2022 Bahamas Bowl

The 2022 Bahamas Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 16, 2022, at Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas. The eighth annual Bahamas Bowl, the game featured the UAB Blazers, from Conference USA, and the Miami RedHawks, from the Mid-American Conference. The game began at 11:35 a.m. EST^[4] and aired on ESPN.^[5] It was the first of the 2022–23 bowl games concluding the 2022 FBS football season. Sponsored by mortgage lender HomeTown Lenders, it was officially known as the HomeTown Lenders Bahamas Bowl.

UAB's offense started the game well, scoring on both of their first two drives with a 10-yard touchdown pass on the first and a 42-yard field goal on the second. Miami, after punting on three of their first four drives, put together a 65-yard touchdown drive that concluded with 34 seconds remaining in the second quarter, though they trailed by four points at the half due to a blocked extra point. After forcing UAB's offense into a turnover on downs to begin the third quarter, Miami went three-and-out and punted but recovered the ball on the UAB 4-yard-line after the punt was muffed by UAB, allowing them to score on their next play. The teams traded touchdowns to begin the fourth quarter, and Miami missed a field goal after recovering a UAB fumble on UAB's 28-yard-line. UAB scored a touchdown on their ensuing drive, and Miami was unable to respond, as they came up two yards short of the end zone on the game's final play, securing a 24–20 win for UAB.