| Game Name: | Outback Bowl |
| Subheader: | 33rd Outback Bowl |
| Date Game Played: | January 1 |
| Year Game Played: | 2019 |
| Football Season: | 2018 |
| Stadium: | Raymond James Stadium |
| City: | Tampa, Florida |
| Visitor School: | Mississippi State University |
| Visitor Name Short: | Mississippi State |
| Visitor Nickname: | Bulldogs |
| Visitor Record: | 8–4 |
| Visitor Conference: | SEC |
| Visitor Rank Ap: | 18 |
| Visitor Rank Coaches: | 18 |
| Visitor Rank Cfp: | 18 |
| Visitor Coach: | Joe Moorhead |
| Visitor 1Q: | 6 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 13 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 3 |
| Home School: | University of Iowa |
| Home Name Short: | Iowa |
| Home Nickname: | Hawkeyes |
| Home Record: | 8–4 |
| Home Conference: | Big Ten |
| Home Coach: | Kirk Ferentz |
| Home 1Q: | 0 |
| Home 2Q: | 17 |
| Home 3Q: | 7 |
| Home 4Q: | 3 |
| Mvp: | Nick Easley (WR, Iowa)[1] |
| Odds: | Mississippi State by 6.5[2] |
| Referee: | Chris Coyte (Pac-12) |
| Attendance: | 40,518[3] |
| Payout: | 6,350,000[4] |
| Us Network: | ESPN2 |
| Us Announcers: | Mark Jones, Dusty Dvoracek and Molly McGrath |
The 2019 Outback Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 2019.[5] It was the 33rd edition of the Outback Bowl, and one of the 2018–19 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by Outback Steakhouse and played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.
The game featured the Iowa Hawkeyes of the Big Ten Conference and the Mississippi State Bulldogs of the Southeastern Conference. It was the first meeting between the two teams.[6] It was Iowa's sixth time playing in the Outback Bowl, and Mississippi State's first.
See main article: 2018 Iowa Hawkeyes football team. Iowa received and accepted a bid to the Outback Bowl on December 2.[6] The Hawkeyes entered the bowl with an 8–4 record (5–4 in conference).
It marked the sixth time in Kirk Ferentz's tenure as the Hawkeyes' head coach the team played in the Outback Bowl.
See main article: 2018 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team. Mississippi State received and accepted a bid to the Outback Bowl on December 2.[6] The Bulldogs entered the bowl with an 8–4 record (4–4 in conference).