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, and later renamed via sponsorship from Outback Steakhouse), it featured the LSU Tigers from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and the Iowa Hawkeyes from the Big Ten Conference. It was one of the 2013âÂÂ14 bowl games that concluded the 2013 FBS football season. The game started at 1:00 p.m. EST and was telecast on ESPN. LSU defeated Iowa by a score of 21âÂÂ14.
In 2023 this win, along with all other 2013 season LSU wins, was vacated by the NCAA.
Iowa had won the only previous meeting between the two teams, in the 2005 Capital One Bowl.
Iowa had a record of 8âÂÂ4 (5âÂÂ3 Big Ten). Unranked, they finished the season second place in the Big Ten Legends Division.
LSU had a regular season record of 9âÂÂ3 (5âÂÂ3 SEC). Ranked #16 in the BCS, they finished in third place in the Southeast Conference Western Division.