The Falcons entered the game with a 7–5 record (5–3 in the MAC), having finished in third place in their conference's East Division.
This was Bowling Green's second Quick Lane Bowl, making the Falcons the second team (after Minnesota) to appear in multiple Quick Lane Bowls. The Falcons previously lost the 2022 edition to New Mexico State.
The Golden Gophers entered the game with a 5–7 record (3–6 in the Big Ten), having finished tied for fourth place in their conference's West Division. Under normal circumstances, a losing record would make Minnesota bowl-ineligible; however, because of insufficient bowl-eligible teams to fill all bowl berths, the Golden Gophers received a berth due to having the highest Academic Progress Rate (APR) among 5–7 teams.[7]
This was Minnesota's third Quick Lane Bowl, giving them the most appearances in the game. The Golden Gophers previously became the first team both to appear in and to win multiple Quick Lane Bowls, having won the 2015 edition (which they also entered with a 5–7 record) and the 2018 edition.
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The 2023 Quick Lane Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 26 2023 at Ford Field in Detroit Michigan The ninth annual Quick Lane Bowl game featured the Minnesota Golden Gophers from the Big Ten Conference and the Bowling Green Falcons from the Mid American Conference MAC The game began at approximately 2 00 p m EST and was aired on ESPN 4 5 The Quick Lane Bowl was one of the 2023 24 bowl games concluding the 2023 FBS football season The game s title sponsor was automotive chain Quick Lane Tire and Auto Center 2023 Quick Lane Bowl9th Quick Lane BowlBowling Green Falcons Minnesota Golden Gophers 7 5 5 7 MAC Big Ten24 30Head coach Scot Loeffler Head coach P J Fleck1234 TotalBowling Green 73014 24Minnesota 63147 30DateDecember 26 2023Season2023StadiumFord FieldLocationDetroit MichiganMVPDarius Taylor RB Minnesota 1 FavoriteMinnesota by 3 5 2 RefereeTim Rich AAC 3 Attendance28 521United States TV coverageNetworkESPNAnnouncersConnor Onion play by play Dustin Fox analyst and Tori Petry sideline Quick Lane Bowl lt 2022 2024 gt Contents 1 Teams 1 1 Bowling Green Falcons 1 2 Minnesota Golden Gophers 2 Game summary 2 1 Statistics 3 References 4 External linksTeams editConsistent with conference tie ins the bowl featured the Bowling Green Falcons of the Mid American Conference MAC and the Minnesota Golden Gophers of the Big Ten Conference This was the fifth meeting between Bowling Green and Minnesota entering the game the all time series was tied at 2 2 6 Bowling Green Falcons edit Main article 2023 Bowling Green Falcons football team The Falcons entered the game with a 7 5 record 5 3 in the MAC having finished in third place in their conference s East Division This was Bowling Green s second Quick Lane Bowl making the Falcons the second team after Minnesota to appear in multiple Quick Lane Bowls The Falcons previously lost the 2022 edition to New Mexico State Minnesota Golden Gophers edit Main article 2023 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team The Golden Gophers entered the game with a 5 7 record 3 6 in the Big Ten having finished tied for fourth place in their conference s West Division Under normal circumstances a losing record would make Minnesota bowl ineligible however because of insufficient bowl eligible teams to fill all bowl berths the Golden Gophers received a berth due to having the highest Academic Progress Rate APR among 5 7 teams 7 See also Bowl eligibility Bowl teams with losing records This was Minnesota s third Quick Lane Bowl giving them the most appearances in the game The Golden Gophers previously became the first team both to appear in and to win multiple Quick Lane Bowls having won the 2015 edition which they also entered with a 5 7 record and the 2018 edition Game summary edit2023 Quick Lane Bowl Period 1 2 34TotalBowling Green 7 3 01424Minnesota 6 3 14730 at Ford Field Detroit Michigan Date Tuesday December 26 2023Game time 2 00 p m ESTGame weather N A indoor stadium Game attendance 28 521Referee Tim RichTV announcers ESPN Connor Onion play by play Dustin Fox analyst and Tori Petry sideline Box score Game information First Quarter 13 47 BGSU Odieu Hiliare 46 yard pass from Connor Bazelak Alan Anaya kick Drive 3 plays 75 yards 1 13 Bowling Green 7 0 5 56 MINN Elijah Spencer 4 yard pass from Cole Kramer two point run conversion failed Drive 13 plays 75 yards 7 51 Bowling Green 7 6 Second Quarter 8 57 MINN Dragan Kesich 31 yard field goal Drive 7 plays 42 yards 2 58 Minnesota 9 7 1 38 BGSU Alan Anaya 33 yard field goal Drive 4 plays 0 yards 1 02 Bowling Green 10 9 Third Quarter 9 20 MINN Cole Kramer 1 yard run Dragan Kesich kick Drive 11 plays 78 yards 5 40 Minnesota 16 10 4 18 MINN Jameson Geers 7 yard pass from Cole Kramer Dragan Keisch kick Drive 6 plays 27 yards 3 31 Minnesota 23 10 Fourth Quarter 11 10 BGSU PaSean Wimberly 18 yard run Alan Anaya kick Drive 7 plays 80 yards 3 29 Minnesota 23 17 8 03 MINN Darius Taylor 17 yard run Dragan Kesich kick Drive 5 plays 48 yards 3 07 Minnesota 30 17 2 33 BGSU Connor Bazelak 2 yard run Alan Anaya kick Drive 14 plays 75 yards 5 30 Minnesota 30 24 Statistics edit Statistics BGSU MINN First downs 18 19 Plays yards 60 303 60 281 Rushes yards 21 82 44 255 Passing yards 221 26 Passing comp att int 22 39 0 8 16 1 Time of possession 26 38 33 22 Team Category Player Statistics Bowling Green Passing Connor Bazelak 22 38 221 yards 1 TD Rushing Pasean Wimberly 3 carries 63 yards 1 TD Receiving Odieu Hiliare 10 receptions 152 yards 1 TD Minnesota Passing Cole Kramer 8 16 26 yards 2 TD 1 INT Rushing Darius Taylor 35 carries 208 yards 1 TD Receiving Darius Taylor 2 receptions 11 yardsReferences edit Ruane Blake December 26 2023 Quick Lane Bowl Recap Darius Taylor takes over to power Minnesota past Bowling Green thedailygopher com Retrieved December 26 2023 Parks James December 11 2023 College football bowl schedule game odds point spreads for 2023 24 Sports Illustrated Retrieved December 13 2023 Austro Ben December 3 2023 2023 24 bowl officiating assignments footballzebras com Retrieved December 6 2023 Straka Dean May 31 2023 2023 24 college football bowl schedule games dates locations kickoff times TV channels CBS Sports Retrieved June 28 2023 Lewis Barry June 3 2023 2023 24 College Football Bowl Schedule Dates Times Announced Sports Illustrated Retrieved June 28 2023 Winsipedia Bowling Green Falcons vs Minnesota Golden Gophers Winsipedia com Retrieved December 8 2023 Minnesota Golden Gophers score bowl spot thanks to good grades KARE TV November 26 2023 Retrieved December 1 2023 External links editGame statistics at statbroadcast com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2023 Quick Lane Bowl amp oldid 1192098693, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,