Consistent with conference tie-ins, the game featured the UTSA Roadrunners from the American Athletic Conference (The American or AAC), and the Marshall Thundering Herd from the Sun Belt Conference. This was the fourth all-time meeting between Marshall and UTSA; Marshall entered the game leading the series, 2–1. The Thundering Herd and Roadrunners were both members of Conference USA (CUSA) prior to the Thundering Herd joining the Sun Belt in 2022 and the Roadrunners joining the AAC in 2023.[6]
The Thundering Herd started the season hot, winning their first four games including a victory over Power Five foe Virginia Tech. However, the Herd then had a five-game losing streak, with all but one of the losses being by two scores or more. Heading into the final week of the regular season, the Herd sat at 5–6 and needed a victory over Arkansas State to clinch bowl eligibility, which they managed to do behind a five-touchdown game from Cam Fancher to finish the season with a record of 6–6.
This was Marshall's first appearance in the Frisco Bowl.
Coming off a CUSA title by the 2022 Roadrunners, UTSA returned quarterback Frank Harris for its first season in The American. UTSA started the season 1–3, with Harris missing two games due to suffering a turf toe injury. However, the Roadrunners roared back to win their first seven games of conference play upon Harris' return, setting up a key game in Week 13 against Tulane. Behind a 16-point second quarter, Tulane defeated UTSA, 29–16, earning the right to play in the AAC Championship Game, while UTSA finished third in the conference. Harris suffered a shoulder injury in the Tulane game that kept him out of the bowl game. The Roadrunners entered the Frisco Bowl with a record of 8–4.
This was UTSA's second Frisco Bowl appearance, joining San Diego State as the only teams to appear in multiple Frisco Bowls. The Roadrunners appeared in, and lost, the 2021 Frisco Bowl.
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The 2023 Frisco Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 19 2023 at Toyota Stadium located in Frisco Texas The sixth annual Frisco Bowl featured the UTSA Roadrunners from the American Athletic Conference and the Marshall Thundering Herd from the Sun Belt Conference The game began at approximately 8 00 p m CST and was aired on ESPN 4 5 The Frisco Bowl was one of the 2023 24 bowl games concluding the 2023 FBS football season The game was sponsored by coffeehouse chain Scooter s Coffee and was officially known as the Scooter s Coffee Frisco Bowl 2023 Scooter s Coffee Frisco Bowl6th Frisco BowlUTSA Roadrunners Marshall Thundering Herd 8 4 6 6 The American Sun Belt35 17Head coach Jeff Traylor Head coach Charles Huff1234 TotalUTSA 02177 35Marshall 71000 17DateDecember 19 2023Season2023StadiumToyota StadiumLocationFrisco TexasMVPJoshua Cephus WR UTSA amp Kam Alexander CB UTSA 1 FavoriteUTSA by 8 2 RefereeRodney Burnette CUSA 3 Attendance11 215United States TV coverageNetworkESPNAnnouncersJorge Sedano play by play Rocky Boiman analyst and Dawn Davenport sideline International TV coverageNetworkESPN DeportesFrisco Bowl lt 2022 2024 gt Contents 1 Teams 1 1 Marshall Thundering Herd 1 2 UTSA Roadrunners 2 Game summary 2 1 Statistics 3 References 4 External linksTeams editConsistent with conference tie ins the game featured the UTSA Roadrunners from the American Athletic Conference The American or AAC and the Marshall Thundering Herd from the Sun Belt Conference This was the fourth all time meeting between Marshall and UTSA Marshall entered the game leading the series 2 1 The Thundering Herd and Roadrunners were both members of Conference USA CUSA prior to the Thundering Herd joining the Sun Belt in 2022 and the Roadrunners joining the AAC in 2023 6 Marshall Thundering Herd edit Main article 2023 Marshall Thundering Herd football team The Thundering Herd started the season hot winning their first four games including a victory over Power Five foe Virginia Tech However the Herd then had