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- Iowa’s offense has been terrible all season long, while their defense will stifle the Tennessee Volunteers.
- Iowa has gone under the total in 11 of their first 13 games of the college football season and we should see another under here.
The Citrus Bowl is a college football tradition that goes back to the 1940s. While it did not start out as a bowl game featuring elite programs, it has evolved to be just that, making it one of the more attractive matchups in the college football bowl schedule each year. Continue reading for our breakdown of both this year’s Citrus Bowl as well as the history of this proud college football tradition.
2023 Citrus Bowl Analysis
In this year’s Citrus Bowl, the Iowa Hawkeyes will face the Tennessee Volunteers in a huge clash of styles from Camping World Stadium in Orlando. Iowa has been a defensive powerhouse all season long, which has propelled 11 of their 13 games this season to go under their respective totals. But Tennessee is a team that can put points on the board and it will be up to one of these teams to impose their will on this matchup.
Citrus Bowl History
The history of this game is an interesting one, as it started out in 1947 as the Tangerine Bowl, featuring smaller schools from conferences like the Ohio Valley and SoCon. Today, this game has tie-ins with the Big Ten and SEC, making it a much bigger matchup than it used to be. Below is the full list of Citrus Bowls dating back to the first edition of the game, along with the winners and losers of each of those games.
| Date played | Winning team | Losing team |
| 1/1/47 | Catawba | Maryville |
| 1/1/48 | Catawba | Marshall |
| 1/1/49 | Murray State 21, Sul Ross State 21 | |
| 1/2/50 | Saint Vincent | Emory and Henry |
| 1/1/51 | Morris Harvey | Emory and Henry |
| 1/1/52 | Stetson | Arkansas State |
| 1/1/53 | East Texas State | Tennessee Tech |
| 1/1/54 | Arkansas State 7, East Texas State 7 | |
| 1/1/55 | Omaha | Eastern Kentucky |
| 1/2/56 | Juniata 6, Missouri Valley 6 | |
| 1/1/57 | West Texas State | Mississippi Southern |
| 1/1/58 | East Texas State | Mississippi Southern |
| 12/27/58 | East Texas State | Missouri Valley |
| 1/1/60 | Middle Tennessee | Presbyterian |
| 12/30/60 | The Citadel | Tennessee Tech |
| 12/29/61 | Lamar Tech | Middle Tennessee |
| 12/22/62 | Houston | Miami (OH) |
| 12/28/63 | Western Kentucky | Coast Guard |
| 12/12/64 | East Carolina | UMass |
| 12/11/65 | East Carolina | Maine |
| 12/10/66 | Morgan State | West Chester |
| 12/16/67 | Tennessee–Martin | West Chester |
| 12/27/68 | Richmond | #15 Ohio |
| 12/26/69 | #20 Toledo | Davidson |
| 12/28/70 | #15 Toledo | William & Mary |
| 12/28/71 | #14 Toledo | Richmond |
| 12/29/72 | Tampa | Kent State |
| 12/22/73 | #15 Miami (OH) | Florida |
| 12/21/74 | #15 Miami (OH) | Georgia |
| 12/20/75 | #12 Miami (OH) | South Carolina |
| 12/18/76 | #14 Oklahoma State | BYU |
| 12/23/77 | #19 Florida State | Texas Tech |
| 12/23/78 | NC State | Pittsburgh |
