The 43rd annual Holiday Bowl, the game featured the Oregon Ducks from the Pac-12 Conference and the North Carolina Tar Heels from the Atlantic Coast Conference.
[6] It was one of the 2022–23 bowl games concluding the 2022 FBS football season.
Sponsored by San Diego County Credit Union, the game was officially known as the San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl.
[7] This was Oregon's fourth appearance in the Holiday Bowl, where they have gone 2-1 in previous appearances in 2000 (won against Texas Longhorns, also coached by Mack Brown, 35–30), 2005 (lost against Oklahoma Sooners 14–17), and 2008 (won against Oklahoma State Cowboys 42–31).
The Tar Heels entered the game with a 9–4 record (6–2 in conference).