| 2023 Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 13th Pinstripe Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 28, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Yankee Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Bronx, New York | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Kyle Monangai (RB, Rutgers)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Miami by 2.5[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Justin Elliott (Pac-12) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | Band of the Hour,Marching Scarlet Knights | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 35,314 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Drew Carter (play-by-play),Rod Gilmore (analyst), andTaylor Davis (sideline) (ESPN) Mike Corey (play-by-play) andHarry Douglas (analyst) (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||
| International TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | ESPN Brazil: Conrado Giulietti (play-by-play) and Weinny Eirado (analyst) | ||||||||||||||||||
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The2023 Pinstripe Bowl was acollege footballbowl game played on December 28, 2023, atYankee Stadium inBronx, New York. The 13th annualPinstripe Bowl featured theRutgers Scarlet Knights from theBig Ten Conference and theMiami Hurricanes from theAtlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The game began at approximately 2:15 p.m.EST and was aired onESPN.[3][4] The Pinstripe Bowl is one of the2023–24 bowl games concluding the2023 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by lawn mower manufacturing company Bad Boy Mowers and was officially known as theBad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl.
Consistent with conference tie-ins, the bowl featured theRutgers Scarlet Knights of theBig Ten Conference and theMiami Hurricanes of theAtlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
This was the 12th meeting between Rutgers and Miami; the Hurricanes had defeated the Scarlet Knights in all 11 prior meetings.[5]
From 1991 to 2003, Rutgers and Miami played together as members of theBig East Conference.
Going into the game, the Big Ten representative had won the last six Pinstripe Bowls. The most recent ACC victory had been byDuke overIndiana in the2015 edition.
The Scarlet Knights entered the game with a 6–6 record (3–6 in the Big Ten), having finished in fifth place in their conference's East Division.
This was Rutgers' third Pinstripe Bowl, tyingSyracuse for the most appearances in the game. The Scarlet Knights previously won the2011 edition and lost the2013 edition.
The Hurricanes entered the game with a 7–5 record (3–5 in the ACC), tied for ninth place in their conference.
This was Miami's second Pinstripe Bowl; the Hurricanes previously lost the2018 edition.
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Rutgers | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 31 |
| Miami | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
atYankee Stadium •Bronx, New York
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| Statistics | RUT | MIA |
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| First downs | 17 | 22 |
| Plays–yards | 60-292 | 63-311 |
| Rushes–yards | 208 | 130 |
| Passing yards | 84 | 181 |
| Passing:comp–att–int | 7-15-0 | 20-31-1 |
| Time of possession | 34:26 | 25:34 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| Rutgers | Passing | Gavin Wimsatt | 7/15, 84 yards |
| Rushing | Kyle Monangai | 163 yards, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Christian Dremel | 1 Rec, 23 yards | |
| Miami (FL) | Passing | Jacurri Brown | 20/31, 181 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT |
| Rushing | Jacurri Brown | 15 carries, 57 yards, 2 TD | |
| Receiving | Xavier Restrepo | 11 catches, 99 yards, 1 TD |