Down seven players due to injury or COVID-19, the Kentucky Wildcats defeated the Iowa Hawkeyes by a final score of 20-17 in the 2022 VRBO Citrus Bowl. And it was a rock fight from start to finish.
Kentucky opened the game with a beautiful 13-play, 80-yard drive that resulted in a five-yard touchdown catch for Chris Rodriguez. Every play went for positive yards, including nine plays going five yards or more.
The two teams traded punts on back-to-back drives before then putting together 10-plus-play drives that resulted in field goals, keeping UK ahead 10-3.
A tipped interception for Kentucky’s D’Eryk Jackson with 2:09 to go resulted in a field goal to put the Wildcats up 13-3, the second straight red zone trip UK failed to score a touchdown.