Boca Raton Bowl Featuring BYU-UCF Will Allow Fans To Attend
Dec 14, 2020, 11:01 AM
Family and friends of BYU players sit among cutout fans in a nearly empty LaVell Edwards Stadium before the Cougars game against North Alabama in Provo on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020. (Steve Griffin, Deseret News)
(Steve Griffin, Deseret News)
PROVO, Utah – The seventh edition of the RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl between BYU and UCF will allow fans to attend.
Reported by @Mitch_Harper, Zach Wilson and #BYU will face Evil Zach Wilson and #UCF in the Boca Raton bowl.
More: https://t.co/zEnNc2l2lr@kslsports // #GoCougs pic.twitter.com/tuPY2UXps0
— 𝙷𝚎𝚖𝚊 𝙷𝚎𝚒𝚖𝚞𝚕𝚒 𝙹𝚛. (@x_hems) December 14, 2020
In normal years, fan attendance is not a question in the bowl season as it’s a way for fans to go to a warm-weather climate during the holiday season. But as we all know, the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown a wrench in all of our traditions.
Boca Raton Bowl 2020 will allow fans
BYU’s postseason destination will be played at FAU Stadium, home of the Florida Atlantic Owls, and will allow 6,000 fans to be seated in the 30,000-seat venue. The tickets will go on sale at a later date with pandemic protocols in place.
A mask will be required to be worn in the stadium.
No. 14 BYU has accepted an invitation to play UCF in the 2020 Boca Raton Bowl on Tuesday, Dec. 22 at 7pm EST. The game will be televised nationally on ESPN.#BYUFOOTBALL #GoCougs pic.twitter.com/X3YcUkvbNu
— BYU FOOTBALL (@BYUfootball) December 14, 2020
BYU has played seven games this season in front of fans, with only three of the contests featuring more than 6,000 fans. Those games took place in mid-October when the Cougars traveled to face Houston in front of 10,092 fans, and a pair of home games against Texas State (6,570), and Western Kentucky (6,843). All but one of UCF’s nine regular season games were played in front of crowds larger than 6,000 fans this season.
Kickoff for the Boca Raton Bowl is scheduled for Tuesday, December 22nd, at 5 p.m. (MT).
Mitch Harper is a BYU Insider for sports.ksl.com and host of the Cougar Tracks Podcast (SUBSCRIBE) and Cougar Sports Saturday (Saturday from 12–3 p.m., KSL Newsradio). Follow him on Twitter: @Mitch_Harper and the KSL Sports app.
