2021 Armed Forces Bowl Explained

Game Name:Armed Forces Bowl
Subheader:19th Armed Forces Bowl
Title Sponsor:Lockheed Martin
Date Game Played:December 22
Year Game Played:2021
Football Season:2021
Stadium:Amon G. Carter Stadium
City:Fort Worth, Texas
Visitor School:University of Missouri
Visitor Name Short:Missouri
Visitor Nickname:Tigers
Visitor Record:6–6
Visitor Conference:SEC
Visitor 1Q:10
Visitor 2Q:6
Visitor 3Q:0
Visitor 4Q:6
Home School:United States Military Academy
Home Name Short:Army
Home Nickname:Black Knights
Home Record:8–4
Home Conference:Independent
Home Coach:Jeff Monken
Home 1Q:0
Home 2Q:7
Home 3Q:7
Home 4Q:10
Mvp:Arik Smith (LB, Army) & Brady Cook (QB, Missouri)[1]
Odds:Missouri by 3.5
Referee:Derek Anderson (Big 12)[2]
Attendance:34,888
Us Network:ESPN
Us Announcers:Tiffany Greene (play-by-play), Jay Walker (analyst), and Kris Budden (sideline)
Intl Network:ESPN Brazil
Intl Announcers:Matheus Pinheiro (play-by-play) and Weinny Eirado (analyst)
Different Previous:2020

The 2021 Armed Forces Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 22, 2021, with kickoff at 8:00 p.m. EST (7:00 p.m. local CST) on ESPN.[3] It was the 19th edition of the Armed Forces Bowl, and was one of the 2021–22 bowl games concluding the 2021 FBS football season. Sponsored by aerospace and defense company Lockheed Martin, the game was officially known as the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl.[4]

Teams

While the bowl had tie-ins with the American Athletic Conference (AAC) and Conference USA (C-USA), the actual matchup featured a team from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and an FBS independent.

This was the fifth meeting between Missouri and Army; entering the bowl, the Tigers led the all-time series, 3–2.[5]

Missouri Tigers

See main article: 2021 Missouri Tigers football team. Missouri entered the bowl with a 6–6 record (3–5 in SEC play). The Tigers played three ranked teams during the season—Texas A&M, Georgia, and Arkansas—losing each contest. Five of the Tigers' six wins came in their home stadium.

Army Black Knights

See main article: 2021 Army Black Knights football team. Army entered the bowl with an 8–4 overall record. After winning their first four games, the Knights fell to 4–3, then rallied to an 8–3 record before losing their final regular-season contest to Navy. Army lost to the only ranked team they faced, Wake Forest.

Officials

The officials for the game came from the Big 12 Conference.

Referee: Derek Anderson

Umpire: Sheldon Davis

Head Linesman: Al Green

Line Judge: Quentin Givens

Side Judge: Mario Seneca

Field Judge: Scott Gaines

Back Judge: Lyndon Nixon

Center Judge: Darren Winkley

Replay Official: Mark Marsden

Communicator: Buddy Gingras

Alternate Official: Marvel July[6]

Game summary

Statistics

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bowl Notes – 2021 Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl . armedforcesbowl.com . December 22, 2021 . December 23, 2021.
  2. Web site: 2021-22 bowl officiating assignments. footballzebras.com. December 6, 2021. December 11, 2021.
  3. Web site: 2021 College Football Bowl Schedule . FBSchedules.com . June 12, 2021.
  4. Web site: 2021 Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl Set for December 22 . May 27, 2021 . armedforcesbowl.com . July 31, 2021.
  5. Web site: Winsipedia - Army vs. Missouri . live . 2021-12-05 . Winsipedia.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20141011222225/http://www.winsipedia.com:80/army/vs/missouri . 2014-10-11 .
  6. Web site: 2021-12-07 . 2021-22 bowl officiating assignments Football Zebras . 2022-12-03 . en-US.