The 2020 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game presented by CapitalOne was a college football game played on Saturday, December 19, 2020, at Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio.
[2] In consideration of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ohio, attendance at the game was capped at 5,831 spectators by the Cincinnati Health Department, approximately 18% of the full capacity of Nippert Stadium (32,574).
[3] The 2019 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game featured East Division winner Cincinnati against West Division co-winner Memphis.
Eight days after beating the Bearcats 34–24 at home in the regular-season finale, Memphis rallied for another win.
The Tulsa Golden Hurricane clinched a berth in the Championship Game after defeating Navy on December 5.