Citrus Bowl

History of all  College FB Bowls

 

Present Site: Orlando, Florida 

Stadium (Capacity): Camping World Stadium (65,438)

  Playing Surface: Grass

Name Changes: Tangerine Bowl (1947-82); Florida Citrus Bowl (1983-93); CompUSA Florida Citrus Bowl (1994-99); OurHouse.com Florida Citrus Bowl (2000); Capital One Florida Citrus Bowl (2001-02); Capital One Bowl (2003- 17); VRBO Citrus Bowl (since 2018)

Playing Sites: Tangerine Bowl, Orlando (1947-72); Florida Field, Gainesville FL (1973); Tangerine Bowl  (now Florida Citrus Bowl)(1974-82); Orlando Stadium (1983-85); Florida Citrus Bowl (1986-2013); Orlando Citrus Bowl (2014-16); Camping World Stadium (since 2016

DATE SCORE PLAYERS OF THE GAME ATTENDANCE
12-31---25
12-31-24 Illinois 21 South Carolina 17 Josh McCray , Illinois, RB 47,129
1-1-24 Tennessee 35 Iowa 0 Nico Iamaleava , Tennessee , QB 43,861
1-1-23 Louisiana State 63 , Purdue 7 Malik Nabers , LSU , WR 42,791
1-1-22 Kentucky 20 , Iowa 17 Wan'Dale Robinson , Kentucky , WR 50,769
1-1-21 Northwestern 35 , Auburn 19  Peyton Ramsey, Northwestern , QB 15,698
1-1-20 Alabama 35 ,  Michigan 16 Jerry Jeudy , Alabama, WR 59,746
1-1-19 Kentucky  27 , Penn St. 24 Benny Snell Jr. , Kentucky , RB 59,167
1-1-18 Notre Dame 21,. Louisiana State 17 Miles Boykin, Notre Dame , WR 57,726
12-31-16 Louisiana State 29 , Louisville 9 Derrius Guice , Louisiana State, RB 46,063
1-1-16 Michigan  41 , Florida 7 Jake Rudock , Michigan, QB 63,113
1-1-15 Missouri 33 ,  Minnesota 17 Markus Golden ,Missouri , DE 48,624
1-1-14 South Carolina 34, Wisconsin 24 Connor Shaw , South Carolina  QB 56,629
1-1-13 Georgia 45 , Nebraska 31 Aaron Murray , Georgia , QB 59,712
1-2-12 South Carolina 30 ,Nebraska 13 Alshon Jeffery , South Carolina , WR 61,351
1-1-11 Alabama 49, Michigan State 7 Courtney Upshaw , Alabama , LB 61,519
1-1-10 Penn State 19, Louisiana State 17

Daryll Clark, Penn State QB

 63,025
1-1-09 Georgia 24, Michigan State 12 Matthew Stafford, Georgia, QB 59,681
1-1-08 Michigan 41, Florida 35 Chad Henne, Michigan, QB 69,748
1-1-07 Wisconsin 17 , Arkansas 14 John Stocco, Wisconsin, QB 60,774
1-2-06 Wisconsin 24 , Auburn 10 Brian Calhoun, Wisconsin, RB 57,221
1-1-05 Iowa 30 , Louisiana State 25

Drew Tate, Iowa, QB

 70,229
1-1-04 Georgia 34, Purdue 27 David Greene, Georgia, QB 64,565
1-1-03 Auburn 13, Penn St. 9

 Ronnie Brown, Auburn, RB (overall)

Michael Robinson, Penn St., QB (offense)

Dontarrious Thomas, Auburn, LB (defense)

Anthony Adams, Penn St., defensive tackle (defense)

 		66,334
1-1-02 Tennessee 45, Michigan 17

Casey Clausen, Tennessee, QB (overall)

B.J. Askew, Michigan, RB (offense)

John Henderson, Tennessee, DL (defense)

Larry Foote, Michigan, LB (defense)

 		59,693
1-1-01 Michigan 31, Auburn 28

Anthony Thomas, Michigan, RB (overall)

