The Capital One Bowl is a current Division I FBS bowl game which has been held, with a single exception, at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida since the end of the 1946 season. The bowl began as a minor bowl known as the Tangerine Bowl, until the mid-seventies when the bowl committee made efforts to invite more high-profile teams. In 1983 the bowl (under sponsorship of the Florida Citrus Growers Association) became known as the Florida Citrus Bowl, and following sponsorship terms with CompUSA (1994-1999) and Ourhouse.com (2000), took on its current name in 2003. Capital One sponsored the bowl in 2001 and 2002 under the Florida Citrus Bowl name.
The bowl invited the Mid-American Conference champion from 1968-1975 and the Southern Conference champion from 1968-1971. In 1987 (following the 1986 season) the game returned to its original New Year's Day slot. From 1987-1991 the Atlantic Coast Conference champion hosted the game; since then, the bowl has featured a team from the Big Ten Conference against a team from the Southeastern Conference (usually the highest-ranked non-BCS team from each conference).
The highest-profile game in the bowl's history was in 1991, when United Press International voted Georgia Tech its national champion after their victory over Nebraska.
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| 01 JAN 1992
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California
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37
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Clemson
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13
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| 01 JAN 1993
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Georgia
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21
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Ohio State
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14
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| 01 JAN 1994
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Penn State
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31
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Tennessee
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13
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| 02 JAN 1995
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Alabama
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24
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Ohio State
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17
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| 01 JAN 1996
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Tennessee
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20
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Ohio State
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14
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| 01 JAN 1997
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Tennessee
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48
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Northwestern
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28
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| 01 JAN 1998
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Florida
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21
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Penn State
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6
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| 01 JAN 1999
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Michigan
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45
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Arkansas
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31
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| 01 JAN 2000
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Michigan State
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37
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Florida
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34
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| 01 JAN 2001
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Michigan
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31
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Auburn
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28
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| 01 JAN 2002
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Tennessee
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45
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Michigan
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17
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| 01 JAN 2003
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Auburn
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13
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Penn State
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9
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| 01 JAN 2004
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Georgia
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34
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Purdue
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27†
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| 01 JAN 2005
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Iowa
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30
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Louisiana State
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25
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| 02 JAN 2006
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Wisconsin
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24
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Auburn
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10
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| 01 JAN 2007
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Wisconsin
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17
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Arkansas
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14
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| 01 JAN 2008
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Michigan
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41
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Florida
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35
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| 01 JAN 2009
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Georgia
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24
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Michigan State
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12
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| 01 JAN 2010
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Penn State
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19
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Louisiana State
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17
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| 01 JAN 2011
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Alabama
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49
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Michigan State
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7
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† - denotes overtime.
‡ - at Gainesville FL
