[5] Georgia Southern of the Sun Belt accepted their bid on December 14, 2020.
Louisiana Tech of Conference USA accepted their bid on December 14, 2020.
This was Louisiana Tech's second New Orleans bowl appearance, their first coming in 2015, when they defeated Arkansas State, 47–28.
The game also broke other records, such as the largest margin of victory, most rushing yards (by Georgia Southern), fewest yards allowed (by Louisiana Tech).
Other individual records include: tying most rushing touchdowns (Shai Werts of Georgia Southern's 3 TDs), tying most interceptions (Justin Birdsong of Georgia Southern's 2 interceptions), and longest touchdown pass (Shai Werts to Khaleb Hood for 65 yards).