2022 Texas Bowl (January)

2022 TaxAct Texas Bowl
15th Texas Bowl
LSU Tigers Kansas State Wildcats
(6–6) (7–5)
SEC Big 12
20 42
Head coach: 
Brad Davis (interim)		 Head coach: 
Chris Klieman
1234 Total
LSU 07013 20
Kansas State 714714 42
DateJanuary 4, 2022
Season2021
StadiumNRG Stadium
LocationHouston, Texas
MVPSkylar Thompson (QB, Kansas State)[1]
FavoriteKansas State by 7.5
RefereeJohn O'Neill (Big Ten) [2]
Attendance52,207
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersTom Hart (play–by–play), Tim Hasselbeck (analyst), and Kelsey Riggs (sideline)
International TV coverage
NetworkESPN Brasil
AnnouncersRenan do Couto (play-by-play) and Weinny Eirado (analyst)
Texas Bowl
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The 2022 Texas Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 4, 2022, with kickoff at 9:00 p.m. EST (8:00 p.m. local CST) and televised on ESPN.[3] It was the 15th edition of the Texas Bowl (after the 2020 edition was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic), and was one of the 2021–22 bowl games concluding the 2021 FBS football season. Sponsored by tax preparation software company TaxAct, the game was officially known as the TaxAct Texas Bowl. This was the first edition of the Texas Bowl to be played in the month of January.

  1. ^ @arnegreen (January 4, 2022). "Your Texas Bowl MVP Skylar Thompson" (Tweet). Retrieved January 5, 2022 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "2021-22 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. December 6, 2021. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  3. ^ "2021 College Football Bowl Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved June 23, 2021.