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2024 Cheez-It Citrus Bowl Returns to New Year’s Day. The 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.
Cheez-It Citrus Bowl Champions: #20 Illinois Defeats #15 South …
Jan 1, 2025 · ORLANDO, Fla. – The Fighting Illini are the 2024 Cheez-It Citrus Bowl champions. For the first time since 2011, the Orange and Blue have secured a bowl victory, with No. 20 Illinois taking down No. 15 South Carolina, 21-17, at Camping World Stadium on Tuesday evening.
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Malik Nabers Named 2023 Cheez-It Citrus Bowl MVP. By Collin Thomas Florida Citrus Sports Showered with purple and gold confetti and Cheez-It crackers from his onlooking teammates, a touchdown catching (and throwing) Cheez-It Citrus Bowl MVP was crowned.
Illini football wins Cheez-It Citrus Bowl in dramatic fashion
Jan 1, 2025 · ORLANDO, Fla. (WCIA) — For the first time since 2001, Illinois football is ending the year with ten wins. The Illini defeated South Carolina 21-17 in a hard-fought Cheez-It Citrus Bowl to end the year with a 21-17 record. The win marks Illinois’s first bowl win since the 2011 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl against UCLA.
South Carolina, Illinois to meet in Cheez-It Citrus Bowl on Dec. 31 …
Dec 8, 2024 · No. 15 Gamecocks and No. 20 Fighting Illini to play in Orlando at 3 p.m. ET on New Year’s Eve. ORLANDO, Florida (Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024) — The South Carolina Gamecocks and Illinois Fighting Illini will square off in this season’s Cheez-It Citrus Bowl, Florida Citrus Sports announced Sunday.
Illinois Accepts Invitation to Cheez-It Citrus Bowl
Dec 8, 2024 · CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The #20 Illinois football team has accepted an invitation to play in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida, it was announced Sunday. Illinois will play #15 South Carolina at Camping World Stadium on Tuesday, Dec. 31, at 2 p.m. CT on ABC.
Late heroics lift Illinois past South Carolina - Orlando Sentinel
Dec 31, 2024 · Illinois is no stranger to late heroics. The Illini entered Tuesday’s Cheez-It Citrus Bowl, leading the nation with four fourth-quarter comebacks.. Once again, things would come down to the ...
No. 20 Illinois caps off tremendous season with Cheez-It Citrus Bowl ...
Dec 31, 2024 · No. 20 Illinois (10-3) competed in its final game of 2024 under the beaming sun in Orlando, Florida, for a Cheez-It Citrus Bowl title. Fans waved their rally towels and shouted chants for their teams as Illinois won its first bowl game since 2011, 21-17.. Disastrous Illini start South Carolina’s (9-4) defensive line came out ferocious and …
McCray scores 2 TDs as No. 21 Illini top No. 14 South ... - CBS News
Jan 1, 2025 · McCray scores 2 TDs as No. 21 Illini top No. 14 South Carolina in Cheez-It Citrus Bowl. December 31, 2024 / 6:05 PM CST / AP CBS News Live . CBS Sports HQ Live. ... More from CBS News.
Gamecocks and Illini Set for Cheez-It Citrus Bowl Dec. 31
Dec 30, 2024 · The South Carolina Gamecocks (9-3, 5-3 SEC) will face the Illinois Fighting Illini (9-3, 6-3, Big Ten) in the 79th edition of the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl. The game will be played at Camping World Stadium (60,000) in Orlando, Fla., on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024, with kickoff scheduled for 3 pm ET.