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The 2020 Montgomery Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 23, 2020, at the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Alabama . The game was broadcast on ESPN ,[ 5] EST (6:00 p.m. local CST ).[ 6] [ a] bowl games , along with the Camellia Bowl , that were played at the Cramton Bowl following the 2020 FBS football season .
The 2020 Montgomery Bowl was contested by the Florida Atlantic Owls , from Conference USA , and the Memphis Tigers , from the American Athletic Conference ("The American").[ 5] 2007 New Orleans Bowl , 44–27.[ 8]
Memphis of The American entered the bowl with an overall record of 7–3 (5–3 in conference play); they were ranked as high as number 16 in the AP Poll early in the season.
Florida Atlantic of C–USA entered the bowl with an overall record of 5–3 (4–2 in conference play).
Game information
First quarter (7:15) MEM – Riley Patterson 53 yard field goal (Drive: 10 plays, 53 yards, 3:20; Memphis 3–0 )
(2:26) MEM – Javon Ivory 5 yard pass from Brady White , Riley Patterson kick (Drive: 8 plays, 52 yards, 3:18; Memphis 10–0 ) Second quarter (0:22) MEM – Joseph Dorceus 2 yard pass from Brady White, John Hassell 2-point conversion rush (Drive: 10 plays, 58 yards, 4:25; Memphis 18–0 ) Third quarter (9:53) FAU – TJ Chase 3 yard pass from Nick Tronti, Vladimir Rivas kick (Drive: 9 plays, 73 yards, 3:14; Memphis 18–7 )
(7:38) FAU – Vladimir Rivas 27 yard field goal (Drive: 7 plays, 16 yards, 2:15; Memphis 18–10 )
(5:14) MEM – Calvin Austin 7 yard pass from Brady White, Riley Patterson kick (Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 2:24; Memphis 25–10 ) Fourth quarter
No scoring plays
Statistics
MEM
FAU
First downs
24
19
Plays–yards
24–469
19–290
Rushes–yards
35–185
39–139
Passing yards
284
151
Passing: comp –att –int
22–34–1
19–35–1
Time of possession
26:54
29:16
Team
Category
Player
Statistics
Memphis
Passing
Brady White 22/34, 284 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT
Rushing
Asa Martin
15 carries, 96 yards
Receiving
Javon Ivory
7 receptions, 126 yards, 1 TD
Florida Atlantic
Passing
Nick Tronti
16/32, 146 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing
James Charles
16 carries, 82 yards
Receiving
Brandon Robinson
4 receptions, 39 yards
^ The Montgomery Bowl was announced in late October 2020, with organizers indicating that it was a "substitute of the Fenway Bowl for this season only."[ 7]
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