1987 Gator Bowl
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| Date | December 31, 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Gator Bowl Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Jacksonville, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | WR Wendell Davis, LSU RB Harold Green, South Carolina | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Robert C. Wood III (ACC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 82,119 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Verne Lundquist, Dick Vermeil | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 1987 Gator Bowl was a college football bowl game between the South Carolina Gamecocks and the LSU Tigers.[1] LSU defeated South Carolina, 30–13.[2]
South Carolina competed as an independent and was tied for fourth-best record among independent schools. LSU finished second in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). [3] The game would be vaunted as a matchup between the "Black Death" defense of SC versus the prolific pro-style LSU offense led by Tommy Hodson at QB and Wendell Davis, one of the best wideouts in all of college football.
Game summary
First quarter
- LSU – Wendell Davis, 39-yard pass from Tommy Hodson (David Browndyke kick)
- LSU – Davis, 12-yard pass from Hodson (Browndyke kick)
- South Carolina – Collin Mackie, 44-yard field goal
Second quarter
- LSU – Browndyke, 27-yard field goal
- South Carolina – Mackie, 39-yard field goal
- LSU – Browndyke, 18-yard field goal
Third quarter
- LSU – Davis, 25-yard pass from Hodson (Browndyke kick)
Fourth quarter
- South Carolina – Harold Green, 10-yard run (Mackie kick)
- LSU – Browndyke, 23-yard field goal