![]() ![]() One year after 0-10-1, Charley Pell wanted to finish off his second season with a positive note and did so with a 35-20 win over Maryland behind game MVP Cris Collinsworth. Ahmad Black’s TD interception return clinched it for the Gators 37-24 over Penn State. It was the last game of Urban Meyer’s UF career and - although nobody knew it at the time - Joe Paterno’s last bowl game. The Gators won 14-13 in the last game for Graves. There was so much drama because word had leaked that Ray Graves was out and Doug Dickey, the coach of the opposing Tennessee team, would be Florida’s new coach. UF won 56-23 in what turned out to be Spurrier’s last game as UF’s coach. Maryland came in as the ACC champs and Florida came in bitterly disappointed after missing out on the SEC title game because of a late loss to Tennessee. The Nittany Lions were nine-point favorites, but Gene Ellenson’s new “monster” defense stifled Penn State in a 17-7 Florida win.įlorida had the Heisman winner in Steve Spurrier, but it was sophomore running back Larry Smith who stole the show with 187 rushing yards, including a 94-yard TD scamper in the third quarter of a 27-12 win over Georgia Tech. ![]() ![]() In Miami Gardens, the Gators played Oklahoma and former defensive coordinator Bob Stoops for all the marbles and found a way to stuff the Sooners’ high-powered offense featuring Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford.įlorida (and its 6-4 record) was the third choice to face mighty Penn State, Lambert Trophy winners at 9-1. Here are the top 10 Gator bowl games in UF’s home state and five you’d like to forget (the years of the games reflect the season, not necessarily the year the game was played): Some have the games featuring Florida in Florida have been memorable. Florida is 21-21 all-time in the 42 played so far despite having 23 of those games played in the state of Florida. The Gators will be playing in their 43rd bowl game when they face Iowa in the Outback Bowl on Monday. A bowl trip in Florida is a vacation of sorts.įor Florida, it’s just another day at the beach. For a majority of college football teams. ![]()
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