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The 2022 Gator Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 30, 2022, at TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville, Florida . The 78th annual Gator Bowl , the game featured Notre Dame , an FBS Independent , and South Carolina of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The game began at 3:40 p.m. EST and was aired on ESPN . It was one of the 2022–23 bowl games concluding the 2022 FBS football season . Sponsored by financial technology company TaxSlayer , the game was officially known as the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl .
Notre Dame defeated South Carolina with a final score of 45–38.
With 5.766 million viewers, the 2022 Gator Bowl was the highest rated non-New Year’s Six bowl game of the 2022–23 season. It was also the highest-scoring Gator Bowl in history, with a combined 83 points.
Teams
Based on conference tie-ins, the game was expected to feature teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), the Big Ten Conference , or the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Selected to the bowl were South Carolina of the SEC and Notre Dame, who compete as an FBS Independent .
This was the fifth meeting between Notre Dame and South Carolina; the Fighting Irish lead the all-time series, 3–1.
Notre Dame
Main article: 2022 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
Notre Dame compiled an 8–4 record during their regular season. They opened their season with two losses, then won eight of their next nine games, before closing with a loss at USC . The Fighting Irish faced five ranked opponents, defeating BYU , Syracuse , and Clemson while losing to Ohio State and USC. Notre Dame entered the bowl 21st in the College Football Playoff (CFP) ranking.
South Carolina
Main article: 2022 South Carolina Gamecocks football team
South Carolina went 8–4 during the regular season, 4–4 in conference play. They also faced five ranked opponents, defeating Kentucky , Tennessee , and Clemson while losing to Arkansas and Georgia . The Gamecocks entered the bowl 19th in the CFP ranking.
Game summary
2022 TaxSlayer Gator Bowl
Quarter
1
2
3 4 Total
No. 21 Notre Dame 7
10
14 14 45
No. 19 South Carolina
21
3
7 7 38
at TIAA Bank Field • Jacksonville, Florida
Date : Friday, December 30, 2022Game time : 3:30 p.m. EST Game weather : Sunny • Temperature : 75 °F (24 °C) • Wind : 20 mph (32 km/h) southGame attendance : 67,383Referee : Mike CannonTV announcers (ESPN ) : Taylor Zarzour (play-by-play), Matt Stinchcomb (analyst), and Alyssa Lang (sideline)Box score Statistics
Team statistical comparison
Statistic
Notre Dame
South Carolina
First downs
27
20
First downs rushing
14
5
First downs passing
13
13
First downs penalty
0
2
Third down efficiency
11–19
5–15
Fourth down efficiency
1–1
1–2
Total plays–net yards
80–558
72–352
Rushing attempts–net yards
46–264
22–65
Yards per rush
5.7
3.0
Yards passing
294
287
Pass completions–attempts
19–34
31–50
Interceptions thrown
3
1
Punt returns–total yards
1–7
2–7
Kickoff returns–total yards
1–18
2–64
Punts–average yardage
4–50.0
6–40.0
Fumbles–lost
0–0
1–1
Penalties–yards
4–40
8–68
Time of possession
36:39
23:21
Notre Dame statistics
Fighting Irish passing
C–A
Yds
TD–INT
Tyler Buchner 18–33
274
3–3
Davis Sherwood
1–1
20
0–0
Fighting Irish rushing
Car
Yds
TD
Audric Estimé 14
95
0
Logan Diggs 13
89
1
Tyler Buchner
12
61
2
Chris Tyree 5
21
0
TEAM
2
−2
0
Fighting Irish receiving
Rec
Yds
TD
Braden Lenzy
4
89
1
Logan Diggs
2
81
1
Jayden Thomas 5
67
0
Mitchell Evans
3
39
1
Chris Tyree
4
10
0
Audric Estimé
1
8
0
South Carolina statistics
Gamecocks passing
C–A
Yds
TD–INT
Spencer Rattler 29–46
246
2–1
Kai Kroeger
1–1
23
1–0
Dakereon Joyner
1–1
18
0–0
Gamecocks rushing
Car
Yds
TD
Juju McDowell
6
28
0
Spencer Rattler
7
27
0
Dakereon Joyner
1
8
0
Christian Beal-Smith
3
8
0
Ahmarean Brown
1
2
0
Rashad Amos
1
−2
0
Antwane Wells Jr. 1
−2
0
Xavier Legette 2
−4
0
Gamecocks receiving
Rec
Yds
TD
Xavier Legette
7
78
2
Nate Adkins 5
78
0
Dakereon Joyner
3
35
0
Antwane Wells Jr.
5
30
0
Hunter Rogers
1
23
1
Ahmarean Brown
4
22
0
Juju McDowell
3
13
0
Christian Beal-Smith
2
7
0
O'Mega Blake
1
1
0
References
@PFF_College (December 30, 2022). "The Tyler Buchner experience tonight was WILD:" (Tweet ). Retrieved December 30, 2022 – via Twitter .
Austro, Ben (December 4, 2022). "2022–23 bowl officiating assignments" . footballzebras.com . Retrieved December 16, 2022.
"2022 Bowl Schedule" . College Football Poll . Retrieved December 26, 2022.^ "2022 Gator Bowl Final Stats" (PDF). Statbroadcast . December 30, 2022. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
"2022 College Football Bowl Schedule" . FBSchedules.com . Retrieved November 1, 2022."South Carolina 2022 Football Season Highlights" . University of South Carolina Athletics . January 19, 2023. Retrieved January 22, 2024."Irish top S.C. in historic Gator Bowl barnburner" . ESPN.com . December 31, 2022. Retrieved February 21, 2024."Winsipedia – Notre Dame vs. South Carolina" . Winsipedia.com . Retrieved December 4, 2022.
Gator Bowl Known as the TaxSlayer Bowl from 2014–2017 History & conference tie-ins
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Notes
There was a Gator Bowl in January and December in 1954, 1960, 1965, 1971, 1989, 1991, 2016, and 2021.
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