2019 Outback Bowl
{{short description|College football bowl game}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NCAA football yearly game
| game_name = Outback Bowl
| subheader = 33rd Outback Bowl
| title_sponsor =
| image =
| caption =
| date_game_played = January 1
| year_game_played = 2019
| football_season = 2018
| stadium = Raymond James Stadium
| city = Tampa, Florida
| visitor_school = Mississippi State University
| visitor_name_short = Mississippi State
| visitor_nickname = Bulldogs
| visitor_record = 8–4
| visitor_conference = SEC
| visitor_rank_AP = 18
| visitor_rank_coaches = 18
| visitor_rank_CFP = 18
| visitor_coach = Joe Moorhead
| visitor_1q = 6
| visitor_2q = 0
| visitor_3q = 13
| visitor_4q = 3
| home_school = University of Iowa
| home_name_short = Iowa
| home_nickname = Hawkeyes
| home_record = 8–4
| home_conference = Big Ten
| home_rank_AP =
| home_rank_coaches =
| home_rank_CFP =
| home_coach = Kirk Ferentz
| home_1q = 0
| home_2q = 17
| home_3q = 7
| home_4q = 3
| MVP = Nick Easley (WR, Iowa){{cite tweet |user=ChadLeistikow |number=1080200638921887749 |title=Nick Easley is the 2019 Outback Bowl MVP |date=January 1, 2019 |access-date=January 1, 2019}}
| odds = Mississippi State by 6.5{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/25435852/full-list-spreads-every-2018-19-college-football-bowl-game |title=Odds for every 2018-19 CFB bowl game |last=Fawkes |first=Ben |date=December 10, 2018 |website=ESPN.com |access-date=December 18, 2018}}
| anthem =
| halftime =
| referee = Chris Coyte (Pac-12)
| attendance = 40,518{{cite tweet |user=MurphyKeith |number=1080186915310186496 |title=#OutbackBowl attendance announced as 40,518 |date=January 1, 2019 |access-date=January 1, 2019}}
| payout = 6,350,000{{cite web|url=http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/bowl-schedule/ |title=Bowl Payout |access-date=December 4, 2010 |work=collegefootballpoll.com}}
| us_network = ESPN2
| us_announcers = Mark Jones, Dusty Dvoracek and Molly McGrath
| ratings =
| intl_network =
| intl_announcers =
}}
The 2019 Outback Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 2019.{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/page/cfpbowls2018/2018-19-college-football-playoff-bowl-schedule |title=2018-19 College Football Playoff and bowl schedule |date=May 2, 2018 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=July 23, 2018}} 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.
Teams
The game featured the Iowa Hawkeyes of the Big Ten Conference and the Mississippi State Bulldogs of the Southeastern Conference. It was the first meeting between the two teams.{{Cite web|url=http://www.outbackbowl.com/december-2018/iowa-and-mississippi-state-to-square-off-in-outback-bowl|title=Outback Bowl News|access-date=2018-12-04|archive-date=2018-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204101950/http://www.outbackbowl.com/december-2018/iowa-and-mississippi-state-to-square-off-in-outback-bowl|url-status=dead}} It was Iowa's sixth time playing in the Outback Bowl, and Mississippi State's first.
=Iowa Hawkeyes=
{{main|2018 Iowa Hawkeyes football team}}
Iowa received and accepted a bid to the Outback Bowl on December 2. The Hawkeyes entered the bowl with an 8–4 record (5–4 in conference).
It marked the sixth time in Kirk Ferentz's tenure as the Hawkeyes' head coach the team played in the Outback Bowl.
=Mississippi State Bulldogs=
{{main|2018 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team}}
Mississippi State received and accepted a bid to the Outback Bowl on December 2. The Bulldogs entered the bowl with an 8–4 record (4–4 in conference).
