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Gator Bowl

The Gator Bowl is an annual college football

College football

College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American University, colleges, and United States military academies....
bowl game

Bowl game

In the United States, a bowl game is commonly considered to refer to one of a number of post-season college football games. Prior to 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season, bowl game statistics were not included in players' career totals and the games were mostly considered to be exhibition games involving a payout to participating teams, whi...
that is played at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida

Jacksonville, Florida

Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Duval County, Florida. Since 1968, as a result of the Consolidated city-county of the city and county government , Jacksonville has been the List of United States cities by area city in land area in the continental United States....
. It is the sixth oldest college bowl, held continuously since 1946. Its current full name is the Konica Minolta Gator Bowl after its present sponsor, Konica Minolta

Konica Minolta

is a List of Japanese companies of office equipment, medical imaging, graphic imaging, optical devices, and measuring instruments.The company operates worldwide and has several regional Headquarters in:...
.

rding to The Big Bowl Football Guide by Anthony C. DiMarco (G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1974, 1976, ISBN 399-11800-4), Charles Hilty, Sr.

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The Gator Bowl is an annual college football

College football

College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American University, colleges, and United States military academies....
bowl game

Bowl game

Jacksonville, Florida

Konica Minolta

History

According to The Big Bowl Football Guide by Anthony C. DiMarco (G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1974, 1976, ISBN 399-11800-4), Charles Hilty, Sr. is given credit for conceiving the idea for the event. He, Ray McCarthy, Maurice Cherry and W.C. Ivey put up $10,000 to underwrite the first game. The first two years of the event did not sell out the small capacity stadium, drawing only 7,362 to the 1946 match when Wake Forest defeated South Carolina, 26–14. It was not until the 1949 match-up between the Clemson Tigers and the Missouri Tigers that the future of the Gator Bowl was assured. The 1948 attendance of 16,666 for a 20–20 tie between Maryland and Georgia, was nearly doubled with 32,939 watching Clemson squeak by Missouri, 24–23, on a late field goal by Jack Miller

Jack Miller

Jack Richard Miller was a Republican Party United States Senate from Iowa, who served two terms from 1961 to 1973.Miller was born in Chicago, Illinois....
. By the 1970s, the attendance regularly reached 60,000–70,000.

Hotel Roosevelt fire

The Gator Bowl is one of Jacksonville's annual sports highlights. However, the event was once associated with a tragedy. In 1963, the Hotel Roosevelt

Hotel Roosevelt fire

The Hotel Roosevelt fire, on December 29 1963, was the worst fire Jacksonville, Florida had seen since the Great Fire of 1901, and it contributed to the worst one-day death toll in the city's history....
in downtown caught fire after a post-Gator Bowl party in the ballroom. It was later determined that the party was not the cause of the fire, and was a mere tragic coincidence. The fire resulted in 22 deaths.

The Woody Hayes incident in 1978

It was in the 1978 game between Ohio State

Ohio State Buckeyes football

The Ohio State Buckeyes football team is an intercollegiate Varsity team team of Ohio State University. The team is a member of the Big Ten Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, playing at the Football Bowl Subdivision level....
and Clemson

Clemson Tigers football

The Clemson Tigers are a college football program that competes in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference....
where Buckeyes coach Woody Hayes

Woody Hayes

Wayne Woodrow ?Woody? Hayes was a college football coach who is best remembered for winning five NCAA Division I-A national football championship and 13 Big Ten Conference championships in 28 years at Ohio State Buckeyes football....
lost his temper after a late game interception by nose guard Charlie Bauman, who stepped in front of the receiver on a screen pass from quarterback Art Schlichter

Art Schlichter

Arthur Ernest Schlichter is a former college football and professional American football quarterback, perhaps known more for his compulsive gambling and the legal problems that arose from it....
. Bauman ran the ball out of bounds on the Ohio State sideline where Hayes struck Bauman with his right forearm. The play sealed the Tigers' 17-15 win over the Buckeyes and Hayes was fired the next day before leaving Jacksonville.

Venues

The 1946 and 1947 games were played in Fairfield Stadium, which had a seating capacity of 7,600. The stadium was expanded to 16,000 seats in 1948, and the structure was renamed the Gator Bowl

Gator Bowl Stadium

Gator Bowl Stadium was a foosball and soccer stadium in Jacksonville, Florida that was built in 1949. It was radically reconstructed and became the Jacksonville Municipal Stadium in 1994....
. Prior to the 1949 game, the seating capacity was expanded to 36,058, at which it remained until 1957. That stadium hosted the game through 1993, when it was almost completely demolished for the construction of Jacksonville Municipal Stadium on the same site. During the construction, the 1994 Gator Bowl

1994 Gator Bowl

The 1994 Gator Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game between the Virginia Tech Hokies football and the Tennessee Volunteers football from the University of Tennessee at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Florida, Florida on December 30, 1994....
was played instead at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium

Ben Hill Griffin Stadium

Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field is the American football stadium for the University of Florida?s football team, nicknamed the Florida Gators football....
in Gainesville, Florida

Gainesville, Florida

Gainesville is the largest city in ? and county seat of ? Alachua County, Florida, Florida, United States. Gainesville is also home to the University of Florida, which is the largest university in the State University System of Florida and the List of largest United States universities by enrollment in the United States....
; the game following the 1995 season and all subsequent games were moved to January 1 and have been played at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium.

Organization

The Gator Bowl Association (GBA) is a not-for-profit, 501(c)

501(c)

501 is a provision of the United States Internal Revenue Code , listing 26 types of non-profit organizations Tax exemption from some Taxation in the United States Income tax in the United States....
3 organization, founded in 1945, whose stated mission is to:

"provide Northeast Florida with the very best in college athletics and related activities in order to maximize positive impact on the area’s economy, national image and community pride."

The association is composed of 225 Gator Bowl Committee members, 84 Chairman’s Club members & sponsors, more than 700 volunteers, plus over a dozen paid staff members. In addition to planning and executing all the activities of Gator Bowl week, GBA coordinates another college football game, the River City Showdown, which features a Florida State Seminoles

Florida State Seminoles

The Florida State Seminoles are the men's and women's sports teams of Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. Florida State participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I ....
game. The GBA also hosted the ACC Championship Game

ACC Championship Game

The Dr. Pepper ACC Championship Game is an American football college football game held on the first Saturday in December by the Atlantic Coast Conference each year to determine List of Atlantic Coast Conference football champions....
from 2005 to 2007.

Teams typically featured

In the early years of the bowl, from 1946–1952, it featured a team from the Southern Conference

Southern Conference

The Southern Conference is a list of college athletic conferences affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. Southern Conference American football teams compete in the Division I#Football Championship Subdivision ....
against an at-large opponent. Beginning with the 1953 game, it switched to generally featuring a Southeastern Conference

Southeastern Conference

The Southeastern Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in , which operates in the Southern United States part of the United States....
(SEC) team against an at-large opponent. From 1953 to the 1975 game, at least one SEC team appeared in 20 out of the 24 games, and in 3 of those games, both teams were from the SEC. The games from 1976 to 1995 usually, but not always, involved a team from south-east part of the country against a team from another part of the country. Teams from the ACC

Atlantic Coast Conference

The Atlantic Coast Conference is a List of college athletic conferences in the United States. Founded in 1953, the ACC's twelve member university compete in twenty sports in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I....
played in 10 of these 20 games.

