| 2023 Pop-Tarts Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 34th Pop-Tarts Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 28, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Camping World Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Orlando, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Avery Johnson (QB, Kansas State)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Kansas State by 3.5[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Larry Smith (Big 10)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 31,111 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Anish Shroff (play-by-play), Andre Ware (analyst), and Paul Carcaterra (sideline) (ESPN) Sean Kelley (play-by-play) and Rene Ingoglia (analyst) (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2023 Pop-Tarts Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 28, 2023, at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. The 34th annual Pop-Tarts Bowl (although the first under that name) featured NC State from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and Kansas State from the Big 12 Conference. The bowl was ranked 9th in the fbs, the game began at approximately 5:45 p.m. EST and was aired on ESPN.[4][5] The Pop-Tarts Bowl was one of the 2023–24 bowl games concluding the 2023 FBS football season. The bowl game's title sponsor was Kellanova (formerly Kellogg's) through their Pop-Tarts brand.