Head coach Mark Stoops after his team beats Louisville to end their regular season play 9-3. Louisville Courier Journal
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Mark Stoops and company can add one more bit of history to a record-breaking season.
For the first time since 1999 and just the fourth time in program history, Kentucky football will play in a New Year’s Day bowl game after being offered a bid to the Citrus Bowl Sunday. The Wildcats will face No. 12 Penn State in the Jan. 1 game in Orlando, Florida.
Kentucky’s last New Year’s Day bowl appearance also came against Penn State in the Outback Bowl after the 1998 regular season.