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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 and was aired on ESPN . 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
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. 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
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. 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
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
2022 TaxAct Texas Bowl
Quarter
1
2
3 4 Total
Texas Tech 10
16
0 16 42
Ole Miss
7
0
6 12 25
at NRG Stadium • Houston, Texas
Scoring summary
Quarter
Time
Drive
Team
Scoring information
Score
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
Team statistical comparison
Statistic
Texas Tech
Ole Miss
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
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
References
@RedRaiderSports (December 29, 2022). "Tyler Shough named Texas Bowl MVP" (Tweet ). Retrieved December 29, 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.^ "2022 Texas Bowl Final Stats" (PDF). Statbroadcast . December 28, 2022. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
"2022 College Football Bowl Schedule" . FBSchedules.com . Retrieved November 1, 2022."Ole Miss Rebels vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders football series history" . Winsipedia. Retrieved December 4, 2022.Collier, David (November 26, 2022). "FINAL: Texas Tech 51, Oklahoma 48" . KAMC . Retrieved December 4, 2022.
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