| 2020 New Mexico Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 15th New Mexico Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 24, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Toyota Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Frisco, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Offense: Calvin Turner (WR, Hawaii)[1] Defense: Darius Muasau (LB, Hawaii)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Houston by 7[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Chris Bynum (C-USA)[4] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 2,060 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN & ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | ESPN: John Schriffen, Rene Ingoglia and Kris Budden ESPN Radio: Kevin Winter and Craig Haubert | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ESPN Deportes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Javier Trejo Garay and Jose Mondragon | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2020 New Mexico Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 24, 2020, at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas, with kickoff at 3:30 p.m. EST (2:30 p.m. local CST) on ESPN.[5] It was the 15th edition of the New Mexico Bowl, and was one of the 2020–21 bowl games concluding the 2020 FBS football season.
When the schedule for 2020–21 bowl games was announced in late October, a site for the New Mexico Bowl was not specified, due to health concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic; it was also reported that contingency plans could result in the bowl being played in Texas.[6] All prior editions of the bowl were played at Dreamstyle Stadium in Albuquerque, New Mexico. On November 24, ESPN Events announced that the bowl would be played at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas.[7]