The 1991 Gator Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 1991. The Big Ten Conference co-champion Michigan Wolverines defeated the Ole Miss Rebels of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), 35–3. For sponsorship reasons, the game was officially known as the Mazda Gator Bowl.[2]
| 1991 Mazda Gator Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Gator Bowl Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Jacksonville, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Tom Dohring, Matt Elliott, Steve Everitt, Dean Dingman, Greg Skrepenak (Michigan OL); Tyrone Ashley (Mississippi DB)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Buddy Ward (SICOA) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 68,297 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Ron Franklin, Gary Danielson | ||||||||||||||||||||
This game was the last SEC–Big Ten matchup in the Gator Bowl for twenty years; the bowl entered into an exclusive contract featuring those two conferences beginning with the 2011 Gator Bowl.
Teams edit
Michigan Wolverines edit
Michigan entered the game with an overall record of 8–3, 6–2 in the Big Ten.
Ole Miss Rebels edit
Ole Miss entered the game with an overall record of 9–2, 6–2 in the SEC.
Scoring summary edit
First quarter edit
- Michigan - Desmond Howard, 63-yard pass from Elvis Grbac (John Carlson kick)
Second quarter edit
- Ole Miss - Brian Lee, 51-yard field goal
- Michigan - Jarrod Bunch, 7-yard pass from Elvis Grbac (John Carlson kick)
Third quarter edit
- Michigan - Desmond Howard, 50-yard pass from Elvis Grbac (John Carlson kick)
- Michigan - Jarrod Bunch, 5-yard run (John Carlson kick)
- Michigan - Derrick Alexander, 33-yard pass from Elvis Grbac (John Carlson kick)
Fourth quarter edit
- No score
References edit
- ^ "1990". Archived from the original on January 1, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
- ^ "Gator Bowl feels squeeze". The Cincinnati Enquirer. AP. January 1, 1991. p. 21. Retrieved November 25, 2018 – via newspapers.com.