Postseason college football bowl game
Annual NCAA football game
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 [ ]
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 [ ]
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 .
Game summary [ ]
2021 Northrup Grumman Armed Forces Bowl
1
2
3 4 Total
Missouri
10
6
0 6 22
Army
0
7
7 10 24
at Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, Texas
Date : Wednesday, December 22, 2021Game weather : Clear • Temperature : 56 °F (13 °C) • Wind : 1 mph (1.6 km/h) NWGame attendance : 34,888TV announcers (ESPN ) : Tiffany Greene (play-by-play), Jay Walker (analyst), and Kris Budden (sideline)Box score
Game information
First quarter
11:55 MIZZ – Brady Cook 30-yard run, Harrison Mevis kick good. Drive: 7 plays, 72 yards, 3:05. Missouri 7–0
0:55 MIZZ – Harrison Mevis 22-yard field goal. Drive: 8 plays, 69 yards, 3:27. Missouri 10–0
Second quarter
13:56 ARMY – Christian Anderson 22-yard run, Cole Talley kick good. Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 1:59. Missouri 10–7
5:59 MIZZ – Harrison Mevis 25-yard field goal. Drive: 16 plays, 67 yards, 7:57. Missouri 13–7
0:03 MIZZ – Harrison Mevis 39-yard field goal. Drive: 11 plays, 64 yards, 3:49. Missouri 16–7
Third quarter
6:35 ARMY – Jakobi Buchanan 10-yard run, Cole Talley kick good. Drive: 17 plays, 75 yards, 8:25. Missouri 16–14
Fourth quarter
10:20 ARMY – Brandon Walters 14-yard pass from Tyhier Tyler, Cole Talley kick good. Drive: 13 plays, 56 yards, 6:29. Army 21–16
1:11 MIZZ – Keke Chism 6-yard pass from Brady Cook, two-point conversion pass incomplete. Drive: 11 plays, 83 yards, 1:33. Missouri 22–21
0:00 ARMY – Cole Talley 41-yard field goal. Drive: 8 plays, 51 yards, 1:11. Army 24–22
Statistics [ ]
Statistics
MIZZ
ARMY
First downs
28
21
Plays–yards
433
306
Rushes–yards
195
211
Passing yards
238
95
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
27–34–0
6–9–0
Time of possession
29:00
31:00
Team
Category
Player
Statistics
Missouri
Passing
Brady Cook
27/34, 238 yards, 1 TD
Rushing
Elijah Young
13 carries, 75 yards
Receiving
Keke Chism
5 receptions, 64 yards, 1 TD
Army
Passing
Christian Anderson
3/4, 60 yards
Rushing
Jakobi Buchanan
21 carries, 68 yards, 1 TD
Receiving
Tyrell Robinson
1 receptions, 42 yards
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