2021 New Orleans Bowl
The 2021 New Orleans Bowl is a college football bowl game that will be played on December 18, 2021, with kickoff scheduled for 9:15 p.m. EST (8:15 p.m. local CST) on ESPN.[2] It will be the 21st edition of the New Orleans Bowl, and will be one of the 2021–22 bowl games concluding the 2021 FBS football season. Sponsored by freight shipping company R+L Carriers, the game will be officially known as the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl.
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Louisiana by 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Mike Cuttone (Mountain West)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Anish Shroff (play-by-play), Mike Golic Jr. (analyst), and Taylor McGregor (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||
Teams
The announced contest matches Louisiana of the Sun Belt Conference against Marshall of Conference USA (C-USA). This will be the first meeting of the two programs.[3] The Thundering Herd are set to join the Ragin' Cajuns in the Sun Belt for the 2023 season.
Louisiana
The Cajuns (12–1, 8–0 in Sun Belt play) enter the contest with a 12-game win streak, ranked 23rd in the nation, two consecutive bowl victories (2020 LendingTree and 2020 First Responder), four consecutive divisional championship, two consecutive conference championship, and a new head coach in Michael Desormeaux following Billy Napier's sudden departure to Florida. This will be the Cajuns sixth time in the New Orleans Bowl (2011-2014, 2015), with an overall record of 2-1 following the two vacated victories in the 2011 and 2013 matchups. The Cajuns overall bowl record is 7–3, with it's last bowl game resulting in a win over the UTSA.
Marshall
The Thundering Herd finished the 2021 regular season with a 7–5 (5–3 C-USA) record to finish in a tie for 2nd place in the East Division. The game will be the team's first appearance in the New Orleans Bowl and sixteenth overall. This is Marshall's first bowl game against a team from the Sun Belt Conference since the 2011 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl win over FIU.
Game summary
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| No. 23 Louisiana | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Marshall | - | - | - | - | 0 |
at Caesars Superdome • New Orleans, Louisiana
- Date: Saturday, December 18, 2021
- Game time: 9:15 p.m. EST (8:15 p.m. local CST)
- TV announcers (ESPN): Anish Shroff (play-by-play), Mike Golic Jr. (analyst), and Taylor McGregor (sideline)
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Statistics
| Statistics | LA | MRSH |
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| First downs | ||
| Plays–yards | – | – |
| Rushes–yards | – | – |
| Passing yards | ||
| Passing: Comp–Att–Int | –– | –– |
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| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| Louisiana | Passing | ||
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| Marshall | Passing | ||
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References
- "2021-22 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. December 6, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
- "2021 College Football Bowl Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
- "Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns vs. Marshall Thundering Herd football series history". winsipedia.com. Retrieved December 5, 2021.