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The 2021 Independence Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 18, 2021, and televised on ABC. It was the 45th edition of the Independence Bowl (after the 2020 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic), and was one of the 2021–22 bowl games concluding the 2021 FBS football season. Sponsored by engineering services company Radiance Technologies, the game was officially known as the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl.

With kickoff scheduled for 3:30 p.m. EST (2:30 p.m. local CST), the start of the game was delayed approximately 12 minutes due to local weather conditions.

Teams

Consistent with conference tie-ins, the game was played between a Conference USA (C-USA) member, UAB, and BYU, an FBS independent.

This was the first matchup between UAB and BYU.

UAB Blazers

BYU Cougars

Game summary

at Independence Stadium • Shreveport, Louisiana

• Date: Saturday, December 18, 2021
• Game time: 3:30 p.m. EST (2:30 p.m. local CST)
• Game weather: Rain • Temperature: 58 °F (14 °C) • Wind: N 10 mph
• Game attendance: 26,276
• Referee: Luke Richmond
• TV announcers (ABC): Roy Philpott (play-by-play), Cole Cubelic (analyst), and Paul Carcaterra (sideline)
• Box score

Statistics

References

1. ^ "UAB football upsets No. 13 BYU in 2021 Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl". vnexplorer.net. December 18, 2021. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
2. "2021 College Football Bowl Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
3. Lundquist, Casey (December 18, 2021). "Independence Bowl Delayed Due to Weather". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
4. "Winsipedia - BYU vs. UAB". Winsipedia.com. Archived from the original on December 31, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2021.

External links

• Game statistics at statbroadcast.com

• 2021–22 NCAA football bowl games
• Independence Bowl
• BYU Cougars football bowl games
• UAB Blazers football bowl games
• 2021 in sports in Louisiana
• December 2021 sports events in the United States