| 2021 Guaranteed Rate Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 32nd Guaranteed Rate Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 28, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Chase Field | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Phoenix, Arizona | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Ky Thomas (RB, Minnesota) & Tyler Nubin (S, Minnesota)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Minnesota by 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jeff Flanagan (ACC) [2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 21,220 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | ESPN: Dave Flemming (play-by-play), Rod Gilmore (analyst), and Stormy Buonantony (sideline) ESPN Radio: Beth Mowins (play-by-play), Kirk Morrison (analyst), and Dawn Davenport (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2021 Guaranteed Rate Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 28, 2021, with kickoff at 10:15 p.m. EST (8:15 p.m. local MST) and televised on ESPN.[3] It was the 32nd edition of the Guaranteed Rate Bowl, although the first played under that name (the 2020 edition was canceled due to an insufficient number of teams being available to fill all bowl slots) and was one of the 2021–22 bowl games concluding the 2021 FBS football season. Residential mortgage company Guaranteed Rate was the game's title sponsor.