1957 Gator Bowl
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| 1957 Gator Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 28, 1957 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1957 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Gator Bowl Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Jacksonville, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | TB Bobby Gordon (Tennessee) HB John David Crow (Texas A&M) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | E.D. Cavette (SEC; split crew: SEC, SWC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 1957 Gator Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 28, 1957, at Gator Bowl Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. It was the 13th annual playing of the Gator Bowl. The game pitted the Tennessee Volunteers and the Texas A&M Aggies.
The Volunteers lost their first game of the season to Auburn, but they responded with six straight victories to rise to #7 in the rankings before a matchup with #8 Ole Miss. A 14–7 loss to the Rebels and a 20–6 loss to Kentucky dropped them to #18, but they finished strong with a 20–6 win over Vanderbilt to rise to #13. This was their second straight bowl appearance and first Gator Bowl appearance. They finished behind Auburn (on probation), Ole Miss, Mississippi State, and Florida.
As for the Aggies, they went from 9–0–1 the previous year to 8–2, though they did win eight straight games, including being ranked #1 for three weeks. However, they lost to #20 Rice 7–6 to fall to #4. A 9–7 loss to Texas dropped them to #8 to end the regular season, as they finished third in the Southwest Conference.
