 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Fornelli, Tom (December 25, 2020). "Marshall vs. Buffalo prediction, pick, odds, line, TV channel, live stream, Camellia Bowl kickoff time". CBS Sports. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
  3. ^ Austro, Ben (December 23, 2020). "2020-21 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
  4. ^ "College Football Bowl Schedule | 2020". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
  5. ^ Lenzi, Rachel (December 25, 2020). "Kevin Marks' late touchdown lifts UB football to Camellia Bowl win". The Buffalo News. Archived from the original on December 26, 2020. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  6. ^ Traylor, Grant (December 25, 2020). "Herd falls, 17-10, to Buffalo in Camellia Bowl". The Herald-Dispatch. Archived from the original on December 30, 2020. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  7. ^ Paulsen (October 31, 2020). "Bowl season schedule slightly less full". sportsmediawatch.com. Retrieved December 25, 2020.