Game Name: | LA Bowl |
Subheader: | 1st LA Bowl |
Title Sponsor: | Jimmy Kimmel |
Title Sponsor Suffix: | presented by Stifel |
Date Game Played: | December 18 |
Year Game Played: | 2021 |
Football Season: | 2021 |
Stadium: | SoFi Stadium |
City: | Inglewood, California |
Visitor School: | Utah State University |
Visitor Name Short: | Utah State |
Visitor Nickname: | Aggies |
Visitor Record: | 10–3 |
Visitor Conference: | MWC |
Visitor Coach: | Blake Anderson |
Visitor 1Q: | 0 |
Visitor 2Q: | 14 |
Visitor 3Q: | 10 |
Visitor 4Q: | 0 |
Home School: | Oregon State University |
Home Name Short: | Oregon State |
Home Nickname: | Beavers |
Home Record: | 7–5 |
Home Conference: | Pac-12 |
Home Coach: | Jonathan Smith |
Home 1Q: | 7 |
Home 2Q: | 3 |
Home 3Q: | 0 |
Home 4Q: | 3 |
Mvp: | Nick Heninger (DE, Utah State) Deven Thompkins (WR, Utah State) |
Odds: | Oregon State by 6.5 |
Referee: | Jeff Servinski (Big Ten)[1] |
Attendance: | 29,896 |
Us Network: | ABC |
Us Announcers: | Joe Tessitore (play-by-play), Greg McElroy (analyst), and Laura Rutledge (sideline) |
First Game Ever Played: | yes |
The 2021 LA Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 18, 2021, with kickoff at 7:30 p.m. EST (4:30 p.m. local PST) and broadcast on ABC.[2] It was the inaugural edition of the LA Bowl (after the edition scheduled for 2020 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic), and was one of the 2021–22 bowl games concluding the 2021 FBS football season. Sponsored by late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel and independent investment bank Stifel, the game was officially known as the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl presented by Stifel.[3]
Consistent with conference tie-ins, the game was played between teams from the Mountain West Conference (MWC) and the Pac-12 Conference.
This was the fourth meeting between Utah State and Oregon State; the Beavers had won all three previous meetings.[4]
See main article: 2021 Utah State Aggies football team. Utah State defeated No. 19 San Diego State, 46–13, in the 2021 Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game on December 4.
See main article: 2021 Oregon State Beavers football team. Oregon State, with a 7–5 record, was led by quarterback Chance Nolan who completed 183 of 288 passes for 2,414 yards and 19 touchdowns during the season. Top rusher for the team was B. J. Baylor, who rushed 209 times for 1,259 yards and 13 touchdowns. Trevon Bradford was the top receiver, having caught 40 passes for 606 yards and 5 touchdowns. On the defensive side, Avery Roberts led the team with 128 tackles, one interception, and one forced fumble.
During halftime, engineer Mark Rober and Anthony Hartman shot off the world's largest t-shirt cannon.[5] [6]