We also have a great lineup of limited-edition food and beverage collaborations across Orlando as part of the 80th Cheez-It Citrus Bowl celebration, offering opportunities to join in the fun throughout December. Each menu item showcases the creativity of Orlando’s culinary scene, with a portion of proceeds supporting Lift Orlando and its investment efforts in the Communities of West Lakes surrounding Camping World Stadium.
Read MoreORLANDO, Florida (Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025) — No. 13 Texas and No. 18 Michigan will square off in the 2025 Cheez-It Citrus Bowl, Florida Citrus Sports announced Sunday. The 80th edition of Orlando’s New Year’s Classic kicks off at 3 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Dec. 31, at Camping World Stadium and will air live on ABC. The milestone matchup will be just the third all-time meeting between the Longhorns (9-3, 6-2 SEC) and Wolverines (9-3, 7-2 Big Ten). Texas won […]
Read MoreGET TICKETS ORLANDO, Florida — Multi-platinum singer-songwriter Jordan Davis will cap off the 2025 Cheez-It Citrus Bowl with a postgame concert on Wednesday, Dec. 31, at Camping World Stadium, Florida Citrus Sports (FCS) announced today. The performance, presented by Geico, will take place on the stadium field shortly after the game concludes. A full set from Davis will close out the 80th edition of one of college football’s oldest and most celebrated postseason bowl games, adding a major live-music finale […]
Read MoreORLANDO, Florida — The 80th edition of the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl is set for Wednesday, Dec. 31, closing out a yearlong celebration of one of college football’s most historic postseason games. The New Year’s Eve matchup, featuring top teams from the Southeastern and Big Ten Conferences, will kick off at 3 p.m. ET on ABC, serving as a lead-in to that evening’s College Football Playoff quarterfinals. First played in 1947 as the Tangerine Bowl, the Citrus Bowl is the seventh-oldest bowl […]
Read MoreGame to Feature SEC vs. Big Ten Matchup at Camping World Stadium in Orlando ORLANDO, Fla. — The Cheez-It Citrus Bowl, Orlando’s New Year’s tradition, returns to December 31 this season. The 79th edition of the game, featuring top teams from the Southeastern and Big Ten conferences, will kick off at 3 p.m. ET on ABC, serving as a lead-in to that evening’s College Football Playoff quarterfinals. This postseason will mark the 29th time that the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl will take […]
Read MoreDALLAS (FWAA) – The Cheez-It National Team of the Week will be presented each Monday during the college football regular season. Each week, the All-America Committee of the Football Writers Association will honor one outstanding team performance. The 2023 season is the 22nd for the program, which features new branding in partnership with Cheez-It, the cheeziest sponsor of college football, and Florida Citrus Sports, the Orlando-based non-profit that organizes the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl. Once again, the honored team will be presented with a […]
Read MoreThe Cheez-It Citrus Bowl will return to its traditional New Year’s Day window in 2024. Florida Citrus Sports officials confirmed the news Wednesday as part of ESPN’s 2023-24 football bowl schedule release. The 78th edition of the matchup, featuring top teams from the Southeastern and Big Ten Conferences, will be held at Camping World Stadium on Monday, Jan. 1, with a national broadcast scheduled for 1 p.m. ET on ABC. Forty-four of the previous 77 Citrus Bowl matchups have been […]
Read MoreORLANDO — The LSU Tigers and the Purdue Boilermakers will play in the 2023 Cheez-It Citrus Bowl, Florida Citrus Sports chairman Paul Mears III and CEO Steve Hogan announced Sunday. The game will kick off at 1 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 2, at Camping World Stadium and will be televised nationally by ABC. The meeting will be the first between the Tigers and Boilermakers, champions of the SEC West and Big Ten West, respectively, in 2022. LSU will be making its sixth […]
Read MoreBATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Cheez-It® is doubling up on the absurdly cheezy college football action this season as it becomes the title sponsor of the new Cheez-It® Citrus Bowl. The Orlando-based postseason game features a matchup between teams from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and Big Ten Conference at Camping World Stadium. The agreement between Florida Citrus Sports and Cheez-It came together in collaboration with Disney Advertising. In its fifth season as an NCAA football bowl game sponsor and official sponsor of […]
Read MoreTickets to the Citrus Bowl will go on public sale Sunday, December 4 at 11 a.m. ET. Tickets can be purchased through Florida Citrus Sports membership until then. The game date and kickoff time for Orlando’s Citrus Bowl were announced on Thursday as part of ESPN’s 2022-23 college football schedule release. The 2023 Citrus Bowl will kick off at 1 p.m. ET on Monday, Jan. 2 at Camping World Stadium. The matchup will pit the Big Ten Conference against the […]
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