2020 LendingTree Bowl (January)
The 2020 LendingTree Bowl is a college football bowl game that will be played on January 6, 2020, with kickoff scheduled for 7:30 p.m. EST (6:30 p.m. local CST) on ESPN.[2] It will be the 21st edition of the LendingTree Bowl,[a] and will be the last of the 2019–20 bowl games concluding the 2019 FBS football season, with only the National Championship and all-star games to follow. The game's title sponsor is online lending marketplace LendingTree.
Teams
The game will be played between the Mid-American Conference (MAC) champions Miami RedHawks and the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns from the Sun Belt Conference. This will be the third meeting between the two programs; the RedHawks have won both of the previous meetings.[4]
Miami RedHawks
This will be Miami's third LendingTree Bowl. The RedHawks have won both of their previous appearances; the 2003 GMAC Bowl (over Louisville) and the 2011 GoDaddy.com Bowl (over Middle Tennessee), when the bowl operated under different names.
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
The Cajuns come off a record-breaking year at 10-3 and Sun Belt West Champions, losing to Appalachian State 45-38. This will be the Ragin' Cajuns' seventh bowl game in ten years and just nine overall, but their first in the LendingTree Bowl. The Cajuns, with new head coach Mark Hudspeth, competed in four consecutive New Orleans Bowls. In 2011 New Orleans Bowl, the 8-4 Cajuns beat San Diego State 32-30 on a game-winning field goal. In the 2012 New Orleans Bowl, the 8-4 Cajuns defeated East Carolina 43-34. In the 2013 edition, the 8-4 Cajuns competed against the hometown Tulane Green Wave, winning 24-21. In the 2014, the last consecutive year, the 8-4 Cajuns would defeat Nevada 16-3. Ultimately, the Cajuns would have the vacate the 2011 and 2013 wins due to NCAA violations. In 2016, the 6-6 Cajuns would once again play in the New Orleans Bowl, losing to Southern Miss 21-28, one of the closes games in rivalry history. In 2018, the Cajuns hired a new head coach, Billy Napier, who would lead the 7-6 Cajuns to the Sun Belt West Divisional Championship and the 2018 Cure Bowl, losing to Tulane 24-41.
Game summary
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Miami | - | - | - | - | 0 |
at Ladd–Peebles Stadium • Mobile, Alabama
- Date: Monday, January 6, 2020
- Game time: 7:30 p.m. EST (6:30 p.m. CST)
- TV announcers (ESPN): Dave LaMont (Play-by-Play), Gene Chizik (Analyst) and Lauren Sisler (Sideline)
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Statistics
| Statistics | LA | MIA |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | ||
| Total yards | ||
| Rushes–yards | – | – |
| Passing yards | ||
| Passing: Comp–Att–Int | –– | –– |
| Time of possession |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | Passing | ||
| Rushing | |||
| Receiving | |||
| Miami | Passing | ||
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Notes
- ^ The bowl has undergone various name changes during its history, with the prior three editions being contested as the Dollar General Bowl. Sponsorship by LendingTree was announced in November 2019.[3]
References
- ^ "2019-20 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. December 9, 2019. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
- ^ "2019-20 college football bowl schedule, games, dates, times, TV channels". CBSSports.com. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
- ^ "Mobile's college bowl game renamed LendingTree Bowl". WALA-TV. November 15, 2019. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
- ^ "Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns vs. Miami (OH) RedHawks football series history". winsipedia.com. Retrieved December 8, 2019.