2013 Fight Hunger Bowl

2013 Fight Hunger Bowl
BYU Cougars Washington Huskies (8–4) (8–4) Independent Pac-12 16 31 Head coach:  Bronco Mendenhall Head coach:  Marques Tuiasosopo, interim
1 2 3 4 Total BYU 0 16 0 0 16 Washington 7 14 7 3 31
Date	December 27, 2013
Season	2013
Stadium	AT&T Park
Location	San Francisco, California
MVP	Offense: Bishop Sankey Washington Running Back Defense: Hau’oli Kikaha Washington Defensive End
Favorite	Washington by 3 [1]
Referee	Clay Martin (C-USA)
Attendance	34,136[2]
Payout	US$1,000,000 (Pac-12) $850,000 (BYU)
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Dave Pasch (play-by-play) Brian Griese (analyst) Tom Luginbill (sidelines)
Fight Hunger Bowl  < 2012 2014 >

The 2013 Fight Hunger Bowl is an American college football bowl game that was played on December 27, 2013, at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California. It was one of the 2013–14 bowl games that concluded the 2013 FBS football season. The 12th edition of the Fight Hunger Bowl, it featured the Washington Huskies, from the Pac-12 Conference, against the BYU Cougars, an independent team. The game began at 6:30 p.m. PST and aired on ESPN.^[3] It was the last Fight Hunger Bowl game played at AT&T Park.^[4]

Washington and BYU both finished the regular season with records of 8–4, and each team faced its own set of circumstances entering the game. Washington entered the game with quarterbacks coach Marques Tuiasosopo serving as its interim coach following the departure of Steve Sarkisian and several staff members to University of Southern California, where Sarkisian was named head coach days before the game. Though the Huskies moved quickly to hire Chris Petersen away from Boise State, Tuiasosopo coached the game. Washington featured a pair of key star players on offense, in Bishop Sankey at running back and Austin Seferian-Jenkins at tight end. Key performers on the defense included linebacker Shaq Thompson and team captain Sean Parker, a safety. BYU featured a high-powered offense that centered on dual-threat quarterback Taysom Hill and wide receiver Cody Hoffman. The offensive line, however, had been in shambles all season long, and was a potential area of concern. Defensively, Kyle Van Noy, an All-American who was one of the "best defenders" in program history, headlined a unit that also featured Uani 'Unga, who led the group in tackles.

The game featured two female officials, which made Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) history. After Washington scored first, and was the only team to score in the first quarter, BYU came back in the second quarter with a trio of field goals from Justin Sorensen, but ultimately trailed at halftime following a kickoff returned for a touchdown and a touchdown pass to Seferian-Jenkins by Washington. The halftime score was 21–16, with Washington holding the 5-point advantage. They were the only team to score in the second half, posting 10 points despite losing both their quarterback and running back due to injury in the fourth quarter. Ultimately, they won the game 31–16.