Year Game Played: | 2005 |
Title Sponsor: | Toyota |
Game Name: | Gator Bowl |
Subheader: | 60th Gator Bowl |
Football Season: | 2004 |
Visitor Name Short: | Florida State |
Visitor Nickname: | Seminoles |
Visitor School: | Florida State University |
Home Name Short: | West Virginia |
Home Nickname: | Mountaineers |
Home School: | West Virginia University |
Visitor Record: | 8-3 |
Visitor Conference: | ACC |
Home Record: | 8-3 |
Home Conference: | Big East |
Visitor Coach: | Bobby Bowden |
Home Coach: | Rich Rodriguez |
Visitor Rank Ap: | 17 |
Visitor Rank Coaches: | 15 |
Visitor Rank Bcs: | 16 |
Home Rank Coaches: | 23 |
Visitor 1Q: | 10 |
Visitor 2Q: | 3 |
Visitor 3Q: | 10 |
Visitor 4Q: | 7 |
Home 1Q: | 12 |
Home 2Q: | 0 |
Home 3Q: | 3 |
Home 4Q: | 3 |
Date Game Played: | January 1 |
Stadium: | Alltel Stadium |
City: | Jacksonville, Florida |
Mvp: | Leon Washington Kay-Jay Harris |
Referee: | R.G. Detillier (C-USA) |
Attendance: | 70,112 |
Us Network: | NBC |
Us Announcers Link: | List of announcers of major college bowl games |
Us Announcers: | Tom Hammond and Pat Haden |
The 2005 Gator Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the Florida State Seminoles and the West Virginia Mountaineers on January 1, 2005, at Alltel Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. It was the final game of the 2004 NCAA Division I FBS football season for each team and resulted in a 30–18 Florida State Victory. West Virginia represented the Big East Conference while Florida State represented the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).[1]