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Auburn is headed to Florida for bowl season. It was announced on Sunday afternoon that the Tigers will meet Northwestern in the Citrus Bowl.
One of the bigger storylines for this game will be the coaching search at Auburn, and Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald’s possible move to the NFL. Multiple teams are reportedly interested in learning more about the long-time Northwestern coach.
The 75th edition of the game will take place at 1 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 1 at Camping World Stadium and will be televised nationally by ABC. The game will mark the second ever meeting between the Wildcats and Tigers and the first since Auburn’s overtime victory over Northwestern at the 2010 Outback Bowl.
This season’s Vrbo Citrus Bowl will mark Auburn’s sixth appearance in the game, tied with Florida, Georgia, Michigan and Penn State for the most all-time. Auburn is 3-2 in its five previous trips, with the most recent coming in 2006. The Wildcats are making their second Vrbo Citrus Bowl appearance and their first since the 1997 game, a loss to a Peyton Manning-led Tennessee squad.
No. 14 @NUFBFamily and @AuburnFootball will square off in the 75th edition of the @vrbo Citrus Bowl on New Year’s Day! #CitrusBowl https://t.co/C4IZ48onTu
— Vrbo Citrus Bowl (@CitrusBowl) December 20, 2020
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