From 1996–2006, the Gator Bowl traditionally hosted the second-place ACC

Atlantic Coast Conference

Big East Conference

The Big East Conference is a List of college athletic conferences consisting of seventeen universities in the northeastern, southeastern and midwestern United States....
team. With the 2007 game, it began hosting the third-place ACC team versus a team from either the Big East, Big 12

Big 12 Conference

The Big 12 Conference is a list of college athletic conferences of twelve schools located mostly in the central United States. It is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I for all sports; its American football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision , the higher of two levels of NCAA Division I football c...
or Notre Dame

University of Notre Dame

The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a private Roman Catholic Church University located in Notre Dame, Indiana, USA. It was founded by Father Edward Sorin, Congregation of Holy Cross, who was also the school's first president....
to take the Big East's

Big East Conference

The Big East Conference is a List of college athletic conferences consisting of seventeen universities in the northeastern, southeastern and midwestern United States....
spot in this game. The contract, which runs for four years, requires the Gator Bowl committee to take a Big East team/Notre Dame twice and a Big 12 team twice, with the other team earning a bid to the Sun Bowl

Sun Bowl

The Sun Bowl is an annual college football bowl game that is played usually at the end of December in El Paso, Texas. The game was chartered on October 18, 1934 and has been played 75 times, making it the second oldest college bowl game....
. Both bowls must take two Big 12 and two Big East teams during this span, meaning that a Big East team will play in the 2010 Gator Bowl.

Events

Activity	Sponsor	When
Golf tournaments	Gator Bowl Ass'n	September/December
Red Wagon Parade	Gator Bowl Ass'n	September
Little Gator Bowl Pop Warner Championships	Gator Bowl Ass'n	November
Players Welcome at Dave and Busters	CSX Transportation CSX Transportation CSX Transportation is a Class I railroad in the United States, owned by the CSX Corporation. It is one of the three Class I railroads serving most of the East Coast, the other two being the Norfolk Southern Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway....	Gator Bowl week Day 1
Adventure Landing Player's Outing	Gator Bowl Ass'n	Gator Bowl week Day 2/3
Fellowship of Christian Athletes Breakfast	First Baptist Church	Gator Bowl week Day 4
Day at the Jacksonville Zoo	Outback Steakhouse Outback Steakhouse Outback Steakhouse is an United States casual dining restaurant chain based in Tampa, Florida, with over 900 locations in 21 countries throughout North America and South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia....	Gator Bowl week Day 5
Coaches Luncheon/Hall of Fame Induction	Gate Petroleum Gate Petroleum Gate Petroleum is a privately held diversified corporation headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. In FY 2008, the company ranked #338 on the Forbes list of America's Largest Private Companies....	Gator Bowl week Day 6
5K Run	VyStar Credit Union	Gator Bowl week day 6
Gator Bowl Parade	Winn Dixie	Gator Bowl week day 6
Pep Rally	Jacksonville Landing Jacksonville Landing [Image:JaxLandingLogo.PNG\|thumb\|right\|225px\|Jacksonville Landing's Logo]]The Jacksonville Landing is a shopping and dining complex in Jacksonville, Florida....	Gator Bowl week day 6
St. Johns River St. Johns River The St. Johns River is the longest river in the U.S. state of Florida, stretching 310 miles from Indian River County, Florida to the Atlantic Ocean in Jacksonville, Florida in Duval County, Florida.... Midnight Fireworks	City of Jacksonville	Gator Bowl week day 6
Touchdown party at Fairgrounds	Florida Times-Union	Gator Bowl week day 7
Stadium Tailgate party	Budweiser Budweiser Budweiser is a German language adjective describing something or someone from the city of Budweis, a city in Southern Bohemia. Since 1919 it has used its Czech name, Cesk? Budejovice, as its official name....	Gator Bowl week day 7
Gator Bowl Football Game	Konica Minolta Konica Minolta is a List of Japanese companies of office equipment, medical imaging, graphic imaging, optical devices, and measuring instruments.The company operates worldwide and has several regional Headquarters in:...	Gator Bowl week day 7

Television coverage

The payout for each team increased to $2.5 million for the 2007 game with a new TV contract with CBS Sports

CBS Sports

CBS Sports is a division of CBS which airs many of the sports telecasts in the United States.CBS Sports broadcasts programs like NFL on CBS, The NFL Today, SEC on CBS, National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball, Professional Golfers' Association of America golf, and professional tennis....
to televise the game. The longtime broadcaster of the game was ABC, who would always show the game in prime time. Turner Sports

Turner Sports

Turner Sports is the division of Turner Broadcasting System responsible for sports broadcasts on Turner channels including TBS and Turner Network Television, and for operating the interactive properties , , and ....
bought the rights to the game after the 1991 matchup and TBS

TBS (TV network)

TBS is an United States cable television TV network owned by media mogul Ted Turner that shows sports and a variety of programming, with a focus on comedy....
became the home of the Gator Bowl for the next four years, moving back to a late December date. The game returned to New Year's Day after NBC bought the rights to the Gator Bowl in 1996.

Title sponsors

Mazda

is a Japanese automaker based in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It is part owned by the Ford Motor Company.During 2007, Mazda produced almost 1.3 million vehicles for global sales....
was the first title sponsor, beginning in 1986 and lasting for five years. Outback Steakhouse

Outback Steakhouse

Outback Steakhouse is an United States casual dining restaurant chain based in Tampa, Florida, with over 900 locations in 21 countries throughout North America and South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia....
sponsored the Gator Bowl for three years beginning in 1992, prior to obtaining their own Outback Bowl

Outback Bowl

The Outback Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The bowl was first called the Hall of Fame Bowl from 1986 to 1994....
held in Tampa, Florida

Tampa, Florida

Tampa is a United States city in Hillsborough County, Florida, on the west coast of the state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County....
. From 1996–2006, the title sponsor was Toyota, and the bowl's official name was the Toyota Gator Bowl. Konica Minolta became the title sponsor prior to the 2007 game.

Previous results

Italics denotes a tie game.


