| Game Name: | Military Bowl |
| Subheader: | 13th Military Bowl |
| Title Sponsor Suffix: | presented by Peraton |
| Date Game Played: | December 28 |
| Year Game Played: | 2022 |
| Football Season: | 2022 |
| Stadium: | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium |
| City: | Annapolis, Maryland |
| Visitor School: | University of Central Florida |
| Visitor Name Short: | UCF |
| Visitor Nickname: | Knights |
| Visitor Record: | 9–4 |
| Visitor Conference: | The American |
| Visitor Coach: | Gus Malzahn |
| Visitor 1Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 6 |
| Home School: | Duke University |
| Home Name Short: | Duke |
| Home Nickname: | Blue Devils |
| Home Record: | 8–4 |
| Home Conference: | ACC |
| Home Coach: | Mike Elko |
| Home 1Q: | 7 |
| Home 2Q: | 13 |
| Home 3Q: | 3 |
| Home 4Q: | 7 |
| Mvp: | Riley Leonard (QB, Duke)[1] |
| Odds: | Duke by 3 |
| Referee: | Rodney Burnette (C–USA)[2] |
| Attendance: | 17,974 |
| Payout: | 2,066,990[3] |
| Us Network: | ESPN |
| Us Announcers: | Kevin Brown (play-by-play), Hutson Mason (analyst), and Marilyn Payne (sideline) |
| Intl Network: | ESPN Deportes |
| Different Previous: | 2019 |
The 2022 Military Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 28, 2022, at Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland. The 13th annual Military Bowl featured UCF from the American Athletic Conference and Duke from the Atlantic Coast Conference. The game began at 2:00 p.m. EST and was aired on ESPN.[4] It was one of the 2022–23 bowl games concluding the 2022 FBS football season. Sponsored by technology company Peraton, the game was officially known as the Military Bowl presented by Peraton.
This was the first time that Duke and UCF have ever played each other.[5]
See main article: 2022 UCF Knights football team. The Knights, from the American Athletic Conference, finished the regular season with a record of 9–3 (6–2 in conference play). The team tied with Cincinnati for second in the conference, with their victory over the Bearcats securing the tiebreaker to advance to the AAC Championship Game, in which they lost to Tulane, 45–28. The Knights are led by second-year head coach Gus Malzahn. This is the 14th bowl game for the Knights.
This will be UCF's final game as a member of the AAC, as the Knights are set to join the Big 12 Conference in 2023.[6]
See main article: 2022 Duke Blue Devils football team. The Blue Devils, from the Atlantic Coast Conference, finished the regular season with a record of 8–4 (5–3 in conference play). They are led by first-year head coach Mike Elko. This is the 15th bowl game for the Blue Devils.
| Statistic | UCF | Duke | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First downs | 21 | 22 | |
| First downs rushing | 10 | 10 | |
| First downs passing | 11 | 10 | |
| First downs penalty | 0 | 2 | |
| Third down efficiency | 5–14 | 7–14 | |
| Fourth down efficiency | 2–4 | 0–0 | |
| Total plays–net yards | 71–326 | 69–350 | |
| Rushing attempts–net yards | 36–128 | 40–177 | |
| Yards per rush | 3.6 | 4.4 | |
| Yards passing | 198 | 173 | |
| Pass completions–attempts | 22–35 | 19–29 | |
| Interceptions thrown | 1 | 0 | |
| Punt returns–total yards | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
| Kickoff returns–total yards | 3–41 | 1–22 | |
| Punts–average yardage | 4–47.2 | 4–42.8 | |
| Fumbles–lost | 3–1 | 0–0 | |
| Penalties–yards | 3–27 | 1–5 | |
| Time of possession | 25:32 | 34:28 |
| Knights passing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21–34 | 182 | 0–1 | |||
| 1–1 | 16 | 0–0 | |||
| Knights rushing | |||||
| Isaiah Bowser | 11 | 39 | 2 | ||
| Johnny Richardson | 3 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 6 | 29 | 0 | |||
| 14 | 21 | 0 | |||
| Xavier Townsend | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Knights receiving | |||||
| Kobe Hudson | 5 | 63 | 0 | ||
| Javon Barker | 2 | 49 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 25 | 0 | |||
| Xavier Townsend | 7 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Alec Holler | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 16 | 0 | |||
| Johnny Richardson | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Blue Devils passing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19–28 | 173 | 0–0 | |||
| Team | 0–1 | 0 | 0–0 | ||
| Blue Devils rushing | |||||
| 10 | 63 | 2 | |||
| Jaylen Coleman | 7 | 53 | 0 | ||
| Jaquez Moore | 12 | 43 | 1 | ||
| Terry Moore | 6 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Jordan Waters | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Team | 2 | -3 | 0 | ||
| Blue Devils receiving | |||||
| Jaylon Calhoun | 6 | 62 | 0 | ||
| Jaquez Moore | 1 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Sahmir Hagans | 4 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Jordan Moore | 3 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Cole Finney | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Eli Pancol | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Terry Moore | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Jaylen Coleman | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||