Ben Leard, Auburn, QB (offense)

Javar Mills, Auburn, DE (defense)

Eric Wilson, Michigan, DL (defense)

 		66,928
1-1-00 Michigan St. 37, Florida 34 Plaxico Burress, Michigan St., WR (overall)

Travis Taylor, Florida, WR (offense)

Julien Peterson, Michigan St. (defense)

Andra Davis, Florida (defense)

62,011
1-1-99 Michigan 45, Arkansas 31

Anthony Thomas, Michigan, RB

Sam Sword, Michigan, LB (defense)

  		 63,584
1-1-98 Florida 21, Penn St. 6

1998 Fred Taylor, Florida, tailback (overall)

Fred Weary, Florida, cornerback (defense)

Chris Eberly, Penn St., tailback (offense)

Brandon Short, Penn St., linebacker (defense)

1999

72,940
1-1-97

Tennessee 48, Northwestern 28

Peyton Manning, Tennessee, QB (overall)

Brian Musso, Northwestern, WR (offense)

Tyrone Hines, Tennessee, LB (defense)

Mike Nelson, Northwestern, LB (defense)

 		63,467
1-1-96 Tennessee 20, Ohio St. 14

Jay Graham, Tennessee, RB (overall)

Rickey Dudley, Ohio St., TE (offense)

Leonard Little, Tennessee, DE(defense)

Matt Finkes, Ohio St., DE (defense)

 		70,797
1-2-95 Alabama 24, Ohio St. 17

Sherman Williams, Alabama, RB (overall)

Joey Galloway, Ohio St., WR (offense)

Dameian Jeffries, Alabama, DE (defense)

Matt Finkes, Ohio St., DE (defense)

 		71,195
1-1-94 Penn St. 31, Tennessee 13

Bobby Engram, Penn St., WR (overall)

Charlie Garner, Tennessee, tailback (offense)

Lee Rubin, Penn St., free safety (defense)

Raymond Austin, Tennessee, strong safety (defense)

 		72,456
1-1-93 Georgia 21, Ohio St. 14  Garrison Hearst, Georgia, RB 65,861
1-1-92 California 37, Clemson 13 Mike Pawlawski, California, QB 64,192
1-1-91 Georgia Tech 45, Nebraska 21 Shawn Jones, Georgia Tech, QB 72,328
1-1-90 Illinois 31, Virginia 21 Jeff George, Illinois, QB 60,016
1-2-89 Clemson 13, Oklahoma 6

Terry Allen, Clemson, tailback

 		53,571
1-1-88 Clemson 35, Penn St. 10 Rodney Williams, Clemson, QB 53,152
1-1-87

Auburn 16, Southern California 7

 		Aundray Bruce, Auburn, LB 51,113
12-28-85 Ohio St. 10, Brigham Young 7 Larry Kolic, Ohio St., middle guard 50,920
12-22-84 Florida St. 17, Georgia 17 James Jackson, Georgia, QB 51,821
12-17-83 Tennessee 30, Maryland 23 Johnnie Jones, Tennessee, RB 50,183
12-18-82 Auburn 33, Boston College 26 Randy Campbell, Auburn, QB 51,296
12-19-81 Missouri 19, Southern Miss. 17

Jeff Gaylord, Missouri, LB

 		50,045
12-20-80 Florida 35, Maryland 20 Cris Collinsworth, Florida, WR 52,541
12-22-79 LSU 34, Wake Forest 10 David Woodley, LSU, QB 38,666
12-23-78 North Carolina St. 30, Pittsburgh 17 Ted Brown, North Carolina St., RB 31,356
12-23-77

Florida St. 40, Texas Tech 17

Jimmy Jordan, Florida St., QB

 		44,502
12-18-76 Oklahoma St. 49, Brigham Young 21

Terry Miller, Oklahoma St., back

Phillip Dokes, Oklahoma St., lineman

 		37,812
12-20-75 Miami (Ohio) 20, South Carolina 7

Rob Carpenter, Miami (Ohio), back

Jeff Kelly, Miami (Ohio), lineman

 		20,247
12-21-74 Miami (Ohio) 21, Georgia 10

Sherman Smith, Miami (Ohio), back

Brad Cousino, Miami (Ohio), lineman (tie)

