The 2020 Big 12 Championship Game was a college football game played on Saturday, December 19, 2020, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. This was the 19th Big 12 Championship Game and determined the 2020 champion of the Big 12 Conference.[3] The game featured the top-seeded, Iowa State Cyclones and the second-seeded, Oklahoma Sooners. Sponsored by soft drink brand Dr Pepper, the game is officially known as the Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship Game.
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| 19th Big 12 Conference Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 19, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | AT&T Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Arlington, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Spencer Rattler (QB, Oklahoma) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Oklahoma by 5.5[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | David Alvarez | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 18,720 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC, ESPN Radio[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | ABC: Sean McDonough (play-by-play), Todd Blackledge (analyst), Todd McShay (sideline) and Allison Williams (sideline) ESPN Radio: Marc Kestecher (play-by-play) and Ben Hartsock (analyst) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Iowa State y | 8 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Oklahoma y$ | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20 Oklahoma State | 6 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Texas | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 5 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 4 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 3 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 2 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Championship: Oklahoma 27, Iowa State 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The game was originally scheduled for December 5 but rescheduled to December 12 when the new schedule was released, and was eventually pushed even further back to December 19 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]
Previous season
editThe 2019 Big 12 Championship Game featured Oklahoma against Baylor. It was Baylor's first appearance in the conference title game. Oklahoma had won the regular-season game in Waco 34–31. In the championship game, Oklahoma was victorious by a score of 30–23 in overtime, winning their fifth consecutive and 14th overall Big 12 Conference championship.[5]
Teams
editThe 2020 Championship game was contested by Iowa State and Oklahoma. The teams met 85 times previously, with Oklahoma leading the series 76–7–2. Iowa State defeated Oklahoma 37–30 in their regular season match-up in Ames.
Iowa State
editIowa State, led by head coach Matt Campbell, clinched a berth in the championship game after defeating West Virginia on December 5, 2020.[6] This marked their first appearance in a Big 12 Championship Game. Iowa State finished the regular season with eight conference wins and the best record in the Big 12 - both firsts for the program. Entering this game, Iowa State head coach Matt Campbell was the only Cyclone head coach with multiple wins over the Sooners. The Cyclones’ #6 CFP ranking was the highest the program had ever achieved.
Oklahoma
editOklahoma, led by head coach Lincoln Riley, was the defending Big 12 champion. They clinched a berth in the championship game after defeating Baylor on December 5, 2020. This marked their 12th overall Big 12 championship game appearance, and fifth consecutive win in the Championship Game.
Game summary
edit| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| No. 10 Oklahoma | 7 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 27 |
| No. 6 Iowa State | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
at AT&T Stadium • Arlington, Texas
- Date: December 19, 2020
- Game time: 11:00 a.m. CST
- Game weather: None (retractable roof closed)
- Game attendance: 18,720
- Referee: David Alvarez
- TV announcers (ABC): Sean McDonough (play-by-play), Todd Blackledge (analyst), Todd McShay (sideline) and Allison Williams (sideline)
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Statistics
edit| Statistics | OKLA | ISU |
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| First downs | 20 | 20 |
| Plays–yards | 65–392 | 71–435 |
| Rushes–yards | 31–120 | 31–113 |
| Passing yards | 272 | 322 |
| Passing: comp–att–int | 22–34–0 | 27–40–3 |
| Time of possession | 27:47 | 32:13 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| Oklahoma | Passing | Spencer Rattler | 22/34, 272 yards, 1 TD |
| Rushing | Rhamondre Stevenson | 18 carries, 97 yards | |
| Receiving | Marvin Mims | 7 receptions, 101 yards, 1 TD | |
| Iowa State | Passing | Brock Purdy | 27/40, 322 yards, 1 TD, 3 INT |
| Rushing | Breece Hall | 23 carries, 79 yards, 2 TD | |
| Receiving | Xavier Hutchinson | 10 receptions, 114 yards |
Summary
editUnlike their matchup earlier in the year, a shootout between two highly efficient offenses, the Oklahoma Sooners instead jumped out to an early 17 point lead which they never relinquished. Trailing 24-7 to begin the 2nd half, both the Cyclone offense and defense sprung to life, scoring 14 unanswered to bring the score within 3 points. A Gabe Brkic field goal with 2 minutes left extended the Sooner lead to 6, leaving the door open for the Cyclones to win the game with a touchdown drive. Driving into Oklahoma territory, Brock Purdy threw his 3rd interception of the day with under a minute to go, sealing the Sooners sixth consecutive Big 12 Championship.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Oklahoma vs. Iowa State - ESPN Game Summary". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
- ^ "Five College Football Conference Championships to Air Dec. 18-19 on ESPN and ABC – ACC, American, Big 12, MAC and Sun Belt". ESPN Press Room U.S. November 24, 2020.
- ^ "All-Time Big 12 Championships". big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
- ^ "Big 12 Revised Schedule". big12sports.com. August 12, 2020.
- ^ "Baylor vs. Oklahoma – Game summary". ESPN.com.
- ^ Peterson, Randy. "Iowa State headed to first Big 12 championship game". USA TODAY.
External links
edit- Game statistics at statbroadcast.com