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The Gator Bowl is an annual college football bowl game held in Jacksonville, Florida, usually contested on or around New Year's Day. It has been held continuously since 1946, making it the sixth oldest college bowl, as well as the first televised nationally. [2] The game was originally played at Gator Bowl Stadium through
The stadium was the site of the Gator Bowl from 1949 to 1993. It also hosted the annual Florida–Georgia game between the University of Georgia and the University of Florida college football teams from 1933 to 1993. The 1950 Senior Bowl, the first game in that bowl's history, was also played at the stadium. [3]
This category includes the post-season bowl and national championship games played by the Florida Gators football team that represents the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. For more information, see Florida Gators football , Florida Gators , University of Florida and History of the University of Florida .
The Gators received their first bowl-game invitation, defeating the Tulsa Golden Hurricane 14–13 in the Gator Bowl on New Year's Day. [135] The team produced Florida's second first-team All-American: the walk-on former Army paratrooper Charlie LaPradd, the Gators' lightest tackle and one of their two captains.
Coach Joe Paterno was responsible for most of these bids and victories, compiling more wins, 24, and appearances, 37, than any other coach in college football history, with a bowl record of 24–12–1 (.662). Paterno also had a record of 13–4–0 (.765) in "major" bowls.
List of bowl games showing bowl played in, score, date, season, opponent, stadium, location, attendance and head coach [A 1] # Bowl Score [A 2] Date Season [A 3] Opponent [A 4] Stadium Location Attendance [3] Head coach 1 Gator Bowl: T 20–20: January 1, 1948: 1947: Georgia Bulldogs: Gator Bowl Stadium: Jacksonville: 16,666 ‡ Jim Tatum: 2 ...
The 1980 Gator Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 29, 1980, at Gator Bowl Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. The game pitted the Pittsburgh Panthers and the South Carolina Gamecocks .
The 1946 Gator Bowl was the first inaugural game and it featured the Wake Forest Demon Deacons and the South Carolina Gamecocks, both from the Southern Conference.It was one of only two bowl rematches of a regular season game that ended in a tie.