2022 Military Bowl

[4] It was one of the 2022–23 bowl games concluding the 2022 FBS football season.

The team tied with Cincinnati for second in the conference, with their victory over the Bearcats securing the tiebreaker to advance to the AAC Championship Game, in which they lost to Tulane, 45–28.

The Knights are led by second-year head coach Gus Malzahn.

This will be UCF's final game as a member of the AAC, as the Knights are set to join the Big 12 Conference in 2023.

They are led by first-year head coach Mike Elko.

Coin toss, by Governor of Maryland Larry Hogan , before the game