The 2022 Pinstripe Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 29, 2022, at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York. The 12th annual Pinstripe Bowl, the game featured the Syracuse Orange and the Minnesota Golden Gophers, teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Big Ten Conference, respectively. The game began at 2:03 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 lawn mower manufacturing company Bad Boy Mowers, the game was officially known as the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl.
Teams The game featured Syracuse and Minnesota. This was the sixth meeting between the programs; Minnesota led the all-time series, 3–2. It was also their second bowl meeting, as they played in the 2013 Texas Bowl, won by Syracuse.
Syracuse
Syracuse compiled a 7–5 regular-season record, 4–4 in conference play. The opened their season with six consecutive wins, and were ranked as high as No. 14 before losing five games in a row. The Orange faced three ranked teams, defeating NC State while losing to Clemson and Florida State.
Minnesota
Minnesota finished their regular season with a 8–4 record, 5–4 in conference play. The opened their season with four consecutive wins, and were ranked No. 21 before losing their next three games. Two of those losses were to ranked opponents; Illinois and Penn State. The Golden Gophers ended their regular season with four wins in five games.
Game summary
Statistics
+Team statistical comparisonStatisticSyracuseMinnesotaFirst downs 27 14First downs rushing 11 5First downs passing 15 8First downs penalty 1 1Third down efficiency 7–16 5–11Fourth down efficiency 1–3 0–0Total plays–net yards 86–484 49–215Rushing attempts–net yards 35–154 33–77Yards per rush 4.4 2.3Yards passing 330 138Pass completions–attempts 32–51 11–16Interceptions thrown 1 0Punt returns–total yards 2–26 0–0Kickoff returns–total yards 3–71 3–118Punts–average yardage 4–28.5 6–43.0Fumbles–lost 2–1 1–0Penalties–yards 6–41 2–20Time of possession 34:11 25:49
+Syracuse statisticsOrange passing Garrett Shrader 32–51 330 0–1Orange rushing LeQuint Allen 15 94 0 Garrett Shrader 14 38 2 Trebor Pena 2 8 0 Juwaun Price 3 7 0Orange receiving Devaughn Cooper 7 114 0 Oronde Gadsden II 7 78 0 LeQuint Allen 11 60 0 Damien Alford 3 57 0 Trebor Pena 3 12 0 D'Marcus Adams 1 9 0
+Minnesota statisticsGolden Gophers passing Athan Kaliakmanis 7–9 80 0–0 Tanner Morgan 4-7 58 2-0Golden Gophers rushing Mohamed Ibrahim 16 71 1 Trey Potts 9 27 0 Bryce Williams 2 6 0 TEAM 2 -8 0 Tanner Morgan 2 -8 0 Athan Kaliakmanis 2 -11 0Golden Gophers receiving Daniel Jackson 4 73 2 Le'Meke Brockington 2 27 0 Brevyn Spann-Ford 2 16 0 Dylan Wright 2 14 0 Bryce Williams 1 8 0
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