Vrbo Fiesta Bowl: Live updates from CFP national semifinal
No. 2 Michigan (13-0) and No. 3 TCU (12-1) are playing in the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl.
Jake Moody's 59-yard field goal is a new record for the 2022 Vrbo Fiesta Bowl. Michigan is trailing 21-6 at the break. The game is going to be played on January 9th. Michigan needs to win to advance to the College Football Championship game.
TCU holds a 21-3 lead over Michigan in the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl. The Horned Frogs scored on a 6-yard pass from Max Duggan to Taye Barber. Duggans is 7-for-15 passing for 89 yards and a touchdown with one interception. Michigan entered the game as a 7.5-point favorite.
The Michigan team fumbled the ball on their first play from the goal line. The ball bounced into the end zone and was recovered by TCU for a touchback. TCU is leading 14-3.
Michigan is playing in the Fiesta Bowl. The Wolverines are trailing 14-0 after the first quarter. Michigan recovers a fumble and a pass from J.J. McCarthy to Roman Wilson.
Max Duggan's touchdown drive puts TCU 14-0 up. TCU was a 7 1/2-point underdog entering the game. Michigan is the team that TCU is playing against.
TCU took the lead 7-0 in the second quarter. Michigan's first drive ended in a failed fourth-down attempt. Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh called timeout to set up the fourth down. The play ended up being a version of the Philly Special. It was a pass to tight end Colston Loveland.
No. 2 Penn State beat No. 1 Miami 14-10 in the 1987 Fiesta Bowl. The game was moved from the traditional Jan.1 date to the following night to get the highest TV audience for a college football game to date.
No. 1 Notre Dame beat No. 3 West Virginia 34-21 in the 1989 national championship game.
The Bowl Alliance debuted with the 1995 season and the Fiesta Bowl played host to the 1996 championship game.
Vrbo Fiesta Bowl is a CFP national semifinal. It's the first time a BCS championship game has been played since 1999.
No. 2 Ohio State beat No. 1 Miami 24-31 in overtime in the 2003 BCS championship game.
The BCS switched to having the bowls act as the championship game host from the 2006 season. The Fiesta Bowl was the first to be held as both the traditional bowl game and the BSC title game.
The current College Football Playoff system debuted for the 2014 season. It is a committee settling on a semifinal game in one of the established New Years Six bowls followed by a separate national championship game. This was the second one.
No. 3 Clemson beat No. 2 Ohio State 31-0 in the CFP semifinal on December 31, 2016.
The most recent tie the Fiesta Bowl was involved in before Saturday's game was on December 28, 2019: No. 3 Clemson 29, No 2 Ohio State 23. By the time the tournament is expanded to 12 teams, it will be in the expanded, 12-team playoff era.
