| Game Name: | LendingTree Bowl |
| Subheader: | 22nd LendingTree Bowl |
| Date Game Played: | December 26 |
| Year Game Played: | 2020 |
| Football Season: | 2020 |
| Stadium: | Ladd–Peebles Stadium |
| City: | Mobile, Alabama |
| Visitor School: | Western Kentucky University |
| Visitor Name Short: | Western Kentucky |
| Visitor Nickname: | Hilltoppers |
| Visitor Record: | 5–6 |
| Visitor Conference: | C-USA |
| Visitor Coach: | Tyson Helton |
| Visitor 1Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 7 |
| Home School: | Georgia State University |
| Home Name Short: | Georgia State |
| Home Nickname: | Panthers |
| Home Record: | 5–4 |
| Home Conference: | Sun Belt |
| Home Coach: | Shawn Elliott |
| Home 1Q: | 7 |
| Home 2Q: | 20 |
| Home 3Q: | 3 |
| Home 4Q: | 9 |
| Mvp: | Cornelious Brown IV (QB, Georgia State)[1] |
| Odds: | Georgia State by 3[2] |
| Referee: | Mike Cuttone (Mountain West)[3] |
| Attendance: | 5,128 |
| Us Network: | ESPN |
| Us Announcers: | Mike Couzens (play-by-play), Jay Walker (analyst) and Dawn Davenport (sideline) |
| Different Previous: | 2020 (Jan.) |
The 2020 LendingTree Bowl was a college football bowl game that was played on December 26, 2020, with kickoff at 3:30 p.m. EST (2:30 p.m. local CST) on ESPN.[4] It was the 22nd edition of the LendingTree Bowl, and was one of the 2020–21 bowl games concluding the 2020 FBS football season. Online lending marketplace LendingTree was the game's title sponsor. It was also the final LendingTree Bowl played at Ladd-Peebles Stadium before the game moved to Hancock Whitney Stadium the following season.
The 2020 LendingTree Bowl was contested by the Georgia State Panthers, from the Sun Belt Conference, and the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers, from Conference USA.[5] The two teams had met twice previously, with the series tied at 1–1. The teams' last meeting was played in 2017; Georgia State won, 27–17 in the Cure Bowl.[6]
See main article: 2020 Georgia State Panthers football team. Georgia State of the Sun Belt entered the bowl with an overall record of 5–4 (4–4 in conference play).
See main article: 2020 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team. Western Kentucky of C-USA entered the bowl with a record of 5–6 (4–3 in conference play). They are one of a limited number of teams to enter a bowl game with a losing record.