2013 Texas Bowl

Syracuse quarterback Terrel Hunt, who completed 19 of his 29 passes for 188 yards and rushed for 2 touchdowns, was named the game's most valuable player.

Syracuse accepted their bid as an at large team after the Big 12 Conference was unable to fulfill their obligation.

[3] Projected "universally" to finish last in their division of the Big Ten Conference, the Golden Gophers exceeded those expectations by winning eight games, and losing only four.

Subsequently, they won four consecutive games, including the Governor's Victory Bell against Penn State.

[8] Facing a 4th and 7 situation at Minnesota's 24-yard line, Syracuse attempted a fake field goal play, but holder Charley Loeb was stopped short of a first down.

Minnesota finally got on board with a 41-yard field goal from Chris Hawthorne as time expired in the first half.

After forcing the Golden Gophers to punt, Syracuse went on an 86-yard, 15-play drive that was capped off with a 5-yard touchdown run from Terrel Hunt.

[8][10][11] Minnesota opened the fourth quarter with a 20-yard touchdown pass from Mitch Leidner to Maxx Williams to make it a 14–9 game.

After forcing Syracuse to punt, Minnesota took its first lead of the game on a 55-yard touchdown pass from Mitch Leidner to Drew Wolitarsky.

However, after a false start penalty on the Orange, quarterback Terrel Hunt was penalized for intentional grounding, forcing Syracuse to punt from Minnesota's 39-yard line.

[11] Syracuse's leading rushers were Terrel Hunt and running back Jerome Smith, who both had 74 rushing yards in the game.