2021 Boca Raton Bowl
Postseason college football bowl game
College football game
2021 RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl
1 2 3 4
Total
Western Kentucky 14 17 21 7
59
Appalachian State 14 10 7 7
38
Date December 18, 2021 Season 2021 Stadium FAU Stadium Location Boca Raton, Florida MVP Offense: Bailey Zappe (QB, Western Kentucky) Defense: Antwon Kincaid (DB, Western Kentucky) Sp. teams: John Haggerty III (P, Western Kentucky)[ 1] Favorite Appalachian State by 2.5[ 2] Referee Steve Baron (Mountain West)[ 3] Attendance 15,429 Network ESPN ESPN Radio Announcers ESPN: Clay Matvick (play-by-play), Rocky Boiman (analyst), and Tiffany Blackmon (sideline)ESPN Radio : Chris Carlin (play-by-play), EJ Manuel (analyst), and Taylor Davis (sideline)
The 2021 Boca Raton Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 18, 2021, with kickoff at 11:00 a.m. EST on ESPN .[ 4] Boca Raton Bowl , and was one of the 2021–22 bowl games concluding the 2021 FBS football season . Sponsored by roofing repair company RoofClaim.com, the game was officially known as the RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl .
Teams
Consistent with conference tie-ins, the game was played between teams from the Sun Belt Conference and Conference USA (C-USA). The bowl also has tie-ins with the American Athletic Conference (AAC), Mid-American Conference (MAC), and Mountain West Conference (MWC).
This was the sixth meeting between Western Kentucky and Appalachian State; the Mountaineers entered leading the all-time series, 4–1.[ 5]
Western Kentucky quarterback Bailey Zappe entered the game on the verge of FBS records for single-season passing yardage and touchdowns, respectively set by B. J. Symons of Texas Tech in 2003 and Joe Burrow of LSU in 2019 .[ 6]
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Appalachian State Mountaineers
Game summary
During the game, Zappe threw for 6 touchdowns and 422 yards, giving him possession of both aforementioned single-season FBS passing records. He finished the season with 62 touchdowns and 5,977 yards. Zappe also tied Burrow's single-season FBS record of 65 touchdowns responsible for (combined passing and rushing) from 2019.[ 7]
Scoring summary
Quarter
Time
Drive
Team
Scoring information
Score
Plays
Yards
TOP
WKU
APP
1
13:14
8
74
1:46
Western Kentucky
Jerreth Sterns 1-yard touchdown reception from Bailey Zappe , Brayden Narveson kick good
7
0
1
3:25
6
63
2:58
Appalachian State
Malik Williams 36-yard touchdown reception from Chase Brice , Chandler Staton kick good
7
7
1
3:11
1
75
0:14
Western Kentucky
Mitchell Tinsley 75-yard touchdown reception from Bailey Zappe, Brayden Narveson kick good
14
7
1
1:11
5
76
2:00
Appalachian State
Jalen Virgil 60-yard touchdown reception from Chase Brice, Chandler Staton kick good
14
14
2
11:48
7
64
1:21
Western Kentucky
24-yard field goal by Brayden Narveson
17
14
2
8:57
5
61
2:51
Appalachian State
Dashaun Davis 33-yard touchdown reception from Chase Brice, Chandler Staton kick good
17
21
2
6:54
8
75
2:03
Western Kentucky
Joey Beljan 5-yard touchdown reception from Bailey Zappe, Brayden Narveson kick good
24
21
2
2:55
8
64
3:59
Appalachian State
28-yard field goal by Chandler Staton
24
24
2
0:29
8
78
2:26
Western Kentucky
Jerreth Sterns 10-yard touchdown reception from Bailey Zappe, Brayden Narveson kick good
31
24
3
12:49
1
86
0:12
Western Kentucky
Noah Whittington 86-yard touchdown run, Brayden Narveson kick good
38
24
3
5:56
11
73
4:38
Western Kentucky
Mitchell Tinsley 2-yard touchdown reception from Bailey Zappe, Brayden Narveson kick good
45
24
3
5:38
1
62
0:18
Appalachian State
Christian Wells 62-yard touchdown reception from Chase Brice, Chandler Staton kick good
45
31
3
2:42
6
75
2:56
Western Kentucky
Jerreth Sterns 37-yard touchdown reception from Bailey Zappe, Brayden Narveson kick good
52
31
4
9:40
2
2
0:09
Western Kentucky
Kye Robichaux 2-yard touchdown run, Brayden Narveson kick good
59
31
4
1:55
7
69
2:17
Appalachian State
Anderson Castle 9-yard touchdown run, Chandler Staton kick good
59
38
"TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football .
59
38
Statistics
Statistics
WKU
APP
First downs
27
24
Plays–yards
75–637
78–609
Rushes–yards
28–215
43–251
Passing yards
422
358
Passing: comp –att –int
33–47–0
20–35–2
Time of possession
28:48
31:12
Team
Category
Player
Statistics
Western Kentucky
Passing
Bailey Zappe 33/47, 422 yards, 6 TD
Rushing
Noah Whittington
7 carries, 150 yards, 1 TD
Receiving
Jerreth Sterns 13 receptions, 184 yards, 3 TD
Appalachian State
Passing
Chase Brice 15/23, 317 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT
Rushing
Camerun Peoples 13 carries, 101 yards
Receiving
Christian Wells
4 receptions, 86 yards, 1 TD
References
^ Parry, Rose (December 18, 2021). "Western Kentucky Tops Appalachian State, 59-38, in the 2021 Roofclaim.Com Boca Raton Bowl" . roofclaimbocaratonbowl.com (Press release). Retrieved December 18, 2021 . ^ Fawkes, Ben. "Odds for College Football Playoff, every bowl game" . vsin.com . Retrieved December 8, 2021 . ^ "2021–22 bowl officiating assignments" . footballzebras.com . December 6, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2021 .^ "2021 College Football Bowl Schedule" . FBSchedules.com . Retrieved May 27, 2021 .^ "Winsipedia – Appalachian State vs. Western Kentucky" . Winsipedia.com . Archived from the original on January 12, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2021 .^ Hale, David M. (December 17, 2021). "Bailey Zappe's journey to a historic season for Western Kentucky" . ESPN.com . Retrieved December 18, 2021 . ^ "Zappe gets records, WKU rolls past App St 59-38 in Boca Bowl" . ESPN.com . Associated Press. December 18, 2021. Retrieved December 18, 2021 .
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