2022 Myrtle Beach Bowl

2022 Myrtle Beach Bowl
3rd Myrtle Beach Bowl
1234 Total
Marshall 14770 28
UConn 00140 14
DateDecember 19, 2022
Season2022
StadiumBrooks Stadium
LocationConway, South Carolina
MVPRasheen Ali (RB, Marshall)[1]
FavoriteMarshall by 11
RefereeRon Hudson (MAC)[2]
Attendance12,023
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersMike Morgan (play-by-play), Eric Mac Lain (analyst), and Tera Talmadge (sideline)
International TV coverage
NetworkESPN Brazil
AnnouncersESPN Brazil: Matheus Suman (play-by-play) and Weinny Eirado (analyst)
Myrtle Beach Bowl
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The 2022 Myrtle Beach Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game played on December 19, 2022, at Brooks Stadium in Conway, South Carolina. The third annual Myrtle Beach Bowl, the game featured the Marshall Thundering Herd of the Sun Belt Conference and the University of Connecticut (UConn) Huskies, who were not affiliated with a football conference. The bowl game was the final contest concluding the 2022 NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (Division I FBS) football season for both teams, and ended in a 28–14 victory for Marshall.

The game began at 2:34 p.m. EST.[3] Both offenses started sub-optimally with fumbles on their first drives, with UConn's coming on their first play from scrimmage. Marshall scored the game's first points with a touchdown on the second play of their second drive, and doubled their lead with an interception returned for a touchdown later in the first quarter. After punts by both teams, UConn missed an opportunity to score when a 45-yard field goal was not converted, and Marshall took advantage by scoring a touchdown on their next drive. A turnover on downs and a punt took the game to halftime, though early in the second half both teams scored touchdowns, and UConn scored a second on their next drive to shrink their deficit to 14 points. Their final two drives resulted in another turnover on downs and an interception, though, and the game finished with Marshall defeating UConn, 28–14.

  1. ^ @LukeCreasy (December 19, 2022). "Rasheen Ali is the 2022 Myrtle Beach Bowl MVP" (Tweet). Retrieved December 19, 2022 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Austro, Ben (December 4, 2022). "2022–23 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference finalstats was invoked but never defined (see the help page).