Not long after news first began to leak, the Citrus Bowl soon made it official: Kentucky Football will make its second trip to Orlando in four years.
Florida Citrus Sports chairman Ken Robinson and CEO Steve Hogan confirmed on Sunday afternoon that the No. 22 Wildcats will take on the No. 15 Iowa Hawkeyes in the 2022 Vrbo Citrus Bowl. The game is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 1 down in Orlando, FL with a kickoff time of 1 p.m. EST on ABC.
This will be Kentucky’s second-ever trip to the Citrus Bowl and first since beating Penn State 27-24 in 2019.