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 2013–14 bowl games that concluded the 2013 FBS football season.
[2] Iowa had won the only previous meeting between the two teams, in the 2005 Capital One Bowl.
Unranked, they finished the season second place in the Big Ten Legends Division.
Ranked #16 in the BCS, they finished in third place in the Southeast Conference Western Division.