John Roudebush, Miami (Ohio), lineman (tie)

 		20,246
12-22-73 Miami (Ohio) 16, Florida 7

Chuck Varner, Miami (Ohio), back

Brad Cousino, Miami (Ohio), lineman

 		37,234
12-29-72 Tampa 21, Kent St. 18

Freddie Solomon, Tampa, back

Jack Lambert, Kent St., lineman

 		20,062
12-28-71 Toledo 28, Richmond 3

Chuck Ealy, Toledo, back

Mel Long, Toledo, lineman

 		16,750
12-28-70 Toledo 40, William & Mary 12

Chuck Ealy, Toledo, back

Vince Hubler, William & Mary, lineman

 		15,164
12-26-69 Toledo 56, Davidson 33

Chuck Ealy, Toledo, back

Dan Crockett, Toledo, lineman

 		16,311
12-27-68 Richmond 49, Ohio 42

Buster O’Brien, Richmond, back

Walker Gillette, Richmond, lineman

 		16,114
12-16-67 Tenn.-Martin 25, West Chester 8

Errol Hook, Tenn.-Martin

Gordon Lambert, Tenn.-Martin

 		 
12-10-66

Morgan St. 14, West Chester 6

 		Willie Lanier, Morgan St.  
12-11-65 East Caro. 31, Maine 0 Dave Alexander, East Caro.  
12-12-64 East Caro. 14, Massachusetts 13

Bill Cline, East Caro.

Jerry Whelchel, Massachusetts

 		 
12-28-63 Western Ky. 27, Coast Guard 0 Sharon Miller, Western Ky.  
12-22-62 Houston 49, Miami (Ohio) 21

Joe Lopasky, Houston

Billy Roland, Houston

 		.7,500
12-29-61 Lamar 21, Middle Tenn. 14 Win Herbert, Lamar  
12-30-60 Citadel 27, Tennessee Tech 0 Jerry Nettles, Citadel  
1-1-60 Middle Tenn. 21, Presbyterian 12

Bucky Pitts, Middle Tenn.

Bob Waters, Presbyterian

 		13,000
12-27-58

Tex. A&M-Commerce 26, Missouri Valley 7

Sam McCord, Tex. A&M-Commerce

 		 
1-1-58 Tex. A&M-Commerce 10, Southern Miss. 9

Garry Berry, Tex. A&M-Commerce

Neal Hinson, Tex. A&M-Commerce

 		 
1-1-57

West Tex. A&M 20, Southern Miss. 13

 		Ron Mills, West Tex. A&M  
1-2-56 Juniata 6, Missouri Valley 6 Pat Tarquinio, Juniata  
1-1-55 Neb.-Omaha 7, Eastern Ky. 6 Bill Englehardt, Neb.-Omaha  
1-1-54

Arkansas St. 7, Tex. A&M-Commerce 7

 		Billy Ray Norris, Tex. A&M-Commerce

Bobby Spann, Arkansas St.

  
1-1-53 Tex. A&M-Commerce 33, Tennessee Tech 0 Marvin Brown, Tex. A&M-Commerce  
1-1-52 Stetson 35, Arkansas St. 20

Bill Johnson, Stetson

Dave Laude, Stetson

 		 
1-1-51

Charleston (W.Va.) 35, Emory & Henry 14

Pete Anania, Charleston

Charles Hubbard, Charleston

 		 
1-2-50

St. Vincent 7, Emory & Henry 6

Don Henigan, St. Vincent

Chick Davis, Emory & Henry

 		 
1-1-49 Murray St. 21, Sul Ross St. 21

Dale McDaniels, Murray St.

Ted Scown, Sul Ross St.

 		 
1-1-48 Catawba 7, Marshall 0    
1-1-47 Catawba 31, Maryville (Tenn.) 6    

Note: No classified major teams participated in games from January 1, 1947, through January 1, 1960, or in 1961 and 1963 through 1967.