Upcoming Events at Raymond James Stadium
Tue Jan 1, 12:00 PM - Tue Jan 1, 4:00 PM
4201 N. Dale Mabry Hwy., Tampa, FL 33607
Community: Westshore District
Description
The Outback Bowl is a college football game that is typically played on New Year's Day featuring teams from the SEC and Big Ten Conference. The game is a culmination of a week-long schedule of events throughout the Tampa Bay.
Event Details
On April 16, 1986 the NCAA awarded a college bowl game to Tampa Bay. On December 23rd of that year the first Hall of Fame Bowl was played in Tampa Stadium between Georgia and Boston College.
On April 12, 1995 the bowl signed Outback Steakhouse as its title sponsor and changed the name to the Outback Bowl. Twenty-two years later Outback is still the title sponsor, the longest title sponsorship of any current college bowl game.
Today, the game has reached amazing heights. The bowl has been a part of the prestigious New Year's Day bowl lineup now for the past twenty-eight years. It features teams from the two most successful and popular conferences in college football - the SEC and Big Ten.
The bowl is now one of the most popular and success bowl games in the country contributing more than $136 million combined to universities and generating an estimated $1 billion in economic impact for the Tampa Bay region over its history.
The Outback Bowl has also played host to some great match-ups over the years, and therefore has hosted some of the sport's best players and coaches. Over its history life-long memories have been provided to more than 6,200 players, 93,000 halftime show performers and more than 1.7 million college football fans.
On April 12, 1995 the bowl signed Outback Steakhouse as its title sponsor and changed the name to the Outback Bowl. Twenty-two years later Outback is still the title sponsor, the longest title sponsorship of any current college bowl game.
Today, the game has reached amazing heights. The bowl has been a part of the prestigious New Year's Day bowl lineup now for the past twenty-eight years. It features teams from the two most successful and popular conferences in college football - the SEC and Big Ten.
The bowl is now one of the most popular and success bowl games in the country contributing more than $136 million combined to universities and generating an estimated $1 billion in economic impact for the Tampa Bay region over its history.
The Outback Bowl has also played host to some great match-ups over the years, and therefore has hosted some of the sport's best players and coaches. Over its history life-long memories have been provided to more than 6,200 players, 93,000 halftime show performers and more than 1.7 million college football fans.