Game Scores
Date Played	Winning Team		Losing Team		Notes
January 1, 1946	Wake Forest Wake Forest University Wake Forest University is a Private university, coeducational university in the U.S. state of North Carolina, founded in 1834. The university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, North Carolina, near the state capital Raleigh, North Carolina....	26	South Carolina University of South Carolina The University of South Carolina is a state university , co-educational, research university located in Columbia, South Carolina, United States....	14
January 1, 1947	Oklahoma University of Oklahoma University of Oklahoma, abbreviated OU, is a coeducational public university research university located in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two became the state of Oklahoma....	34	North Carolina State North Carolina State University North Carolina State University at Raleigh is a public university, coeducational, extensive research university located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States....	13
January 1, 1948	Georgia University of Georgia The University of Georgia is a public university research university located in Athens, Georgia, Georgia , the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning....	20	Maryland University of Maryland, College Park The University of Maryland, College Park is a public research university located in the city of College Park, Maryland in Prince George's County, Maryland outside Washington, D.C....	20
January 1, 1949	Clemson Clemson University Clemson University is a state university , coeducational, Land-grant_university, research university located in Clemson, South Carolina, South Carolina, United States....	24	Missouri University of Missouri The University of Missouri System is a state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, five research and technology parks, and a publishing press....	23
January 2, 1950	Maryland	20	Missouri	7
January 1, 1951	Wyoming University of Wyoming The University of Wyoming is a land-grant university located in Laramie, Wyoming, Wyoming, situated on Wyoming's high Laramie Plains, at an elevation of 7,200 feet , between the Laramie Mountains and Snowy Range mountains....	20	Washington & Lee Washington and Lee University Washington and Lee University is a private Liberal arts colleges in the United States in Lexington, Virginia, Virginia, United States.The classical school from which Washington and Lee descended was established in 1749 as Augusta Academy, about north of its present location....	7
January 1, 1952	Miami (Florida) University of Miami The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 in the city of Coral Gables, Florida, Florida, United States, a historic suburb of Miami, Florida....	14	Clemson	0
January 1, 1953	Florida University of Florida The University of Florida is a Public university land-grant university, sea grant colleges, Space grant colleges major research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida, in the United States....	14	Tulsa University of Tulsa The University of Tulsa is a private university awarding bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It is currently ranked 83rd among doctoral degree granting universities in the nation by US News and World Report and is listed as one of the "Best 366 Colleges" by the Princeton Review....	13
January 1, 1954	Texas Tech Texas Tech Red Raiders The Texas Tech Red Raiders are the College athletics teams that represent Texas Tech University. The women's basketball team uses the name Lady Raiders; however, the school's other women's teams use the "Red Raiders" name....	35	Auburn Auburn University Auburn University is a public university located in Auburn, Alabama, Alabama, United States With more than 24,100 students and 1,200 faculty, it is one of the largest university in the state....	13
December 31, 1954	Auburn	33	Baylor Baylor University Baylor University is a private university, Baptist-affiliated research university located in Waco, Texas. It is the largest Baptist university in the world by enrollment....	13
December 31, 1955	Vanderbilt Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University is a private university research university in Nashville, Tennessee, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, the university is named for ship transport and rail transport magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided Vanderbilt its initial United States dollar1 million endowment despite having never been to the Southern...	25	Auburn	13
December 29, 1956	Georgia Tech Georgia Institute of Technology The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly known as Georgia Tech or simply Tech, is a public university, coeducational research university in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States....	21	Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh The University of Pittsburgh, commonly referred to as Pitt, is a Commonwealth System of Higher Education research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States....	14
December 28, 1957	Tennessee University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee , sometimes called the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is the flagship institution of the statewide land-grant university University of Tennessee system public school system in Tennessee....	3	Texas A&M Texas A&M University Texas A&M University, often called A&M or TAMU, is a coeducational public university research university located in College Station, Texas, Texas....	0
December 27, 1958	Mississippi University of Mississippi The University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss, is a state university , co-education research university located in Oxford, Mississippi, Mississippi....	7	Florida	3
January 2, 1960	Arkansas University of Arkansas The University of Arkansas, often shortened to U of A or just UA, is a public co-educational land-grant university. It is the Flagship#University campuses campus of the University of Arkansas System and is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas....	14	Georgia Tech	7
December 31, 1960	Florida	13	Baylor	12
December 30, 1961	Penn State Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University is a Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Land-grant university, space grant college public research university located in State College, PA, Pennsylvania, United States....	30	Georgia Tech	15
December 29, 1962	Florida	17	Penn State	7
December 28, 1963	North Carolina University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public university research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, North Carolina, United States....	35	Air Force United States Air Force Academy The United States Air Force Academy , is an accredited college for the undergraduate education of officers for the United States Air Force. Its campus is located immediately north of Colorado Springs, Colorado in El Paso County, Colorado, Colorado, United States....	0
January 2, 1965	Florida State Florida State University Florida State University is a public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching....	36	Oklahoma University of Oklahoma University of Oklahoma, abbreviated OU, is a coeducational public university research university located in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two became the state of Oklahoma....	19
December 31, 1965	Georgia Tech	31	Texas Tech	21
December 31, 1966	Tennessee	18	Syracuse Syracuse University Syracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, New York. It was founded as a university in 1870, but its roots can be traced back to a seminary founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832 which eventually became Genesee College....	12
December 30, 1967	Florida State	17	Penn State	17
December 28, 1968	Missouri	35	Alabama University of Alabama The University of Alabama is a state university coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Alabama, United States. Founded in 1831, UA is the flagship university of the University of Alabama System....	10
December 27, 1969	Florida	14	Tennessee	13
January 2, 1971	Auburn	35	Mississippi	28
December 31, 1971	Georgia	7	North Carolina	3
