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2024 Cheez-It Citrus Bowl
78th Citrus Bowl
Iowa Hawkeyes Tennessee Volunteers
(10–3) (8–4)
Big Ten SEC
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Head coach: 
Kirk Ferentz		 Head coach: 
Josh Heupel
APCoachesCFP
201717
APCoachesCFP
252321
1234 Total
Iowa 0000 0
Tennessee 014714 35
DateJanuary 1, 2024
Season2023
StadiumCamping World Stadium
LocationOrlando, Florida
MVPNico Iamaleava (QB, Tennessee)[1]
FavoriteTennessee by 8.5[2]
RefereeJeff Heaser (ACC)[3]
Attendance43,861
United States TV coverage
NetworkABC
ESPN Radio
AnnouncersDave Flemming (play-by-play), Brock Osweiler (analyst), and Kayla Burton (sideline) (ESPN)
Chris Carlin (play-by-play) and Tom Luginbill (analyst) (ESPN Radio)
Citrus Bowl
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The 2024 Citrus Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 2024, at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. The 78th annual Citrus Bowl featured Iowa of the Big Ten Conference and Tennessee of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The game began at approximately 1:00 p.m. EST and was aired on ABC.[4][5] The Citrus Bowl was one of the 2023–24 bowl games concluding the 2023 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by Cheez-It and was officially known as the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl.

Teams

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Following the release of the final College Football Playoff (CFP) rankings, the Iowa Hawkeyes, having lost the 2023 Big Ten Football Championship Game, were selected to play the Tennessee Volunteers.[6] This was the third bowl game contested between the schools. Iowa won the 1982 Peach Bowl, 28–22, and Tennessee won the 2015 TaxSlayer Bowl, 45–28. Entering the Citrus Bowl, Tennessee held a 2–1 advantage in the overall series, also winning the Kickoff Classic game, 23–22, to open the 1987 season.

Iowa

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Main article: 2023 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

Iowa entered the Citrus Bowl with a 10–3 record (7–2 in the Big Ten). They reached the Big Ten Championship, where they were shut out by Michigan, 26–0. They lost to Penn State and Minnesota during the regular season.[7]

This was Iowa's third Citrus Bowl; the Hawkeyes posted a 1–1 record in prior editions of the game, winning the 2005 edition and losing the 2022 edition.

Tennessee

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Main article: 2023 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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

This was Tennessee's sixth Citrus Bowl, tying six other teams for the most appearances in the game. The Volunteers posted a 4–1 record in prior Citrus Bowls, winning the 1983, 1996, 1997 and 2002 games; their loss came in the 1994 edition.

Halftime show

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The Citrus Bowl halftime show featured a sponsored performance from singer Gavin DeGraw as well as performances from the University of Iowa Hawkeye Marching Band and University of Tennessee Pride of the Southland Band.[9]

The halftime show announcement initially generated controversy. Under the original halftime show plans, the Hawkeye Marching Band were to play only during pregame and the Pride of the Southland Band were to only play during halftime. This was a change from previous editions of the Citrus Bowl, which allotted time for both marching bands to play during pregame and halftime. In addition to negative social media reactions (using the hashtag "LetTheBandsPlay") receiving coverage from Iowa and Tennessee media outlets, a Change.org petition protesting the change (as well as similar developments in the 2023 Pop-Tarts Bowl and 2023 Frisco Bowl) obtained over 5,000 signatures a day after posting.[10][11][12] On December 10, The Citrus Bowl announced on their Twitter and Facebook pages that both marching bands would now play at pregame and halftime, issuing the following statement:[13]

We're working closely with Iowa and Tennessee to design a great experience for this year's Cheez-It Citrus Bowl. The university bands will perform on the field both in pregame and at halftime. We appreciate the creativity and goodwill of the university band leaders to make this possible. During the halftime show presented by Cheez-It Snap'd, our live performance will be followed by traditional bowl game performances from University of Iowa Hawkeye Marching Band and The University of Tennessee Bands - Pride of the Southland Band.

— Cheez-It Citrus Bowl Facebook Page

Game summary

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2024 Citrus Bowl (January)
Quarter 1 2 34Total
No. 17 Iowa 0 0 000
No. 21 Tennessee 0 14 71435

at Camping World Stadium • Orlando, Florida

  • Date: Monday, January 1, 2024
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: Sunny • Temperature: 67 °F (19 °C) • Wind: 6 mph (9.7 km/h) W
  • Game attendance: 43,861
  • Referee: Jeff Reaser
  • TV announcers (ABC): Dave Flemming (play-by-play), Brock Osweiler (analyst), and Kayla Burton (sideline)
  • Box score
Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score
Plays Yards TOP IOWA TEN
2 14:54 7 73 2:13 Tennessee Nico Iamaleava 19-yard touchdown run, Charles Campbell kick good 0 7
2 8:12 11 68 5:09 Tennessee Nico Iamaleava 3-yard touchdown run, Charles Campbell kick good 0 14
3 1:43 2 2 0:42 Tennessee Nico Iamaleava 2-yard touchdown run, Charles Campbell kick good 0 21
4 14:15 6 24 2:28 Tennessee Interception returned 52 yards for touchdown by James Pearce Jr., Charles Campbell kick good 0 28
4 4:48 8 78 3:16 Tennessee McCallan Castles 18-yard touchdown reception from Nico Iamaleava, Charles Campbell kick good 0 35
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 0 35

Statistics

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Statistics IOWA TEN
First downs 11 25
Plays–yards 61–173 74–383
Rushes–yards 36–113 54–232
Passing yards 60 151
Passing: comp–att–int 9–25–3 12–20–0
Time of possession 28:48 31:12
Team Category Player Statistics
Iowa Passing Deacon Hill 7–18, 56 yards, 2 INT
Rushing Marco Lainez 6 carries, 51 yards
Receiving Kaleb Brown 3 catches, 39 yards
Tennessee Passing Nico Iamaleava 12–19, 151 yards, TD
Rushing Dylan Sampson 20 attempts, 133 yards
Receiving Ramel Keyton 3 catches, 51 yards

References

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  1. ^ @tnsports (January 1, 2024). "QB Nico Iamaleava named Citrus Bowl MVP as Tennessee football routs Iowa" (Tweet). Retrieved January 1, 2024 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Parks, James (December 11, 2023). "College football bowl schedule, game odds, point spreads for 2023-24". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  3. ^ Austro, Ben (December 3, 2023). "2023-24 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
  4. ^ Straka, Dean (May 31, 2023). "2023-24 college football bowl schedule, games, dates, locations, kickoff times, TV channels". CBS Sports. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  5. ^ "Cheez-It Citrus Bowl". The Orlando Guy. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  6. ^ "Cheez-It Citrus Bowl Twitter Announcement". Retrieved December 3, 2023.
  7. ^ "2023 Iowa Hawkeyes Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
  8. ^ "2023 Tennessee Volunteers Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
  9. ^ Loukas, Chrissa (December 11, 2023). "Citrus Bowl announces team bands to perform in halftime show". WBIR-TV. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  10. ^ "Hawkeye Marching Band members speak out against Citrus Bowl halftime decision". KWWL. December 8, 2023. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
  11. ^ "UT and Iowa fans react to new Citrus Bowl performance". WBIR. December 7, 2023. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
  12. ^ Dunn, Valeree (December 8, 2023). "Petition calls to allow Hawkeye Marching Band to perform after Citrus Bowl halftime show snub". KGAN. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
  13. ^ "Decision Reversed: Hawkeye Marching Band will perform halftime show at Citrus Bowl". KWWL. December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
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