1991 Gator Bowl (January)
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| 1991 Mazda Gator Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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
Michigan entered the game with an overall record of 8–3, 6–2 in the Big Ten.
Ole Miss Rebels
Ole Miss entered the game with an overall record of 9–2, 6–2 in the SEC.