2022 East–West Shrine Bowl

The 2022 East–West Shrine Bowl will be the 97th staging[lower-alpha 1] of the all–star college football exhibition to benefit Shriners Hospital for Children. The game is scheduled to be played at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada, on February 3, 2022, at 5:00 p.m. PST, televised on the NFL Network.[1] It will be one of the final 2021–22 bowl games concluding the 2021 FBS football season. The game will feature NCAA players (predominantly from the Football Bowl Subdivision) and a few select invitees from Canadian university football.

2022 East–West Shrine Bowl
All–Star Bowl Game
East Team West Team
DateFebruary 3, 2022
Season2021
StadiumAllegiant Stadium
LocationParadise, Nevada
United States TV coverage
NetworkNFL Network

Background

The game is planned to feature more than 100 players from the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season and prospects for the 2022 draft of the professional National Football League (NFL). This will the first edition of the game to be played in the Las Vegas Valley, and the first to be played in February. Organizers announced that, for the first time, team personnel would be assigned "by NFL personnel groupings", such as one team playing a 4–3 defense and the other team playing a 3–4 defense.[2]

Notes
  1. The 96th edition was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic; the most recent playing was the 95th edition, in January 2020.

References
  1. "Game Day". shrinebowl.com. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  2. "Shrine Bowl Announces Changes To Game Week". shrinebowl.com. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
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