2022 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game

2022 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game
8th AAC Championship Game
UCF Knights Tulane Green Wave (9–3) (10–2) Head coach:  Gus Malzahn Head coach:  Willie Fritz AP Coaches CFP 22 23 22 AP Coaches CFP 18 18 18
Date	December 3, 2022
Season	2022
Stadium	Yulman Stadium
Location	New Orleans, LA
United States TV coverage
Network	ABC
Announcers	Dave Pasch, Dusty Dvoracek, Tom Luginbill

2022 American Athletic Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 9 Tulane y$		7	–	1					12	–	2
UCF y		6	–	2					9	–	5
Cincinnati		6	–	2					9	–	4
SMU		5	–	3					7	–	6
Houston		5	–	3					8	–	5
East Carolina		4	–	4					8	–	5
Navy		4	–	4					4	–	8
Memphis		3	–	5					7	–	6
Tulsa		3	–	5					5	–	7
Temple		1	–	7					3	–	9
South Florida		0	–	8					1	–	11
Championship: Tulane 45, UCF 28
$ – Conference champion y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2022 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game is a college football game to be played on December 3, 2022, at Yulman Stadium in New Orleans. It will be the eighth American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game and determine the champion of the American Athletic Conference (AAC) for the 2022 season. The game will begin at 4:00 p.m. EST and air on ABC. The game will feature the regular season champions, the Tulane Green Wave, and the regular season runners-up, the UCF Knights. Sponsored by RoofClaim.com, a roofing services company, the game will officially be known as the 2022 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game presented by RoofClaim.com.

Teams

Tulane Green Wave

Main article: 2022 Tulane Green Wave football team

Tulane clinched a spot in the championship game following its defeat of Cincinnati on November 25. The win also ensured it would host the game. The Green Wave finished with a regular season record of 10–2 (7–1 in AAC). This will be Tulane's first appearance in the AAC Championship Game. They are seeking their first football conference championship since 1998, when they were part of C-USA.

UCF Knights

Main article: 2022 UCF Knights football team

Going into the final day of American Conference play on November 26, UCF, Cincinnati, and Houston were in contention to play Tulane in the game. UCF would have clinched a spot in the championship game with a win over USF. Cincinnati, which had lost to Tulane the previous night, needed a USF win and a Tulsa win over Houston. If both USF and Houston had won, the higher ranked team (using rankings from Anderson & Hester, Billingsley, Colley, Wolfe) between Cincinnati and Houston would have claimed the berth.

Ultimately, UCF secured its place in the title game with a 46–39 win at South Florida. The Knights finished the regular season with a record of 9–3 (6–2 in AAC). This will be UCF's third appearance in the AAC Championship Game. They are seeking their third AAC title after winning previously in 2017 and 2018. It will also be UCF's final intra-conference game as a member of the AAC, as the Knights are set to join the Big 12 Conference in 2023.

Game summary

2022 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 22 Knights	-	-	-	-	0
No. 18 Green Wave	-	-	-	-	0

at Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA

• Date: December 3, 2021
• Game time: 3:00 p.m. CST
• TV announcers (ABC): Dave Pasch, Dusty Dvoracek, Tom Luginbill

Game information
1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter

Statistics

Statistics	UCF	Tulane
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
UCF	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Tulane	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving