2022 Cure Bowl

The 2022 Cure Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 16, 2022, at Exploria Stadium in Orlando, Florida. The eighth annual Cure Bowl, the game featured the UTSA Roadrunners of Conference USA and the Troy Trojans of the Sun Belt Conference. The game began at 3:07 p.m. EST^[5] and aired on ESPN.^[6] It was one of the 2022–23 bowl games concluding the 2022 FBS football season. Sponsored by workwear company Duluth Holdings Inc. through their Duluth Trading Company brand, it was officially known as the Duluth Trading Cure Bowl.

Both offenses started slowly, as the teams traded punts on each of their opening drives and Troy lost a fumble on their second. The scoring opened with a safety after a Troy snap—which the quarterback was not expecting—went through the back of the end zone; UTSA's resulting possession gave the first touchdown of the game with a pass from quarterback Frank Harris to wide receiver Zakhari Franklin. After several more punts, UTSA placekicker Jared Sackett added a field goal to increase the Roadrunners' lead to twelve points, though this was cut to five following a Troy touchdown with under a minute remaining in the first half. Offenses continued to underperform in the second half; each of UTSA's first three possessions in the third quarter resulted in turnovers. Troy scored a 12-yard passing touchdown late in the quarter to take their first lead, and extended it to six points with a short field goal on their next drive. A turnover on downs from the Troy 3-yard-line and another from the Troy 42-yard-line for UTSA concluded their afternoon, securing an 18–12 win for Troy.