# 2021 Independence Bowl

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.

### BYU Cougars
## Game summary

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| UAB | 14 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 31 |
| No. 13 BYU | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
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
Scoring summary :
| Quarter | Time | Drive | Drive | Drive | Team | Scoring information | Score | Score |
| Quarter | Time | Plays | Yards | TOP | Team | Scoring information | UAB | BYU |
| 1 | 6:26 | 8 | 60 | 4:26 | UAB | Gerrit Prince 10-yard touchdown reception from Dylan Hopkins, Matt Quinn kick good | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | 1:02 | 2 | 67 | 0:48 | UAB | DeWayne McBride 64-yard touchdown run, Matt Quinn kick good | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | 12:48 | 8 | 72 | 3:09 | BYU | Tyler Allgeier 1-yard touchdown run, Jake Oldroyd kick good | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | 8:19 | 5 | 50 | 2:18 | BYU | Samson Nacua 2-yard touchdown run, Jake Oldroyd kick good | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | 3:18 | 9 | 78 | 5:00 | UAB | Gerrit Prince 23-yard touchdown reception from Dylan Hopkins, Matt Quinn kick good | 21 | 14 |
| 3 | 13:43 | 3 | 75 | 1:17 | BYU | Tyler Allgeier 62-yard touchdown run, Jake Oldroyd kick good | 21 | 21 |
| 3 | 7:27 | 11 | 54 | 6:16 | UAB | 38-yard field goal by Matt Quinn | 24 | 21 |
| 4 | 14:33 | 8 | 52 | 2:53 | BYU | Tyler Allgeier 1-yard touchdown run, Jake Oldroyd kick good | 24 | 28 |
| 4 | 6:17 | 15 | 75 | 8:16 | UAB | Trea Shropshire 14-yard touchdown reception from Dylan Hopkins, Matt Quinn kick good | 31 | 28 |
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### Statistics

| Statistics | UAB | BYU |
| First downs | 23 | 18 |
| Plays–yards | 66–412 | 58–394 |
| Rushes–yards | 43–223 | 35–199 |
| Passing yards | 189 | 195 |
| Passing: comp–att–int | 19–23–1 | 15–23–0 |
| Time of possession | 35:27 | 24:33 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
| UAB | Passing | Dylan Hopkins | 19/23, 189 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT |
| UAB | Rushing | DeWayne McBride | 28 carries, 183 yards, 1 TD |
| UAB | Receiving | Ryan Davis | 3 receptions, 50 yards |
| BYU | Passing | Baylor Romney | 15/23, 195 yards |
| BYU | Rushing | Tyler Allgeier | 27 carries, 192 yards, 3 TD |
| BYU | Receiving | Masen Wake Gunner Romney | 3 receptions, 55 yards 3 receptions, 55 yards |