2013 Allstate Sugar Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game on Wednesday , January 2 , 2013 , at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans , Louisiana . The game featured the Florida Gators of the SEC and the Louisville Cardinals of the Big East . The game was broadcast live on ESPN at 8:30 PM ET . Louisville was selected to their first Sugar Bowl after a 10-2 regular season that culminated in a share of the Big East title . Florida was picked as the other half of the matchup following an 11 – 1 campaign
Big East
Big East Conference (1979–2013)
2013 Sugar Bowl