A Look at the Gator Bowl
Submitted by podizz on Tue, 12/15/2009 - 12:53
- The Gator Bowl is played at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida.
- It is the sixth oldest college bowl, held continuously since 1946.
- Its current full name is the Konica Minolta Gator Bowl.
- Since 2007, the Gator Bowl began hosting the third-place ACC team versus a team from either the Big East (the conference's #2 team unless they qualified for the BCS), Big 12, or Notre Dame, who would take the Big East's spot in this game. The contract is held in conjunction with the Sun Bowl with the Gator Bowl receiving first choice of teams and requires both bowls to take Big East teams twice and Big 12 teams twice.
- Starting in 2010, the Gator Bowl will feature the SEC and the Big Ten.
- Results:
- January 1, 1946 Wake Forest 26 South Carolina 14
- January 1, 1947 Oklahoma 34 North Carolina State 13
- January 1, 1948 Georgia 20 Maryland 20
- January 1, 1949 Clemson 24 Missouri 23
- January 2, 1950 Maryland 20 Missouri 7
- January 1, 1951 Wyoming 20 Washington & Lee 7
- January 1, 1952 Miami 14 Clemson 0
- January 1, 1953 Florida 14 Tulsa 13
- January 1, 1954 Texas Tech 35 Auburn 13
- December 31, 1954 Auburn 33 Baylor 13
- December 31, 1955 Vanderbilt 25 Auburn 13
- December 29, 1956 Georgia Tech 21 Pittsburgh 14
- December 28, 1957 Tennessee 3 Texas A&M 0
- December 27, 1958 Mississippi 7 Florida 3
- January 2, 1960 Arkansas 14 Georgia Tech 7
- December 31, 1960 Florida 13 Baylor 12
- December 30, 1961 Penn State 30 Georgia Tech 15
- December 29, 1962 Florida 17 Penn State 7
- December 28, 1963 North Carolina 35 Air Force 0
- January 2, 1965 Florida State 36 Oklahoma 19
- December 31, 1965 Georgia Tech 31 Texas Tech 21
- December 31, 1966 Tennessee 18 Syracuse 12
- December 30, 1967 Florida State 17 Penn State 17
- December 28, 1968 Missouri 35 Alabama 10
- December 27, 1969 Florida 14 Tennessee 13
- January 2, 1971 Auburn 35 Mississippi 28
- December 31, 1971 Georgia 7 North Carolina 3
- December 30, 1972 Auburn 24 Colorado 3
- December 29, 1973 Texas Tech 28 Tennessee 19
- December 30, 1974 Auburn 27 Texas 3
- December 29, 1975 Maryland 13 Florida 0
- December 27, 1976 Notre Dame 20 Penn State 9
- December 30, 1977 Pittsburgh 34 Clemson 3
- December 29, 1978 Clemson 17 Ohio State 15
- December 28, 1979 North Carolina 17 Michigan 15
- December 29, 1980 Pittsburgh 37 South Carolina 9
- December 28, 1981 North Carolina 31 Arkansas 27
- December 30, 1982 Florida State 31 West Virginia 12
- December 30, 1983 Florida 14 Iowa 6
- December 28, 1984 Oklahoma State 21 South Carolina 14
- December 30, 1985 Florida State 34 Oklahoma State 23
- December 27, 1986 Clemson 27 Stanford 21
- December 31, 1987 LSU 30 South Carolina 13
- January 1, 1989 Georgia 34 Michigan State 27
- December 30, 1989 Clemson 27 West Virginia 7
- January 1, 1991 Michigan 35 Mississippi 3
- December 29, 1991 Oklahoma 48 Virginia 14
- December 31, 1992 Florida 27 North Carolina State 10
- December 31, 1993 Alabama 24 North Carolina 10
- December 30, 1994 Tennessee 45 Virginia Tech 23
- January 1, 1996 Syracuse 41 Clemson 0
- January 1, 1997 North Carolina 20 West Virginia 13
- January 1, 1998 North Carolina 42 Virginia Tech 3
- January 1, 1999 Georgia Tech 35 Notre Dame 28
- January 1, 2000 Miami 28 Georgia Tech 13
- January 1, 2001 Virginia Tech 41 Clemson 20
- January 1, 2002 Florida State 30 Virginia Tech 17
- January 1, 2003 North Carolina State 28 Notre Dame 6
- January 1, 2004 Maryland 41 West Virginia 7
- January 1, 2005 Florida State 30 West Virginia 18
- January 2, 2006 Virginia Tech 35 Louisville 24
- January 1, 2007 West Virginia 38 Georgia Tech 35
- January 1, 2008 Texas Tech 31 Virginia 28
- January 1, 2009 Nebraska 26 Clemson 21
- January 1, 2010 West Virginia vs. Florida State
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