| Game Name: | Pinstripe Bowl |
| Subheader: | 12th Pinstripe Bowl |
| Title Sponsor: | Bad Boy Mowers |
| Date Game Played: | December 29 |
| Year Game Played: | 2022 |
| Football Season: | 2022 |
| Stadium: | Yankee Stadium |
| City: | Bronx, New York |
| Visitor School: | Syracuse University |
| Visitor Name Short: | Syracuse |
| Visitor Nickname: | Orange |
| Visitor Record: | 7–5 |
| Visitor Conference: | ACC |
| Visitor Coach: | Dino Babers |
| Visitor 1Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 6 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 7 |
| Home School: | University of Minnesota |
| Home Name Short: | Minnesota |
| Home Nickname: | Golden Gophers |
| Home Record: | 8–4 |
| Home Conference: | Big Ten |
| Home Coach: | P. J. Fleck |
| Home 1Q: | 0 |
| Home 2Q: | 14 |
| Home 3Q: | 14 |
| Home 4Q: | 0 |
| Mvp: | Coleman Bryson (S, Minnesota)[1] |
| Odds: | Minnesota by 10.5 |
| Referee: | Scott Campbell (Big 12)[2] |
| Attendance: | 31,131 |
| Payout: | 4,400,000[3] |
| Us Network: | ESPN |
| Us Announcers: | Wes Durham (play-by-play), Roddy Jones (analyst), and Taylor Davis (sideline) |
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.[4] 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.
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.[5]
See main article: 2022 Syracuse Orange football team.
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.
See main article: 2022 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team.
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.
| Statistic | Syracuse | Minnesota | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First downs | 27 | 14 | |
| First downs rushing | 11 | 5 | |
| First downs passing | 15 | 8 | |
| First downs penalty | 1 | 1 | |
| Third down efficiency | 7–16 | 5–11 | |
| Fourth down efficiency | 1–3 | 0–0 | |
| Total plays–net yards | 86–484 | 49–215 | |
| Rushing attempts–net yards | 35–154 | 33–77 | |
| Yards per rush | 4.4 | 2.3 | |
| Yards passing | 330 | 138 | |
| Pass completions–attempts | 32–51 | 11–16 | |
| Interceptions thrown | 1 | 0 | |
| Punt returns–total yards | 2–26 | 0–0 | |
| Kickoff returns–total yards | 3–71 | 3–118 | |
| Punts–average yardage | 4–28.5 | 6–43.0 | |
| Fumbles–lost | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| Penalties–yards | 6–41 | 2–20 | |
| Time of possession | 34:11 | 25:49 |
| Orange passing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32–51 | 330 | 0–1 | |||
| Orange rushing | |||||
| 15 | 94 | 0 | |||
| Garrett Shrader | 14 | 38 | 2 | ||
| Trebor Pena | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Juwaun Price | 3 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Orange 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 | ||
| Golden Gophers passing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7–9 | 80 | 0–0 | |||
| 4-7 | 58 | 2-0 | |||
| Golden Gophers rushing | |||||
| 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 | 0 | ||
| Golden Gophers receiving | |||||
| Daniel Jackson | 4 | 73 | 2 | ||
| Le'Meke Brockington | 2 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 16 | 0 | |||
| Dylan Wright | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Bryce Williams | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||