This article is about the bowl game. For the stadium formerly named Florida Citrus Bowl, see Camping World Stadium.
For other bowl games with the same corporate sponsorship, see Cheez-It Bowl.
Citrus Bowl
Cheez-It Citrus Bowl
Stadium
Camping World Stadium
Location
Orlando, Florida
Temporary venue
Florida Field, Gainesville, Florida (1973)
Operated
1947–present
Conference tie-ins
Big Ten, SEC
Previous conference tie-ins
MAC (1968–1975)
SoCon (1968–1972)
ACC (1987–1991)
Payout
US$8,224,578 (2019 season)[1]
Sponsors
Florida Citrus Growers Association (1983–2002)
CompUSA (1994–1999)
Ourhouse.com (2000)
Capital One (2001–2014)
Buffalo Wild Wings (2015–2017)
Overton's (2018)
Vrbo (2019–2022)
Cheez-It (2023–present)
Former names
Tangerine Bowl (1947–1982)[a]
Florida Citrus Bowl (1983–1993)
CompUSA Florida Citrus Bowl (1994–1999)
Ourhouse.com Florida Citrus Bowl (2000)
Capital One Florida Citrus Bowl (2001–2002)
Capital One Bowl (2003–2014)
Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl (2015–2017)
Citrus Bowl presented by Overton's (2018)
Vrbo Citrus Bowl (2019–2021)
2022 season matchup
Purdue vs. LSU (LSU 63–7)
2023 season matchup
Iowa vs. Tennessee (Tennessee 35–0)
The Citrus Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida.[2] The bowl is operated by Florida Citrus Sports, a non-profit group that also organizes the Pop-Tarts Bowl and Florida Classic.
The game was first played as the Tangerine Bowl in 1947 before being renamed as the Florida Citrus Bowl in 1983. When Capital One was the game's title sponsor between 2001 and 2014, the game was referred to as the Capital One Bowl from 2003 to 2014. Other previous sponsors include CompUSA (1994–1999), Ourhouse.com (2000), Buffalo Wild Wings (2015–2017), Overton's (2018), and Vrbo (2019–2022). On November 15, 2022, Kellogg's (renamed Kellanova after the company spun off its North American cereal business in 2023 as WK Kellogg Co) signed on as title sponsor of the game, placing its Cheez-It brand of snack crackers in the title position. Accordingly, the game is officially named the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl.[3]
Since the mid-1980s, the Citrus Bowl has drawn many high-ranked teams and is typically played at 1 p.m. EST on New Year's Day and broadcast nationally on ABC. When January 1 is a Sunday, the game has been played on January 2 or December 31, to avoid conflicting with the National Football League (NFL) schedule. As of 2019[update], it has the largest payout of all bowls other than those that are part of the College Football Playoff (CFP), at $8.55 million per team.[4] In nearly every year since 1985, the game has featured two teams ranked in the Top 25.
^"2019 Bowl Schedule". collegefootballpoll.com. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
^"Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl > Home". buffalowildwingscitrusbowl.com. Archived from the original on 2014-10-23.
^"Cheez-It Signs on as Title Sponsor of Citrus Bowl". Retrieved November 15, 2022.
^"Bowl Game Payouts are Practically a Small Fortune in College Football". Fan Buzz College and Professional Sports News. 3 December 2019.
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