Game Name: | Capital One Bowl |
Date Game Played: | January 1 |
Year Game Played: | 2013 |
Football Season: | 2012 |
Stadium: | Florida Citrus Bowl |
City: | Orlando, Florida |
Visitor School: | University of Georgia |
Visitor Name Short: | Georgia |
Visitor Nickname: | Bulldogs |
Visitor Record: | 11–2 |
Visitor Rank Ap: | 6 |
Visitor Rank Coaches: | 5 |
Visitor Rank Bcs: | 7 |
Visitor Coach: | Mark Richt |
Visitor Conference: | SEC |
Visitor 1Q: | 16 |
Visitor 2Q: | 7 |
Visitor 3Q: | 8 |
Visitor 4Q: | 14 |
Home School: | University of Nebraska |
Home Name Short: | Nebraska |
Home Nickname: | Cornhuskers |
Home Record: | 10–3 |
Home Rank Ap: | 23 |
Home Rank Coaches: | 21 |
Home Rank Bcs: | 16 |
Home Coach: | Bo Pelini |
Home Conference: | Big Ten |
Home 1Q: | 14 |
Home 2Q: | 10 |
Home 3Q: | 7 |
Home 4Q: | 0 |
Odds: | Georgia by 10[1] |
Mvp: | Aaron Murray (QB- Georgia) |
Referee: | Mike Defee (Big 12) |
Attendance: | 59,712 |
Us Network: | ABC |
Us Announcers: | Rece Davis (play-by-play) Jesse Palmer (analyst) David Pollack (analyst) Samantha Ponder (sideline reporter) |
Ratings: | 6.6 (10 Million viewers)[2] |
The 2013 Capital One Bowl, the 67th edition of the game, was a post-season American college football bowl game, held on January 1, 2013 at the Florida Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida as part of the 2012–13 NCAA Bowl season.
The game, which was broadcast at 1:00 p.m. EST on ABC, featured the #7 (BCS) Georgia Bulldogs from the Southeastern Conference versus the #16 (BCS) Nebraska Cornhuskers from the Big Ten Conference.
Entering the game both teams suffered a loss at their respective conference championship games. The Georgia Bulldogs, winners of the SEC Eastern Division, were ranked #3 in the BCS going into the game. They lost to #2 Alabama 32–28. Meanwhile, the Nebraska Cornhuskers, winners of the Big Ten Legends Division, were ranked #12 going into the game. They lost to unranked Wisconsin 70–31.
Prior to this bowl, Nebraska had played Georgia just once in football. During the 1969 Sun Bowl, the 9–2 Nebraska Cornhuskers defeated the 5–5–1 Georgia Bulldogs by a score of 45–6. This season was of note in that it featured 31-year-old Tom Osborne in his first year as an offensive coordinator for Nebraska.
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