2018 Gator Bowl
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| 2018 TaxSlayer Gator Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 74th Gator Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 31, 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | TIAA Bank Field | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Jacksonville, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Trayveon Williams (RB, Texas A&M) & Ryan Finley (QB, NC State)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Texas A&M by 5[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Mark Duddy (Pac-12) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | Fightin Texas Aggie Band [3] NC State Marching Band[4] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 38,206[5][6] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$3,168,000 [7] | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Adam Amin, Rod Gilmore and Quint Kessenich | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2018 Gator Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 31, 2018.[8] It was the 74th edition of the Gator Bowl, and one of the 2018–19 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. Sponsored by the financial technology company TaxSlayer, the game was officially known as the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl, after four seasons without "Gator" in the bowl name.
NC State Wolfpack
The game featured the NC State Wolfpack from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and the Texas A&M Aggies from the Southeastern Conference (SEC); the teams had never played each other.[9] This was Texas A&M's second Gator Bowl and NC State's fourth.
NC State received and accepted a bid to the Gator Bowl on December 2.[9] The Wolfpack entered the bowl with a 9–3 record (5–3 in conference).
Texas A&M Aggies
Texas A&M received and accepted a bid to the Gator Bowl on December 2.[9] The Aggies entered the bowl with an 8–4 record (5–3 in conference).