| 2021 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 21st New Orleans Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 18, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Caesars Superdome | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | New Orleans, Louisiana | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Levi Lewis (QB, Louisiana)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Louisiana by 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Mike Cuttone (Mountain West) [2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 21,642 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Anish Shroff (play-by-play), Mike Golic Jr. (analyst), and Taylor McGregor (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2021 New Orleans Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 18, 2021, with kickoff at 9:15 p.m. EST (8:15 p.m. local CST) and broadcast on ESPN.[3] It was the 21st edition of the New Orleans Bowl, and was one of the 2021–22 bowl games concluding the 2021 FBS football season. Sponsored by freight shipping company R+L Carriers, the game was officially known as the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl.