The 2021 Camellia Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 25, 2021, at the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Alabama. The eighth edition of the Camellia Bowl, the game featured the Georgia State Panthers of the Sun Belt Conference and the Ball State Cardinals of the Mid-American Conference. The game began at 1:30 p.m. CST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2021–22 bowl games concluding the 2021 FBS football season. Sponsored by tax preparation software company TaxAct, the game was known as the TaxAct Camellia Bowl.
Teams Consistent with conference tie-ins, the game was played between teams from the Sun Belt Conference and Mid-American Conference (MAC).
This was the third meeting between Georgia State and Ball State; entering the game, the all-time series was tied at 1–1.
Georgia State Panthers
Ball State Cardinals
Game summary
Statistics Team statistics +Team statistical comparisonStatisticGSUBSUFirst downs 21 22First downs rushing 13 4First downs passing 7 14First downs penalty 1 4Third down efficiency 6–11 8–18Fourth down efficiency 0–0 1–3Total plays–net yards 62–464 81–367Rushing attempts–net yards 41–259 35–74Yards per rush 6.3 2.1Yards passing 205 293Pass completions–attempts 17–21 27–46Interceptions thrown 0 1Punt returns–total yards 0–0 1–(−3)Kickoff returns–total yards 0–0 6–137Punts–average yardage 2–37.5 3–40.0Fumbles–lost 0–0 3–1Penalties–yards 7–85 3–32Time of possession 26:46 33:14 Individual statistics +Georgia State statisticsPanthers passing Darren Grainger 15–19 203 3–0 Mikele Colasurdo 2–2 2 0–0Panthers rushing Darren Grainger 11 122 1 Tucker Gregg 16 54 0 Jaymest Williams 8 49 0 Antoine Lane 3 24 0 Jamari Thrash 1 5 0 Marcus Carroll 1 4 0 Cornelius McCoy 1 1 0Panthers receiving Aubry Payne 8 109 2 Robert Lewis 2 30 1 Terrance Dixon 1 24 0 Cornelius McCoy 1 19 0 Ja'Cyais Credle 1 10 0 Sam Pinckney 1 6 0 Jamari Thrash 1 5 0 Donavon Grier 2 2 0 +Ball State statisticsCardinals passing Drew Plitt 27–46 293 1–1Cardinals rushing Carson Steele 15 62 0 Jayshon Jackson 4 12 0 Rico Barfield 3 12 0 Will Jones 3 4 0 Donny Marcus 1 3 0 Drew Plitt 9 −19 1Cardinals receiving Jayshon Jackson 12 146 1 Yo'Heinz Tyler 5 52 0 Carson Steele 3 40 0 Trevor Hohlt 4 37 0 Hassan Littles 1 11 0 Will Jones 2 7 0
References
External links Game statistics at statbroadcast.com