2022 Duke's Mayo Bowl

The 2022 Duke's Mayo Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 30, 2022, at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. The 21st annual Duke's Mayo Bowl, the game featured the NC State Wolfpack from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and the Maryland Terrapins from the Big Ten Conference.^[4][5] The game began at 12:04 p.m. EST^[6] and was aired on ESPN.^[7] It was one of the 2022–23 bowl games concluding the 2022 FBS football season. The game's title sponsor was Duke's Mayonnaise.

2022 Duke's Mayo Bowl
21st Duke's Mayo Bowl
Maryland Terrapins NC State Wolfpack (7–5) (8–4) Big Ten ACC 16 12 Head coach:  Mike Locksley Head coach:  Dave Doeren AP Coaches CFP 25 RV 23
1 2 3 4 Total Maryland 3 7 3 3 16 NC State 3 6 0 3 12
Date	December 30, 2022
Season	2022
Stadium	Bank of America Stadium
Location	Charlotte, North Carolina
MVP	Jakorian Bennett (DB, Maryland)[1]
Favorite	NC State by 2
Referee	Mike McCabe (Pac-12)[2]
Attendance	37,228
Payout	US$4,780,461[3]
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Anish Shroff (play-by-play), Brock Osweiler (analyst), and Andraya Carter (sideline)
Duke's Mayo Bowl  < 2021  2023 >

Teams

This was the 21st edition of the game, though only the third under its current name; the bowl had gone by three other names since its inauguration in 2002. Consistent with conference tie-ins, the game featured the NC State Wolfpack from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and the Maryland Terrapins from the Big Ten Conference (B1G). This was the 71st meeting between NC State and Maryland, who spent 1953 to 2014 in the ACC together; entering the game, the all-time series was tied, 33–33–4.^[8] The teams last met in 2013, a contest also won by Maryland. This was NC State's 35th overall bowl game appearance and their fourth in this particular game, having competed in 2005, 2011, 2015.^[9] Maryland made their 29th overall bowl game appearance and their first in this particular game.^[10]

NC State Wolfpack

Main article: 2022 NC State Wolfpack football team

NC State finished their regular season with an overall 8–4 record, 4–4 in ACC games. After starting with four wins against non-conference opponents, the Wolfpack went 4-4 during Atlantic Coast Conference games for the rest of the season. The Wolfpack played four ranked teams, losing to Clemson, Syracuse, while defeating North Carolina and Wake Forest. They also defeated eventual No. 13 Florida State, although Florida State was not ranked at the time they played NC State.

Maryland Terrapins

Main article: 2022 Maryland Terrapins football team

Maryland finished their regular season with an overall 7–5 record, 4–5 in B1G games. After starting with three wins against non-conference opponents, the Terrapins went 4–5 during Big Ten Conference games for the rest of the season. The Terrapins played three ranked teams, losing to Michigan, Ohio State, and Penn State.

Game summary

2022 Duke's Mayo Bowl

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Maryland	3	7	3	3	16
No. 23 NC State	3	6	0	3	12

at Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, North Carolina

• Date: Friday, December 30, 2022
• Game time: 12:00 p.m. EST
• Game weather: Cloudy • Temperature: 58 °F (14 °C) • Wind: 1 mph (1.6 km/h) east
• Game attendance: 37,228
• Referee: Mike McCabe
• TV announcers (ESPN): Anish Shroff (play-by-play), Brock Osweiler (analyst), and Andraya Carter (sideline)
• Box score

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP Maryland NC State 1 6:10 7 59 2:53 NC State 38-yard field goal by Christopher Dunn 0 3 1 3:24 5 29 2:46 Maryland 42-yard field goal by Chad Ryland 3 3 2 8:07 8 68 3:33 Maryland Octavian Smith Jr. 19-yard touchdown reception from Taulia Tagovailoa, Chad Ryland kick good 10 3 2 4:37 11 73 3:30 NC State 19-yard field goal by Christopher Dunn 10 6 2 0:14 7 32 0:58 NC State 38-yard field goal by Christopher Dunn 10 9 3 8:06 12 59 4:52 Maryland 33-yard field goal by Chad Ryland 13 9 4 9:23 5 26 1:50 NC State 26-yard field goal by Christopher Dunn 13 12 4 5:36 10 48 3:47 Maryland 45-yard field goal by Chad Ryland 16 12 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 16 12

Statistics

Team statistical comparison[6] Statistic Maryland NC State First downs 17 13 First downs rushing 5 1 First downs passing 12 10 First downs penalty 0 2 Third down efficiency 10–21 5–18 Fourth down efficiency 0–2 0–1 Total plays–net yards 79–342 66–296 Rushing attempts–net yards 41–76 18–27 Yards per rush 1.9 1.5 Yards passing 266 269 Pass completions–attempts 20–38 22–48 Interceptions thrown 2 2 Punt returns–total yards 3–11 2–8 Kickoff returns–total yards 3–73 0–0 Punts–average yardage 5–45.2 7–41.0 Fumbles–lost 1–0 0–0 Penalties–yards 8–60 6–35 Time of possession 35:34 24:26

Maryland statistics[6] Terrapins passing C–A Yds TD–INT Taulia Tagovailoa 19–37 221 1–2 Billy Edwards Jr. 1–1 45 0–0 Terrapins rushing Car Yds TD Roman Hemby 24 65 0 Antwain Littleton II 3 9 0 Octavian Smith Jr. 1 8 0 Taulia Tagovailoa 9 3 0 Team 1 -1 0 Billy Edwards Jr. 3 -8 0 Terrapins receiving Rec Yds TD Jeshaun Jones 4 79 0 Tai Felton 4 69 0 Corey Dyches 4 45 0 Octavian Smith Jr. 3 34 1 Roman Hemby 2 22 0 Shaleak Knotts 1 18 0 Ramon Brown 1 1 0 Antwain Littleton II 1 -2 0

NC State statistics[6] Wolfpack passing C–A Yds TD–INT Ben Finley 22–48 269 0–2 Wolfpack rushing Car Yds TD Jordan Houston 9 14 0 Demarcus Jones II 5 5 0 Michael Allen 3 5 0 Delbert Mimms III 1 3 0 Wolfpack receiving Rec Yds TD Thayer Thomas 4 54 0 Darryl Jones 3 49 0 Christopher Toudle 2 41 0 Keyon Lesane 2 30 0 Demarcus Jones II 1 25 0 Julian Gray 2 21 0 Michael Allen 3 21 0 Porter Rooks 2 18 0 Cedd Seabrough 2 7 0 Jordan Houston 1 3 0