The 2020 Boca Raton Bowl was a

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played on December 22, 2020, with kickoff at for 7:00 p.m. EST on

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. It was the seventh edition of the

Boca Raton Bowl The Boca Raton Bowl is an annual National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) sanctioned post-season Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) college football bowl game played in Boca Raton, Florida, since December 2014 on the campus of Fl ...

, and was one of the 2020–21 bowl games concluding the 2020 FBS football season. Sponsored by roofing repair company RoofClaim.com, the game was officially known as the RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl.

Teams

The 2020 Boca Raton Bowl was contested by the

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, who competed as an

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, and the

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, from the

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. The two teams had met twice previously, with the series tied 1–1. The teams' last meeting had been in

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; UCF won, 31–24. This was the teams' first meeting in a bowl game, and each team's first appearance in the Boca Raton Bowl.

BYU

On December 14, BYU accepted a bid to the bowl. The Cougars entered the bowl with a record of 10–1; they were

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as high as number 8 in the

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during the season.

UCF

On December 7, UCF of The American accepted a bid to the bowl. The Knights entered the bowl with a record of 6–3 (5–3 in conference play); they were

as high as number 11 in the

during the season.

Game summary

Statistics

References

External links

Game statistics
at statbroadcast.com {{UCF Knights bowl game navbox

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