Florida Citrus Sports Communications
ORLANDO, Fla. – The No. 19 Oklahoma State Cowboys (9-3, 6-3 Big 12) and the No. 22 Virginia Tech Hokies (9-3, 5-3 ACC) will play in the 2017 Camping World Bowl. Florida Citrus Sports chairman Andy Odenbach and CEO Steve Hogan announced the matchup today on behalf of the organization’s Team Selection Committee.
The game will kick off at 5:15 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 28 at Camping World Stadium and will be televised nationally by ESPN.
Oklahoma State brings the nation's most potent passing attack to Orlando, and comes in averaging 575.7 total yards and 46.3 points per game, second and third among FBS teams, respectively. Cowboys quarterback Mason Rudolph, a Heisman trophy frontrunner, leads the nation with 4,553 passing yards on the season, and wideout James Washington, a Biletnikoff Award finalist, leads the nation with 1,423 receiving yards.
Virginia Tech, meanwhile, boasts the nation’s No 4 scoring defense, allowing just 13.5 points per game, and has held opponents to 305.3 total yards per game this season, good for 12th among FBS programs. The Hokies defense has posted three shutouts this year, the most by a Virginia Tech team since 2006, and with a victory over Oklahoma State, Virginia Tech would have back-to-back 10-win seasons for the first time since 2010 and 2011.
This year’s Camping World Bowl will be the third ever meeting between Virginia Tech and Oklahoma State, and the first since 1972. The teams split the previous two games.
Oklahoma State has never played in the Camping World Bowl but has one previous Orlando bowl appearance in the Citrus Bowl presented by Overton’s, a 49-21 win over BYU in the 1976 edition, known at the time as the Tangerine Bowl. Virginia Tech defeated Rutgers 13-10 in the only overtime game in the Camping World Bowl’s history in 2012 and also appeared at Camping World Stadium December 2016, when it played Clemson in the ACC Championship Game.
Tickets for the 2017 Camping World Bowl are available via Ticketmaster at https://bigtime.games/17CWBtix. Groups of 20 or more may call the Florida Citrus Sports offices at 407.423.2476.
The game will kick off at 5:15 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 28 at Camping World Stadium and will be televised nationally by ESPN.
Oklahoma State brings the nation's most potent passing attack to Orlando, and comes in averaging 575.7 total yards and 46.3 points per game, second and third among FBS teams, respectively. Cowboys quarterback Mason Rudolph, a Heisman trophy frontrunner, leads the nation with 4,553 passing yards on the season, and wideout James Washington, a Biletnikoff Award finalist, leads the nation with 1,423 receiving yards.
Virginia Tech, meanwhile, boasts the nation’s No 4 scoring defense, allowing just 13.5 points per game, and has held opponents to 305.3 total yards per game this season, good for 12th among FBS programs. The Hokies defense has posted three shutouts this year, the most by a Virginia Tech team since 2006, and with a victory over Oklahoma State, Virginia Tech would have back-to-back 10-win seasons for the first time since 2010 and 2011.
This year’s Camping World Bowl will be the third ever meeting between Virginia Tech and Oklahoma State, and the first since 1972. The teams split the previous two games.
Oklahoma State has never played in the Camping World Bowl but has one previous Orlando bowl appearance in the Citrus Bowl presented by Overton’s, a 49-21 win over BYU in the 1976 edition, known at the time as the Tangerine Bowl. Virginia Tech defeated Rutgers 13-10 in the only overtime game in the Camping World Bowl’s history in 2012 and also appeared at Camping World Stadium December 2016, when it played Clemson in the ACC Championship Game.
Tickets for the 2017 Camping World Bowl are available via Ticketmaster at https://bigtime.games/17CWBtix. Groups of 20 or more may call the Florida Citrus Sports offices at 407.423.2476.