| 2021 Cricket Celebration Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 6th Celebration Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 18, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Mercedes-Benz Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Atlanta, Georgia | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Off: Shaquan Davis (WR, SCSU) Def: Decobie Durant (DB, SCSU)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Jackson State by 11.5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Tim Rich (AAC)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 48,653 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Mark Jones (play-by-play), Robert Griffin III (analyst), Jay Walker (analyst), Quint Kessenich and Tiffany Greene (sidelines) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2021 Celebration Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 18, 2021, with kickoff at 12:00 p.m. EST at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta,[3] with television coverage on ABC.[4] It was one of the highest attended and sixth edition of the Celebration Bowl, and was the only one of the 2021–22 bowl games to feature FCS teams. Sponsored by wireless service provider Cricket Wireless, the game was officially known as the Cricket Celebration Bowl.
Each year, the Celebration Bowl matches the champions of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) against the champions of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). These are the two prominent NCAA Division I conferences of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).
The game was played between the South Carolina State Bulldogs, champions of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), and the Jackson State Tigers, champions of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).
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Main article: 2021 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team |
The Bulldogs of the MEAC clinched a berth in the Celebration Bowl on November 13;[5] they completed their regular season with a 5–0 record in conference play, 6–5 overall. This was the first Celebration Bowl appearance by the Bulldogs.
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Main article: 2021 Jackson State Tigers football team |
The SWAC was represented by the winner of the SWAC Championship Game, the Jackson State Tigers, who defeated the Prairie View A&M Panthers by a score of 27–10 on December 4.
| Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| South Carolina State | 0 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 31 |
| Jackson State | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
at Mercedes-Benz Stadium • Atlanta, Georgia
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| Statistics | SCSU | JSU |
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| First downs | 15 | 15 |
| Plays–yards | 68–268 | 65–194 |
| Rushes–yards | 37–102 | 29–19 |
| Passing yards | 166 | 175 |
| Passing: comp–att–int | 12–31–1 | 16–36–2 |
| Time of possession | 31:37 | 28:23 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| South Carolina State | Passing | Corey Fields Jr. | 12/31, 166 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT |
| Rushing | Donte Anthony | 17 carries, 65 yards | |
| Receiving | Shaquan Davis | 5 receptions, 95 yards, 3 TD | |
| Jackson State | Passing | Shedeur Sanders | 16/36, 175 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT |
| Rushing | Santee Marshall | 4 carries, 23 yards | |
| Receiving | Malachi Wideman | 3 receptions, 42 yards |