2022 Gasparilla Bowl
The 2022 Gasparilla Bowl (officially known as the Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl for sponsorship reasons) was a college football bowl game played on December 23, 2022, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The 14th annual Gasparilla Bowl began at 6:35 p.m. EST and was aired on ESPN. The game was played between the Wake Forest Demon Deacons from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and the Missouri Tigers from the Southeastern Conference (SEC). It was one of the 2022–23 bowl games concluding the 2022 FBS football season.
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| 14th Gasparilla Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 23, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Raymond James Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Tampa, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Sam Hartman (QB, Wake Forest) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Wake Forest by 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Sonya Bryson-Kirksey | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Kevin Boitmann (Big 12) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 34,370 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Chris Cotter (play-by-play), Aaron Murray (analyst), and Lericia Harris (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ESPN Deportes | ||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest scored the game's first points on their first possession after Sam Hartman passed to Taylor Morin for a touchdown, and Missouri scored their first points with a successful field goal later in the first quarter. Each team scored a touchdown in the second and third quarters, though Wake Forest missed an extra point attempt following one of their scores. Wake Forest entered the fourth quarter with a three-point lead, which they expanded to ten points with another touchdown, the last of the game. Wake Forest emerged victorious with a final score of 27–17.
The game was Hartman's last as a member of the Wake Forest team; he officially announced a transfer to Notre Dame on January 5, 2023. He was the game's most valuable player and finished his Wake Forest career having set the ACC record for passing touchdowns. Wake Forest finished the season with a record of 8–5, while Missouri finished 6–7.