| 12/22/79 | LSU | Wake Forest |
| 12/20/80 | Florida | Maryland |
| 12/19/81 | Missouri | #18 Southern Miss |
| 12/18/82 | #18 Auburn | Boston College |
| 12/17/83 | Tennessee | #16 Maryland |
| 12/22/84 | Georgia 17, #15 Florida State 17 | |
| 12/28/85 | #17 Ohio State | #9 BYU |
| 1/1/87 | #10 Auburn | USC |
| 1/1/88 | #14 Clemson | #20 Penn State |
| 1/2/89 | #9 Clemson | #10 Oklahoma |
| 1/1/90 | #11 Illinois | #16 Virginia |
| 1/1/91 | #2 Georgia Tech | #19 Nebraska |
| 1/1/92 | #14 California | #13 Clemson |
| 1/1/93 | #8 Georgia | #15 Ohio State |
| 1/1/94 | #13 Penn State | #6 Tennessee |
| 1/2/95 | #6 Alabama | #13 Ohio State |
| 1/1/96 | #3 Tennessee | #4 Ohio State |
| 1/1/97 | #9 Tennessee | #11 Northwestern |
| 1/1/98 | #6 Florida | #11 Penn State |
| 1/1/99 | #15 Michigan | #11 Arkansas |
| 1/1/00 | #9 Michigan State | #10 Florida |
| 1/1/01 | #17 Michigan | #20 Auburn |
| 1/1/02 | #8 Tennessee | #17 Michigan |
| 1/1/03 | #19 Auburn | #10 Penn State |
| 1/1/04 | #11 Georgia | #12 Purdue |
| 1/1/05 | #11 Iowa | #12 LSU |
| 1/2/06 | #20 Wisconsin | #7 Auburn |
| 1/1/07 | #5 Wisconsin | #13 Arkansas |
| 1/1/08 | Michigan | #12 Florida |
| 1/1/09 | #15 Georgia | #18 Michigan State |
| 1/1/10 | #11 Penn State | #15 LSU |
| 1/1/11 | #16 Alabama | #9 Michigan State |
| 1/2/12 | #9 South Carolina | #20 Nebraska |
| 1/1/13 | #6 Georgia | #23 Nebraska |
| 1/1/14 | #9 South Carolina | #19 Wisconsin |
| 1/1/15 | #16 Missouri | #25 Minnesota |
| 1/1/16 | #14 Michigan | #19 Florida |
| 12/31/16 | #20 LSU | #13 Louisville |
| 1/1/18 | #14 Notre Dame | #17 LSU |
| 1/1/19 | #16 Kentucky | #13 Penn State |
| 1/1/20 | #9 Alabama | #17 Michigan |
| 1/1/21 | #15 Northwestern | Auburn |
| 1/1/22 | #25 Kentucky | #17 Iowa |
| 1/2/23 | #16 LSU | Purdue |
Bowl Game MVPs
The MVP award for the Citrus Bowl was first handed out in 1949, with the game often awarding MVPs to both the top offensive and defensive players of the contest. Among the notable MVPs in this game’s history are all-time great players like Peyton Manning, along with players who went onto have solid pro careers like Alshon Jeffery. Below is the full list of MVPs from throughout the history of the Citrus Bowl.
| Game | MVP(s) | Team |
| Jan. 1949 | Dale McDaniel | Murray State |
| Ted Scown | Sul Ross State | |
| Jan. 1950 | Don Henigin | St. Vincent |
| Chick Davis | Emory & Henry | |
| Jan. 1951 | Pete Anania | Morris Harvey |
| Charles Hubbard | Morris Harvey | |
| Jan. 1952 | Bill Johnson | Stetson |
| Jan. 1953 | Marvin Brown | East Texas State |
| Jan. 1954 | Bobby Spann | Arkansas State |
| Jan. 1955 | Bill Englehardt | Omaha |
| Jan. 1956 | Barry Drexler | Juniata |
| Jan. 1957 | Ron Mills | West Texas State |
| Jan. 1958 | Norman Roberts | East Texas State |
| Dec. 1958 | Sam McCord | East Texas State |
| Jan. 1960 | Bob Waters | Presbyterian |
| Dec. 1960 | Jerry Nettles | Citadel |
| Dec. 1961 | Ralph Stone | Lamar |
| Dec. 1962 | Billy Roland | Houston |
| Dec. 1963 | Sharon Miller | Western Kentucky |
