2023 Rose Bowl

2023 Rose Bowl presented by Prudential
109th Rose Bowl Game
Penn State Nittany Lions Utah Utes
(10–2) (10–3)
Big Ten Pac-12
35 21
Head coach: 
James Franklin		 Head coach: 
Kyle Whittingham
APCoachesCFP
9711
APCoachesCFP
7108
1234 Total
Penn State 77714 35
Utah 01407 21
DateJanuary 2, 2023
Season2022
StadiumRose Bowl
LocationPasadena, California
MVPSean Clifford (QB, Penn State) & Ji'Ayir Brown (S, Penn State)[1]
FavoritePenn State by 1.5[2]
National anthemUniversity of Utah Marching Band
RefereeMichael Vandervelde (Big 12)[3]
Halftime showPennsylvania State University Marching Blue Band and University of Utah Marching Band
Attendance94,873
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersChris Fowler (play-by-play), Kirk Herbstreit (analyst), and Holly Rowe (sideline)
International TV coverage
NetworkESPN Deportes; ESPN Brazil
AnnouncersESPN Brazil: Thiago Alves (play-by-play) and Weinny Eirado (analyst)
ESPN Deportes: Guillermo Celis (play-by-play) and Kenneth Garay (analyst)[4]
Rose Bowl
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The 2023 Rose Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 2, 2023, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. The 109th annual Rose Bowl, the game featured Penn State from the Big Ten Conference and Utah from the Pac-12 Conference. The game began at 2:11 p.m. PST[5] and was aired on ESPN and ESPN Radio.[6] It was one of the 2022–23 bowl games concluding the 2022 FBS football season. Sponsored by Prudential Financial, the game is officially known as The Rose Bowl Game presented by Prudential.

This game was the final Rose Bowl with its conference tie in of Pac 12 vs Big Ten before the expansion of the College Football Playoff to 12 teams in 2024 (2025 Calendar year) and hosting the final four team playoff semifinal in 2023 (2024 Calendar year).

Induction ceremonies to the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame were held before the game honoring three-time Rose Bowl Game head coach Hugo Bezdek (1884–1952), recently retired Rose Bowl Stadium CEO Darryl Dunn, 1977 Rose Bowl Game MVP Vince Evans (USC), and 1987 All-American Lorenzo White (Michigan State).[7]

  1. ^ Stockburger, George (January 2, 2023). "Sean Clifford named Rose Bowl Offensive MVP to cap off Penn State career". WHTM-TV. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
  2. ^ "Penn State 35 - 21 Utah: Final | 2023-01-02 | College Football | Yahoo Sports".
  3. ^ Austro, Ben (December 4, 2022). "2022–23 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
  4. ^ "kenneth garay on Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference finalstats was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "2022 College Football Bowl Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
  7. ^ "The Rose Bowl Hall of Fame Class of 2022". rosebowlgame.com. Retrieved November 10, 2022.