December 30, 1972	Auburn	24	Colorado University of Colorado at Boulder The University of Colorado at Boulder is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado. Considered a Public Ivy, it is the flagship university of the University of Colorado system and was founded five months before Colorado was admitted to the union in 1876....	3
December 29, 1973	Texas Tech	28	Tennessee	19
December 30, 1974	Auburn	27	Texas University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin is a public university research university located in Austin, Texas, Texas, United States, and is the flagship#University campuses institution of University of Texas System....	3
December 29, 1975	Maryland	13	Florida	0
December 27, 1976	Notre Dame University of Notre Dame The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a private Roman Catholic Church University located in Notre Dame, Indiana, USA. It was founded by Father Edward Sorin, Congregation of Holy Cross, who was also the school's first president....	20	Penn State	9
December 30, 1977	Pittsburgh	34	Clemson	3
December 29, 1978	Clemson	17	Ohio State Ohio State University The Ohio State University is a public university research university in the state of Ohio. It was founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the List of largest United States universities by enrollment in the United States....	15
December 28, 1979	North Carolina	17	Michigan University of Michigan The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan is a public university research university located in the state of Michigan. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan, which also includes two regional campuses in University of Michigan-Flint and University of Michigan-Dearborn....	15
December 29, 1980	Pittsburgh	37	South Carolina	9
December 28, 1981	North Carolina	31	Arkansas	27
December 30, 1982	Florida State	31	West Virginia West Virginia University West Virginia University is a public university research university in Morgantown, West Virginia, West Virginia, United States of America. Other campuses include: West Virginia University at Parkersburg in Parkersburg, West Virginia; West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Montgomery, West Virginia; Potomac State College of West...	12
December 30, 1983	Florida	14	Iowa University of Iowa The University of Iowa is a public university research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees....	6
December 28, 1984	Oklahoma State	21	South Carolina	14
December 30, 1985	Florida State	34	Oklahoma State	23
December 27, 1986	Clemson	27	Stanford Stanford University Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private university research university located in Stanford, California, California, United States....	21
December 31, 1987	LSU Louisiana State University Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, generally known as Louisiana State University or LSU, is a state university, coeducational, Level l Research University located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Louisiana and the main campus of the Louisiana State University System....	30	South Carolina	13
January 1, 1989	Georgia	34	Michigan State Michigan State University Michigan State University is a public university research university in East Lansing, Michigan, Michigan United States. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act....	27
December 30, 1989	Clemson	27	West Virginia	7
January 1, 1991	Michigan	35	Mississippi	3
December 29, 1991	Oklahoma	48	Virginia University of Virginia The University of Virginia is a public university research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson. Conceived by 1800 and established in 1819, it is the only university in the United States to be designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, an honor it shares with nearby Monticello....	14
December 31, 1992	Florida	27	North Carolina State	10
December 31, 1993	Alabama	24	North Carolina	10
December 30, 1994	Tennessee	45	Virginia Tech Virginia Tech Hokies football The Virginia Tech Hokies football team is a college football program that competes in NCAA Division I#Division I-Bowl Subdivision, in the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference....	23	q.v. 1994 Gator Bowl The 1994 Gator Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game between the Virginia Tech Hokies football and the Tennessee Volunteers football from the University of Tennessee at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Florida, Florida on December 30, 1994....
January 1, 1996	Syracuse Syracuse University Syracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, New York. It was founded as a university in 1870, but its roots can be traced back to a seminary founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832 which eventually became Genesee College....	41	Clemson	0
January 1, 1997	North Carolina	20	West Virginia	13
January 1, 1998	North Carolina	42	Virginia Tech	3	q.v. 1998 Gator Bowl The 1998 Gator Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game between the Virginia Tech Hokies football and the North Carolina Tar Heels football from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill at Alltel Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, Florida on January 1, 1998....
January 1, 1999	Georgia Tech	35	Notre Dame	28
January 1, 2000	Miami (Florida)	28	Georgia Tech	13
January 1, 2001	Virginia Tech	41	Clemson	20	q.v. 2001 Gator Bowl The 2001 Gator Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game between the Virginia Tech Hokies football and the Clemson Tigers football at Alltel Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, Florida on January 1, 2001....
January 1, 2002	Florida State	30	Virginia Tech	17	q.v. 2002 Gator Bowl The 2002 Gator Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game between the Virginia Tech Hokies football and the Florida State Seminoles football at Alltel Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, Florida on January 1, 2002....
January 1, 2003	North Carolina State	28	Notre Dame	6
January 1, 2004	Maryland	41	West Virginia	7	q.v. 2004 Gator Bowl The 2004 Gator Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game between the Maryland Terrapins football and the West Virginia Mountaineers football at Alltel Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, Florida on 1 January 2004....
January 1, 2005	Florida State	30	West Virginia	18	q.v. NCAA football bowl games, 2004-05 The 2004-05 National Collegiate Athletic Association college football bowl season was a series of 32 post-season games played in December 2004 and January 2005 for Division I football teams and their all-stars....
January 2, 2006	Virginia Tech	35	Louisville University of Louisville The University of Louisville is a public university in Louisville, Kentucky, Kentucky, United States. It is one of the oldest chartered universities west of the Allegheny Mountains and is mandated by the Kentucky General Assembly to be a "Preeminent Metropolitan Research University"....	24	q.v. 2006 Gator Bowl The 2006 Gator Bowl was a college football bowl game between the Louisville Cardinals football and the 2005 Virginia Tech Hokies football team at Alltel Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida on January 2, 2006....
January 1, 2007	West Virginia	38	Georgia Tech	35	q.v. NCAA football bowl games, 2006-07 The 2006-07 NCAA College Football Bowl Games post-season schedule followed the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season in college football. The National Collegiate Athletic Association divided Division I into two divisions for football in 1978....
January 1, 2008	Texas Tech	31	Virginia	28	q.v. 2008 Gator Bowl The 2008 Gator Bowl was played on January 1, 2008 as part of the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It featured the Texas Tech Red Raiders football of Texas Tech University, who finished 3rd in the Big 12 Conference's South Division, and the Virginia Cavaliers football of the University of Virginia, who finished 2nd in the Atlantic Coa...
January 1, 2009	Nebraska	26	Clemson	21	q.v. 2009 Gator Bowl The 2009 Gator Bowl was played on January 1, 2009 as part of the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It featured the 2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, who finished tied for first in the Big 12 Conference's North Division with 2008 Missouri Tigers football team, and the 2008 Clemson Tigers football team, who finished fifth in the...

