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BCS Bowl Game 79th Sugar Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | January 2, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Season | 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Mercedes-Benz Superdome | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | New Orleans, Louisiana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Teddy Bridgewater (QB - Louisville) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Favorite | Florida by 13½[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Dan Capron (Big Ten) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 54,178 [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Payout | US$17,000,000 per team[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Network | ESPN, ESPN Deportes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | ESPN:
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Nielsen ratings | 6.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2013 Allstate Sugar Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game on Wednesday, January 2, 2013, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The game featured the Florida Gators of the SEC and the Louisville Cardinals of the Big East.[4] The game was broadcast live on ESPN at 8:30 PM ET.[3] Louisville was selected to their first Sugar Bowl after a 10–2 regular season that culminated in a share of the Big East title. Florida was picked as the other half of the matchup following an 11–1 campaign.
As two touchdown underdogs, the Louisville Cardinals beat the Gators 33–23.[5] In recognition of his performance during the game, Louisville quarterback Teddy Bridgewater was named the game's most valuable player.[6]
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