Gators Headed to Las Vegas Bowl to Face Oregon State

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – For the fifth-consecutive season and the eighth time in the last nine years, the Florida Gators football program is bowl bound.

Florida (6-6, 3-5 SEC) will take on No. 17 Oregon State (9-3, 6-3 Pac-12) out of the Pac-12 in the 2022 SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl on Saturday, December 17. Televised on ESPN, kickoff is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. ET / 11:30 a.m. PT at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.

This marks the Gators' first appearance in the Las Vegas Bowl, which began in 1992 with 2022 representing the 31st year and the 30th edition of the event. The last time Florida competed in a bowl game outside of the state of Florida was in 2020, when the Orange & Blue faced Oklahoma in the Cotton Bowl in Arlington, Texas.

The event will also mark the first meeting between the Gators and the Beavers. Oregon State represents Florida's seventh opponent this season against a team ranked in the CFP Final Top 25.

Florida is making its 48th all-time bowl appearance, entering the matchup with an all-time record of 24-23 in previous bowl games. The Gators won three-straight bowl games from 2016-19 prior to falling to Oklahoma 20-55 in the 2020 Cotton Bowl, and 17-29 to UCF last year in the Gasparilla Bowl. From 2018-20, Florida played in three-consecutive New Year's Six bowls.

Tickets

The Gator Ticket Office is now accepting priority ticket requests through Wednesday, Dec. 7 at 5 p.m. Based on availability, remaining tickets will go on sale Monday, December 12 at 9:00 a.m. Visit FloridaGators.com/bowl for complete details.

Florida Bowl History

Bowl	Site	Date	Opponent	Result	Score
Gator Bowl	Jacksonville, Fla.	Jan. 1, 1953	Tulsa	W	14-13
Gator Bowl	Jacksonville, Fla.	Dec. 27, 1958	Ole Miss	L	3-7
Gator Bowl	Jacksonville, Fla.	Dec. 31, 1960	Baylor	W	13-12
Gator Bowl	Jacksonville, Fla.	Dec. 30, 1962	Penn State	W	17-7
Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, La.	Jan. 1, 1966	Missouri	L	18-20
Orange Bowl	Miami, Fla.	Jan. 1, 1967	Georgia Tech	W	27-12
Gator Bowl	Jacksonville, Fla.	Dec. 27, 1969	Tennessee	W	14-13
Tangerine Bowl	Gainesville	Dec. 22, 1973	Miami (Ohio)	L	7-16
Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, La.	Dec. 31, 1974	Nebraska	L	10-13
Gator Bowl	Jacksonville, Fla.	Dec. 29, 1975	Maryland	L	0-13
Sun Bowl	El Paso, Texas	Jan. 2, 1977	Texas A&M	L	14-37
Tangerine Bowl	Orlando, Fla.	Dec. 20, 1980	Maryland	W	35-20
Peach Bowl	Atlanta, Ga.	Dec. 31, 1981	West Virginia	L	6-26
Bluebonnet Bowl	Houston, Texas	Dec. 31, 1982	Arkansas	L	24-28
Gator Bowl	Jacksonville, Fla.	Dec. 30, 1983	Iowa	W	14-6
Aloha Bowl	Honolulu, Hawaii	Dec. 25, 1987	UCLA	L	16-20
All-American Bowl	Birmingham, Ala.	Dec. 29, 1988	Illinois	W	14-10
Freedom Bowl	Anaheim, Calif.	Dec. 30, 1989	Washington	L	7-34
Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, La.	Jan. 1, 1992	Notre Dame	L	28-39
Gator Bowl	Jacksonville, Fla.	Dec. 31, 1992	N.C. State	W	27-10
Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, La.	Jan. 1, 1994	West Virginia	W	41-7
Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, La.	Jan. 2, 1995	Florida State	L	17-23
Fiesta Bowl	Tempe, Ariz.	Jan. 2, 1996	Nebraska	L	24-62
Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, La.	Jan. 2, 1997	Florida State	W	52-20
Citrus Bowl	Orlando, Fla.	Jan. 1, 1998	Penn State	W	21-6
Orange Bowl	Miami, Fla.	Jan. 2, 1999	Syracuse	W	31-10
Citrus Bowl	Orlando, Fla.	Jan. 1, 2000	Michigan State	L	34-37
Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, La.	Jan. 2, 2001	Miami (Fla.)	L	20-37
Orange Bowl	Miami, Fla.	Jan. 2, 2002	Maryland	W	56-23
Outback Bowl	Tampa, Fla.	Jan. 1, 2003	Michigan	L	30-38
Outback Bowl	Tampa, Fla.	Jan. 1, 2004	Iowa	L	17-37
Peach Bowl	Atlanta, Ga.	Dec. 31, 2004	Miami (Fla.)	L	10-27
Outback Bowl	Tampa, Fla.	Jan. 2, 2006	Iowa	W	31-24
BCS National Championship	Glendale, Ariz.	Jan. 8, 2007	Ohio State	W	41-14
Capital One (Citrus) Bowl	Orlando, Fla.	Jan. 1, 2008	Michigan	L	35-41
BCS National Championship	Miami, Fla.	Jan. 8, 2009	Oklahoma	W	24-14
Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, La.	Jan. 1, 2010	Cincinnati	W	51-24
Outback Bowl	Tampa, Fla.	Jan. 1, 2011	Penn State	W	37-24
Gator Bowl	Jacksonville, Fla.	Jan. 2, 2012	Ohio State	W	24-17
Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, La.	Jan. 2, 2013	Louisville	L	23-33
Birmingham Bowl	Birmingham, Ala.	Jan. 3, 2015	East Carolina	W	28-20
Citrus Bowl	Orlando, Fla.	Jan. 1, 2016	Michigan	L	7-41
Outback Bowl	Tampa, Fla.	Jan. 2, 2017	Iowa	W	30-3
Peach Bowl	Atlanta, Ga.	Dec. 29, 2018	Michigan	W	41-15
Orange Bowl	Miami, Fla.	Dec. 30, 2019	Virginia	W	36-28
Cotton Bowl	Arlington, Tex.	Dec. 30, 2020	Oklahoma	L	20-55
Gasparilla	Tampa, Fla.	Dec. 23, 2021	UCF	L	17-29

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