MVPs


Most Valuable Players
Date Played	MVP	Team	Position	MVP	Team	Position
January 1, 1946	Nick Sacrinty	Wake Forest	QB
January 1, 1947	Joe Golding Joe Golding Joseph Golding is a former professional American Football player who played defensive back for three NFL teams....	Oklahoma	HB
January 1, 1948	Lu Gambino Lu Gambino Lucien "Lu" Anthony Gambino was an American American football running back. In 1947, while playing college football for Maryland Terrapins football, he set the NCAA season scoring high with 16 touchdowns for 96 points....	Maryland	HB
January 1, 1949	Bobby Gage	Clemson	HB
January 2, 1950	Bob Ward	Maryland	G
January 1, 1951	Eddie Talboom	Wyoming	HB
January 1, 1952	Jim Dooley Jim Dooley James William Dooley was a former American football player and coach. He is best remembered for his tenure in both capacities with the National Football League's Chicago Bears....	Miami (Fla.)	HB
January 1, 1953	John Hall	Florida	RB	Marv Matuszak Marv Matuszak Marvin H. Matuszak was an American football linebacker in the National Football League and in the American Football League. He went to two NFL Pro Bowl and was once an American Football League All-Star games during his 12-year pro football career....	Tulsa	T
January 1, 1954	Bobby Cavazos	Texas Tech	RB	Vince Dooley Vince Dooley Vincent Joseph Dooley was the head coach American football coach and athletic director at the University of Georgia. During his 25 year coaching career at UGA, Dooley compiled a 201-77-10 record....	Auburn	QB
December 31, 1954	Joe Childress Joe Childress Joe Childress was a running back in the NFL. For his entire career, he played for the St. Louis Cardinals . Joe left the Cardinals to coach the Houston Oilers....	Auburn	FB	Billy Hooper	Baylor	QB
December 31, 1955	Don Orr	Vanderbilt	QB	Joe Childress	Auburn	FB
December 29, 1956	Wade Mitchell	Georgia Tech	QB	Corny Salvaterra	Pittsburgh	QB
December 28, 1957	Bobby Gordon	Tenneessee	TB	John David Crow John David Crow John David Crow was the Heisman Trophy winner and running back from Texas A&M University in 1957. He was not one of the "Junction Boys," but played for Bear Bryant at Texas A&M and later played professional football for the Arizona Cardinals and the San Francisco 49ers between 1958 and 1968....	Texas A&M	HB
December 27, 1958	Bobby Franklin	Mississippi	QB	Dave Hudson	Florida	E
January 2, 1960	Jim Mooty	Arkansas	HB	Maxie Baughan Maxie Baughan Maxie Callaway Baughan, Jr. was an American football linebacker in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles, St. Louis Rams, and the Washington Redskins....	Georgia Tech	LB
December 31, 1960	Larry Libertore	Florida	QB	Bobby Ply	Baylor	QB
December 30, 1961	Galen Hall Galen Hall Galen Samuel Hall is an American football coach. Hall was the offensive coordinator at the University of Oklahoma from 1966 through 1983, offensive coordinator at the University of Florida in 1984, head coach at Florida from 1985 through 1989, head coach of the Orlando Thunder in 1992, head coach of the Rhein Fire from 1995 through 2000 and...	Penn State	QB	Joe Auer	Georgia Tech	HB
December 29, 1962	Tom Shannon	Florida	QB	Dave Robinson	Penn State	E
December 28, 1963	Ken Willard Ken Willard Kenneth Henderson Willard is a former American football running back/fullback in the National Football League. Willard was drafted with the second pick of the 1965 NFL Draft, by the San Francisco 49ers ahead of future Pro Football Hall of Famers Dick Butkus and Gale Sayers....	North Carolina	RB	David Sicks	Air Force	C
January 2, 1965	Fred Biletnikoff Fred Biletnikoff Frederick S. Biletnikoff is a former American football wide receiver and coach. He spent the majority of his professional playing and coaching days with the Oakland Raiders....	Florida State	SE	Steve Tensi Steve Tensi Steve Tensi was a former professional American football player who played in seven American Football League and National Football League seasons from 1965-1970 for the San Diego Chargers and Denver Broncos....	Florida State	QB
January 2, 1965	Carl McAdams Carl McAdams Carl McAdams was an American football linebacker in the American Football League from 1967 through 1969. He was an All American at the University of Oklahoma and an integral part of the 1968?1969 American Football League Champion and Super Bowl champion New York Jets....	Oklahoma	LB
December 31, 1965	Lenny Snow	Georgia Tech	TB	Donny Anderson Donny Anderson Garry Don "Donny" Anderson is a former professional American football player who played nine years in the National Football League. A Halfback and Punter from Texas Tech Red Raiders football, Anderson was the first round draft pick of the Green Bay Packers in the 1965 NFL Draft, the seventh overall selection in the draft that included futu...	Texas Tech	RB
December 31, 1966	Dewey Warren	Tenneessee	QB	Floyd Little Floyd Little Floyd Douglas Little was a three-time American football All-American running back at Syracuse University. In 1967 Floyd Little was the 6th selection of the first Common Draft....	Syracuse	HB
December 30, 1967	Kim Hammond	Florida State	QB	Tom Sherman	Penn State	QB
December 28, 1968	Terry McMillan	Missouri	QB	Mike Hall	Alabama	LB
December 27, 1969	Mike Kelley	Florida	TB	Curt Watson	Tennessee	FB
January 2, 1971	Pat Sullivan Pat Sullivan (American football) Patrick Joseph Sullivan is a former American football player, winner of the 1971 Heisman Trophy, and college football coach .Sullivan is currently the head coach for Samford University....	Auburn	QB	Archie Manning Archie Manning Elisha Archibald "Archie" Manning III is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League. He is the father of current Indianapolis Colts starting quarterback Peyton Manning, current New York Giants starting quarterback Eli Manning, and former University of Mississippi receiver, Cooper Manning....	Ole' Miss	QB
December 31, 1971	Jimmy Poulos	Georgia	TB	James Webster	North Carolina	LB
December 30, 1972	Wade Whatley	Auburn	QB	Mark Cooney	Colorado	LB
December 29, 1973	Joe Barnes Joe Barnes Joe Barnes was an all-star quarterback in the Canadian Football League.Barnes was a graduate of Texas Tech University, playing from 1971 to 1973, and was inducted into the Texas Tech Athletic Hall of Honor in 1986....	Texas Tech	QB	Haskel Stanback Haskel Stanback Haskel Stanback is a former professional American football player who played running back for seven seasons for the Atlanta Falcons. He originally was selected in the 1974 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals....	Tennessee	TB
December 30, 1974	Phil Gargis	Auburn	QB	Earl Campbell Earl Campbell Earl Christian Campbell is a former professional American Football running back and is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.His nickname is The Tyler Rose, a reference to his hometown of Tyler, Texas, Texas which is known as the "Rose Capital of America" for its prominent place in the rose-growing industry....	Texas	RB
December 29, 1975	Steve Atkins	Maryland	TB	Sammy Green	Florida	LB
December 27, 1976	Al Hunter	Notre Dame	HB	Jimmy Cefalo Jimmy Cefalo James Carmen Cefalo, , is an American right wing sportscaster, game show host and former professional American football wide receiver....	Penn State	WR
December 30, 1977	Matt Cavanaugh Matt Cavanaugh Matthew Andrew Cavanaugh is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League who played from 1979 to 1991. In the course of his career as a professional football player, he earned two Super Bowl rings....	Pittsburgh	QB	Jerry Butler Jerry Butler Jerry Butler may refer to:Jerry Butler , American soul singer and Chicago politician also known as "The Ice Man"Jerry Butler , former NFL wide receiver...	Clemson	SE
December 29, 1978	Steve Fuller	Clemson	QB	Art Schlichter Art Schlichter Arthur Ernest Schlichter is a former college football and professional American football quarterback, perhaps known more for his compulsive gambling and the legal problems that arose from it....	Ohio State	QB
December 28, 1979	Matt Kupec	North Carolina	QB	Amos Lawrence	North Carolina	RB
December 28, 1979	John Wangler	Michigan	QB	Anthony Carter	Michigan	WR
December 29, 1980	Rick Trocano	Pittsburgh	QB	George Rogers George Rogers (American football) George Washington Rogers is a former American football player who achieved distinction in both the college and professional ranks as a running back....	South Carolina	RB
December 28, 1981	Kelvin Bryant Kelvin Bryant Kelvin LeRoy Bryant is a former American football running back in the National Football League and the United States Football League....	North Carolina	TB	Ethan Horton Ethan Horton Ethan Shane Horton is a former professional American football running back. He played one season for the Kansas City Chiefs , and seven seasons as a tight end for the Oakland Raiders , and the Washington Redskins ....	North Carolina	TB
