The 2023 Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl will kick off at 2:30 p.m. Mountain Time on Saturday, Dec. 30 in Tucson, Arizona, with Wyoming’s overall record 8-4, Mountain West. The conference record is 5 wins and 3 losses. Toledo finished the season with an 11-2 overall record and 8-0 in the Mid-American Conference (MAC).
“I’m excited to return to Tucson and play with the great University of Toledo football team,” said University of Wyoming Director of Athletics. tom berman. “If this Cowboys team can get their ninth win, that would be a great accomplishment.”
Ticket information
Tickets for the 2023 Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl will soon be available for purchase through the University of Wyoming Athletics Ticket Office. Fans can purchase tickets online by visiting GoWyo.com/tickets, calling (307) 766-7220 or visiting his UW Athletics ticket office on the west side of the arena auditorium.
About the match
Wyoming improved to 8-4 overall and 5-3 in the Mountain West Conference, defeating two teams in the top 25 this season, Texas Tech and Fresno State, and improving to 7-0 at home. He achieved a perfect record of losing and established a new single. Season home attendance record.
The Cowboys are making their third consecutive bowl appearance for the first time in school history and their sixth bowl appearance in the past eight seasons (2016, ’17, ’19, ’21, ’22, ’23). It’s also the school’s best. During this period, the university also won three consecutive bowl game appearances (2017, 2019, and 2021). craig ball He is the head coach of the Cowboys.
Toledo finished the season 11-2 overall and went 8-0 in the regular season MAC, winning the MAC West title. The Rockets lost to Miami (Ohio) 23-14 in the MAC Championship Game on Saturday.
Wyoming and Toledo State have played twice before, with the road team winning both times. Wyoming won 20-15 against Toledo on October 2, 2010, and Toledo won 34-31 against Laramie on September 8, 2012.
This will be the third time the Cowboys have appeared in the Arizona Bowl. Wyoming defeated Georgia State 38-17 in the 2019 Arizona Bowl and lost to Ohio State in a thrilling 27-30 overtime game last year.
where to see and hear
The 2023 Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl will be broadcast live nationwide on The CW and Barstool TV.
The game will be broadcast on radio on Cowboy Sports Network’s 26 affiliate stations. keith kelly (for each play), Kevin McKinney (color analyst) and Eric Pauley (Side Job Analyst) Description of action.
2023 Season A season to remember
Since the start of the 2023 season, the Wyoming Cowboys have produced many memorable moments. Some of the moments the Cowboys and their fans experienced included:
• Beating two teams in the top 25 — then No. 24 ranked Texas Tech (35-33 in two overtimes), then No. 24 Fresno State (24-19).
•They ended up facing the College Football Playoff No. 3 seed Texas in Austin, Texas, going into the fourth quarter tied 10-10, but ultimately losing 31-10.
•Win eight games against a 2023 schedule that featured seven bowl-eligible teams. Wyoming had a 3-4 record against the seven bowl-eligible teams on its schedule.
•Achieved a perfect 7-0 record at home, becoming the first time in school history that the Cowboys won seven home games in a season.
•Attracted a school single-season record of 162,144 fans, breaking the previous home attendance record of 149,625 for a seven-game home schedule.
•Retained the rivalry’s two trophies with wins over Colorado State and Hawaii.
•Ended the season by outscoring their last two opponents by a combined score of 84-15.
Wyoming’s recent bowl success is the best in school history
Wyoming will be making its sixth bowl appearance in the past eight seasons under the head coach. craig ball, this is the only time in school history that Wyoming has appeared in so many bowls in that span. The Cowboys are 3-2 in their last five bowl appearances under Coach Ball.
This year’s appearance will be Wyoming’s 19th bowl appearance in history. The Cowboys are 9-9 overall in bowl games.
Ball and his coaching staff set a new standard for Cowboy football. A year ago, in 2022, Ball became the first head coach in Wyoming football history to take five Cowboys teams to a bowling game. He has now extended that record, becoming the first Cowboys head coach to take six teams to a bowling game.
Wyoming’s bowl game appearances during his bowl years include the 2016 Poinsettia Bowl, 2017 Potato Bowl, 2019 Arizona Bowl, 2021 Potato Bowl, 2022 Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl, and 2023 Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl.Before Ball, he was a Hall of Fame coach for UW Athletics. Paul Roach He held the record for bringing three Wyoming teams to a bowling game (1987, ’88 and ’90).
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