1991 Gator Bowl (January) (original) (raw)

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College football game

1991 Mazda Gator Bowl
Michigan Wolverines Ole Miss Rebels (8–3) (9–2) Big Ten SEC 35 3 Head coach: Gary Moeller Head coach: Billy Brewer AP Coaches 12 12 AP Coaches 15 14
1234 Total Michigan 77210 35 Ole Miss 0300 3
Date January 1, 1991
Season 1990
Stadium Gator Bowl Stadium
Location Jacksonville, Florida
MVP Tom Dohring, Matt Elliott, Steve Everitt, Dean Dingman, Greg Skrepenak (Michigan OL); Tyrone Ashley (Mississippi DB)[1]
Referee Buddy Ward (SICOA)
Attendance 68,297
United States TV coverage
Network ESPN
Announcers Ron Franklin, Gary Danielson
** Gator Bowl **← 1989 (Dec)1991 (Dec)

The 1991 Gator Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 1991. The Big Ten Conference co-champion Michigan Wolverines defeated the Ole Miss Rebels of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), 35–3. For sponsorship reasons, the game was officially known as the Mazda Gator Bowl.[2]

This game was the last SEC–Big Ten matchup in the Gator Bowl for twenty years; the bowl entered into an exclusive contract featuring those two conferences beginning with the 2011 Gator Bowl.

Michigan Wolverines

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Michigan entered the game with an overall record of 8–3, 6–2 in the Big Ten.

Ole Miss entered the game with an overall record of 9–2, 6–2 in the SEC.

  1. ^ "1990". Archived from the original on January 1, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
  2. ^ "Gator Bowl feels squeeze". The Cincinnati Enquirer. AP. January 1, 1991. p. 21. Retrieved November 25, 2018 – via newspapers.com.