# 2022 Holiday Bowl

The 2022 Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 28, 2022, at Petco Park in San Diego, California. The 43rd annual Holiday Bowl, the game featured the Oregon Ducks from the Pac-12 Conference and the North Carolina Tar Heels from the Atlantic Coast Conference. The game began at 5:06 p.m. PST and was aired on Fox. It was one of the 2022–23 bowl games concluding the 2022 FBS football season. Sponsored by San Diego County Credit Union, the game was officially known as the San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl.
This was the first Holiday Bowl staged since the 2019 edition, as the 2020 and 2021 editions were canceled due to impact from the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Teams

Based on conference tie-ins, the game featured teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Pac-12 Conference. This was the first meeting between the two teams. This was Oregon's fourth appearance in the Holiday Bowl, where they have gone 2-1 in previous appearances in 2000 (won against Texas Longhorns, also coached by Mack Brown, 35–30), 2005 (lost against Oklahoma Sooners 14–17), and 2008 (won against Oklahoma State Cowboys 42–31). This was North Carolina's first appearance in the Holiday Bowl.

### Oregon Ducks

The Ducks entered the game ranked 15th in the AP Poll (15th in the CFP Poll), with a 9–3 record (7–2 in conference). The Ducks finished in third place in the Pac-12. Oregon was 3–3 against ranked teams.

### North Carolina Tar Heels

The Tar Heels entered the game with a 9–4 record (6–2 in conference). The Tar Heels finished in first place in the ACC's Coastal Division, but lost in the 2022 ACC Championship Game to the Clemson Tigers, 39–10. North Carolina was 0–1 against ranked teams.

## Game summary

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 15 Oregon | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
| North Carolina | 7 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 27 |
at Petco Park • San Diego, California
* Date: Wednesday, December 28, 2022
* Game time: 5:00 p.m. PST
* Game weather: Clear • Temperature: 59 °F (15 °C) • Wind: 8 mph (13 km/h) west
* Game attendance: 36,242
* Referee: Mark Kluczynski
* TV announcers (Fox): Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt and Jenny Taft
* Box score
Scoring summary :
| Quarter | Time | Drive | Drive | Drive | Team | Scoring information | Score | Score |
| Quarter | Time | Plays | Yards | TOP | Team | Scoring information | Oregon | North Carolina |
| 1 | 11:05 | 6 | 54 | 2:25 | Oregon | Bucky Irving 2-yard touchdown run, Camden Lewis kick good | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | 4:37 | 12 | 44 | 6:28 | North Carolina | Andre Green Jr. 6-yard touchdown reception from Drake Maye, Noah Burnette kick good | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | 9:13 | 4 | 80 | 1:36 | Oregon | Bucky Irving 66-yard touchdown run, Camden Lewis kick good | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | 4:43 | 10 | 75 | 4:39 | North Carolina | Bryson Nesbit 14-yard touchdown reception from Drake Maye, Noah Burnette kick good | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | 0:26 | 1 | 49 | 0:09 | North Carolina | Kobe Paysour 49-yard touchdown reception from Drake Maye, Noah Burnette kick good | 14 | 21 |
| 4 | 9:13 | 10 | 41 | 5:29 | North Carolina | 19-yard field goal by Noah Burnette | 14 | 24 |
| 4 | 6:58 | 5 | 61 | 2:15 | Oregon | Troy Franklin 6-yard touchdown reception from Bo Nix, Camden Lewis kick good | 21 | 24 |
| 4 | 2:29 | 11 | 43 | 4:29 | North Carolina | 44-yard field goal by Noah Burnette | 21 | 27 |
| 4 | 0:19 | 8 | 79 | 2:10 | Oregon | Chase Cota 6-yard touchdown reception from Bo Nix, Camden Lewis kick good | 28 | 27 |
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## Statistics

Team statistical comparison :
| Statistic | Oregon | North Carolina |
| First downs | 22 | 20 |
| First downs rushing | 7 | 7 |
| First downs passing | 12 | 11 |
| First downs penalty | 3 | 2 |
| Third down efficiency | 6–12 | 5–15 |
| Fourth down efficiency | 1–2 | 4–4 |
| Total plays–net yards | 62–414 | 69–322 |
| Rushing attempts–net yards | 32–209 | 34–116 |
| Yards per rush | 6.5 | 3.4 |
| Yards passing | 205 | 206 |
| Pass completions–attempts | 23–30 | 18–35 |
| Interceptions thrown | 1 | 0 |
| Punt returns–total yards | 1–4 | 1–16 |
| Kickoff returns–total yards | 4–106 | 3–106 |
| Punts–average yardage | 2–43.5 | 3–44.7 |
| Fumbles–lost | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Penalties–yards | 5–39 | 5–55 |
| Time of possession | 27:11 | 32:49 |
Oregon statistics :
| Ducks passing ||||||
| | C–A | Yds | TD–INT |
| Bo Nix | 23–30 | 205 | 2–1 |
| Ducks rushing ||||||
| | Car | Yds | TD |
| Bucky Irving | 13 | 149 | 2 |
| Jordan James | 3 | 27 | 0 |
| Noah Whittington | 11 | 27 | 0 |
| Bo Nix | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| Ducks receiving ||||||
| | Rec | Yds | TD |
| Terrance Ferguson | 5 | 84 | 0 |
| Chase Cota | 3 | 42 | 1 |
| Noah Whittington | 5 | 37 | 0 |
| Troy Franklin | 5 | 24 | 1 |
| Kris Hutson | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| Patrick Herbert | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Cam McCormick | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Bucky Irving | 1 | -1 | 0 |
North Carolina statistics :
| Tar Heels passing ||||||
| | C–A | Yds | TD–INT |
| Drake Maye | 18–35 | 206 | 3–0 |
| Tar Heels rushing ||||||
| | Car | Yds | TD |
| Elijah Green | 17 | 50 | 0 |
| Drake Maye | 12 | 45 | 0 |
| D.J. Jones | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| George Pettaway | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Omarion Hampton | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| John Copenhaver | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Tar Heels receiving ||||||
| | Rec | Yds | TD |
| Kobe Paysour | 7 | 98 | 1 |
| Bryson Nesbit | 3 | 37 | 1 |
| Andre Greene Jr. | 3 | 26 | 1 |
| John Copenhaver | 3 | 24 | 0 |
| J.J. Jones | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| D.J. Jones | 1 | 10 | 0 |