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| 1st Frisco Football Classic | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 23, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Toyota Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Frisco, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Brett Gabbert (QB, Miami) & Jacquez Warren (DB, Miami)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Miami by 3.5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Marshall Lewis (Sun Belt) [2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 11,721 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Clay Matvick (play-by-play), Rocky Boiman (analyst), and Tiffany Blackmon (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||
| International TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Matheus Suman (play-by-play) and Antony Curti (analyst) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2021 Frisco Football Classic was a college football bowl game played on December 23, 2021, in Frisco, Texas,[3] with kickoff at 3:30 p.m. ET (2:30 p.m. CT local time), televised on ESPN.[4] It was one of the 2021–22 bowl games concluding the 2021 FBS football season.
The NCAA approved the bowl game in order to accommodate all 83 bowl-eligible teams; otherwise, one bowl-eligible team would not have been selected for a bowl game.[a] The added bowl game essentially served as a replacement for the canceled San Francisco Bowl.[6]
- ^ "Gabbert leads Miami (Ohio) to Frisco Football Classic win". Texarkana Gazette. AP. December 23, 2021. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
- ^ "2021-22 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. December 2021. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
- ^ McMurphy, Brett (December 2, 2021). "Brett McMurphy's Updated CFB Bowl Projections". Action Network. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
- ^ McMurphy, Brett (December 2, 2021). "Sources: NCAA to Add New Bowl Game in Texas". Action Network. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
- ^ "Waiver approved for replacement bowl game". bowlseason.com. December 3, 2021. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
Hawaii is an alternate ahead of any 5-7 teams because it participated in 13 regular-season contests and finished the season with six wins that count toward meeting the definition of a 'deserving team.'
- ^ Russo, Ralh D. (December 3, 2021). "NCAA approves late addition to bowl lineup, 42nd game". Houston Chronicle. AP. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
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