December 28, 1981	Gary Anderson Gary Anderson Gary Allan Anderson is a former American football placekicker. He was the first National Football League kicker to have a "perfect season," successfully making every field goal and every Point after touchdown during regular season play....	Arkansas	RB
December 30, 1982	Greg Allen Greg Allen Greg Allen was an Australian rugby league player for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the New South Wales Rugby League competition. His position of choice was at Rugby League positions#Second-row forwards....	Florida State	TB	Paul Woodside	West Virginia	K
December 30, 1983	Tony Lilly Tony Lilly Robert Anthony Lilly is a retired American football Safety who played four seasons for the National Football League Denver Broncos. He started in Super Bowl XXII....	Florida	S	Owen Gill	Iowa	FB
December 28, 1984	Thurman Thomas	Oklahoma State	RB	Mike Hold	South Carolina	QB
December 30, 1985	Chip Ferguson	Florida State	QB	Thurman Thomas	Oklahoma State	RB
December 27, 1986	Rodney Williams	Clemson	QB	Brad Muster Brad Muster Brad William Muster is a former American football fullback in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears and New Orleans Saints from 1988 to 1994....	Stanford	RB
December 31, 1987	Wendell Davis Wendell Davis Wendell Tyrone Davis is a former professional American football wide receiver who played for the Chicago Bears for six seasons from 1988 to 1993....	LSU	SE	Harold Green	South Carolina	RB
January 1, 1989	Wayne Johnson	Georgia	QB	Andre Rison Andre Rison Andre Previn Rison is a retired American football wide receiver who played professionally for the National Football League's Indianapolis Colts, Atlanta Falcons, Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Kansas City Chiefs, Oakland Raiders, and the Canadian Football League's Toronto Argonauts....	Michigan State	WR
December 30, 1989	Levon Kirkland Levon Kirkland Lorenzo Levon Kirkland is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League. A second-round draft choice of the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1992 NFL Draft, he went on to play 11 years in the NFL including 9 seasons with the Steelers, and one each for the Seattle Seahawks and the Philadelphia Eagles....	Clemson	LB	Mike Fox	West Virginia	DT
January 1, 1991	Offensive Line	Michigan	N/A	Tyrone Ashley	Mississippi	DB
December 29, 1991	Cale Gundy Cale Gundy Joseph Cale Gundy was an American football quarterback that played for the Oklahoma Sooners football from 1990?1993 where he won 31 games, lost 13 and tied two....	Oklahoma	QB	Tyrone Davis	Virginia	DB
December 31, 1992	Errict Rhett Errict Rhett Errict Undra Rhett is a former professional American football player who was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 2nd round of the 1994 NFL Draft....	Florida	RB	Reggie Lawrence	North Carolina State	WR
December 31, 1993	Brian Burgdorf	Alabama	QB	Corey Holliday	North Carolina	WR
December 30, 1994	James Stewart James Stewart James Stewart may refer to:...	Tennessee	TB	Maurice DeShazo	Virginia Tech	QB
January 1, 1996	Donovan McNabb Donovan McNabb Donovan Jamal McNabb is an American football quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League . He has been the Eagles franchise quarterback since 1999....	Syracuse	QB	Peter Ford	Clemson	CB
January 1, 1997	Oscar Davenport	North Carolina	QB	David Saunders David Saunders David Saunders , is an arena football wide receiver and linebacker who is currently a free agent in the Arena Football League. He played College football for West Virginia University....	West Virginia	WR
January 1, 1998	Chris Keldorf	North Carolina	QB	Nick Sorensen Nick Sorensen Nick Sorensen is an American football Safety for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League. He was originally signed by the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent in 2001....	Virginia Tech	QB
January 1, 1999	Dez White Dez White Edward Dezmon White is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League. White was originally selected in the third round of the 2000 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears, then had a brief stint with the Atlanta Falcons....	Georgia Tech	WR	Joe Hamilton Joe Hamilton (football player) Joe Hamilton , is a professional American football quarterback most recently for the Orlando Predators of the Arena Football League. He played football College football at Georgia Tech from 1996 to 1999....	Georgia Tech	QB
January 1, 1999	Autry Denson Autry Denson Autry Denson is a former professional American football player who played running back for four seasons for the Miami Dolphins, the Indianapolis Colts, and the Chicago Bears....	Notre Dame	RB
January 1, 2000	Nate Webster Nate Webster Nathan Webster is an American football player who is currently a Free Agent. He was a two-time All-Big East selection who amassed 301 tackles, 14 tackles-for-losses and 7 sacks in just 22 starts for the University of Miami....	Miami (Fla.)	LB	Joe Hamilton	Georgia Tech	QB
January 1, 2001	Michael Vick Michael Vick Michael Dwayne Vick is a professional American football player under contract by the National Football League 's Atlanta Falcons as quarterback....	Virginia Tech	QB	Rod Gardner Rod Gardner Roderick F. Gardner is an American football wide receiver in the National Football League, who is currently a free agent....	Clemson	WR
January 1, 2002	Javon Walker Javon Walker Javon Lataff Walker is an American football wide receiver for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Green Bay Packers 20th overall of the 2002 NFL Draft....	Florida State	WR	Andre Davis André Davis Andr? N. Davis is an American football wide receiver and Kickoff returner for the Houston Texans of the National Football League. He was originally NFL draft by the Cleveland Browns in the second round of the 2002 NFL Draft....	Virginia Tech	WR
January 1, 2003	Philip Rivers Philip Rivers Philip Rivers is the starting quarterback for the San Diego Chargers. He was drafted by the New York Giants with the fourth overall pick in the 2004 NFL Draft....	North Carolina State	QB	Cedric Hillard	Notre Dame	NG
January 1, 2004	Scott McBrien Scott McBrien Scott McBrien is a former American American football quarterback. He played football for several professional and college teams, most notably, the Green Bay Packers in the National Football League, and the Maryland Terrapins football at the University of Maryland, College Park....	Maryland	QB	Brian King	West Virginia	DB
January 1, 2005	Leon Washington Leon Washington Leon Washington is an American football running back who currently plays for the National Football League's New York Jets. He was drafted in the fourth round of the 2006 NFL Draft....	Florida State	RB	Kay-Jay Harris Kay-Jay Harris Kevin Jermaine "Kay-Jay" Harris is an American football running back for the New York Giants of the National Football League. He was signed by the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent in 2005....	West Virginia	RB
January 2, 2006	Cedric Humes Cedric Humes Cedric Akeem Humes is an American football running back who was NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the last round of the 2006 NFL Draft. Steelers placed Humes on the practice squad/injured reserve list, ending his season....	Virginia Tech	RB	Hunter Cantwell Hunter Cantwell Hunter Cantwell is quarterback for the Louisville Cardinals, a member of the Big East Conference.He is 6-foot-5, 227-pounds, and graduated from Paducah Tilghman High School in Paducah, Kentucky....	Louisville	QB
January 1, 2007	Calvin Johnson Calvin Johnson (American football) Calvin Johnson is an American football wide receiver for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Lions second overall in the 2007 NFL Draft....	Georgia Tech	WR	Pat White	West Virginia	QB
January 1, 2008	Graham Harrell Graham Harrell Graham Harrell is an American college football player who started at quarterback for the Texas Tech Red Raiders football team from 2006 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team through 2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team....	Texas Tech	QB	Mikell Simpson Mikell Simpson Mikell V. Simpson is an American college football player. He is currently a running back for the Virginia Cavaliers football of the University of Virginia....	Virginia	RB
January 1, 2009	Joe Ganz	Nebraska	QB	Cullen Harper Cullen Harper Thomas Cullen Harper II is a college football player and Starting lineup quarterback for the Clemson Tigers football. In 2007, he led Clemson to a 9-4 record, completing 282 of 433 passes and amassing 27 touchdowns, with 6 interceptions....	Clemson	QB

