2022 Cricket Celebration Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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7th Celebration Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | December 17, 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Season | 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Mercedes-Benz Stadium | |||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Atlanta, Georgia | |||||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Davius Richard (QB, NC Central) & Khalil Baker (DB, NC Central)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
Favorite | Jackson State by 14[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Billy Williams (MAC)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 49,670 | |||||||||||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Network | ABC | |||||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Tiffany Greene (play-by-play), Jay Walker (analyst), and Tiffany Blackmon (sideline) | |||||||||||||||||||||
International TV coverage | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Network | ESPN Deportes and ESPN Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | ESPN Brazil: Thiago Alves (play-by-play) and Deivis Chiodini (analyst) | |||||||||||||||||||||
The 2022 Celebration Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 17, 2022, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The seventh annual Celebration Bowl, the game featured the Jackson State Tigers, champions of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) and the North Carolina Central Eagles, champions of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). The SWAC and MEAC are the two prominent NCAA Division I conferences of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).
The game began at 12:07 p.m. EST[4] and aired on ABC.[5] It was the only Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) contest of the 2022–23 bowl games. Sponsored by wireless service provider Cricket Wireless, it was officially known as the Cricket Celebration Bowl.
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