2022 Texas Bowl (December)

Postseason college football bowl game

College football game

2022 TaxAct Texas Bowl

16th Texas Bowl
| Texas Tech Red Raiders | Ole Miss Rebels

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(7–5) | (8–4)
Big 12 | SEC
42 | 25
Head coach:
Joey McGuire | Head coach:
Lane Kiffin
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Texas Tech | 10| 16| 0| 16 | 42
Ole Miss | 7| 0| 6| 12 | 25
Date| December 28, 2022
Season| 2022
Stadium| NRG Stadium
Location| Houston, Texas
MVP| Tyler Shough (QB, Texas Tech)[1]
Favorite| Ole Miss by 3.5
Referee| Stuart Mullins (ACC)[2]
Attendance| 53,251
Payout| US$6,400,000[3]
United States TV coverage
Network| ESPN
Announcers| Roy Philpott (play-by-play), Andre Ware (analyst), and Ian Fitzsimmons (sideline)
International TV coverage
Network| ESPN Deportes
|  Texas Bowl

< 2022 (Jan.) | 2023 >

The 2022 Texas Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 28, 2022, at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. The 16th annual Texas Bowl, the game featured Texas Tech from the Big 12 Conference and Ole Miss from the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The game began at 8:09 p.m. CST[4] and was aired on ESPN.[5] It was one of the 2022–23 bowl games concluding the 2022 FBS football season. Sponsored by tax preparation software company TaxAct, the game was officially known as the TaxAct Texas Bowl.

## Teams[edit]

Consistent with conference tie-ins, the game featured teams from the Big 12 Conference and the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

This was the seventh meeting between Texas Tech and Ole Miss, with their most recent prior meeting coming in 2018. Coming into the bowl, the Rebels led the all-time series 4–2.[6] This was the fourth bowl game played between the two teams—they met in the 1986 Independence Bowl, 1998 Independence Bowl, and 2009 Cotton Bowl Classic; all three match-ups ended in a victory for Ole Miss.

### Texas Tech[edit]

Main article: 2022 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

Texas Tech, from the Big 12, finished the regular season with a record of 7–5, led by first-year head coach Joey McGuire. Highlights of the season included finishing with a winning conference record (5–4) for the first time since 2009 and defeating Texas and Oklahoma in the same season for the first time in program history.[7] This was the Red Raiders' third Texas Bowl appearance, having won the 2012 edition, 34–31, to Minnesota and losing the 2015 edition, 27–56, to LSU. Texas Tech began the game in air raid formation as a tribute to former head coach Mike Leach.

### Ole Miss[edit]

Main article: 2022 Ole Miss Rebels football team

Ole Miss, from the SEC, finished the regular season with a record of 8–4, led by third-year head coach Lane Kiffin. The team started the season 7–0, but lost four of their next five games. This was the Rebels' first Texas Bowl appearance.

## Game summary[edit]

2022 TaxAct Texas Bowl

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Texas Tech | 10 | 16 | 0| 16| 42
Ole Miss | 7 | 0 | 6| 12| 25

at NRG Stadium • Houston, Texas

* Date: Wednesday, December 28, 2022
* Game time: 8:00 p.m. CST
* Game weather: None (retractable roof closed)
* Game attendance: 53,251
* Referee: Stuart Mullins
* TV announcers (ESPN): Roy Philpott (play-by-play), Andre Ware (analyst), and Ian Fitzsimmons (sideline)
* Box score