a five game losing streak with all but one of the losses being by two scores or more Heading into the final week of the regular season the Herd sat at 5 6 and needed a victory over Arkansas State to clinch bowl eligibility which they managed to do behind a five touchdown game from Cam Fancher to finish the season with a record of 6 6 This was Marshall s first appearance in the Frisco Bowl UTSA Roadrunners edit Main article 2023 UTSA Roadrunners football team Coming off a CUSA title by the 2022 Roadrunners UTSA returned quarterback Frank Harris for its first season in The American UTSA started the season 1 3 with Harris missing two games due to suffering a turf toe injury However the Roadrunners roared back to win their first seven games of conference play upon Harris return setting up a key game in Week 13 against Tulane Behind a 16 point second quarter Tulane defeated UTSA 29 16 earning the right to play in the AAC Championship Game while UTSA finished third in the conference Harris suffered a shoulder injury in the Tulane game that kept him out of the bowl game The Roadrunners entered the Frisco Bowl with a record of 8 4 This was UTSA s second Frisco Bowl appearance joining San Diego State as the only teams to appear in multiple Frisco Bowls The Roadrunners appeared in and lost the 2021 Frisco Bowl Game summary edit2023 Scooter s Coffee Frisco Bowl Period 1 2 34TotalUTSA 0 21 7735Marshall 7 10 0017at Toyota Stadium Frisco Texas Date Saturday December 19 2023Game time 8 00 p m CSTGame weather Clear Temperature 50 F 10 C Wind 11 mph 18 km h SEGame attendance 11 215Referee Rodney BurnetteTV announcers ESPN Jorge Sedano play by play Rocky Boiman analyst and Dawn Davenport sideline Box score Game informationFirst Quarter 8 52 MU Ethan Payne 1 yard run Rece Verhoff kick Drive 2 plays 7 yards 0 22 Marshall 7 0 Second Quarter 14 48 MU Rasheen Ali 64 yard run Rece Verhoff kick Drive 3 plays 73 yards 1 12 Marshall 14 0 11 26 UTSA Robert Henry 3 yard run Chase Allen kick Drive 8 plays 62 yards 3 22 Marshall 14 7 8 53 UTSA Joshua Cephus 44 yard pass from Owen McCown Chase Allen kick Drive 4 plays 65 yards 1 18 Tied 14 14 5 12 MU Rece Verhoff 44 yard field goal Drive 6 plays 49 yards 3 41 Marshall 17 14 0 47 UTSA Robert Henry 1 yard run Chase Allen kick Drive 13 plays 75 yards 4 25 UTSA 21 17 Third Quarter 4 49 UTSA David Amador 19 yard pass from Owen McCown Chase Allen kick Drive 10 plays 63 yards 3 59 UTSA 28 17 Fourth Quarter 8 39 UTSA Rocko Griffin 17 yard run Chase Allen kick Drive 1 play 17 yards 0 07 UTSA 35 17 Statistics edit Statistics UTSA MRSHFirst downs 20 13Plays yards 72 386 68 367Rushes yards 41 135 34 109Passing yards 251 258Passing comp att int 22 31 2 15 34 1Time of possession 29 59 30 01Team Category Player StatisticsUTSA Passing Owen McCown 22 31 251 yards 2 TD 2 INTRushing Rocko Griffin 11 carries 43 yards TDReceiving Joshua Cephus 7 receptions 102 yards TDMarshall Passing Cole Pennington 15 33 258 yardsRushing Rasheen Ali 9 carries 92 yards TDReceiving Jayden Harrison 6 receptions 132 yardsReferences edit GregLuca December 20 2023 UTSA s Joshua Cephus named the Offensive MVP of the Frisco Bowl with cornerback Kam Alexander collecting Defensive MVP honors Tweet Retrieved December 20 2023 via Twitter Parks James December 11 2023 College football bowl schedule game odds point spreads for 2023 24 Sports Illustrated Retrieved December 12 2023 Austro Ben December 3 2023 2023 24 bowl officiating assignments footballzebras com Retrieved December 5 2023 Straka Dean May 31 2023 2023 24 college football bowl schedule games dates locations kickoff times TV channels CBS Sports Retrieved July 1 2023 Lewis Barry 2023 24 College Football Bowl Schedule Dates Times Announced Sports Illustrated Retrieved July 1 2023 Winsipedia Marshall vs UTSAExternal links editGame statistics at statbroadcast com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2023 Frisco Bowl amp oldid 1211092235, 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