| Game Name: | New Orleans Bowl |
| Subheader: | 19th New Orleans Bowl |
| Title Sponsor: | R+L Carriers |
| Date Game Played: | December 21 |
| Year Game Played: | 2019 |
| Football Season: | 2019 |
| Stadium: | Mercedes-Benz Superdome |
| City: | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Visitor School: | Appalachian State University |
| Visitor Name Short: | Appalachian State |
| Visitor Nickname: | Mountaineers |
| Visitor Record: | 12–1 |
| Visitor Conference: | Sun Belt |
| Visitor Rank Ap: | 20 |
| Visitor Rank Coaches: | 20 |
| Visitor Rank Cfp: | 20 |
| Visitor Coach: | Shawn Clark |
| Visitor 1Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 10 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 21 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 0 |
| Home School: | University of Alabama-Birmingham |
| Home Name Short: | UAB |
| Home Nickname: | Blazers |
| Home Record: | 9–4 |
| Home Conference: | C-USA |
| Home Coach: | Bill Clark |
| Home 1Q: | 14 |
| Home 2Q: | 0 |
| Home 3Q: | 3 |
| Home 4Q: | 0 |
| Mvp: | Darrynton Evans (RB, Appalachian State)[1] |
| Odds: | Appalachian State by 17[2] |
| Referee: | Ron Hudson (MAC)[3] |
| Attendance: | 21,202 |
| Payout: | 825,000[4] |
| Us Network: | ESPN & ESPN Radio |
| Us Announcers: | ESPN: Beth Mowins (play-by-play), Anthony Becht (analyst) and Rocky Boiman (sideline) ESPN Radio: Sean Kelley (play-by-play), Barrett Jones (analyst) and Ian Fitzsimmons (sideline) |
The 2019 New Orleans Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 21, 2019, with kickoff at 9:00 p.m. EST (8:00 p.m. local CST) on ESPN.[5] It was the 19th edition of the New Orleans Bowl, and one of the 2019–20 bowl games concluding the 2019 FBS football season. Sponsored by freight shipping company R+L Carriers, the game was officially known as the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl.
The game was played between the Sun Belt Conference champions Appalachian State Mountaineers and the UAB Blazers of Conference USA (C–USA). It was the first New Orleans Bowl to feature a ranked team, as Appalachian State entered the game at No. 20 in the AP Poll, Coaches Poll, and CFP rankings. It also was the first time that UAB and Appalachian State ever played each other.[6]
See main article: 2019 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team. Appalachian State entered the New Orleans Bowl with an overall 12–1 record (7–1 in conference), having won the Sun Belt Championship Game over Louisiana. This was Appalachian State's second New Orleans Bowl, both consecutively and overall; the Mountaineers entered the game as the defending New Orleans Bowl champions, having won the 2018 edition over Middle Tennessee, 45–13.
See main article: 2019 UAB Blazers football team. UAB entered the bowl with a 9–4 record (6–2 in conference). The Blazers finished tied with Louisiana Tech atop C–USA's West Division, then lost the C–USA Championship Game to Florida Atlantic, 49–6.