Scoring summary

| Quarter  | Time  | Drive | Team  | Scoring information  | Score

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Plays | Yards  | TOP | Texas Tech  | Ole Miss
1  | 6:43  | 7  | 27  | 2:30  | Texas Tech  | Tyler Shough 2-yard touchdown run, Trey Wolff kick good  | 7  | 0
1  | 5:26  | 5  | 75  | 1:17  | Ole Miss  | Zach Evans 8-yard touchdown run, Jonathan Cruz kick good  | 7  | 7
1  | 3:23  | 7  | 49  | 1:56  | Texas Tech  | 42-yard field goal by Trey Wolff  | 10  | 7
2  | 6:59  | 4  | 9  | 1:03  | Texas Tech  | Tyler Shough 2-yard touchdown run, Trey Wolff kick good  | 17  | 7
2  | 2:13  | 8  | 18  | 4:11  | Texas Tech  | 32-yard field goal by Trey Wolff  | 20  | 7
2  | 0:28  | 5  | 37  | 1:14  | Texas Tech  | Jerand Bradley 12-yard touchdown reception from Tyler Shough, 2-point pass failed  | 26  | 7
3  | 9:08  | 10  | 80  | 3:40  | Ole Miss  | Jordan Watkins 11-yard touchdown reception from Jaxson Dart, Jonathan Cruz kick no good  | 26  | 13
4  | 13:20  | 11  | 71  | 3:35  | Texas Tech  | SaRodorick Thompson 1-yard touchdown run, 2-point rush failed  | 32  | 13
4  | 9:36  | 7  | 66  | 2:27  | Texas Tech  | 26-yard field goal by Trey Wolff  | 35  | 13
4  | 7:35  | 7  | 75  | 2:01  | Ole Miss  | Jaxson Dart 9-yard touchdown run, 2-point pass failed  | 35  | 19
4  | 3:10  | 9  | 80  | 2:30  | Ole Miss  | Malik Heath 19-yard touchdown reception from Jaxson Dart, 2-point pass failed  | 35  | 25
4  | 3:03  |  |  |  | Texas Tech  | Kickoff returned 44 yards for touchdown by Loic Fouonji, Trey Wolff kick good  | 42  | 25
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. | 42  | 25

## Statistics[edit]

Team statistical comparison[4] | Statistic  | Texas Tech | Ole Miss

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First downs | 27 | 27
First downs rushing | 11 | 12
First downs passing | 11 | 14
First downs penalty | 5 | 1
Third down efficiency | 7–19 | 5–13
Fourth down efficiency | 5–6 | 2–7
Total plays–net yards | 88–484 | 84–558
Rushing attempts–net yards | 48–242 | 43–197
Yards per rush | 5.0 | 4.3
Yards passing | 242 | 361
Pass completions–attempts | 24–40 | 25–41
Interceptions thrown | 1 | 3
Punt returns–total yards | 1–38 | 1–43
Kickoff returns–total yards | 9–564 | 5–210
Punts–average yardage | 1–38.0 | 1–43.0
Fumbles–lost | 3–2 | 2–2
Penalties–yards | 3–15 | 8–86
Time of possession | 33:24 | 26:36
Texas Tech statistics[4] | Red Raiders passing

| C–A | Yds | TD–INT
Tyler Shough | 24–39 | 242 | 1–1
Behren Morton | 0–1 | 0 | 0–0
Red Raiders rushing
| Car | Yds | TD
Tyler Shough | 25 | 111 | 2
Tahj Brooks | 14 | 90 | 0
Cam'Ron Valdez | 1 | 29 | 0
SaRodorick Thompson | 7 | 14 | 1
TEAM | 1 | –2 | 0
Red Raiders receiving
| Rec | Yds | TD
Loic Fouonji | 7 | 100 | 0
Jerand Bradley | 8 | 88 | 1
Myles Price | 3 | 35 | 0
Xavier White | 3 | 11 | 0
Brady Boyd | 1 | 9 | 0
Henry Teeter | 1 | 5 | 0
SaRodorick Thompson | 1 | –6 | 0
Ole Miss statistics[4] | Rebels passing

| C–A | Yds | TD–INT
Jaxson Dart | 25–41 | 361 | 2–3
Rebels rushing
| Car | Yds | TD
Quinshon Judkins | 23 | 91 | 0
Jaxson Dart | 11 | 66 | 1
Zach Evans | 8 | 37 | 1
Dayton Wade | 1 | 3 | 0
Rebels receiving
| Rec | Yds | TD
Malik Heath | 8 | 137 | 1
Dayton Wade | 3 | 73 | 0
Jonathan Mingo | 3 | 53 | 0
Jordan Watkins | 4 | 45 | 1
Zach Evans | 4 | 26 | 0
Quinshon Judkins | 2 | 16 | 0
Bralon Brown | 1 | 11 | 0

## References[edit]

1. ^ @RedRaiderSports (December 29, 2022). "Tyler Shough named Texas Bowl MVP" (Tweet). Retrieved December 29, 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.
4. ^ a b c d "2022 Texas Bowl Final Stats" (PDF). Statbroadcast. December 28, 2022. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
5. ^ "2022 College Football Bowl Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
6. ^ "Ole Miss Rebels vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders football series history". Winsipedia. Retrieved December 4, 2022.
7. ^ Collier, David (November 26, 2022). "FINAL: Texas Tech 51, Oklahoma 48". KAMC. Retrieved December 4, 2022.

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