Most appearances

Rank	Team	Appearances	Record
1	Clemson Clemson Tigers The Clemson Tigers are any team that represents Clemson University as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I or in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference....	9	4-5
2	Florida Florida Gators The Florida Gators are the athletic teams that collectively represent the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Lady Gators is an alternative often used for the women's teams....	8	6-2
T3	North Carolina North Carolina Tar Heels The North Carolina Tar Heels are the athletic teams for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The name Tar Heel is a nickname used to refer to individuals from the state of North Carolina, the Tar Heel State....	7	5-2
T3	Georgia Tech Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets The Yellow Jackets is the name used for all of the intercollegiate athletic teams that play for the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia....	7	3-4
T5	Florida State Florida State Seminoles The Florida State Seminoles are the men's and women's sports teams of Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. Florida State participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I ....	6	5-0-1
T5	Auburn Auburn Tigers Auburn Tigers is the name given to Auburn University athletic teams. The University is a member of the Southeastern Conference and competes in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I, fielding 18 varsity teams in 13 sports:...	6	4-2
T5	West Virginia West Virginia Mountaineers The West Virginia Mountaineers are the athletic teams of West Virginia University. The school is a member of National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I and the Big East Conference....	6	1-5
T8	Tennessee University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee , sometimes called the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is the flagship institution of the statewide land-grant university University of Tennessee system public school system in Tennessee....	5	3-2
T8	Virginia Tech Virginia Tech Hokies Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University sponsors 19 sports and competes at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I level....	5	2-3
T10	Maryland University of Maryland athletics The Maryland Terrapins, commonly referred to as the Terps, represent the University of Maryland, College Park in NCAA sports. The University of Maryland is an NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision school that belongs to the Atlantic Coast Conference and currently sponsors 27 varsity sports....	4	3-0-1
T10	Texas Tech Texas Tech Red Raiders football The Texas Tech Red Raiders football program is a college football team that represents Texas Tech University . The team is currently a member of the Big 12 Conference, which is a Division I Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ....	4	3-1
T10	Penn State Penn State Nittany Lions football Pennsylvania State University Athletics football is a college football program from Pennsylvania State University. It competes in the NCAA Division I and the Big Ten Conference....	4	1-2-1
T10	South Carolina South Carolina Gamecocks The University of South Carolina's 19 varsity sports teams are known as the Gamecocks, and USC is the only Division I school to use this nickname/mascot....	4	0-4
T14	Georgia Georgia Bulldogs The Georgia Bulldogs are the athletic teams of The University of Georgia. The Bulldogs compete in the Southeastern Conference. All Georgia athletic teams are known as the Bulldogs, and Uga , of whom Uga VII is the latest in a much-beloved lineage, is the official school mascot....	3	2-0-1
T14	Oklahoma Oklahoma Sooners The University of Oklahoma features 17 varsity sports teams. Both men's and women's teams are called the Sooners, a nickname given to the early participants in the land runes which initially opened the Oklahoma Indian Territory to non-native settlement....	3	2-1
T14	Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh Panthers The Pittsburgh Panthers, commonly referred to as the Pitt Panthers, are the athletic teams of University of Pittsburgh. The university is a member of the Big East Conference, Eastern Wrestling League, East Atlantic Gymnastics League, and Eastern College Athletic Conference....	3	2-1
T14	Mississippi University of Mississippi The University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss, is a state university , co-education research university located in Oxford, Mississippi, Mississippi....	3	1-2
T14	Missouri Missouri Tigers The Missouri Tigers athletics programs include the extramural and intramural sports teams of the University of Missouri, located in Columbia, Missouri....	3	1-2
T14	North Carolina State NC State Wolfpack The athletic teams of the North Carolina State University, known as the Wolfpack, compete in 24 intercollegiate varsity sports. NC State is a founding member of the Atlantic Coast Conference and has won eight national championships: two NCAA championships, two AIAW championships, and four titles under other sanctioning bodies....	3	1-2
T14	Notre Dame University of Notre Dame The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a private Roman Catholic Church University located in Notre Dame, Indiana, USA. It was founded by Father Edward Sorin, Congregation of Holy Cross, who was also the school's first president....	3	1-2

Gator Bowl Hall of Fame

Inductees (by year):

1989 - Dan Devine
Dan Devine

Dan Devine was a American football coach who served as head coach at three colleges and also served for four years as head coach of the Green Bay Packers from 1971 to 1974....
, Ray Graves
Ray Graves

Samuel Ray Graves was an American football offensive lineman in the National Football League and former head coach of the University of Florida football team....
, Ralph "Shug" Jordan, Floyd Little
Floyd Little

Floyd Douglas Little was a three-time American football All-American running back at Syracuse University. In 1967 Floyd Little was the 6th selection of the first Common Draft....
, Archie Manning
Archie Manning

Elisha Archibald "Archie" Manning III is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League. He is the father of current Indianapolis Colts starting quarterback Peyton Manning, current New York Giants starting quarterback Eli Manning, and former University of Mississippi receiver, Cooper Manning....
, Bobby Dodd
Bobby Dodd

Robert Lee Dodd was an United States college football coach at Georgia Institute of Technology. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame as a player and coach....
1990 - Vince Dooley
Vince Dooley

Vincent Joseph Dooley was the head coach American football coach and athletic director at the University of Georgia. During his 25 year coaching career at UGA, Dooley compiled a 201-77-10 record....
, Bobby Gage, Frank Howard
Frank Howard

Frank Howard may refer to:*Frank Howard , American college football player and coach*Frankie Howerd , English comedian*Frank Howard , Canadian trade unionist and politician...
, Pat Sullivan
Pat Sullivan

Pat Sullivan or Patrick Sullivan may be:* Pat Sullivan * Pat Sullivan * Pat Sullivan * Pat Sullivan * Pat Sullivan , 19th century baseball player...
, Bob Woodruff
Bob Woodruff

Robert Warren "Bob" Woodruff is an American television journalist. Although his journalism career dates back to 1989, he is most widely known for briefly succeeding Peter Jennings as co-anchor of ABC News' weekday news Broadcasting, World News Tonight in January 2006 ? and, later that month, becoming the first American news anchor to be woun...
, George R. Olsen
1991 - Wally Butts
Wally Butts

