2024 Cheez-It Citrus Bowl
78th Citrus Bowl
Iowa Hawkeyes Tennessee Volunteers
(10–3) (8–4)
Big Ten SEC
Head coach: 
Kirk Ferentz		 Head coach: 
Josh Heupel
APCoachesCFP
201717
APCoachesCFP
252321
DateJanuary 1, 2024
Season2023
StadiumCamping World Stadium
LocationOrlando, Florida
United States TV coverage
NetworkABC

The 2024 Citrus Bowl is a college football bowl game that is scheduled to be played on January 1, 2024, at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. The 78th annual Citrus Bowl, the game will feature teams from the Big Ten Conference, and the Southeastern Conference. The game is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. EST and will air on ABC.[1][2] The Citrus Bowl will be one of the 2023–24 bowl games concluding the 2023 FBS football season. The bowl game will be sponsored by Cheez-It, and the game will be officially known as the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl.

Teams

Following the release of the final College Football Playoff rankings, the Iowa Hawkeyes, having lost the 2023 Big Ten Football Championship Game were selected to play the Tennesee Volunteers[3]. This will be the third bowl game contested between the schools. Iowa won the 1982 Peach Bowl, 28–22, and Tennessee won easily in the 2015 TaxSlayer Bowl, 45–28. Tennessee holds a 2–1 advantage in the overall series, winning the Kickoff Classic game, 23–22, to open the 1987 season.

Tennessee

Tennessee finished the regular season with an 8–4 record (4–4 SEC). They lost to Florida, Alabama, Missouri, and Georgia.

Iowa

Iowa enters the Citrus Bowl with a 10–3 record (7–2 B1G). They made the Big Ten Championship, where they got shut out by Michigan, 26-0. They lost to Penn State and Minnesota during the regular season. This is their third appearance in the Bowl, holding a 1-1 record.

Game summary

2024 Citrus Bowl
Period 1 2 34Total
No. 17 Iowa - - --0
No. 21 Tennessee - - --0

at Camping World Stadium • Orlando, Florida

  • Date: Monday, January 1, 2024
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
  • TV: ABC

Statistics

Statistics IOWA TEN
First downs
Plays–yards––
Rushes–yards––
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int––––
Time of possession
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Iowa Passing
Rushing
Receiving
Tennesse Passing
Rushing
Receiving

References

  1. ↑ Straka, Dean (May 31, 2023). "2023-24 college football bowl schedule, games, dates, locations, kickoff times, TV channels". CBS Sports. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Cheez-It Citrus Bowl". The Orlando Guy. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Cheez-It Citrus Bowl Twitter Announcement". Retrieved December 3, 2023.
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