Chart: Squeezing money from the Citrus

December 27, 2015 at 2:10AM

A look at how the Gophers made more than $300,000 by playing in the Citrus Bowl on Jan. 1 in Orlando:

BIG TEN SUBSIDIES
Citrus Bowl travel stipend:$2,000,000

Unsold ticket reimbursement:$103,595

Total:$2,103,595

EXPENSES

Team/staff (272 people): $607,136

Band/cheerleaders (371 people):$459,308

School officials (132 people):$212,930

Miscellaneous*: $464,773

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Total:$1,744,147

*-Miscellaneous includes entertainment; promotion; awards; equipment and supplies; and unsold tickets. The Big Ten reimburses schools for unsold tickets.

BOTTOM LINE

Total:$359,448

Sources: Gophers athletics department and its summary of postseason football institutional bowl expenses for 2014-15.

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