| 2023 ReliaQuest Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 37th ReliaQuest Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 2, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Raymond James Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Tampa, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Justin Robinson (WR, Mississippi State)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Miss. State by 3.5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Adam Savoie (ACC)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 35,797 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$6,666,667[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Dave Flemming (play-by-play), Rod Gilmore (analyst), and Tiffany Blackmon (sideline) (ESPN2) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2023 ReliaQuest Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 2, 2023, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The 37th annual ReliaQuest Bowl (previously known as the Outback Bowl from 1996 through 2022), the game featured the Mississippi State Bulldogs from the Southeastern Conference and the Illinois Fighting Illini from the Big Ten Conference. The game began at 12:03 p.m. EST[4] and was aired on ESPN2.[5] It was one of the 2022–23 bowl games concluding the 2022 FBS football season. Cybersecurity company ReliaQuest was the game's title sponsor.
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