2023 Holiday Bowl

2023 DirecTV Holiday Bowl
44th Holiday Bowl
1234 Total
Louisville 7777 28
USC 72177 42
DateDecember 27, 2023
Season2023
StadiumPetco Park
LocationSan Diego, California
MVP
FavoriteLouisville by 7.5[3]
RefereeLee Hedrick (SEC)[4]
Attendance35,317
United States TV coverage
NetworkFox
AnnouncersGus Johnson, Joel Klatt, and Jenny Taft
Holiday Bowl
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The 2023 Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 27, 2023, at Petco Park in San Diego, California. The 44th annual Holiday Bowl featured the Louisville Cardinals from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and the USC Trojans from the Pac-12 Conference. The game began at approximately 5:00 p.m. PST and was aired on Fox.[5][6][7] It was one of the 2023–24 bowl games concluding the 2023 FBS football season. Sponsored by multichannel video programming distributor DirecTV, the game was officially known as the DirecTV Holiday Bowl.

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