The 2020 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl was a college football

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played on December 22, 2020, with kickoff at 3:30 p.m. EST (1:30 p.m. local MST) on

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. It was the 24th edition of the

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl The Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, previously the Humanitarian Bowl (1997–2003, 2007–2010) and the MPC Computers Bowl (2004–2006), is an NCAA-sanctioned post-season college football bowl game that has been played annually since 1997 at Albertson ...

, and was one of the 2020–21 bowl games concluding the 2020 FBS football season. Organizers announced that, due to the

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, there would be no fans in attendance at the game.

Teams

The bowl was contested by the

Nevada Wolf Pack The Nevada Wolf Pack are the athletic teams that represent the University of Nevada, Reno. They are part of NCAA's Division I's Mountain West Conference. It was founded on October 24, 1896 with football as the Sagebrushers in Reno, Nevada. Hi ...

, from the

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, and the

Tulane Green Wave The Tulane Green Wave are the athletic teams that represent Tulane University, located in New Orleans, Louisiana. Tulane competes in NCAA Division I as a member of the American Athletic Conference (The American). There are 14 Green Wave intercol ...

, from the

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(The American). They accepted bids to the bowl on December 13. The teams have met once previously, in 1992, with the Green Wave winning, 34–17. This was the teams' first meeting in a bowl game.

Tulane

Tulane of The American entered the bowl with an overall record of 6–5 (3–5 in conference play). The Green Wave made their first appearance in the bowl.

Nevada

Nevada of Mountain West entered the bowl with a record of 6–2, with all games having been played in conference. The Wolf Pack had previously appeared three times in the bowl, losing each contest, most recently the January 2020 edition.

Game summary

Statistics

References

External links

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Game statistics
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Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

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