2021 LA Bowl
| 2021 Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl presented by Stifel | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1st LA Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 18, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | SoFi Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Inglewood, California | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Nick Heninger (DE, Utah State) Deven Thompkins (WR, Utah State) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Oregon State by 6.5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jeff Servinski (Big Ten)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 29,896 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Joe Tessitore (play-by-play), Greg McElroy (analyst), and Laura Rutledge (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2021 LA Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 18, 2021, with kickoff at 7:30 p.m. EST (4:30 p.m. local PST) and broadcast on ABC.[2] It was the inaugural edition of the LA Bowl (after the edition scheduled for 2020 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic), and was one of the 2021–22 bowl games concluding the 2021 FBS football season. Sponsored by late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel and independent investment bank Stifel, the game was officially known as the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl presented by Stifel.[3]
Teams
[edit]Consistent with conference tie-ins, the game was played between teams from the Mountain West Conference (MWC) and the Pac-12 Conference.
This was the fourth meeting between Utah State and Oregon State; the Beavers had won all three previous meetings.[4]
Utah State Aggies
[edit]Utah State defeated No. 19 San Diego State, 46–13, in the 2021 Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game on December 4.
Oregon State Beavers
[edit]Oregon State, with a 7–5 record, was led by quarterback Chance Nolan who completed 183 of 288 passes for 2,414 yards and 19 touchdowns during the season. Top rusher for the team was B. J. Baylor, who rushed 209 times for 1,259 yards and 13 touchdowns. Trevon Bradford was the top receiver, having caught 40 passes for 606 yards and 5 touchdowns. On the defensive side, Avery Roberts led the team with 128 tackles, one interception, and one forced fumble.
Game summary
[edit]| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Utah State | 0 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 24 |
| Oregon State | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
at SoFi Stadium • Inglewood, California
- Date: Saturday, December 18, 2021
- Game time: 7:30 p.m. EST (4:30 p.m. local PST)
- Game weather: Sunny • Temperature: 62 °F (17 °C)
- Game attendance: 29,896
- Referee: Jeff Servinski
- TV announcers (ABC): Joe Tessitore (play-by-play), Greg McElroy (analyst), and Laura Rutledge (sideline)
- Box score
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Statistics
[edit]| Statistics | USU | OSU |
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| First downs | 26 | 23 |
| Plays–yards | 75–383 | 66–415 |
| Rushes–yards | 44–110 | 36–152 |
| Passing yards | 273 | 263 |
| Passing: comp–att–int | 18–31–2 | 21–30–1 |
| Time of possession | 29:26 | 30:34 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| Utah State | Passing | Cooper Legas | 11/20, 171 yards, 2 TD, INT |
| Rushing | Calvin Tyler Jr. | 26 carries, 120 yards, TD | |
| Receiving | Deven Thompkins | 6 receptions, 115 yards, TD | |
| Oregon State | Passing | Chance Nolan | 21/30, 263 yards, INT |
| Rushing | B. J. Baylor | 18 carries, 78 yards | |
| Receiving | Luke Musgrave | 3 receptions, 44 yards |
Largest t-shirt cannon
[edit]During halftime, engineer Mark Rober and Anthony Hartman shot off the world's largest t-shirt cannon.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ "2021-22 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. December 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
- ^ "2021 College Football Bowl Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
- ^ "Jimmy Kimmel to be title sponsor of LA Bowl". ESPN.com. June 17, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
- ^ "Winsipedia - Oregon State vs. Utah State". Winsipedia.com. Archived from the original on September 15, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
- ^ "Mark Rober Enlists 12 Year Old Inventor to Build World's Largest T-Shirt Cannon for Jimmy Kimmel's LA Bowl". Laughing Squid. December 21, 2021. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
- ^ "Former NASA Engineer Mark Rober Builds the World's Largest T-Shirt Cannon". TechEBlog. December 22, 2021. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
External links
[edit]- Game statistics at statbroadcast.com