Year Game Played: | 2007 |
Title Sponsor: | Toyota |
Game Name: | Gator Bowl |
Subheader: | 62nd Gator Bowl |
Football Season: | 2006 |
Visitor Name Short: | Georgia Tech |
Visitor Nickname: | Yellow Jackets |
Visitor School: | Georgia Institute of Technology |
Home Name Short: | West Virginia |
Home Nickname: | Mountaineers |
Home School: | West Virginia University |
Visitor Record: | 9–4 |
Visitor Conference: | ACC |
Home Record: | 10–2 |
Home Conference: | Big East |
Visitor Coach: | Chan Gailey |
Home Coach: | Rich Rodriguez |
Visitor Rank Coaches: | 25 |
Home Rank Ap: | 13 |
Home Rank Coaches: | 12 |
Home Rank Bcs: | 13 |
Visitor 1Q: | 14 |
Visitor 2Q: | 14 |
Visitor 3Q: | 7 |
Visitor 4Q: | 0 |
Home 1Q: | 7 |
Home 2Q: | 10 |
Home 3Q: | 21 |
Home 4Q: | 0 |
Date Game Played: | January 1 |
Stadium: | Jacksonville Municipal Stadium |
City: | Jacksonville, Florida |
Mvp: | Pat White (QB, West Virginia) Calvin Johnson (WR, Georgia Tech) |
Referee: | Karl Richins (Mtn. West) |
Attendance: | 67,947 |
Us Network: | CBS |
Us Announcers Link: | List of announcers of major college bowl games |
Us Announcers: | Verne Lundquist and Gary Danielson |
The 2007 Gator Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and the West Virginia Mountaineers played on January 1, 2007, at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. For sponsorship reasons, the bowl was officially known as the Toyota Gator Bowl.[1] Down by 18 in the third quarter, West Virginia scored 21 unanswered points to win, 38–35.[2]
The game matched Georgia Tech from the Atlantic Coast Conference against West Virginia from the Big East Conference. West Virginia entered the game ranked #13 in the AP Poll; it was West Virginia's third appearance in the Gator Bowl in the last four years and sixth overall.[3] Georgia Tech accepted a bid to the Gator Bowl after losing the ACC championship to Wake Forest. It was Georgia Tech's first appearance in the Gator Bowl since 2000 and seventh overall.[4]