Citrus Bowl
The Citrus Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. The bowl is operated by Florida Citrus Sports, a non-profit group that also organizes the Pop-Tarts Bowl and Florida Classic.
| Citrus Bowl | |
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| 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 |
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| Payout | US$8,224,578 (2019 season) |
| Sponsors | |
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| Former names | |
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| 2022 season matchup | |
| Purdue vs. LSU (LSU 63–7) | |
| 2023 season matchup | |
| Iowa vs. Tennessee (Tennessee 35–0) | |
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.
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, 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. In nearly every year since 1985, the game has featured two teams ranked in the Top 25.