The 2023 Hula Bowl was a postseason college football all-star game played on January 14, 2023, with kickoff at 12:00 noon EST, at FBC Mortgage Stadium in Orlando, Florida.[4] It was the first all-star contest of the 2022–23 bowl games and, while not restricted to FBS players, one of the final games of the 2022 FBS football season. Television coverage was provided by CBS Sports Network.[4] This was the second playing of the Hula Bowl outside of Hawaii, due to Aloha Stadium near Honolulu being closed for renovations.[5] The game rostered players into Aina and Kai teams, the words for land and sea in the Hawaiian language. Through sponsorship from the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, the game was officially named the 2023 Tunnel to Towers Foundation Hula Bowl.[6]
| 2023 Tunnel to Towers Foundation Hula Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 77th Hula Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 14, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | FBC Mortgage Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Orlando, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Offense: Holton Ahlers (QB, East Carolina)[1] Defense: Jordan Ferguson (DE, Middle Tennessee)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Amanda Sauer | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 8,314 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS Sports Network | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Jamie Seh (play-by-play), Brian Baldinger (color), Nick Lowery (sideline), Smacker Miles (sideline)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
Players
editSelected players are listed below. Full roster are available online (link); note that a number may be shared by an offensive and defensive player.
Two players from Japan participated in the game: Kento Ogushi (CB, Waseda University) and Mikito Itokawa (WR, Kwansei Gakuin University).[7]
Team Aina
editCoach: Mike Smith
| No. | Player | Position | HT/WT | College | Notes |
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| 17 | Tim DeMorat | QB | 6'3/224 | Fordham | |
| 16 | Chase Brice | QB | 6'2/235 | Appalachian State | |
| 11 | Adrian Martinez | QB | 6'2/219 | Kansas State | |
| 5 | Isaiah Bowser | RB | 6'0/222 | UCF | |
| 3 | Khalan Laborn | RB | 5'9/198 | Marshall | |
| 7 | Charles McClelland | RB | 5'11/188 | Cincinnati |
Team Kai
editCoach: Brian Billick
| No. | Player | Position | HT/WT | College | Notes |
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| 10 | Holton Ahlers | QB | 6'3/237 | East Carolina | |
| 12 | Sean Clifford | QB | 6'2/217 | Penn State | |
| 10 | Tanner Morgan | QB | 6'0/200 | Minnesota | |
| 34 | Christopher Brooks | RB | 6'0/232 | BYU | |
| 2 | Elijah Dotson | RB | 5'9/199 | Northern Colorado (FCS) | |
| 21 | Toa Taua | RB | 5'8/208 | Nevada | |
| 6 | Calvin Tyler | RB | 5'7/211 | Utah State |
Game summary
editTeam Kai wore white uniforms and Team Aina wore dark uniforms.[3] The game was played using National Football League (NFL) rules; however, punt returns were not allowed.[8] In place of kickoffs, teams automatically started possessions at their own 25-yard line.[3]
The game was officiated by an all-female crew, assigned by the NFL "from their development pool of college officials."[9] Referee Amanda Sauer had previously served as the center judge in the 2022 Fenway Bowl.[10]
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Kai | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| Aina | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
at FBC Mortgage Stadium • Orlando, Florida
- Date: Saturday, January 14, 2023
- Game time: 12:00 p.m. EST
- Game weather: Sunny• Temperature: 48 °F (9 °C) • Wind 15 mph (24 km/h) northwest
- Game attendance: 8,314
- Referee: Amanda Sauer
- TV: CBS Sports Network
- Report 1 Report 2
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Note: bowl organizers had the three placekickers (Dunn, Podlesny, and Brown) rotate through opportunities to kick during the game, regardless of team affiliations.[12]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ @ToledoFB (January 14, 2023). "@CoachScott_UT helped coach offensive MVP Holton Ahlers" (Tweet). Retrieved January 23, 2023 – via Twitter.
- ^ @PeterAriz (January 15, 2023). "Congrats @JoFerg__ on a great week of practice and heck of a Defensive MVP performance in yesterday's @Hula_Bowl!" (Tweet). Retrieved January 23, 2023 – via Twitter.
- ^ a b c CBS Sports broadcast of the game
- ^ a b "Game Day 2022". hulabowl.com. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
- ^ Jankowski, Jon (August 9, 2021). "Hula Bowl to be played at UCF for one year". clickorlando.com. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
- ^ "Tunnel to Towers Foundation to Serve as Title Sponsor of Hula Bowl 2023". globenewswire.com (Press release). November 16, 2022. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
- ^ Gamarra, Max (January 14, 2023). "Team Kai beats Team Aina 16-13 in 2023 Hula Bowl". nicholsonstudentmedia.com. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
- ^ Jimenez, James H. (January 15, 2023). "2023 Hula Bowl Post-Game Stats and Analysis". hustlebelt.com. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
- ^ Gallant, Colin (January 14, 2023). "Hula Bowl makes college football history with first all-female officiating crew". clutchpoints.com. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
- ^ Austro, Ben (January 14, 2023). "Hula Bowl will have an all-female officiating crew". footballzebras.com. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
- ^ @therealBeede (January 14, 2023). "We've got points at the Hula Bowl! NC State kicker Chris Dunn made a 30-yard field goal for Team Kai. 2Q 5:03: Kai 3, Aina 0" (Tweet). Retrieved January 23, 2023 – via Twitter.
- ^ Nick Lowery in-game interview with Jack Podlesny
External links
edit- Official website
- 2023 Hula Bowl via YouTube
- Game statistics via statbroadcast.com