2022 Holiday Bowl

2022 Holiday Bowl
43rd Holiday Bowl
Oregon Ducks North Carolina Tar Heels
(9–3) (9–4)
Pac-12 ACC
28 27
Head coach: 
Dan Lanning		 Head coach: 
Mack Brown
APCoachesCFP
151415
APCoachesCFP
NR25NR
1234 Total
Oregon 77014 28
North Carolina 71406 27
DateDecember 28, 2022
Season2022
StadiumPetco Park
LocationSan Diego, California
MVPBucky Irving (RB, Oregon)[1] & Mase Funa (LB, Oregon)[2]
FavoriteOregon by 13
RefereeMark Kluczynski (Big Ten)[3]
Attendance36,242
PayoutUS$6,532,700[4]
United States TV coverage
NetworkFox
AnnouncersGus Johnson, Joel Klatt and Jenny Taft
Holiday Bowl
 < 2019 2023 > 

The 2022 Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 28, 2022, at Petco Park in San Diego, California. The 43rd annual Holiday Bowl, the game featured the Oregon Ducks from the Pac-12 Conference and the North Carolina Tar Heels from the Atlantic Coast Conference. The game began at 5:06 p.m. PST[5] and was aired on Fox.[6] It was one of the 2022–23 bowl games concluding the 2022 FBS football season. Sponsored by San Diego County Credit Union, the game was officially known as the San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl.

This was the first Holiday Bowl staged since the 2019 edition, as the 2020 and 2021 editions were canceled due to impact from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  2. ^ @Jared_Mack7 (December 29, 2022). "Oregon OLB Mase Funa named Defensive MVP of Holiday Bowl" (Tweet). Retrieved December 29, 2022 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ Austro, Ben (December 4, 2022). "2022–23 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
  4. ^ "2022 Bowl Schedule". College Football Poll. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
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  6. ^ "2022 College Football Bowl Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved November 1, 2022.