1991_Gator_Bowl_(January)

1991 Gator Bowl (January)

1991 Gator Bowl (January)

College football game

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]

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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

Michigan Wolverines

Main article: 1990 Michigan Wolverines football team

Michigan entered the game with an overall record of 8–3, 6–2 in the Big Ten.

Ole Miss Rebels

Main article: 1990 Ole Miss Rebels football team

Ole Miss entered the game with an overall record of 9–2, 6–2 in the SEC.

Scoring summary

First quarter

Second quarter

  • Ole Miss - Brian Lee, 51-yard field goal
  • Michigan - Jarrod Bunch, 7-yard pass from Elvis Grbac (John Carlson kick)

Third quarter

  • 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

  • No score

References

  1. [1]
    "1990". Archived from the original on January 1, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Gator Bowl feels squeeze". The Cincinnati Enquirer. AP. January 1, 1991. p. 21. Retrieved November 25, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
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