| 2021 Capital One Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| College Football Playoff Semifinal 88th Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 31, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Hard Rock Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Miami Gardens, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Stetson Bennett (QB, Georgia) & Derion Kendrick (CB, Georgia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Georgia by 7.5[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Sgt. Liz Bremer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Scott Campbell (Big 12) [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 66,839 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | ESPN: Chris Fowler (play-by-play), Kirk Herbstreit (analyst), Holly Rowe and Marty Smith (sidelines) ESPN Radio: Mark Jones (play-by-play), Robert Griffin III (analyst), and Quint Kessenich (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 17.2 million viewers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2021 Orange Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 31, 2021, at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. It was the 88th edition of the Orange Bowl and the second of two College Football Playoff semifinal games, the game featured two of the four teams selected by the College Football Playoff Selection Committee— The No. 2 Michigan Wolverines from the Big Ten Conference and the No. 3 Georgia Bulldogs from Southeastern Conference, with the winner of the game advancing to face the winner of the Cotton Bowl, Alabama, in the 2022 College Football Playoff National Championship, which is at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The game began at 7:30 p.m. EST and aired on ESPN. The game was one of the 2021–22 bowl games concluding the 2021 FBS football season. Sponsored by bank holding company Capital One, the game was officially known as the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl.