2023 Pinstripe Bowl

The 2023 Pinstripe Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 28, 2023, at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York. The 13th annual Pinstripe Bowl featured the Rutgers Scarlet Knights from the Big Ten Conference and the Miami Hurricanes from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The game began at approximately 2:15 p.m. EST and was aired on ESPN. The Pinstripe Bowl is one of the 2023–24 bowl games concluding the 2023 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by lawn mower manufacturing company Bad Boy Mowers and was officially known as the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl.

Teams
Consistent with conference tie-ins, the bowl featured the Rutgers Scarlet Knights of the Big Ten Conference and the Miami Hurricanes of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

This was the 12th meeting between Rutgers and Miami; the Hurricanes had defeated the Scarlet Knights in all 11 prior meetings.

From 1991 to 2003, Rutgers and Miami played together as members of the Big East Conference.

Going into the game, the Big Ten representative had won the last six Pinstripe Bowls. The most recent ACC victory had been by Duke over Indiana in the 2015 edition.

Rutgers Scarlet Knights
The Scarlet Knights entered the game with a 6–6 record (3–6 in the Big Ten), having finished in fifth place in their conference's East Division.

This was Rutgers' third Pinstripe Bowl, tying Syracuse for the most appearances in the game. The Scarlet Knights previously won the 2011 edition and lost the 2013 edition.

Miami Hurricanes
The Hurricanes entered the game with a 7–5 record (3–5 in the ACC), tied for ninth place in their conference.

This was Miami's second Pinstripe Bowl; the Hurricanes previously lost the 2018 edition.