1991 Gator Bowl (January)
| 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.
Teams[edit]
Michigan Wolverines[edit]
Michigan entered the game with an overall record of 8–3, 6–2 in the Big Ten.
Ole Miss Rebels[edit]
Ole Miss entered the game with an overall record of 9–2, 6–2 in the SEC.
Scoring summary[edit]
First quarter[edit]
- Michigan - Desmond Howard, 63-yard pass from Elvis Grbac (John Carlson kick)
Second quarter[edit]
- Ole Miss - Brian Lee, 51-yard field goal
- Michigan - Jarrod Bunch, 7-yard pass from Elvis Grbac (John Carlson kick)
Third quarter[edit]
- Michigan - Desmond Howard, 50-yard pass from Elvis Grbac (John Carlson kick)
- Michigan - Jarrod Bunch, 5-yard run (John Carlson kick)
- Michigan - Derrick Alexander, 33-yard pass from Elvis Grbac (John Carlson kick)
Fourth quarter[edit]
- No score
References[edit]
- ^ "1990". Archived from the original on January 1, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
- ^ "Gator Bowl feels squeeze". The Cincinnati Enquirer. AP. January 1, 1991. p. 21. Retrieved November 25, 2018 – via newspapers.com.