2023 Pac-12 Football Championship Game
| 2023 Pac-12 Football Championship Game | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 1, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Allegiant Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Paradise, NV | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Michael Penix Jr. (QB, Washington) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Oregon by 9.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 61,195 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Chris Fowler (play-by-play), Kirk Herbstreit (color), and Holly Rowe (sideline) (ABC) Marc Kestecher (play-by-play), Kelly Stouffer (analyst), and Ian Fitzsimmons (sideline reporter) (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Washington y$^ | 9 | – | 0 | 14 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Oregon y | 8 | – | 1 | 12 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 Arizona | 7 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 5 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah | 5 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 5 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 4 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 4 | – | 5 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 2 | – | 7 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 2 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State* | 2 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado | 1 | – | 8 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Championship: Washington 34, Oregon 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2023 Pac-12 Football Championship Game was a college football game played on December 1, 2023, at Allegiant Stadium in the Las Vegas-area community of Paradise, Nevada. It was the 13th and final edition of the Pac-12 Football Championship Game, and determined the champion of the Pac-12 Conference for the 2023 season. The game featured the Washington Huskies and the Oregon Ducks.
Previous season
In 2022, the matchup in the championship game was between the No. 11 Utah and No. 4 USC. Utah won by a score of 47–24.
Teams
The 2023 Pac-12 Championship Game featured the Washington Huskies representing the #1 seed, and the Oregon Ducks representing the #2 seed.
The rivals previously met in the regular season on October 14, 2023, a 36–33 Washington win.
Formerly members of the Pac-12 North Division, the teams were previously unable to rematch in the Pac-12 championship game. However, a 2022 NCAA and conference rule change eliminated the North versus South divisional matchup.[1] This was the final regular season game in the Pac-12 Conference for both teams, and the final championship game in the conference, as all but two members will move to other conferences starting in the 2024 season. Oregon and Washington are set to begin play in the Big Ten Conference in 2024.
Washington Huskies
The Huskies clinched the top seed in the game with their win over Oregon State on November 18.
This was the third and final Pac-12 title game appearance for Washington and their first since 2018. They finished 3–0 in overall appearances, winning in 2016, 2018, and 2023.
Oregon Ducks
The Ducks clinched the second seed with their victory over Oregon State on November 24.[2]
This was the sixth and final Pac-12 title game appearance for Oregon and their first since 2021. They were 4-1 in previous appearances heading into the game and finished 4–2 overall.
Scoring Summary
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| No. 5 Ducks | 0 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 31 |
| No. 3 Huskies | 10 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 34 |
at Allegiant Stadium • Las Vegas, Nevada
- Date: December 1, 2023
- Game time: 5:00 p.m. PST
- Game weather: Indoor
- Game attendance: 61,195
- Referee: Mike McCabe
- TV announcers (ABC): Chris Fowler (play-by-play), Kirk Herbstreit (color), and Holly Rowe (sideline)
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| Statistics | ORE | WAS |
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| First downs | 17 | 26 |
| Plays–yards | 54–363 | 78–481 |
| Rushes–yards | 20–124 | 37–157 |
| Passing yards | 239 | 324 |
| Passing: comp–att–int | 21–34–1 | 29–41–1 |
| Time of possession | 22:52 | 37:08 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| Oregon | Passing | Bo Nix | 21/34, 239 yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT |
| Rushing | Bo Nix | 6 carries, 69 yards | |
| Receiving | Tez Johnson | 5 receptions, 68 yards | |
| Washington | Passing | Michael Penix | 27/39, 319 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT |
| Rushing | Dillon Johnson | 28 carries, 152 yards, 2 TDs | |
| Receiving | Jalen McMillan | 9 receptions, 131 yards |
See also
References
- ^ Parks, James (May 18, 2022). "Pac-12 scraps divisions starting in the 2022 college football". si.com. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
- ^ "No. 5 Washington clinches Pac-12 championship berth with 22-20 victory over No. 10 Oregon State". Associated Press. November 18, 2023. Retrieved November 21, 2023.