2013 New Era Pinstripe Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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Date | December 28, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||
Season | 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Yankee Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Bronx, New York | ||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Zack Martin (OT), Notre Dame | ||||||||||||||||||
Favorite | Notre Dame by 15½ | ||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Don Willard (MAC) | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 47,122 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
Announcers |
Chris Fowler (play-by-play) Jesse Palmer (analyst) Paul Carcaterra (sidelines) |
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Nielsen ratings | 3.3 | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2013 Pinstripe Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on December 28, 2013 at Yankee Stadium in the New York City borough of The Bronx. It was one of the 2013–14 bowl games that concluded the 2013 FBS football season. The fourth edition of the Pinstripe Bowl, it featured the Rutgers Scarlet Knights (based in nearby New Brunswick, New Jersey) of the American Athletic Conference against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, an independent team. It began at 12:00 noon EST and aired on ESPN. The game was sponsored by the New Era Cap Company, and was officially known as the New Era Pinstripe Bowl. Notre Dame defeated Rutgers by a score of 29–16.
The Fighting Irish accepted their invitation after earning an 8–4 record for the season, while the Scarlet Knights accepted their invitation after earning a 6–6 record.
The game featured the Rutgers Scarlet Knights of the American Athletic Conference against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. It was originally set to feature the Big 12 Conference's seventh bowl-eligible team; however, the conference had only six bowl-eligible teams, leading to Notre Dame accepting the at-large bid.