2014 Outback Bowl

2014 Outback Bowl
Iowa Hawkeyes LSU Tigers (8–4) (9–3) 14 21 Head coach:  Kirk Ferentz Head coach:  Les Miles AP Coaches BCS 14 14 16
1 2 3 4 Total Iowa 0 0 7 7 14 LSU 7 7 0 7 21
Date	January 1, 2014
Season	2013
Stadium	Raymond James Stadium
Location	Tampa, Florida
Favorite	LSU by 7.5
Referee	Greg Burks (Big XII)
Halftime show	Both schools' bands performed a show; in addition 20 high schools bands from across the nation combined as 1 giant band
Attendance	51,296
Payout	US$7.2 million per team
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN/ESPN Radio
Announcers	Mike Tirico (Play-by-Play) Jon Gruden (Analyst) Lisa Salters (Sidelines)

The 2014 Outback Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on January 1, 2014 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The 28th edition of the Outback Bowl (which was originally called the Hall of Fame Bowl), it featured the LSU Tigers from the Southeastern Conference and the Iowa Hawkeyes from the Big Ten Conference. It was one of the 2013–14 bowl games that concluded the 2013 FBS football season. The game started at 1:00 p.m. EST and was telecast on ESPN. It was sponsored by the Outback Steakhouse restaurant franchise.

Louisiana State defeated Iowa by a score of 21–14.

LSU had a regular season record of 9–3 (5–3 SEC). Ranked #16 in the BCS, they finished in third place in the Southeast Conference Western Division. Iowa had a record of 8–4 (5–3 Big Ten). Unranked, they finished the season second place in the Big Ten Legends Division. Iowa won the only previous meeting between the two teams, in the 2005 Capital One Bowl.

Teams

Iowa

Main article: 2013 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

LSU

Main article: 2013 LSU Tigers football team

Game summary

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP Iowa LSU 1 10:59 8 77 4:01 LSU Anthony Jennings 2-yard touchdown run, Colby Delahoussaye kick good 0 7 2 7:23 7 39 2:52 LSU Jeremy Hill 14-yard touchdown run, Delahoussaye kick good 0 14 3 5:52 3 1 0:52 IOW Mark Weisman 2-yard touchdown run, Mike Meyer kick good 7 14 4 2:02 6 92 3:02 LSU Hill 37-yard touchdown run, Delahoussaye kick good 7 21 4 1:42 2 4 0:20 IOW Kevonte Martin-Manley 4-yard touchdown reception from C.J. Beathard, Meyer kick good 14 21 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 14 21

Statistics

Statistics	Iowa	LSU
First Downs	11	15
Total offense, plays – yards	233	302
Rushes-yards (net)	76	220
Passing yards (net)	157	82
Passes, Comp-Att-Int	13-30-2	7-20-1
Time of Possession	24:14	35:46