2013 Fight Hunger Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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Date | December 27, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||
Season | 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | AT&T Park | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | San Francisco, California | ||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Offense: Bishop Sankey Washington Running Back Defense: Hau’oli Kikaha Washington Defensive End |
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Favorite | Washington by 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Clay Martin (C-USA) | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 34,136 | ||||||||||||||||||
Payout |
US$1,000,000 (Pac-12) $850,000 (BYU) |
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United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
Announcers |
Dave Pasch (play-by-play) Brian Griese (analyst) Tom Luginbill (sidelines) |
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The 2013 Fight Hunger Bowl is an American college football bowl game that was played on December 27, 2013 at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California. It was one of the 2013–14 bowl games that concluded the 2013 FBS football season. The 12th edition of the Fight Hunger Bowl, it featured the Washington Huskies, from the Pac-12 Conference, against the BYU Cougars, an independent team. The game began at 6:30 p.m. PST and aired on ESPN. It was the last Fight Hunger Bowl game played at AT&T Park.
Washington and BYU both finished the regular season with records of 8–4, and each team faced its own set of circumstances entering the game. Washington entered the game with quarterbacks coach Marques Tuiasosopo serving as its interim coach following the departure of Steve Sarkisian and several staff members to University of Southern California, where Sarkisian was named head coach days before the game. Though the Huskies moved quickly to hire Chris Petersen away from Boise State, Tuiasosopo coached the game. Washington featured a pair of key star players on offense, in Bishop Sankey at running back and Austin Seferian-Jenkins at tight end. Key performers on the defense included linebacker Shaq Thompson and team captain Sean Parker, a safety. BYU featured a high-powered offense that centered on dual-threat quarterback Taysom Hill and 2014 NFL Draft prospect wide receiver Cody Hoffman. The offensive line, however, had been in shambles all season long, and was a potential area of concern. Defensively, Kyle Van Noy, an All-American who was one of the "best defenders" in program history, headlined a unit that also featured Uani 'Unga, who led the group in tackles.