Kentucky Today
Kentucky is going back to Orlando.
The No. 22 Wildcats (9-3) will play 15th-ranked Iowa (10-3) in the VRBO Citrus Bowl at 1 p.m. on Jan. 1, 2022 in Orlando. Kentucky defeated Penn State in the same bowl three years ago at Camping World Stadium.
The 27-24 win over the Nittany Lions was the first of three consecutive bowl victories for the Wildcats. Kentucky defeated Virginia Tech 37-30 the following season in the Belk Bowl and topped North Carolina State 23-21 in the Gator Bowl last January in Jacksonville.
Mark Stoops played collegiate football at Iowa and the appearance will be Kentucky’s sixth consecutive bowl berth, a school record. Stoops is a 1989 alumnus of the University of Iowa and a three-year letterman (1987-89). He played under Hall of Fame coach Hayden Fry. Stoops was a graduate assistant at Iowa from 1990-91.