2023 Guaranteed Rate Bowl

2023 Guaranteed Rate Bowl
34th Guaranteed Rate Bowl
1234 Total
Kansas 721021 49
UNLV 731412 36
DateDecember 26, 2023
Season2023
StadiumChase Field
LocationPhoenix, Arizona
MVPJason Bean (QB, Kansas)[1] & Kenny Logan (S, Kansas)[2]
FavoriteKansas by 10.5
RefereeTim Hedgepeth (ACC)[3]
Attendance26,478
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
ESPN Radio
AnnouncersBeth Mowins (play-by-play), Kirk Morrison (analyst), and Stormy Buonantony (sideline) (ESPN)
Jorge Sedano (play-by-play) and Max Starks (analyst) (ESPN Radio)
Guaranteed Rate Bowl
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The 2023 Guaranteed Rate Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 26, 2023, at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona. The 34th annual Guaranteed Rate Bowl featured Kansas of the Big 12 Conference and UNLV of the Mountain West Conference. The game began at approximately 7:10 p.m. MST and was aired on ESPN.[4][5] The Guaranteed Rate Bowl was one of the 2023–24 bowl games concluding the 2023 FBS football season. The game's title sponsor was residential mortgage company Guaranteed Rate.

Kansas won the game 49–36. Kansas quarterback Jason Bean, who won offensive MVP, set the Guaranteed Rate Bowl record for passing touchdowns with 6, split between receivers Luke Grimm and Lawrence Arnold who both had 3, tying former Jayhawk Dezmon Briscoe's record for receiving touchdowns.

  1. ^ @RateBowl (December 27, 2023). "Congratulations to the Offensive MVP, with a new #GuaranteedRateBowl record of SIX passing touchdowns! We applaud you @jasonbean24" (Tweet). Retrieved December 27, 2023 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ @RateBowl (December 27, 2023). "#1 on defense and #1 in our hearts! Congratulations @Kennylogan23 on being the #GuaranteedRateBowl Defensive MVP!" (Tweet). Retrieved December 27, 2023 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ Austro, Ben (December 3, 2023). "2023-24 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
  4. ^ Straka, Dean (May 31, 2023). "2023-24 college football bowl schedule, games, dates, locations, kickoff times, TV channels". CBS Sports. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
  5. ^ Lewis, Barry (June 3, 2023). "2023-24 College Football Bowl Schedule, Dates, Times Announced". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved June 28, 2023.