| Game Name: | Gasparilla Bowl |
| Subheader: | 15th Gasparilla Bowl |
| Title Sponsor: | Union Home Mortgage |
| Date Game Played: | December 22 |
| Year Game Played: | 2023 |
| Football Season: | 2023 |
| Stadium: | Raymond James Stadium |
| City: | Tampa, Florida |
| Visitor School: | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Visitor Name Short: | Georgia Tech |
| Visitor Nickname: | Yellow Jackets |
| Visitor Record: | 6–6 |
| Visitor Conference: | ACC |
| Visitor Coach: | Brent Key |
| Visitor 1Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 17 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 3 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 10 |
| Home School: | University of Central Florida |
| Home Name Short: | UCF |
| Home Nickname: | Knights |
| Home Record: | 6–6 |
| Home Conference: | Big 12 |
| Home Coach: | Gus Malzahn |
| Home 1Q: | 14 |
| Home 2Q: | 3 |
| Home 3Q: | 0 |
| Home 4Q: | 0 |
| Mvp: | Jamal Haynes (RB, Georgia Tech)[1] |
| Odds: | UCF by 4.5[2] |
| Referee: | Cravonne Barrett (Pac-12)[3] |
| Attendance: | 30,281 |
| Us Network: | ESPN |
| Us Announcers: | Wes Durham (play-by-play), Tim Hasselbeck (analyst), and Taylor Tannebaum (sideline) |
| Intl Network: | ESPN Deportes and ESPN Brazil |
| Intl Announcers: | ESPN Brazil: Vinicius Moura (play-by-play) and Eduardo Zolin (analyst) |
The 2023 Gasparilla Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 22, 2023, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The 15th annual Gasparilla Bowl featured the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and the UCF Knights from the Big 12 Conference. The game began at approximately 6:30 p.m. EST and was aired on ESPN.[4] [5] The Gasparilla Bowl was one of the 2023–24 bowl games concluding the 2023 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by mortgage loan company Union Home Mortgage and was officially known as the Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl.
This game features the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and the UCF Knights from the Big 12 Conference.
This is the sixth meeting between Georgia Tech and UCF—entering the game, the Yellow Jackets led the Knights in the all-time series, 3–2.[6]
See main article: 2023 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team. The Yellow Jackets entered the game with a 6–6 record (5–3 in the ACC), having tied for fourth place in their conference.
This is Georgia Tech's first appearance in the Gasparilla Bowl.
See main article: 2023 UCF Knights football team. The Knights entered the game with a 6–6 record (3–6 in the Big 12), having tied for ninth place in their conference. In their inaugural season in the Big 12, the Knights were the only one of the conference's four 2023 newcomers to become bowl-eligible.
This is UCF's sixth Gasparilla Bowl, extending their record for most appearances in the game. The Knights' record in prior Gasparilla Bowl appearances was 3–2, tied with Marshall for most Gasparilla Bowl wins by a team.