The 2020 East–West Shrine Bowl was the 95th staging of the all–star college football exhibition to benefit Shriners Hospital for Children.
The game was played at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, on January 18, 2020, with a 3:00 p.m. EST kickoff, televised on the NFL Network.
In the week prior to the game, NFL scouts and agents attended team practices.
[5] The day before the game, the event's Pat Tillman Award was presented to James Morgan, quarterback of the FIU Panthers[6]—the award is "presented to a player who best exemplifies character, intelligence, sportsmanship and service.
"[7] Head coaches were announced on January 8, 2020, as Mike Caldwell of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Ben Steele of the Atlanta Falcons,[8] responsible for the East and West squads, respectively.