1991 Gator Bowl (December)

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]

1991 Mazda Gator Bowl
Oklahoma Sooners Virginia Cavaliers (8–3) (8–2–1) Big Eight ACC 48 14 Head coach:  Gary Gibbs Head coach:  George Welsh AP Coaches 20 20 AP Coaches 19 19
1 2 3 4 Total Oklahoma 7 27 14 0 48 Virginia 0 7 0 7 14
Date	December 29, 1991
Season	1991
Stadium	Gator Bowl Stadium
Location	Jacksonville, Florida
MVP	Cale Gundy (QB, Oklahoma) & Tyrone Davis (DB, Virginia)[1]
Favorite	Virginia by 1.5
Referee	Joe Rider (Big East)
Attendance	62,003
Payout	US$$2,000,000
United States TV coverage
Network	TBS
Announcers	Bob Neal and Tim Foley
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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][4]

References

1. "1991". Archived from the original on January 1, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
2. "Mazda Gator Bowl". Pittsburgh Press. Scripps Howard News. December 29, 1991. p. D16. Retrieved November 25, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
3. "Gator Bowl: Oklahoma vs. Virginia". The News. Boca Raton, Florida. The Associated Press. December 29, 1991. p. 7B. Retrieved October 7, 2009.
4. "Oklahoma captures Gator". The Commercial Appeal. December 30, 1991. Retrieved February 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.