1991 Gator Bowl (January)

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{{Infobox college football game

| name =

| year_game_played = 1991

| title_sponsor = Mazda

| game_name = Gator Bowl

| football_season = 1990

| visitor_name_short = Michigan

| visitor_nickname = Wolverines

| visitor_school = University of Michigan

| home_name_short = Ole Miss

| home_nickname = Rebels

| home_school = University of Mississippi

| visitor_record = 8–3

| visitor_conference = Big Ten

| home_record = 9–2

| home_conference = SEC

| visitor_coach = Gary Moeller

| home_coach = Billy Brewer

| visitor_rank_AP = 12

| visitor_rank_coaches = 12

| home_rank_AP = 15

| home_rank_coaches = 14

| visitor_1q = 7

| visitor_2q = 7

| visitor_3q = 21

| visitor_4q = 0

| home_1q = 0

| home_2q = 3

| home_3q = 0

| home_4q = 0

| date_game_played = January 1

| stadium = Gator Bowl Stadium

| city = Jacksonville, Florida

| MVP = Tom Dohring, Matt Elliott, Steve Everitt, Dean Dingman, Greg Skrepenak (Michigan OL); Tyrone Ashley (Mississippi DB){{Cite web |url=https://www.taxslayerbowl.com/1990-2/ |title=1990 |access-date=2017-12-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101030055/https://www.taxslayerbowl.com/1990-2/ |archive-date=2018-01-01 |url-status=dead }}

| referee = Buddy Ward (SICOA)

| attendance = 68,297

| us_network = ESPN

| us_announcers_link = List of announcers of major college bowl games

| us_announcers = Ron Franklin, Gary Danielson

| different_previous = 1989 (Dec)

| different_next = 1991 (Dec)

}}

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.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25709507/gator_bowl_feels_squeeze/ |title=Gator Bowl feels squeeze |agency=AP |newspaper=The Cincinnati Enquirer |page=21 |date=January 1, 1991 |access-date=November 25, 2018 |via=newspapers.com}}

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|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|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

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