Year Game Played: | 1991 |
Title Sponsor: | Mazda |
Game Name: | Gator Bowl |
Football Season: | 1991 |
Visitor Name Short: | Oklahoma |
Visitor Nickname: | Sooners |
Visitor School: | Oklahoma |
Home Name Short: | Virginia |
Home Nickname: | Cavaliers |
Home School: | Virginia |
Visitor Record: | 8 - 3 |
Visitor Conference: | Big Eight |
Home Record: | 8–2–1 |
Home Conference: | ACC |
Visitor Coach: | Gary Gibbs |
Home Coach: | George Welsh |
Visitor Rank Ap: | 20 |
Visitor Rank Coaches: | 20 |
Home Rank Ap: | 19 |
Home Rank Coaches: | 19 |
Visitor 1Q: | 7 |
Visitor 2Q: | 27 |
Visitor 3Q: | 14 |
Visitor 4Q: | 0 |
Home 1Q: | 0 |
Home 2Q: | 7 |
Home 3Q: | 0 |
Home 4Q: | 7 |
Date Game Played: | December 29 |
Stadium: | Gator Bowl Stadium |
City: | Jacksonville, Florida |
Mvp: | Cale Gundy (QB, Oklahoma) & Tyrone Davis (DB, Virginia)[1] |
Odds: | Virginia by 1.5 |
Referee: | Joe Rider (Big East) |
Attendance: | 62,003 |
Payout: | $2,000,000 |
Us Network: | TBS |
Us Announcers Link: | List of announcers of major college bowl games |
Us Announcers: | Bob Neal and Tim Foley |
Different Previous: | 1991 (Jan) |
The 1991 Gator Bowl was an American college football bowl game between Oklahoma Sooners and the Virginia Cavaliers played on December 29, 1991, at the Gator Bowl Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. For sponsorship reasons, the game was officially known as the Mazda Gator Bowl.[2]
Oklahoma represented the Big Eight Conference and Virginia represented the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in the competition. The game was the final competition of the 1991 football season for each team and resulted in a 48–14 Oklahoma victory, even though spread bettors favored Virginia to win by 1.5 points.[3]