CFP Semifinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl ·
CFP Semifinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl
Records are after this game. Rankings are the AP poll before it.
No. 2 Washington beat No. 3 Texas by 6 points, the CFP Semifinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl.
It was played at a neutral site: Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, LA.
How the game turned
Q4 7:23 Washington 34, Texas 28
Washington 74% to win
Ewers 1-yd TD pass to Mitchell, cuts it to 34-28
Big moments
- 1Q1 11:04 · Washington 7, Texas 0Washington's win chance rose from 41% to 56%.Johnson 2-yd TD run, Washington goes ahead 7-0
- 2Q2 13:08 · Washington 14, Texas 7Washington's win chance rose from 40% to 55%.Johnson 1-yd TD run, Washington goes ahead 14-7
- 3Q2 1:27 · Washington 21, Texas 14Washington's win chance rose from 54% to 57%.Penix 29-yd TD pass to Polk, Washington goes ahead 21-14
- 4Q3 10:30 · Washington 28, Texas 21Washington's win chance rose from 55% to 63%.Penix 19-yd TD pass to McMillan, Washington goes ahead 28-21
- 5Q4 7:23 · Washington 34, Texas 28Washington's win chance fell from 92% to 74%.Ewers 1-yd TD pass to Mitchell, cuts it to 34-28
Washington's lowest chance to win was 32 percent. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.
The biggest swing
With 7:23 left in the 4th quarter, Texas's chance to win went from 8 percent to 26 percent when Texas scored a touchdown.
The score went from Washington 34, Texas 21 to Washington 34, Texas 28.
The play: Ewers 1-yd TD pass to Mitchell, cuts it to 34-28.
What happened next
Texas finished the 2023 season 12-2, No. 3 in the last AP poll before the bowls.
Washington's next game: L 13-34 vs Michigan in the CFP National Championship, Jan 8
7 days laterTexas's first game of the 2024 season: W 52-0 vs Colorado State, Aug 31, 2024
about 8 months later
Related pages
Scores, dates and the stage: ESPN. Win chance: our curve from play-by-play; the turn is its largest one-play change that moved with the score.