2023 Famous Toastery Bowl

2023 Famous Toastery Bowl
2023 Famous Toastery Bowl
9th Bahamas Bowl
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	Old Dominion Monarchs
(7–5)	(6–6)
C-USA	Sun Belt
38	35
Head coach: ; Tyson Helton	Head coach: ; Ricky Rahne
Date	December 18, 2023
Season	2023
Stadium	Jerry Richardson Stadium
Location	Charlotte, North Carolina
MVP	Caden Veltkamp (QB, Western Kentucky) & Anthony Johnson Jr. (DB, Western Kentucky)
Favorite	Old Dominion by 2.5
Referee	Andrew Speciale (MAC)
Attendance	5,632
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Dave Neal (play-by-play), Tom Luginbill (analyst), and Abby Labar (sideline)
International TV coverage
Network	ESPN Brazil
Announcers	ESPN Brazil: Thiago Alves (play-by-play) and Deivis Chiodini (analyst)
Famous Toastery Bowl
< 2022	2025 >

The 2023 Famous Toastery Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 18, 2023, at Jerry Richardson Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. Originally planned as the 9th annual Bahamas Bowl, it was renamed and relocated due to renovations at its usual site, Thomas Robinson Stadium in the Bahamas. The game featured the Old Dominion Monarchs from the Sun Belt Conference and the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers from Conference USA. It started at approximately 2:30 p.m EST and was broadcast on ESPN. The Famous Toastery Bowl was one of the 2023–24 bowl games concluding the 2023 FBS football season.^[5]

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