James Wallace "Wally" Butts, Jr. was the head coach American football coach and athletic director at the University of Georgia.College...
, Bill Peterson
Bill Peterson

William E. "Bill" Peterson was an American football coach. His career included head coaching stops at Florida State, Rice University and with the Tennessee Titans....
, Ron Sellers
Ron Sellers

Ron "Jingle Joints" Sellers was an United States College football and professional American football player. He played college football for Florida State University, where he was an All-American.Despite being limited to a total of 30 games of regular season eligibility, Sellers still holds Florida State career records for receptions, receiv...
, Ken Willard
Ken Willard

Kenneth Henderson Willard is a former American football running back/fullback in the National Football League. Willard was drafted with the second pick of the 1965 NFL Draft, by the San Francisco 49ers ahead of future Pro Football Hall of Famers Dick Butkus and Gale Sayers....
1992 - Maxie Baughan
Maxie Baughan

Maxie Callaway Baughan, Jr. was an American football linebacker in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles, St. Louis Rams, and the Washington Redskins....
, Lu Gambino
Lu Gambino

Lucien "Lu" Anthony Gambino was an American American football running back. In 1947, while playing college football for Maryland Terrapins football, he set the NCAA season scoring high with 16 touchdowns for 96 points....
, Don Faurot
Don Faurot

Don Faurot was the Head coach College football Coach at the University of Missouri from 1935 to 1956 and is credited with inventing the split-T formation....
, John Howard Vaught
Johnny Vaught

File:1947 Ole Miss football media guide.jpgJohn Howard Vaught was an United States college football Coach at the University of Mississippi from 1947 to 1970 and again in 1973....
1993 - Dewitt Weaver
DeWitt Weaver

DeWitt Thompson Weaver, Sr. was the head football coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders football from 1951 to 1960. In 1956, he became the first college coach to defeat the Texas Longhorns football in a season-opener in Austin, Texas....
, Tom Shannon, Joe Childress
Joe Childress

Joe Childress was a running back in the NFL. For his entire career, he played for the St. Louis Cardinals . Joe left the Cardinals to coach the Houston Oilers....
1994 - Doug Dickey
Doug Dickey

Doug Dickey was born in Vermillion, South Dakota. Dickey is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame for his coaching at Tennessee Volunteers football and University of Florida....
, Charles A. (Rip) Engle, Larry Libertore Jr.,
1995 – Fred Biletnikoff
Fred Biletnikoff

Frederick S. Biletnikoff is a former American football wide receiver and coach. He spent the majority of his professional playing and coaching days with the Oakland Raiders....
, Frank Boyles, Nicholas Sacrinty, Richard Stratton, Steve Tensi
Steve Tensi

Steve Tensi was a former professional American football player who played in seven American Football League and National Football League seasons from 1965-1970 for the San Diego Chargers and Denver Broncos....
1996 – Dave Robinson, Wade Mitchell, Jim Dooley
Jim Dooley

James William Dooley was a former American football player and coach. He is best remembered for his tenure in both capacities with the National Football League's Chicago Bears....
, Dick Crum
1997 – Judge John "Papa" Hall, Gene Stallings
Gene Stallings

Eugene Clifton Stallings, Jr. is a former college football and professional American football Coach . He is currently a member of the Board of Regents of the Texas A&M University System....
, Kim Hammond
Kim Hammond

Kim Crane Hammond is a Judge in Flagler County, Florida and was an outstanding quarterback for Florida State University. For Seminole fans, he is best remembered for quarterbacking the team's first victory over rival Florida in Gainesville, 21-16....
, John F. Lanahan
1998 - Ross Browner
Ross Browner

Ross Browner is a former American football defensive end who played ten seasons in the NFL, mainly for the Cincinnati Bengals. In 1985 he jumped to the Houston Gamblers of the USFL, but returned the same season to the Bengals....
, James Stewart
James Stewart

James Stewart may refer to:...
, Danny Ford
Danny Ford

Danny Lee Ford born December 19, 1947 is a former American football Coach , who most notably led Clemson Tigers as its head coach to its 1981 in sports 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season....
1999 - Jack Bush
Jack Bush

Jack Bush was a Canadian abstract expressionist painter, born in Toronto, Ontario in 1909....
, Walter C. Dunbar, Jay Solomon
2000 - Joe Paterno
Joe Paterno

Joseph Vincent Paterno , nicknamed JoePa, is the head coach of Pennsylvania State University Penn State Nittany Lions team, a position he has held since 1966....
, Terry McMillan
Terry McMillan

Terry McMillan is an African-American author. Her interest in books comes from working at a library when she was sixteen. She received her Bachelor of Arts in journalism in 1986 at University of California, Berkeley....
, Bob Bradley
2001 - John David Crow, Don Nehlen, Carlisle Jones
2002 - W.W. "Bill" Gay, Jackie Sherrill
Jackie Sherrill

Jackie Sherrill is a former college football head coach. During his 26 years as a head coach, Sherrill amassed a record of 180-120-4....
, Hugh Green
2003 - Donny Anderson, Rodney Hampton, Ash Verlander
2004 - Chip Ferguson, Bill Nimnicht, Jr., Steve Spurrier
Steve Spurrier

Stephen Orr Spurrier is a former American football player and currently the head coach of the University of South Carolina college football team....
, Greg Allen
Greg Allen

Greg Allen was an Australian rugby league player for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the New South Wales Rugby League competition. His position of choice was at Rugby League positions#Second-row forwards....
2005 - Desmond Howard
Desmond Howard

Desmond Kevin Howard is a former American football wide receiver, punt returner, and kickoff returner in the National Football League.He played for the Washington Redskins , Jacksonville Jaguars , Green Bay Packers , Oakland Raiders and Detroit Lions ....
, Peter Kirill Sr., Douglas "Peahead" Walker
Peahead Walker

Douglas Clyde "Peahead" Walker was a former head coach of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons and of the Montreal Alouettes.Walker's coaching career began in 1926 at Atlantic Christian College, Wilson, North Carolina, where he also played professional baseball for the Wilson Tobs#History of the Virginia League....
2006 - Dave Braine, Carl Cannon
2007 - Don Davis
Don Davis (politician)

Donald Robert Davis served in many roles, from decorated war veteran to petroleum executive, board chairman, association president, Jacksonville City Council president and Florida state legislator....
, George Rogers
George Rogers (American football)

George Washington Rogers is a former American football player who achieved distinction in both the college and professional ranks as a running back....
, Paul "Bear" Bryant
2008 - Errict Rhett
Errict Rhett

Errict Undra Rhett is a former professional American football player who was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 2nd round of the 1994 NFL Draft....
, Wendell Davis
Wendell Davis

Wendell Tyrone Davis is a former professional American football wide receiver who played for the Chicago Bears for six seasons from 1988 to 1993....

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