| 2018 Outback Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 32nd Outback Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Raymond James Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Tampa, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Jake Bentley (QB, South Carolina)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Michigan by 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Stuart Mullins (ACC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 45,687[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$$6,308,560[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Adam Amin, Dusty Dvoracek, Molly McGrath | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2018 Outback Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on January 1, 2018, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The 32nd annual Outback Bowl was one of the 2017–18 NCAA football bowl games concluding the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The game was nationally televised on ESPN2, and its title sponsor is the Outback Steakhouse restaurant franchise.