2019 New Orleans Bowl

Postseason college football bowl game

College football game

2019 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl

19th New Orleans Bowl
| Appalachian State Mountaineers | UAB Blazers

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(12–1) | (9–4)
Sun Belt | C-USA
31 | 17
Head coach:
Shawn Clark | Head coach:
Bill Clark
| AP| Coaches| CFP

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20| 20| 20
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Appalachian State | 0| 10| 21| 0 | 31
UAB | 14| 0| 3| 0 | 17
Date| December 21, 2019
Season| 2019
Stadium| Mercedes-Benz Superdome
Location| New Orleans, Louisiana
MVP| Darrynton Evans (RB, Appalachian State)[1]
Favorite| Appalachian State by 17[2]
Referee| Ron Hudson (MAC)[3]
Attendance| 21,202
Payout| US$825,000[4]
United States TV coverage
Network| ESPN & ESPN Radio
Announcers| ESPN: Beth Mowins (play-by-play), Anthony Becht (analyst) and Rocky Boiman (sideline)
ESPN Radio: Sean Kelley (play-by-play), Barrett Jones (analyst) and Ian Fitzsimmons (sideline)
|  New Orleans Bowl

< 2018 |  2020 >

The 2019 New Orleans Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 21, 2019, with kickoff at 9:00 p.m. EST (8:00 p.m. local CST) on ESPN.[5] It was the 19th edition of the New Orleans Bowl, and one of the 2019–20 bowl games concluding the 2019 FBS football season. Sponsored by freight shipping company R+L Carriers, the game was officially known as the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl.

## Teams

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The game was played between the Sun Belt Conference champions Appalachian State Mountaineers and the UAB Blazers of Conference USA (C–USA). It was the first New Orleans Bowl to feature a ranked team, as Appalachian State entered the game at No. 20 in the AP Poll, Coaches Poll, and CFP rankings. It also was the first time that UAB and Appalachian State ever played each other.[6]

### Appalachian State Mountaineers

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Main article: 2019 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team

Appalachian State entered the New Orleans Bowl with an overall 12–1 record (7–1 in conference), having won the Sun Belt Championship Game over Louisiana. This was Appalachian State's second New Orleans Bowl, both consecutively and overall; the Mountaineers entered the game as the defending New Orleans Bowl champions, having won the 2018 edition over Middle Tennessee, 45–13.

### UAB Blazers

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Main article: 2019 UAB Blazers football team

UAB entered the bowl with a 9–4 record (6–2 in conference). The Blazers finished tied with Louisiana Tech atop C–USA's West Division, then lost the C–USA Championship Game to Florida Atlantic, 49–6.

## Game summary

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2019 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl

Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3| 4| Total

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No. 20 Appalachian State | 0 | 10 | 21| 0| 31
UAB | 14 | 0 | 3| 0| 17

at Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, Louisiana

* Date: Saturday, December 21, 2019
* Game time: 9:00 p.m. EST (8:00 p.m. CST)
* Game weather: n/a (game played indoors)
* Game attendance: 21,202
* Referee: Ron Hudson
* TV announcers (ESPN): Beth Mowins (play-by-play), Anthony Becht (analyst) and Rocky Boiman (sideline)
* ESPN game summary

Game information

First Quarter

* (13:46) UAB – Tyler Johnston III 25 yard pass to Hayden Pittman, Nick Vogel kick (Drive: 4 plays, 75 yards, 1:14; UAB 7–0)
* (10:28) UAB – Tyler Johnston III 25 yard pass to Austin Watkins, Nick Vogel kick (Drive: 4 plays, 79 yards, 1:23; UAB 14–0)

Second Quarter

* (14:11) APP – Chandler Staton 34 yard field goal (Drive: 7 plays, 58 yards, 3:21; UAB 14–3)
* (7:59) APP – Zac Thomas 17 yard pass to Thomas Hennigan, Chandler Staton kick (Drive: 7 plays, 81 yards, 4:24; UAB 14–10)

Third Quarter

* (12:14) APP – Darrynton Evans 31 yard rush, Chandler Staton kick (Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 2:46; Appalachian State 17–14)
* (8:19) UAB – Nick Vogel kick (Drive: 7 plays, 44 yards, 3:55; Tied 17–17)
* (6:16) APP – Trey Cobb 24 yard fumble return, Chandler Staton kick (Appalachian State 24–17)
* (0:44) APP – Zac Thomas 27 yard pass to Thomas Hennigan, Chandler Staton kick (Drive: 9 plays, 85 yards, 3:56; Appalachian State 31–17)

Fourth Quarter
No scoring

### Statistics

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Statistics  | APP  | UAB

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First downs | 19 | 20
Plays–yards | 65–403 | 67–338
Rushes–yards | 40–261 | 33–40
Passing yards | 142 | 298
Passing: comp–att–int | 13–25–0 | 22–34–1
Time of possession | 32:57 | 27:03
Team | Category | Player | Statistics

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Appalachian State  | Passing | Zac Thomas | 13–24, 142 yds, 2 TD
Rushing | Darrynton Evans | 19 car., 156 yds, 1 TD
Receiving | Jalen Virgil | 3 rec., 62 yds
UAB  | Passing | Tyler Johnston III | 22–34, 298 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT
Rushing | Spencer Brown | 14 car., 39 yds
Receiving | Austin Watkins | 10 rec., 159 yds, 1 TD

## References

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1. ^ @TheRHancock19 (December 22, 2019). "Game MVP Darrynton Evans" (Tweet). Retrieved December 22, 2019 - via Twitter.
2. ^ "Appalachian State vs. UAB - Game Summary - December 21, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
3. ^ "2019-20 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. December 9, 2019. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
4. ^ "2019 Bowl Schedule". collegefootballpoll.com. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
5. ^ "2019-20 college football bowl schedule, games, dates, times, TV channels". CBSSports.com. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
6. ^ "UAB Blazers vs. Appalachian State Mountaineers football series history". winsipedia.com. Retrieved December 8, 2019.

## External links

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* Official website
* Game statistics at statbroadcast.com

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