The game, which was telecast at 12:00 p.m. MT on CBS, featured a team from the Atlantic Coast Conference, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets versus the Utah Utes in their first year of membership in the Pac-12 Conference.
The game was broadcast on the radio nationally by Sports USA Radio with Eli Gold and Doug Plank calling the action.
The two teams have met once before, in 2005 at the Emerald Bowl in San Francisco, California when the Utes defeated the Yellow Jackets 38–10.
Utah finished its first Pac-12 regular season with a 7–5 record, which included wins in four of its last five games, plus wins against its non-conference competitors (Montana State, BYU, and Pittsburgh).
They missed the Pac-12 South Division title by a Colorado defeat on November 25.