| Dec. 1964 | Bill Cline | East Carolina |
| Dec. 1965 | Dave Alexander | East Carolina |
| Dec. 1966 | Willie Lanier | Morgan State |
| Dec. 1967 | Errol Hook | Tennessee–Martin |
| Gordon Lambert | Tennessee–Martin | |
| Dec. 1968 | Buster O’Brien | Richmond |
| Walker Gillette | Richmond | |
| Dec. 1969 | Chuck Ealey | Toledo |
| Dan Crockett | Toledo | |
| Dec. 1970 | Chuck Ealey | Toledo |
| Vince Hubler | William & Mary | |
| Dec. 1971 | Chuck Ealey | Toledo |
| Mel Long | Toledo | |
| Dec. 1972 | Freddie Solomon | Tampa |
| Jack Lambert | Kent State | |
| Dec. 1973 | Chuck Varner | Miami (OH) |
| Brad Cousino | Miami (OH) | |
| Dec. 1974 | Sherman Smith | Miami (OH) |
| Brad Cousino | Miami (OH) | |
| John Roudabush | Miami (OH) | |
| Dec. 1975 | Rob Carpenter | Miami (OH) |
| Jeff Kelly | Miami (OH) | |
| Dec. 1976 | Terry Miller | Oklahoma State |
| Phillip Dokes | Oklahoma State | |
| Dec. 1977 | Jimmy Jordan | Florida State |
| Willie Jones | Florida State | |
| Dec. 1978 | Ted Brown | North Carolina State |
| Nathan Ritter | North Carolina State | |
| John Stanton | North Carolina State | |
| Dec. 1979 | David Woodley | LSU |
| Jerry Murphree | LSU | |
| Benjy Thibodeaux | LSU | |
| Dec. 1980 | Cris Collinsworth | Florida |
| Charlie Wysocki | Florida | |
| David Galloway | Florida | |
| Dec. 1981 | Jeff Gaylord | Missouri |
| Dec. 1982 | Randy Campbell | Auburn |
| Dec. 1983 | Johnnie Jones | Tennessee |
| Dec. 1984 | James Jackson | Georgia |
| Dec. 1985 | Larry Kolic | Ohio State |
| Jan. 1987 | Aundray Bruce | Auburn |
| Jan. 1988 | Rodney Williams | Clemson |
| Jan. 1989 | Terry Allen | Clemson |
| Jan. 1990 | Jeff George | Illinois |
| Jan. 1991 | Shawn Jones | Georgia Tech |
| Jan. 1992 | Mike Pawlawski | California |
| Jan. 1993 | Garrison Hearst | Georgia |
| Jan. 1994 | Bobby Engram | Penn State |
| Jan. 1995 | Sherman Williams | Alabama |
| Jan. 1996 | Jay Graham | Tennessee |
| Jan. 1997 | Peyton Manning | Tennessee |
| Jan. 1998 | Fred Taylor | Florida |
| Jan. 1999 | Anthony Thomas | Michigan |
| Jan. 2000 | Plaxico Burress | Michigan State |
| Jan. 2001 | Anthony Thomas | Michigan |
| Jan. 2002 | Casey Clausen | Tennessee |
| Jan. 2003 | Ronnie Brown | Auburn |
| Jan. 2004 | David Greene | Georgia |
| Jan. 2005 | Drew Tate | Iowa |
| Jan. 2006 | Brian Calhoun | Wisconsin |
| Jan. 2007 | John Stocco | Wisconsin |
| Jan. 2008 | Chad Henne | Michigan |
| Jan. 2009 | Matthew Stafford | Georgia |
| Jan. 2010 | Daryll Clark | Penn State |
| Jan. 2011 | Courtney Upshaw | Alabama |
| Jan. 2012 | Alshon Jeffery | South Carolina |
| Jan. 2013 | Aaron Murray | Georgia |
| Jan. 2014 | Connor Shaw | South Carolina |
| Jan. 2015 | Markus Golden | Missouri |
| Jan. 2016 | Jake Rudock | Michigan |
| Dec. 2016 | Derrius Guice | LSU |
| Jan. 2018 | Miles Boykin | Notre Dame |
| Jan. 2019 | Benny Snell | Kentucky |
| Jan. 2020 | Jerry Jeudy | Alabama |
| Jan. 2021 | Peyton Ramsey | Northwestern |
| Jan. 2022 | Wan’Dale Robinson | Kentucky |
| Jan. 2023 | Malik Nabers | LSU |
