2022 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

The 2022 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 20, 2022, at Albertsons Stadium in Boise, Idaho. The 26th annual Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, the game featured the Eastern Michigan Eagles from the Mid-American Conference and the San Jose State Spartans from the Mountain West Conference. The game began at 1:33 p.m. MST^[3] and aired on ESPN.^[4] It was one of the 2022–23 bowl games concluding the 2022 FBS football season.

The Spartans started the game the better team, as they scored a touchdown on their first offensive drive and forced a fumble on their first defensive series. They scored another touchdown on their third drive, but the extra point was blocked and returned for a defensive two-point conversion by Eastern Michigan's Tristen Hines. Both teams' fortunes turned from there: Eastern Michigan scored touchdowns on each of their final four drives of the first half, and San Jose State committed a turnover on downs and threw two interceptions, giving the Eagles a 17-point halftime lead. The teams traded punts on each of their first two drives of the third quarter before Eastern Michigan extended their lead with a 51-yard Jesús Gómez field goal, followed by a San Jose State touchdown. In some of their final drives, the teams traded touchdowns before trading interceptions, leading to the end of the game with Eastern Michigan defeating San Jose State, 41–27.