2014 Russell Athletic Bowl

2014 Russell Athletic Bowl
25th Russell Athletic Bowl
Oklahoma Sooners Clemson Tigers
(8–4) (9–3)
Big 12 ACC
6 40
Head coach: 
Bob Stoops		 Head coach: 
Dabo Swinney
APCoachesCFP
NR24NR
APCoachesCFP
181817
1234 Total
Oklahoma 0006 6
Clemson 1710130 40
DateDecember 29, 2014
Season2014
StadiumOrlando Citrus Bowl
LocationOrlando, Florida
MVPClemson QB Cole Stoudt[1]
FavoriteOklahoma by 6.5[2]
National anthemLiberty Voices[3]
RefereeMatt Moore[4] (SEC)
Attendance40,071[4]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN/ESPN Radio
AnnouncersMike Patrick, Ed Cunningham, & Jeannine Edwards (ESPN)
Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, & Joe Schad (ESPN Radio)
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The 2014 Russell Athletic Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 29, 2014, at Orlando Citrus Bowl Stadium in Orlando, Florida.[5] This was the 25th Russell Athletic Bowl. It was one of the 2014–15 NCAA football bowl games that conclude the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was sponsored by the Russell Athletic uniform company.

The game featured the Oklahoma Sooners and the Clemson Tigers. Oklahoma placed in a three-way tie for fourth in the Big 12 Conference. Clemson was the runner-up in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

This was the fourth overall meeting between these two teams, with Oklahoma leading the series 2–1 going into the game. The previous time these two teams met was in the 1989 Citrus Bowl, when Clemson won 13–6.

Kickoff was expected to be around 5:30 pm ET.

  1. ^ Crumpton, Tony (December 29, 2014). "Cole Stoudt MVP of Russell Athletic Bowl". tigernet.com. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
  2. ^ Odds
  3. ^ @CheezItBowl (December 30, 2014). "@burmy87 The Liberty Voices" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Stats was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Shaw, Amanda (December 7, 2014). "Clemson to play Oklahoma in Russell Athletic Bowl". Retrieved December 8, 2014.