2022 Sun Bowl

2022 Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl
89th Sun Bowl
Pittsburgh Panthers UCLA Bruins
(8–4) (9–3)
ACC Pac-12
37 35
Head coach: 
Pat Narduzzi		 Head coach: 
Chip Kelly
APCoachesCFP
181818
1234 Total
Pittsburgh 68716 37
UCLA 71477 35
DateDecember 30, 2022
Season2022
StadiumSun Bowl
LocationEl Paso, Texas
MVPRodney Hammond Jr. (RB, Pittsburgh)[1]
FavoriteUCLA by 8.5
RefereeDerek Anderson (Big 12)[2]
Attendance41,104
PayoutUS$4,550,000[3]
United States TV coverage
NetworkCBS
AnnouncersBrad Nessler (play-by-play), Gary Danielson (analyst) and Jenny Dell (sideline)
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The 2022 Sun Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 30, 2022, at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas. The 89th edition[4] (88th playing) of the Sun Bowl, the game featured Pittsburgh from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and UCLA from the Pac-12 Conference. The game began at 12:13 p.m. MST[5] and was aired on CBS.[6] It was one of the 2022–23 bowl games concluding the 2022 FBS football season. Sponsored by Kellogg's Frosted Flakes breakfast cereal, the game was officially known as the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl, after its mascot, Tony the Tiger.

  1. ^ @TonyTheTigerSB (December 30, 2022). "MVP @RodneyLHammond1" (Tweet). Retrieved December 30, 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. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  4. ^ "Pitt Defeats No. 18 UCLA in One of the Most Exciting Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl Games in History". sunbowl.org. December 30, 2022. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
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  6. ^ "2022 College Football Bowl Schedule". FBSchedules.com.