2022 Gator Bowl

2022 TaxSlayer Gator Bowl
78th Gator Bowl
Notre Dame Fighting Irish South Carolina Gamecocks
(8–4) (8–4)
Independent SEC
45 38
Head coach: 
Marcus Freeman		 Head coach: 
Shane Beamer
APCoachesCFP
192021
APCoachesCFP
201919
1234 Total
Notre Dame 7101414 45
South Carolina 21377 38
DateDecember 30, 2022
Season2022
StadiumTIAA Bank Field
LocationJacksonville, Florida
MVPTyler Buchner (QB, Notre Dame)[1]
FavoriteNotre Dame by 5.5
RefereeMike Cannon (Big Ten)[2]
Attendance67,383
PayoutUS$5,350,000[3]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersTaylor Zarzour (play-by-play), Matt Stinchcomb (analyst), and Alyssa Lang (sideline)
International TV coverage
NetworkESPN Deportes
Gator Bowl
 < 2021 (Dec.) 2023 > 

The 2022 Gator Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 30, 2022, at TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville, Florida. The 78th annual Gator Bowl, the game featured Notre Dame, an FBS Independent, and South Carolina of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The game began at 3:40 p.m. EST[4] and was aired on ESPN.[5] It was one of the 2022–23 bowl games concluding the 2022 FBS football season. Sponsored by financial technology company TaxSlayer, the game was officially known as the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl.

Notre Dame defeated South Carolina with a final score of 45–38.

With 5.766 million viewers, the 2022 Gator Bowl was the highest rated non-New Year’s Six bowl game of the 2022–23 season.[6] It was also the highest-scoring Gator Bowl in history, with a combined 83 points.[7]

  1. ^ @PFF_College (December 30, 2022). "The Tyler Buchner experience tonight was WILD:" (Tweet). Retrieved December 30, 2022 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Austro, Ben (December 4, 2022). "2022–23 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
  3. ^ "2022 Bowl Schedule". College Football Poll. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
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  5. ^ "2022 College Football Bowl Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
  6. ^ "South Carolina 2022 Football Season Highlights". University of South Carolina Athletics. January 19, 2023. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  7. ^ "Irish top S.C. in historic Gator Bowl barnburner". ESPN.com. December 31, 2022. Retrieved February 21, 2024.