1989 Gator Bowl (December)

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{{Infobox NCAA football yearly game

| game_name = Gator Bowl

| subheader = 45th Gator Bowl

| title_sponsor = Mazda

| date_game_played = December 30

| year_game_played = 1989

| football_season = 1989

| stadium = Gator Bowl

| city = Jacksonville, Florida

| visitor_school = Clemson Tigers

| visitor_name_short = Clemson

| visitor_nickname = Tigers

| visitor_record = 9–2

| visitor_coach = Danny Ford

| visitor_conference = ACC

| visitor_rank_AP = 14

| visitor_rank_coaches = 13

| visitor_1q = 0

| visitor_2q = 10

| visitor_3q = 0

| visitor_4q = 17

| home_school = West Virginia University

| home_name_short = West Virginia

| home_nickname = Mountaineers

| home_record = 8–2–1

| home_coach = Don Nehlen

| home_conference = Independent

| home_rank_AP = 17

| home_rank_coaches = 17

| home_1q = 7

| home_2q = 0

| home_3q = 0

| home_4q = 0

| MVP = Levon Kirkland, LB, Clemson
Mike Fox, DT, West Virginia

|us_network=ESPN

|us_announcers=Ron Franklin, Kevin Kiley, and Chris Fowler

| referee = Terry Monk (SICOA)

| odds =

| attendance = 82,911

| different_previous = 1989 (Jan)

| different_next = 1991 (Jan)

| game_link = Gator Bowl

}}

The 1989 Gator Bowl was held on December 30, 1989, at the Gator Bowl Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. The 14th-ranked Clemson Tigers defeated the 17th-ranked West Virginia Mountaineers by a score of 27–7. For sponsorship reasons, the game was officially known as the Mazda Gator Bowl.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25709293/gator_bowl/ |title=Gator Bowl |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |page=18 |date=December 30, 1989 |access-date=November 25, 2018 |via=newspapers.com}}