The 2020 Cheez-It Bowl was a

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bowl game played on December 29, 2020, with kickoff at 5:30 p.m. EST on ESPN. It was the 31st edition of the

Cheez-It Bowl The Cheez-It Bowl is an annual college football bowl game that is played in Orlando, Florida, at Camping World Stadium. The bowl is operated by Florida Citrus Sports, a non-profit group which also organizes the Citrus Bowl and the Florida Cla ...

, and was one of the 2020–21 bowl games concluding the 2020 FBS football season. Food manufacturing company Kellogg Company was the title sponsor of the game, through its Cheez-It brand.

Teams

The game featured Oklahoma State of the Big 12 Conference and Miami of the

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(ACC). The teams had previously met once, in a 1991 contest won by Miami, 40–3.

Oklahoma State Cowboys

Oklahoma State entered the game with a 7–3 record (6–3 in conference), 21st in CFP rankings. The Cowboys' losses came against Texas,

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, and ranked

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. Oklahoma State had played in one prior edition of the Cheez-It Bowl, winning the

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when it was known by that name.

Miami Hurricanes

Miami entered the game with an 8–2 record (7–2 in conference), 18th in the AP Poll and CFP rankings. The Hurricanes' two losses were to ranked teams; Clemson and North Carolina. Miami had played in five prior Cheez-It Bowls, when the bowl was known by other names, compiling a 3–2 record.

Game summary

Statistics

Notes

References

External links

Game statistics
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