The 2022 Big Ten Football Championship Game was a

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game that was played on December 3, 2022, at

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. It was 12th edition of the

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and determined the champion of the conference for the 2022 season. The game began at 8:00 p.m. EST and aired on

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. The game featured the

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, the West Division champions, and the No. 2

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, the East Division champions.

Teams

Purdue Boilermakers

Entering the final week of the regular season,

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, Purdue, and

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were in contention for the West division title. Iowa would have been able to clinch with a win, but was upset by

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, giving Purdue the opportunity to clinch the berth with a win. Purdue beat in-state rivals

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30–16 to clinch the division title and their first Big Ten Championship Game appearance in program history.

Michigan Wolverines

Entering the final week of the regular season, Michigan and

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both had undefeated conference records at 8–0 going into the 2022 edition of The Game in

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, thus making the game a ''de facto'' East division championship. Michigan won the game 45–23, outscoring the Buckeyes 28–3 in the second half, and clinched the division title for the second consecutive season.

Game summary

Statistics

Team statistics

References

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