A Look at the Capital One Bowl

  • The Capital One Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played in Orlando, Florida at the Citrus Bowl,
  • It was previously known as the Tangerine Bowl (1947-1982) and the Florida Citrus Bowl (1983-2002).
  • It is traditionally held at 1 p.m. on New Year's Day, immediately before the Rose Bowl.
  • Since 1992, the game has featured the team from the Big Ten and the SEC not playing in a BCS bowl game.
  • As of 2006 it has the largest payout of all the non-BCS bowls at $4.25M per team.
  • Results:
  • 1946 Catawba 31 Maryville 0
  • 1947 Catawba 7 Marshall 0
  • 1948 Murray State 21 Sul Ross State 21
  • 1949 St. Vincent 7 Emory & Henry 6
  • 1950 Morris Harvey 35 Emory & Henry 14
  • 1951 Stetson 35 Arkansas State 20
  • 1952 East Texas State 33 Tennessee Tech 0
  • 1953 Arkansas State 7 East Texas State 7
  • 1954 Omaha 7 Eastern Kentucky 6
  • 1955 Juniata 6 Missouri Valley 6
  • 1956 West Texas 20 Southern Miss 13
  • 1957 East Texas State 10 Southern Miss 9
  • 1958 East Texas State 26 Missouri Valley 7
  • 1959 Middle Tennessee 21 Presbyterian 12
  • 1960 The Citadel 27 Tennessee Tech 0
  • 1961 Lamar 21 Middle Tennessee 14
  • 1962 Houston 49 Miami (Ohio) 21
  • 1963 Western Kentucky 27 Coast Guard 0
  • 1964 East Carolina 14 Massachusetts 13
  • 1965 East Carolina 31 Maine 0
  • 1966 Morgan State 14 West Chester 6
  • 1967 UT Martin 25 West Chester 8
  • 1968 Richmond 49 Ohio 42
  • 1969 Toledo 56 Davidson 33
  • 1970 Toledo 40 William & Mary 12
  • 1971 Toledo 28 Richmond 3
  • 1972 Tampa 21 Kent State 18
  • 1973 Miami (Ohio) 16 Florida 7
  • 1974 Miami (Ohio) 21 Georgia 10
  • 1975 Miami (Ohio) 20 South Carolina 7
  • 1976 Oklahoma State 49 BYU 21
  • 1977 Florida State 40 Texas Tech 17
  • 1978 NC State 30 Pittsburgh 17
  • 1979 LSU 34 Wake Forest 10
  • 1980 Florida 35 Maryland 20
  • 1981 Missouri 19 Southern Miss 17
  • 1982 Auburn 33 Boston College 26
  • 1983 Tennessee 30 Maryland 23
  • 1984 Florida State 17 Georgia 17
  • 1985 Ohio State 10 BYU 7
  • 1986 Auburn 16 USC 7
  • 1987 Clemson 35 Penn State 10
  • 1988 Clemson 13 Oklahoma 6
  • 1989 Illinois 31 Virginia 21
  • 1990 Georgia Tech 45 Nebraska 21
  • 1991 California 37 Clemson 13
  • 1992 Georgia 21 Ohio State 14
  • 1993 Penn State 31 Tennessee 13
  • 1994 Alabama 24 Ohio State 17
  • 1995 Tennessee 20 Ohio State 14
  • 1996 Tennessee 48 Northwestern 28
  • 1997 Florida 21 Penn State 6
  • 1998 Michigan 45 Arkansas 31
  • 1999 Michigan State 37 Florida 34
  • 2000 Michigan 31 Auburn 28
  • 2001 Tennessee 45 Michigan 17
  • 2002 Auburn 13 Penn State 9
  • 2003 Georgia 34 Purdue 27 (OT)
  • 2004 Iowa 30 LSU 25
  • 2005 Wisconsin 24 Auburn 10
  • 2006 Wisconsin 17 Arkansas 14
  • 2007 Michigan 41 Florida 35
  • 2008 Georgia 24 Michigan State 12
  • 2009 LSU vs. Penn State
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