Tennessee's history in the Citrus Bowl, against Iowa
Tennessee football is headed back to Orlando for the Citrus Bowl for the first time in 22 years, taking on Iowa on New Year’s Day at Camping World Stadium. It will be the sixth appearance in the Citrus Bowl for the Vols and the first since the 45-17 win over Michigan on New Year’s Day 2002.
No. 21 Tennessee (8-4) and No. 16 Iowa (10-3) are scheduled for a 1 p.m. Eastern Time start on New Year’s Day. The game will be televised by ABC. The Action Network has Tennessee as an 11.5-point favorite.
The Vols and Hawkeyes have met in football just three times. Tennessee won the most recent matchup, 45-28 in the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville in 2014.
The Vols won 23-22 over the Hawkeyes in a neutral-site game in East Rutherford, N.J., in 1987. Iowa beat Tennessee 28-22 in the Peach Bowl at Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta in 1982.
A Closer Look: The Iowa Hawkeyes
Iowa was shutout in the Big Ten championship game Saturday night, losing to No. 1 Michigan 26-0 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
The Hawkeyes are 10-3 on the season with other losses at Penn State, 31-0, and at home against Minnesota, 12-10.
Iowa started 3-0, including a win at Iowa State in Week 2, had another three-game winning streak against Michigan State, Purdue and at Wisconsin and won four straight to close the regular-season schedule, beating Northwestern, Rutgers, Illinois and Nebraska.
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Iowa is ranked 130th, out of 133, in scoring offense in college football this season, averaging 16.6 points per game. The Hawkeyes are fourth in scoring defense, giving up just 13.2 points per game.
Bowl History: Tennessee in the Citrus Bowl
Tennessee beat Maryland 30-23 on December 17, 1983 in its first Citrus Bowl appearance. The Vols returned to the Citrus Bowl on New Year’s Day in 1994, losing 31-13 to Penn State.
It was back-to-back wins in the Citrus Bowl on New Year’s Day 1996 and New Year’s Day 1997.
The Vols beat Eddie George’s Ohio State team 20-14 in the driving rain in Orlando in 1996, capping an 11-1 1995 season, and beat Northwestern 48-28 in 1997 to finish the 1996 season at 10-2.
Tennessee returned to the Citrus Bowl on New Year’s Day 2002, the last appearance in Orlando for the Vols, and beat Michigan 45-17.
