COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Wildcats headed to Orlando to face Iowa on January 1

The University of Kentucky football Wildcats are headed to Orlando, Fla., for a school-record sixth straight postseason trip.

The No. 22 Wildcats have accepted a bid to play in the VRBO Citrus Bowl and will face No. 15 Iowa at Camping World Stadium on New Year’s Day.   

Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m.   

UK began their six-year bowl run in 2016. The Cats have won each of their past three bowl games: defeating Penn State, 27-24, in the 2019 VRBO Citrus Bowl and Virginia Tech, 37-30, in the 2019 Belk Bowl, and NC State, 23-21, in last season’s TaxSlayer Gator Bowl. 

After holding tickets to fulfill all priority requests and securing additional tickets from the Citrus Bowl, tickets in Kentucky’s official allotment are sold out.

Public tickets are now available directly through  CitrusBowlOrlando.com and Ticketmaster.com.