| 2023 Capital One Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| CFP New Year's Six 90th Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Hard Rock Stadium inMiami Gardens, Florida, hosted the Orange Bowl. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 30, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Hard Rock Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Miami Gardens, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Kendall Milton (RB, Georgia)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Georgia by 14.5[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Greg Blum (Big 10)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | Fitz and the Tantrums andWalk the Moon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 63,324 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | ESPN:Joe Tessitore (play-by-play),Jesse Palmer (analyst), andKatie George (sideline) ESPN Radio:Dave Flemming (play-by-play),Brock Osweiler (analyst), andKayla Burton (sideline) (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | ESPN Brazil: Matheus Pinheiro (play-by-play) and Weinny Eirado (analyst) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2023 Orange Bowl was acollege footballbowl game played on December 30, 2023, atHard Rock Stadium inMiami Gardens, Florida. The 90th annualOrange Bowl featured theFlorida State Seminoles from theAtlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and theGeorgia Bulldogs from theSoutheastern Conference (SEC)—teams selected at-large by theCollege Football Playoff selection committee. The game began at 4:00 p.m.EST and aired onESPN.[4][5] The Orange Bowl was one of the2023–24 bowl games concluding the2023 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by bank holding companyCapital One and was officially known as theCapital One Orange Bowl.
The 60-point victory for Georgia set a new record for the largest margin of victory in any bowl game at theFBS level (or its historical predecessors), surpassing the prior record of 58 points, which had been set by Georgia the previous season in the2023 CFP National Championship game.
The game featured theFlorida State Seminoles from theAtlantic Coast Conference (ACC), and theGeorgia Bulldogs from theSoutheastern Conference (SEC). This was the 12th all-time meeting between the Seminoles and the Bulldogs; entering the game, Georgia led the series, 6-4-1.[6]
Georgia entered the season as two-time defending national champions, looking to add a third championship to become the first FBS college program tothree-peat sinceMinnesota from 1934 to 1936.[n 1] They earned strong wins overNo. 20Kentucky,No. 9Ole Miss, andNo. 18Tennessee by margins of 51–13, 52–17 and 38–10, respectively. The Bulldogs were riding a 29-game winning streak, which started in the2021 Orange Bowl, heading into theSEC Championship Game. However, the Bulldogs lost toNo. 8Alabama, 24–27, which caused them to finish with a record of 12–1. Subsequently, the Bulldogs were not selected for theCollege Football Playoff.
Georgia entered the Orange Bowl ranked sixth in each of the major polls.
Florida State entered the season with high expectations after a 10–3 recordlast season, finishing No. 11 in theAP poll. After an assertive 45–24 win overNo. 5LSU to start the season, the Seminoles went on to win all of their regular season games. However, during their game againstNorth Alabama, starting quarterbackJordan Travis suffered a season-ending injury.[7] Since he was in his senior year, it also marked the end of his college career. After being drafted by theNew York Jets in the2024 NFL draft, he spent his first season in rehabbing the injury, which ultimately failed, forcing his retirement during the 2025 NFL offseason.[8]
The Seminoles entered theACC Championship Game with a 12–0 record and ranked at No. 4 in the CFP rankings. The team defeatedNo. 16Louisville by 16–6. However, the Seminoles were placed at No. 5 in the final playoff rankings, becoming the first undefeated champion from aPower Five conference to be omitted from the playoffs in the CFP era (since the 2014 season). The final CFP rankings, which saw Alabama move up four spots to displace Florida State from a CFP semifinal berth, caused significant controversy. The Selection Committee cited the loss of Travis as a main reason why Florida State was left out of the playoffs. The committee factors player availability into its selections.[9]
Florida State entered the Orange Bowl ranked fourth in theAP poll and fifth in the CFP rankings.
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| No. 6 Georgia | 7 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 63 |
| No. 5 Florida State | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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| Statistics | UGA | FSU |
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| First downs | 36 | 11 |
| Plays–yards | 76–673 | 53–209 |
| Rushes–yards | 47–372 | 26–63 |
| Passing yards | 301 | 146 |
| Passing:comp–att–int | 20–29–0 | 10–27–2 |
| Time of possession | 35:38 | 24:22 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| Georgia | Passing | Carson Beck | 13-18, 203 yards, 2 TD |
| Rushing | Kendall Milton | 9 attempts, 104 yards, 2 TD | |
| Receiving | Dillon Bell | 5 catches, 86 yards | |
| Florida State | Passing | Brock Glenn | 9-26, 139 yards, 2 INT |
| Rushing | Ja'Khi Douglas | 8 attempts, 46 yards | |
| Receiving | Kentron Poiter | 4 catches, 84 yards |