2023 Guaranteed Rate Bowl

Postseason college football bowl game

College football game

2023 Guaranteed Rate Bowl

34th Guaranteed Rate Bowl
| Kansas Jayhawks | UNLV Rebels

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(8–4) | (9–4)
Big 12 | Mountain West
Head coach:
Lance Leipold | Head coach:
Barry Odom
Date| December 26, 2023
Season| 2023
Stadium| Chase Field
Location| Phoenix, Arizona
Favorite| Kansas by 12.5[1]
Referee| Tim Hedgepeth (ACC)[2]
United States TV coverage
Network| ESPN
ESPN Radio
Announcers| Beth 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

< 2022 |  2024 >

The 2023 Guaranteed Rate Bowl is a college football bowl game that is scheduled to be played on December 26, 2023, at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona. The 34th annual Guaranteed Rate Bowl game will feature Kansas of the Big 12 Conference and UNLV of the Mountain West Conference. The game is scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m. MST and will air on ESPN.[3][4] The Guaranteed Rate Bowl will be one of the 2023–24 bowl games concluding the 2023 FBS football season. The game's title sponsor is residential mortgage company Guaranteed Rate.

## Teams[edit]

The game will feature the Kansas Jayhawks of the Big 12 Conference and the UNLV Rebels of the Mountain West Conference.

This will be the third meeting between Kansas and UNLV; the all-time series is currently tied at 1–1. The teams last met in 2003 with the Jayhawks winning, 46–24.[5]

### Kansas Jayhawks[edit]

Main article: 2023 Kansas Jayhawks football team

The Jayhawks enter the game with an 8–4 record (5–4 in the Big 12), tied for seventh place in the conference.

This will be Kansas' second Guaranteed Rate Bowl, having won the 2008 Insight Bowl when the bowl was known by that name. It is the Jayhawks' second consecutive season playing in a bowl game, something only accomplished once before in program history (2007–2008).

### UNLV Rebels[edit]

Main article: 2023 UNLV Rebels football team

The Rebels enter the game with a 9–4 record (6–2 in the Mountain West). Winning the three-way tiebreaker for first place in their conference, the Rebels hosted the 2023 Mountain West Championship Game, losing to Boise State, 44–20.

This will be UNLV's first Guaranteed Rate Bowl. The game will be the Rebel's first bowl appearance since the 2014 Heart of Dallas Bowl following the 2013 season.

## Game summary[edit]

2023 Guaranteed Rate Bowl

Period | 1 | 2 | 3| 4| Total

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Kansas | 0 | 0 | 0| 0| 0
UNLV | 0 | 0 | 0| 0| 0

at Chase Field • Phoenix, Arizona

* Date: Tuesday, December 26, 2023
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. MST
* Game weather: TBD (retractable roof)
* TV announcers (ESPN): Beth Mowins (play-by-play), Kirk Morrison (analyst), and Stormy Buonantony (sideline)
* Box score

### Statistics[edit]

Statistics  | KU  | UNLV

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First downs |  |
Plays–yards | – | –
Rushes–yards | – | –
Passing yards |  |
Passing: comp–att–int | –– | ––
Time of possession |  |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics

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Kansas  | Passing |  |
Rushing |  |
Receiving |  |
UNLV  | Passing |  |
Rushing |  |
Receiving |  |

## References[edit]

1. ^ Parks, James (December 11, 2023). "College football bowl schedule, game odds, point spreads for 2023-24". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
2. ^ Austro, Ben (December 3, 2023). "2023-24 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
3. ^ Straka, Dean (May 31, 2023). "2023-24 college football bowl schedule, games, dates, locations, kickoff times, TV channels". CBS Sports. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
4. ^ Lewis, Barry (June 3, 2023). "2023-24 College Football Bowl Schedule, Dates, Times Announced". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
5. ^ "Winsipedia – Kansas Jayhawks vs. UNLV Rebels". Winsipedia.com. Retrieved December 8, 2023.

## External links[edit]

* Game statistics at statbroadcast.com

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* 1984 California Bowl
* 1994 Las Vegas Bowl
* 2000 Las Vegas Bowl
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