2023 Citrus Bowl

The 2023 Citrus Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 2, 2023, at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. The 77th annual Citrus Bowl, the game featured the LSU Tigers of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and the Purdue Boilermakers of the Big Ten Conference.^[4][5] The game began at 1:08 p.m. EST^[6] and was aired on ABC.^[7] It was one of the 2022–23 bowl games concluding the 2022 FBS football season. LSU won 63–7. The 56-point margin tied the 2008 GMAC Bowl and 2018 Armed Forces Bowl for the largest bowl game margin at the time; that record was surpassed seven days later when Georgia mauled TCU 65–7 in the CFP national championship game.

2023 Cheez-It Citrus Bowl
77th Citrus Bowl
LSU Tigers Purdue Boilermakers (9–4) (8–5) SEC Big Ten 63 7 Head coach:  Brian Kelly Head coach:  Brian Brohm (interim) AP Coaches CFP 16 15 17
1 2 3 4 Total LSU 14 21 14 14 63 Purdue 0 0 0 7 7
Date	January 2, 2023
Season	2022
Stadium	Camping World Stadium
Location	Orlando, Florida
MVP	Malik Nabers (WR, LSU)[1]
Favorite	LSU by 14.5
Referee	Kevin Mar (Big 12)[2]
Attendance	42,791
Payout	US$8,224,578[3]
United States TV coverage
Network	ABC
Announcers	Bob Wischusen (play-by-play), Dan Orlovsky (analyst), Kris Budden (sideline)
Citrus Bowl  < 2022  2024 (Jan.) >

On November 15, 2022, Kellogg's, the parent company of the Cheez-It brand which already sponsored the Cheez-It Bowl at Camping World Stadium, announced it had also purchased sponsorship rights to the Citrus Bowl, making it officially the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl.^[8]

Teams

On December 4, 2022, it was announced that the game would feature LSU of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and Purdue of the Big Ten.^[4][5] This was the first-ever meeting between the two programs.^[9]

LSU

Main article: 2022 LSU Tigers football team

LSU played to a 9–3 regular-season record, 6–2 in conference play. They faced three ranked teams, defeating Ole Miss and Alabama while losing to Tennessee. The Tigers qualified for the SEC Championship Game, which they lost to top-ranked Georgia. LSU entered the bowl 17th in the College Football Playoff (CFP) ranking, with an overall 9–4 record.

Purdue

Main article: 2022 Purdue Boilermakers football team

Purdue compiled an 8–4 regular season record, 6–3 in conference play. They faced two ranked opponents, defeating both Minnesota and Illinois. The Boilermakers qualified for the Big Ten Championship Game, which they lost to second-ranked Michigan. Purdue entered the bowl unranked and with an 8–5 overall record.

Game summary

2023 Citrus Bowl

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 17 LSU	14	21	14	14	63
Purdue	0	0	0	7	7

at Camping World Stadium • Orlando, Florida

• Date: January 2, 2023
• Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
• Game weather: Sunny • Temperature: 79 °F (26 °C) • Wind: 4 mph (6.4 km/h) east
• Game attendance: 42,791
• Referee: Kevin Mar
• TV announcers (ABC): Bob Wischusen, Dan Orlovsky, Kris Budden
• Box score

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP LSU Purdue 1 7:01 10 63 4:46 LSU John Emery Jr. 1-yard touchdown run, Damian Ramos kick good 7 0 1 1:06 8 67 3:14 LSU Noah Cain 9-yard touchdown run, Damian Ramos kick good 14 0 2 13:03 5 62 2:05 LSU Mason Taylor 32-yard touchdown reception from Jayden Daniels, Damian Ramos kick good 21 0 2 8:23 5 70 1:28 LSU Noah Cain 9-yard touchdown run, Damian Ramos kick good 28 0 2 1:07 5 87 2:04 LSU Brian Thomas Jr. 10-yard touchdown reception from Garrett Nussmeier, Damian Ramos kick good 35 0 3 9:21 9 45 3:04 LSU Jayden Daniels 5-yard touchdown reception from Malik Nabers, Damian Ramos kick good 42 0 3 3:15 1 75 0:10 LSU Malik Nabers 75-yard touchdown reception from Garrett Nussmeier, Damian Ramos kick good 49 0 4 13:53 9 75 4:22 Purdue TJ Sheffield 16-yard touchdown reception from Michael Alaimo, Mitchell Fineran kick good 49 7 4 8:47 7 55 2:58 LSU Derrick Davis Jr. 12-yard touchdown run, Ezekeal Mata kick good 56 7 4 0:40 LSU Interception returned 99 yards for touchdown by Quad Wilson, Trey Finison kick good 63 7 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 63 7

LSU set new Citrus Bowl records for most points scored (63), largest margin of victory (56), and total offensive yards (594).^[10]

Statistics

Team statistical comparison[6][11] Statistic LSU Purdue First downs 27 16 First downs rushing 11 6 First downs passing 16 9 First downs penalty 0 1 Third down efficiency 7–12 4–18 Fourth down efficiency 2–3 3–7 Total plays–net yards 70–594 78–263 Rushing attempts–net yards 32–225 36–94 Yards per rush 7.0 2.6 Yards passing 369 169 Pass completions–attempts 27–38 19–42 Interceptions thrown 1 3 Punt returns–total yards 1–11 2–35 Kickoff returns–total yards 1–22 3–61 Punts–average yardage 2–51.5 6–42.8 Fumbles–lost 1–0 1–0 Penalties–yards 7–72 5–35 Time of possession 29:23 30:37

LSU statistics[6] Tigers passing C–A Yds TD–INT Garrett Nussmeier 11–15 173 2–1 Jayden Daniels 12–17 139 1–0 Malik Nabers 2–2 50 1–0 Walker Howard 2–4 7 0–0 Tigers rushing Car Yds TD Jayden Daniels 6 67 0 Noah Cain 8 58 2 John Emery Jr. 7 52 1 Derrick Davis Jr. 6 29 1 Walker Howard 3 18 0 Nick Demas 1 2 0 Tigers receiving Rec Yds TD Malik Nabers 9 163 1 Mason Taylor 5 88 1 Kyren Lacy 2 57 0 Brian Thomas Jr. 4 31 1 Landon Ibieta 2 15 0 Jayden Daniels 1 5 1 Noah Cain 2 5 0 John Emery Jr. 1 3 0 Javen Nicholas 1 2 0

Purdue statistics[6] Boilermakers passing C–A Yds TD–INT Austin Burton 12–24 74 0–1 Michael Alaimo 4–11 37 1–1 Jack Albers 2–6 32 0–1 Abdur-rahmaan Yaseen 1–1 26 0–0 Boilermakers rushing Car Yds TD Devin Mockobee 13 48 0 Tyrone Tracy Jr. 4 26 0 Michael Alaimo 5 15 0 Ryan Brandt 1 7 0 Jack Sullivan 1 5 0 Deion Burks 1 4 0 Jacob Wahlberg 2 4 0 Caleb Lahey 1 2 0 Jack Albers 1 1 0 Dylan Downing 1 −1 0 TJ Sheffield 1 −3 0 Austin Burton 5 −14 0 Boilermakers receiving Rec Yds TD TJ Sheffield 7 56 1 Devin Mockobee 3 26 0 Abdur-rahmaan Yaseen 2 21 0 Max Klare 1 20 0 Tyrone Tracy Jr 2 13 0 Ben Buechel 1 12 0 Paul Piferi 1 11 0 Mershawn Rice 2 10 0

See also

• 2022 Cheez-It Bowl, contested at the same venue on December 29, and also sponsored by Cheez-It