Game summary
=Scoring summary=
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryStart|VisitorName=MSST|HomeName=IOWA|state=}}
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
| Quarter=1
| Time=6:37
| Team=MSST
| DrivePlays=10
| DriveLength=39
| DriveTime=4:50
| Type=FG
| yards=44
| Kicker=Jace Christmann
| Visitor=3
| Home=0
}}
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
| Quarter=1
| Time=0:45
| Team=MSST
| DrivePlays=9
| DriveLength=23
| DriveTime=3:54
| Type=FG
| yards=42
| Kicker=Jace Christmann
| Visitor=6
| Home=0
}}
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
| Quarter=2
| Time=10:02
| Team=IOWA
| DrivePlays=10
| DriveLength=49
| DriveTime=5:43
| Type=FG
| yards=44
| Kicker=Miguel Recinos
| Visitor=6
| Home=3
}}
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
| Quarter=2
| Time=7:55
| Team=IOWA
| DrivePlays=1
| DriveLength=75
| DriveTime=0:11
| Type=RecTD
| Receiver=Nick Easley
| QB=Nate Stanley
| yards=75
| Kicker=Miguel Recinos
| kickresult=good
| Visitor=6
| Home=10
}}
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
| Quarter=2
| Time=6:18
| Team=IOWA
| DrivePlays=2
| DriveLength=13
| DriveTime=0:42
| Type=RecTD
| Receiver=Ihmir Smith-Marsette
| QB=Nate Stanley
| yards=15
| Kicker=Miguel Recinos
| kickresult=good
| Visitor=6
| Home=17
}}
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
| Quarter=3
| Time=11:26
| Team=MSST
| DrivePlays=3
| DriveLength=6
| DriveTime=1:12
| Type=RecTD
| Receiver=Kylin Hill
| QB=Nick Fitzgerald
| yards=1
| 2pt type=pass
| 2pt result=failed
| Visitor=12
| Home=17
}}
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
| Quarter=3
| Time=11:08
| Team=MSST
| DrivePlays=1
| DriveLength=33
| DriveTime=0:12
| Type=RushTD
| Runner=Nick Fitzgerald
| yards=33
| Kicker=Jace Christmann
| kickresult=good
| Visitor=19
| Home=17
}}
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
| Quarter=3
| Time=1:55
| Team=IOWA
| DrivePlays=6
| DriveLength=32
| DriveTime=2:44
| Type=RecTD
| Receiver=Nick Easley
| QB=Nate Stanley
| yards=8
| Kicker=Miguel Recinos
| kickresult=good
| Visitor=19
| Home=24
}}
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
| Quarter=4
| Time=12:04
| Team=MSST
| DrivePlays=5
| DriveLength=49
| DriveTime=2:40
| Type=FG
| yards=20
| Kicker=Jace Christmann
| Visitor=22
| Home=24
}}
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
| Quarter=4
| Time=5:51
| Team=IOWA
| DrivePlays=6
| DriveLength=50
| DriveTime=2:51
| Type=FG
| yards=40
| Kicker=Miguel Recinos
| Visitor=22
| Home=27
}}
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEnd|Visitor=22|Home=27}}
=Statistics=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=No. 18 Bulldogs
|R1=6 |R2=0 |R3=13|R4=3
|Home=Hawkeyes
|H1=0 |H2=17|H3=7 |H4=3
}}
{{AmFootballGameStatistics
| Visitor = Mississippi State Bulldogs
| VisitorDisplay = MSST
| Home = Iowa Hawkeyes
| HomeDisplay = IOWA
| VisFirsts = 15
| VisPlaysYds = 74–342
| VisRushing = 42–190
| VisPassYds = 152
| VisPassing = 14–32–2
| VisTOP = 33:34
| HomeFirsts = 11
| HomePlaysYds = 51–199
| HomeRushing = 20–(–15)
| HomePassYds = 214
| HomePassing = 21–31–1
| HomeTOP = 26:26
}}
{{AmFootballGameTopPlayers
| Visitor = Mississippi State Bulldogs
| VisitorDisplay = Mississippi State
| Home = Iowa Hawkeyes
| HomeDisplay = Iowa
| VisPasser = Nick Fitzgerald
| VisPassStats = 14/32, 152 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT
| VisRusher = Nick Fitzgerald
| VisRushStats = 20 car, 103 yds, 1 TD
| VisReceiver = Stephen Guidry
| VisReceivingStats = 1 rec, 51 yds
| HomePasser = Nate Stanley
| HomePassStats = 21/31, 214 yds, 3 TD, 1 INT
| HomeRusher = Toren Young
| HomeRushStats = 3 car, 7 yds
| HomeReceiver = Nick Easley
| HomeReceivingStats = 8 rec, 104 yds, 2 TD
}}
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.outbackbowl.com/}}
- [http://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=401032083 Box score] at ESPN
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