Citrus Bowl

Citrus Bowl
Citrus Bowl
	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
Previous conference tie-ins	MAC (1968–1975); SoCon (1968–1972); ACC (1987–1991);
Payout	US$8,224,578 (2019 season)
Website	cheezitcitrusbowl.com
Sponsors
	Florida Citrus Growers Association (1983–2002); CompUSA (1994–1999); Ourhouse.com (2000); Capital One (2001–2014); Buffalo Wild Wings (2015–2017); Overton's (2018); Vrbo (2019–2022); Kellogg's / Kellanova (2023–present); through the Cheez-It brand;
Former names
	Tangerine Bowl (1947–1982); Florida Citrus Bowl (1983–1993); CompUSA Florida Citrus Bowl (1994–1999); Ourhouse.com Florida Citrus Bowl (2000); Capital One Florida Citrus Bowl (2001–2002); Capital One Bowl (2003–2014); Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl (2015–2017); Citrus Bowl presented by Overton's (2018); Vrbo Citrus Bowl (2019–2021);
2025 matchup
	Texas vs. Michigan (Texas 41–27)

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. For sponsorship reasons, the game is officially known as the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl, named after the Cheez-It brand of cheese crackers produced by Kellanova, a subsidiary of Mars Inc.

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 had the largest payout of all bowls other than those that were 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 AP poll.