2013 Outback Bowl

2013 Outback Bowl
South Carolina Gamecocks Michigan Wolverines (10–2) (8–4) 33 28 Head coach:  Steve Spurrier Head coach:  Brady Hoke AP Coaches BCS 11 10 10 AP Coaches BCS 19 22 18
1 2 3 4 Total South Carolina 14 7 0 12 33 Michigan 3 10 9 6 28
Date	January 1, 2013
Season	2012
Stadium	Raymond James Stadium
Location	Tampa, Florida
MVP	Ace Sanders (WR- S. Carolina)
Favorite	South Carolina by 10
Referee	Jeff Maconaghy (Big East)
Halftime show	Both schools' bands performed a show; in addition 20 high schools bands from across the nation combined as 1 giant band
Attendance	54,527
Payout	US$3.4 million per team
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Mike Tirico (Play-by-Play) Jon Gruden (Analyst) Shannon Spake (Sidelines)
Nielsen ratings	4.3 (7 Million viewers)
Outback Bowl  < 2012  2014 >

The 2013 Outback Bowl, the 27th edition of the game, was a post-season American college football bowl game, held on January 1, 2013, at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, as part of the 2012–13 NCAA Bowl season.

The game, which was telecast at 1:00 p.m. ET on ESPN, featured the South Carolina Gamecocks from the Southeastern Conference versus the Michigan Wolverines from the Big Ten Conference. South Carolina won 33–28 in a dramatic, come-from-behind fashion. The game was sponsored by the restaurant chain Outback Steakhouse.

The Michigan Wolverines and South Carolina Gamecocks had met twice before, in the 1980s, and entered this contest with the series tied at 1-1.

South Carolina entered the game with a 10–2 record, having lost to #14 AP Poll LSU and #9 Florida.

Michigan entered the game with an 8–4 record, having lost to #1 AP Poll: Alabama, #4 Notre Dame, #3 Ohio State and #25 Nebraska.

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