2019 Outback Bowl

2019 Outback Bowl
33rd Outback Bowl
Mississippi State Bulldogs Iowa Hawkeyes
(8–4) (8–4)
SEC Big Ten
22 27
Head coach: 
Joe Moorhead		 Head coach: 
Kirk Ferentz
APCoachesCFP
181818
1234 Total
Mississippi State 60133 22
Iowa 01773 27
DateJanuary 1, 2019
Season2018
StadiumRaymond James Stadium
LocationTampa, Florida
MVPNick Easley (WR, Iowa)[1]
FavoriteMississippi State by 6.5[2]
RefereeChris Coyte (Pac-12)
Attendance40,518[3]
PayoutUS$6,350,000[4]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN2
AnnouncersMark Jones, Dusty Dvoracek and Molly McGrath
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The 2019 Outback Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 2019.[5] It was the 33rd edition of the Outback Bowl, and one of the 2018–19 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by Outback Steakhouse and played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.

  1. ^ @ChadLeistikow (January 1, 2019). "Nick Easley is the 2019 Outback Bowl MVP" (Tweet). Retrieved January 1, 2019 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Fawkes, Ben (December 10, 2018). "Odds for every 2018-19 CFB bowl game". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  3. ^ @MurphyKeith (January 1, 2019). "#OutbackBowl attendance announced as 40,518" (Tweet). Retrieved January 1, 2019 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ "Bowl Payout". collegefootballpoll.com. Retrieved December 4, 2010.
  5. ^ "2018-19 College Football Playoff and bowl schedule". ESPN. May 2, 2018. Retrieved July 23, 2018.