2022 Sugar Bowl (December)
The 2022 Sugar Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 31, 2022, at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The 89th annual Sugar Bowl, the game featured Kansas State from the Big 12 Conference and Alabama from the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The game began at 11:00 a.m. CST and was aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2022–23 bowl games concluding the 2022 FBS football season. Sponsored by insurance company Allstate, the game was officially known as the Allstate Sugar Bowl.
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| 89th Sugar Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 31, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Caesars Superdome | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | New Orleans, Louisiana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Bryce Young (QB, Alabama) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Alabama by 7.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Berkley the Artist | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Larry Smith (Big Ten) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 60,437 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Dave Pasch (play-by-play), Dusty Dvoracek (analyst), and Tom Luginbill (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ESPN Deportes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
This game was the final Sugar Bowl with its conference tie in of SEC vs Big 12 before the expansion of the College Football Playoff to 12 teams in 2024 (2025 Calendar year) and hosting the final four team playoff semifinal in 2023 (2024 Calendar year).
Due to National Football League (NFL) scheduling considerations, New Year's Day bowl games are rescheduled when January 1 falls on a Sunday. As the NFL's 18-week regular season resulted in Monday Night Football (which Sugar Bowl rightsholder ESPN is committed to broadcast) being played in Week 17 on January 2, the Sugar Bowl was moved to December 31 for the first time since its 1995 edition.