2022 Texas Bowl (December)

The 2022 Texas Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 28, 2022, at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. The 16th annual Texas Bowl, the game featured Texas Tech from the Big 12 Conference and Ole Miss from the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The game began at 8:09 p.m. CST[4] and was aired on ESPN.[5] It was one of the 2022–23 bowl games concluding the 2022 FBS football season. Sponsored by tax preparation software company TaxAct, the game was officially known as the TaxAct Texas Bowl.

2022 TaxAct Texas Bowl
16th Texas Bowl
1234 Total
Texas Tech 1016016 42
Ole Miss 70612 25
DateDecember 28, 2022
Season2022
StadiumNRG Stadium
LocationHouston, Texas
MVPTyler Shough (QB, Texas Tech)[1]
FavoriteOle Miss by 3.5
RefereeStuart Mullins (ACC)[2]
Attendance53,251
PayoutUS$6,400,000[3]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersRoy Philpott (play-by-play), Andre Ware (analyst), and Ian Fitzsimmons (sideline)
International TV coverage
NetworkESPN Deportes
Texas Bowl
 < 2022 (Jan.) 2023

Teams

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Consistent with conference tie-ins, the game featured teams from the Big 12 Conference and the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

This was the seventh meeting between Texas Tech and Ole Miss, with their most recent prior meeting coming in 2018. Coming into the bowl, the Rebels led the all-time series 4–2.[6] This was the fourth bowl game played between the two teams—they met in the 1986 Independence Bowl, 1998 Independence Bowl, and 2009 Cotton Bowl Classic; all three match-ups ended in a victory for Ole Miss.

Texas Tech

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Texas Tech, from the Big 12, finished the regular season with a record of 7–5, led by first-year head coach Joey McGuire. Highlights of the season included finishing with a winning conference record (5–4) for the first time since 2009 and defeating Texas and Oklahoma in the same season for the first time in program history.[7] This was the Red Raiders' third Texas Bowl appearance, having won the 2012 edition, 34–31, to Minnesota and losing the 2015 edition, 27–56, to LSU. Texas Tech began the game in air raid formation as a tribute to former head coach Mike Leach.

Ole Miss

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Ole Miss, from the SEC, finished the regular season with a record of 8–4, led by third-year head coach Lane Kiffin. The team started the season 7–0, but lost four of their next five games. This was the Rebels' first Texas Bowl appearance.

Game summary

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2022 TaxAct Texas Bowl
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Texas Tech 10 16 01642
Ole Miss 7 0 61225

at NRG StadiumHouston, Texas

Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score
Plays Yards TOP Texas Tech Ole Miss
1 6:43 7 27 2:30 Texas Tech Tyler Shough 2-yard touchdown run, Trey Wolff kick good 7 0
1 5:26 5 75 1:17 Ole Miss Zach Evans 8-yard touchdown run, Jonathan Cruz kick good 7 7
1 3:23 7 49 1:56 Texas Tech 42-yard field goal by Trey Wolff 10 7
2 6:59 4 9 1:03 Texas Tech Tyler Shough 2-yard touchdown run, Trey Wolff kick good 17 7
2 2:13 8 18 4:11 Texas Tech 32-yard field goal by Trey Wolff 20 7
2 0:28 5 37 1:14 Texas Tech Jerand Bradley 12-yard touchdown reception from Tyler Shough, 2-point pass failed 26 7
3 9:08 10 80 3:40 Ole Miss Jordan Watkins 11-yard touchdown reception from Jaxson Dart, Jonathan Cruz kick no good 26 13
4 13:20 11 71 3:35 Texas Tech SaRodorick Thompson 1-yard touchdown run, 2-point rush failed 32 13
4 9:36 7 66 2:27 Texas Tech 26-yard field goal by Trey Wolff 35 13
4 7:35 7 75 2:01 Ole Miss Jaxson Dart 9-yard touchdown run, 2-point pass failed 35 19
4 3:10 9 80 2:30 Ole Miss Malik Heath 19-yard touchdown reception from Jaxson Dart, 2-point pass failed 35 25
4 3:03 Texas Tech Kickoff returned 44 yards for touchdown by Loic Fouonji, Trey Wolff kick good 42 25
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 42 25

Statistics

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References

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  1. ^ @RedRaiderSports (December 29, 2022). "Tyler Shough named Texas Bowl MVP" (Tweet). Retrieved December 29, 2022 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Austro, Ben (December 4, 2022). "2022–23 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
  3. ^ "2022 Bowl Schedule". College Football Poll.
  4. ^ a b c d "2022 Texas Bowl Final Stats" (PDF). Statbroadcast. December 28, 2022. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
  5. ^ "2022 College Football Bowl Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
  6. ^ "Ole Miss Rebels vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders football series history". Winsipedia. Retrieved December 4, 2022.
  7. ^ Collier, David (November 26, 2022). "FINAL: Texas Tech 51, Oklahoma 48". KAMC. Retrieved December 4, 2022.