2022 Sugar Bowl (January)

2022 Allstate Sugar Bowl
2022 Allstate Sugar Bowl
88th Sugar Bowl
Baylor Bears	Ole Miss Rebels
(11–2)	(10–2)
Big 12	SEC
21	7
Head coach: ; Dave Aranda	Head coach: ; Lane Kiffin
Date	January 1, 2022
Season	2021
Stadium	Caesars Superdome
Location	New Orleans, Louisiana
MVP	Terrel Bernard (LB, Baylor)
Favorite	Ole Miss by 1
Referee	Ron Snodgrass (Big Ten)
Attendance	66,479
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN; ESPN Radio
Announcers	ESPN: Joe Tessitore (play-by-play), Greg McElroy (analyst), and Katie George (sideline); ESPN Radio: Sean Kelley (play-by-play), Barrett Jones (analyst), and Ian Fitzsimmons (sideline)
Nielsen ratings	9.8 million viewers
Sugar Bowl
< 2021	2022 (Dec.) >

The 2022 Sugar Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 2022, with kickoff at 8:45 p.m. EST (7:45 p.m. local CST) and televised on ESPN.^[4] It was the 88th edition of the Sugar Bowl, and was one of the 2021–22 bowl games concluding the 2021 FBS football season. Sponsored by insurance company Allstate, the game was officially known as the Allstate Sugar Bowl.

Teams

Consistent with conference tie-ins, the game was played between teams from the Big 12 Conference and the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

This was the second meeting between Baylor and Ole Miss; the Bears defeated the Rebels, 20–10, in Waco on September 6, 1975, these teams' only prior meeting.^[5]

Baylor Bears

Baylor completed their regular season with a 10–2 overall record, 7–2 in Big 12 games. Their losses came to Oklahoma State and TCU. The Bears defeated three ranked teams during the regular season: Iowa State, BYU, and Oklahoma. Baylor then faced Oklahoma State again, in the 2021 Big 12 Championship Game. While Oklahoma State had won their first meeting, 24–14, the Bears won the title contest, 21–16. Baylor entered the Sugar Bowl with an overall 11–2 record, ranked sixth in the AP Poll and seventh in the College Football Playoff (CFP) rankings.

Ole Miss Rebels

Ole Miss completed their regular season with a 10–2 overall record, 6–2 in SEC games. The Rebels lost to Alabama and Auburn, and defeated two ranked teams in FBS, Arkansas and Texas A&M. Ole Miss entered the Sugar Bowl ranked eighth in all major polls.

Quarterback Matt Corral was injured early in the first quarter and did not return to the game.^[6]

Game summary

2022 Allstate Sugar Bowl

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 7 Baylor	0	7	0	14	21
No. 8 Ole Miss	0	0	7	0	7

at Caesars Superdome • New Orleans, Louisiana

Date: Saturday, January 1, 2022
Game time: 9:00 p.m. EST (8:00 p.m. CST)
Game weather: n/a (domed stadium)
Game attendance: 66,479
Referee: Ron Snodgrass
TV announcers (ESPN): Joe Tessitore (play-by-play), Greg McElroy (analyst), and Katie George (sideline)
Box score

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	Baylor	Ole Miss
2	10:16				Baylor	Interception returned 96 yards for touchdown by Al Walcott, Isaiah Hankins kick good	7	0
3	9:13	6	72	1:48	Ole Miss	Braylon Sanders 37-yard touchdown reception from Luke Altmyer, Cale Nation kick good	7	7
4	11:14	5	80	1:55	Baylor	Monaray Baldwin 48-yard touchdown run, Isaiah Hankins kick good	14	7
4	7:24	5	15	2:34	Baylor	Tyquan Thornton 2-yard touchdown reception from Gerry Bohanon, Isaiah Hankins kick good	21	7
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							21	7

Statistics

Statistics	BAY	MISS
First downs	12	20
Plays–yards	58–319	88–322
Rushes–yards	41–279	54–138
Passing yards	40	184
Passing: comp–att–int	7–17–1	17–34–3
Time of possession	28:24	31:36

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Baylor	Passing	Gerry Bohanon	7/17, 40 yards, TD, INT
	Rushing	Abram Smith	25 carries, 172 yards
	Receiving	Drew Estrada	2 receptions, 14 yards
Ole Miss	Passing	Luke Altmyer	15/28, 174 yards, TD, 2 INT
	Rushing	Jerrion Ealy	12 carries, 65 yards
	Receiving	Dontario Drummond	9 receptions, 104 yards

References

^ Fawkes, Ben. "Odds for College Football Playoff, every bowl game". vsin.com. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
^ "2021-22 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. December 6, 2021. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
^ "All State Sugar Bowl". statbroadcast.com. January 1, 2022. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
^ "2021 College Football Bowl Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
^ "Winsipedia - Baylor vs. Ole Miss". Winsipedia.com. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
^ "Ole Miss QB Matt Corral injured in Sugar Bowl". AP News. January 1, 2022. Retrieved August 25, 2022.

External links

Game statistics at statbroadcast.com

[1] Fawkes, Ben. "Odds for College Football Playoff, every bowl game". vsin.com. Retrieved December 8, 2021.

[2] "2021-22 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. December 6, 2021. Retrieved December 8, 2021.

[3] "All State Sugar Bowl". statbroadcast.com. January 1, 2022. Retrieved January 1, 2022.

[4] "2021 College Football Bowl Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved June 23, 2021.

[5] "Winsipedia - Baylor vs. Ole Miss". Winsipedia.com. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2021.

[6] "Ole Miss QB Matt Corral injured in Sugar Bowl". AP News. January 1, 2022. Retrieved August 25, 2022.

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v t e Sugar Bowl
History & conference tie-ins	History Tulane Stadium Georgia Dome Caesars Superdome College Football Playoff Southeastern Conference Big 12 Conference
Games	1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 (Jan) 1972 (Dec) 1973 1974 1975 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 (Jan) 1995 (Dec) 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 (Jan) 2022 (Dec) 2024 2025
Notes	The 2006 game took place in Atlanta, Georgia due to Hurricane Katrina. The game was also the national title game for either the Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, or Bowl Championship Series in 1993, 1997, 2000, and 2004. There was a Sugar Bowl in January and December in 1972, 1995 and 2022. The game was a College Football Playoff semifinal in its 2015, 2018, 2021, and 2024 editions.