Wake Forest will play in Gasparilla Bowl vs Missouri
Wake Forest will travel to Tampa, FL to face off against Missouri in the Gasparilla Bowl on Dec. 23, per 247 Sports' Brad Crawford and confirmed by Wake Forest athletics.
"I'm excited for our football program to have the opportunity to compete one more time together in our seventh-straight bowl game as we attempt to win a bowl championship," head coach Dave Clawson said. "We are thrilled and honored to be the ACC representative in the 2022 Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl. Tampa is a city with a lot of Wake Forest fans and alums and I have a lot of respect for Coach Eliah Drinkwitz and the Missouri Tigers football program. I look forward to being in Florida and beginning preparations for this exciting bowl game with our staff.”
This is the seventh-straight bowl appearance for the Demon Deacons — the team has gone 4-2 in those games. This is Wake Forest’s first-ever appearance in the Gasparilla Bowl.
Here’s how Wake Forest fared in their previous six consecutive bowl matchups:
2016- Military Bowl; 34-26 win over Temple
2017- Belk Bowl; 55-52 win over Texas A&M
2018- Birmingham Bowl; 37-34 win over Memphis
2019- Pinstripe Bowl; 27-21 loss to Michigan State
2020- Duke’s Mayo Bowl; 42-28 loss to Wisconsin
2021- Gator Bowl; 38-10 win over Rutgers
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The Tigers finished the season with a 6-6 record after losing four of their first six games. Their quality wins came against South Carolina and Arkansas, and they nearly defeated Georgia in a 26-22 gut-check game for the Bulldogs. Missouri also lost to Kentucky, Tennessee, Auburn, Kansas State and Florida.
Wake Forest and Missouri have never played each other.
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Kickoff is set for 6:30 ET on Dec. 23 and will be televised on ESPN.
According to Action Network, Wake Forest opens as a 2.5-point favorite.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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Essex is the lead football writer and a managing editor for Deacons Daily. Essex served as the Sports Editor for the Old Gold & Black for two years, in addition to roles as a beat and feature writer.