2023 First Responder Bowl

2023 Servpro First Responder Bowl
14th First Responder Bowl
Texas State Bobcats Rice Owls
(7–5) (6–6)
Sun Belt The American
45 21
Head coach: 
G. J. Kinne		 Head coach: 
Mike Bloomgren
1234 Total
Texas State 1410147 45
Rice 71400 21
DateDecember 26, 2023
Season2023
StadiumGerald J. Ford Stadium
LocationUniversity Park, Texas
MVPBrian Holloway (LB, Texas State)[1]
FavoriteTexas State by 4.5[2]
RefereeEd Ardito (CUSA)[3]
Attendance26,542[4]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersDave Neal (play-by-play), Aaron Murray (analyst), and Morgan Uber (sideline)
International TV coverage
NetworkESPN Deportes
First Responder Bowl
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The 2023 First Responder Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 26, 2023, at Gerald J. Ford Stadium in University Park, Texas. The 14th annual First Responder Bowl featured the Texas State Bobcats of the Sun Belt Conference and the Rice Owls of the American Athletic Conference (The American). The game began at approximately 4:30 p.m. CST and was aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2023–24 bowl games concluding the 2023 FBS football season. Sponsored by cleanup and restoration company Servpro, the game was officially known as the Servpro First Responder Bowl.

  1. ^ @JacobHRichman (December 26, 2023). "And Brian Holloway is indeed the MVP of the First Responder Bowl" (Tweet). Retrieved December 26, 2023 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Parks, James (December 11, 2023). "College football bowl schedule, game odds, point spreads for 2023-24". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  3. ^ Austro, Ben (December 3, 2023). "2023-24 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
  4. ^ @FRBowl (December 26, 2023). "26,542 is the attendance @frbowl Highest for the bowl game since it's been played at SMU" (Tweet). Retrieved December 26, 2023 – via Twitter.