UCF (9-4) fell short in the American Athletic Conference championship game after falling to Tulane, but can get to 10 wins for the first time under coach Gus Malzahn by beating Duke (8-4) in the Military Bowl on Wednesday at Navy-Maine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland. Both teams average more than 30 points per game (UCF 34.4, Duke 33.1) and are led by dual-threat quarterbacks. Riley Leonard threw for 2,794 yards and 20 touchdowns while running for 636 yards and 11 scores for the Blue Devils, while Golden Knights QB John Rhys Plumlee piled up 841 yards and 11 touchdowns on the ground and 2,404 yards and 14 scores through the air.

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Game Date: Dec. 28, 2022

Game Time: 2 p.m. ET

TV: ESPN

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Malzahn is in his second year at UCF with a record of 18-8. This is the sixth straight year the Golden Knights have gone to a bowl game, winning the Gasparilla Bowl over Florida last year. UCF is 6-7 in bowl games, highlighted by victories in the 2013 Fiesta Bowl and 2017 Peach Bowl.

Duke is going bowling for the first time since 2018 and is 6-8 all-time in bowl games. The Blue Devils have won the last three times they’ve played in a bowl, most recently the 2018 Independence Bowl. Coach Mike Elko is finishing his first season in Durham after a four-year stint as defensive coordinator at Texas A&M.

This is the first meeting between UCF and Duke. The Military Bowl began in 2008 and the first five games were played at Washington’s RFK Stadium before moving to Annapolis in 2013. The game was not played in 2020 or 2021 due to complications from the COVID-19 pandemic.