Subheader: | 2nd HBCU Legacy Bowl |
Year Game Played: | 2023 |
Date Game Played: | February 25 |
Football Season: | 2022 |
Game Name: | HBCU Legacy Bowl |
Visitor Name Short: | Team Gaither |
Visitor School: | Jake Gaither |
Visitor Coach: | Richard Hayes Jr. & Trei Oliver |
Visitor 1Q: | 0 |
Visitor 2Q: | 3 |
Visitor 3Q: | 0 |
Visitor 4Q: | 0 |
Home Name Short: | Team Robinson |
Home School: | Eddie Robinson (American football coach) |
Home Coach: | Chennis Berry & Eric Dooley |
Home 1Q: | 3 |
Home 2Q: | 0 |
Home 3Q: | 7 |
Home 4Q: | 0 |
Stadium: | Yulman Stadium |
City: | New Orleans, Louisiana |
Attendance: | 25,900 |
Anthem: | Sharandall Lewis |
Halftime: | Alabama State University Marching Hornets[1] |
Mvp: | Xavier Smith (WR, Florida A&M) & Jason Dumas (DL, Southern)[2] |
Us Network: | NFL Network |
Us Announcers: | Steve Wyche, Charles Davis, Bucky Brooks, Sherree Burruss[3] |
The 2023 HBCU Legacy Bowl was a post-season college football all-star game played on February 25, 2023, at Yulman Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was the second edition of the HBCU Legacy Bowl and was the last of the all-star games that concluded the 2022–23 bowl games.
The bowl's teams are named after Jake Gaither, coach of the Florida A&M Rattlers from 1945 to 1973, and Eddie Robinson, coach of the Grambling State Tigers from 1941 to 1997.[4]
Each team was led by co-head coaches: Chennis Berry of Benedict College and Eric Dooley of Southern University for Team Robinson, and Richard Hayes Jr. of Fayetteville State University and Trei Oliver of North Carolina Central University for Team Gaither.[5]
On October 13, 2022, Mark Evans II, an offensive lineman for the Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football team, was announced as the first player selected to the game.[6]