The 2022 Guaranteed Rate Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 27, 2022, at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona. The 33rd annual Guaranteed Rate Bowl, the game featured Oklahoma State from the Big 12 Conference and Wisconsin from the Big Ten Conference. The game began at 8:25 p.m. MST and was aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2022–23 bowl games concluding the 2022 FBS football season. The game's title sponsor was residential mortgage company Guaranteed Rate.
Teams The bowl has conference tie-ins with the Big 12 and Big Ten, who supplied Oklahoma State and Wisconsin, respectively, for this game. This was the first time that the Badgers and Cowboys faced each other. Oklahoma State had twice appeared in this bowl (in December 2007 and January 2015) and Wisconsin once before (in December 1996). The teams had won each of their previous appearances in this bowl.
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State finished their regular season with a 7–5 record, 4–5 in conference play. They opened the season with five consecutive wins, and were ranked as high as No. 7, but then lost five of their remaining seven games. The Cowboys faced four ranked opponents, defeating Baylor and Texas while losing to TCU and Kansas State.
Wisconsin
Wisconsin compiled a 6–6 regular-season record, going 4–5 in conference play. They faced one ranked opponent during the season, losing to Ohio State on September 24.
Game summary
Statistics
+Team statistical comparisonStatisticWisconsinOklahoma StateFirst downs 21 11First downs rushing 13 3First downs passing 6 7First downs penalty 2 1Third down efficiency 4–14 3–14Fourth down efficiency 2–2 1–1Total plays–net yards 73–374 57–281Rushing attempts–net yards 47–258 26–52Yards per rush 5.5 2.0Yards passing 116 229Pass completions–attempts 16–26 14–31Interceptions thrown 1 2Punt returns–total yards 2–27 0–0Kickoff returns–total yards 4–127 2–29Punts–average yardage 7–46.7 9–45.1Fumbles–lost 1–1 0–0Penalties–yards 2–20 3–35Time of possession 37:58 22:02
+Wisconsin statisticsBadgers passing Chase Wolf 16–26 116 1–1Badgers rushing Braelon Allen 22 116 1 Chez Mellusi 16 77 1 Skyler Bell 1 44 0 Chimere Dike 2 16 0 Andy Vujnovich 1 13 0 Julius Davis 2 8 0 Chase Wolf 3 -16 0Badgers receiving Chimere Dike 3 36 0 Hayden Rucci 2 28 1 Keontez Lewis 3 26 0 Jack Eschenbach 2 14 0 Skyler Bell 1 5 0 Julius Davis 1 3 0 J. T. Seagreaves 1 3 0 Brady Schipper 1 1 0 Braelon Allen 2 0 0
+Oklahoma State statisticsCowboys passing Garret Rangel 14–31 229 2–2Cowboys rushing Ollie Gordon 12 45 0 Deondre Jackson 5 8 0 Jaden Nixon 2 6 0 Garret Rangel 6 -3 0 Brennan Presley 1 -4 0Cowboys receiving Stephon Johnson Jr. 1 84 1 Brennan Presley 6 74 0 Rashod Owens 1 41 0 John Paul Richardson 2 21 0 Talyn Shettron 1 10 0 Ollie Gordon 1 1 1 Braydon Johnson 1 -1 0 Jaden Nixon 1 -1 0
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