Gator Bowl
Game results
All rankings are taken from the AP Poll prior to the game being played. Italics denote a tie game.

Gator Bowl

Section Title: Game results
Table Section Text: All rankings are taken from the AP Poll prior to the game being played. Italics denote a tie game.

Date played	Bowl name	Winning team	Losing team	Attnd.

January 1, 1946	Gator Bowl	#19 Wake Forest	26	South Carolina	14	7,362

January 1, 1947	Gator Bowl	#14 Oklahoma	34	#18 NC State	13	10,134

January 1, 1948	Gator Bowl	Georgia	20	Maryland	20	16,666

January 1, 1949	Gator Bowl	#11 Clemson	24	Missouri	23	32,939

January 2, 1950	Gator Bowl	#14 Maryland	20	#20 Missouri	7	18,409

January 1, 1951	Gator Bowl	#12 Wyoming	20	#18 Washington & Lee	7	7,362

January 1, 1952	Gator Bowl	Miami (Florida)	14	#19 Clemson	0	34,577

January 1, 1953	Gator Bowl	#15 Florida	14	#12 Tulsa	13	28,340

January 1, 1954	Gator Bowl	#12 Texas Tech	35	#17 Auburn	13	28,641

December 31, 1954	Gator Bowl	#13 Auburn	33	#18 Baylor	13	28,426

December 31, 1955	Gator Bowl	#8 Vanderbilt	25	Auburn	13	32,174

December 29, 1956	Gator Bowl	#4 Georgia Tech	21	#13 Pittsburgh	14	32,256

December 28, 1957	Gator Bowl	#13 Tennessee	3	#9 Texas A&M	0	41,160

December 27, 1958	Gator Bowl	#11 Ole Miss	7	#14 Florida	3	41,312

January 2, 1960	Gator Bowl	#9 Arkansas	14	Georgia Tech	7	45,104

December 31, 1960	Gator Bowl	#18 Florida	13	#12 Baylor	12	50,122

December 30, 1961	Gator Bowl	#17 Penn State	30	#13 Georgia Tech	15	50,202

December 29, 1962	Gator Bowl	Florida	17	#9 Penn State	7	50,026

December 28, 1963	Gator Bowl	North Carolina	35	Air Force	0	50,018

January 2, 1965	Gator Bowl	Florida State	36	Oklahoma	19	50,408

December 31, 1965	Gator Bowl	Georgia Tech	31	#10 Texas Tech	21	60,127

December 31, 1966	Gator Bowl	Tennessee	18	Syracuse	12	60,312

December 30, 1967	Gator Bowl	#10 Penn State	17	Florida State	17	68,019

December 28, 1968	Gator Bowl	#16 Missouri	35	#12 Alabama	10	68,011

December 27, 1969	Gator Bowl	#15 Florida	14	#11 Tennessee	13	72,248

January 2, 1971	Gator Bowl	#10 Auburn	35	Ole Miss	28	71,136

December 31, 1971	Gator Bowl	#6 Georgia	7	North Carolina	3	71,208

December 30, 1972	Gator Bowl	#6 Auburn	24	#13 Colorado	3	71,214

December 29, 1973	Gator Bowl	#11 Texas Tech	28	#20 Tennessee	19	62,109

December 30, 1974	Gator Bowl	#6 Auburn	27	#11 Texas	3	63,811

December 29, 1975	Gator Bowl	#17 Maryland	13	#13 Florida	0	64,012

December 27, 1976	Gator Bowl	#15 Notre Dame	20	#20 Penn State	9	67,837

December 30, 1977	Gator Bowl	#10 Pittsburgh	34	#11 Clemson	3	72,289

December 29, 1978	Gator Bowl	#7 Clemson	17	#20 Ohio State	15	72,011

December 28, 1979	Gator Bowl	North Carolina	17	#14 Michigan	15	70,407

December 29, 1980	Gator Bowl	#3 Pittsburgh	37	#18 South Carolina	9	72,297

December 28, 1981	Gator Bowl	#11 North Carolina	31	Arkansas	27	71,009

December 30, 1982	Gator Bowl	Florida State	31	#10 West Virginia	12	80,913

December 30, 1983	Gator Bowl	#11 Florida	14	#10 Iowa	6	81,293

December 28, 1984	Gator Bowl	#9 Oklahoma State	21	#7 South Carolina	14	82,138

December 30, 1985	Gator Bowl	#18 Florida State	34	#19 Oklahoma State	23	79,417

December 27, 1986	Gator Bowl	Clemson	27	#20 Stanford	21	80,104

December 31, 1987	Gator Bowl	#7 LSU	30	#9 South Carolina	13	82,119

January 1, 1989	Gator Bowl	#19 Georgia	34	Michigan State	27	76,236

December 30, 1989	Gator Bowl	#14 Clemson	27	#17 West Virginia	7	82,911

January 1, 1991	Gator Bowl	#12 Michigan	35	#15 Ole Miss	3	68,297

December 29, 1991	Gator Bowl	#20 Oklahoma	48	#19 Virginia	14	62,003

December 31, 1992	Gator Bowl	#14 Florida	27	#12 NC State	10	71,233

December 31, 1993	Gator Bowl	#18 Alabama	24	#12 North Carolina	10	67,205

December 30, 1994	Gator Bowl	Tennessee	45	#17 Virginia Tech	23	62,200

January 1, 1996	Gator Bowl	Syracuse	41	#23 Clemson	0	67,940

January 1, 1997	Gator Bowl	#12 North Carolina	20	#25 West Virginia	13	52,103

January 1, 1998	Gator Bowl	#7 North Carolina	42	Virginia Tech	3	54,116

January 1, 1999	Gator Bowl	#12 Georgia Tech	35	#17 Notre Dame	28	70,791

January 1, 2000	Gator Bowl	#23 Miami (Florida)	28	#17 Georgia Tech	13	43,416

January 1, 2001	Gator Bowl	#6 Virginia Tech	41	#16 Clemson	20	68,741

January 1, 2002	Gator Bowl	#24 Florida State	30	#15 Virginia Tech	17	72,202

January 1, 2003	Gator Bowl	#17 NC State	28	#11 Notre Dame	6	73,491

January 1, 2004	Gator Bowl	#23 Maryland	41	#20 West Virginia	7	78,891

January 1, 2005	Gator Bowl	#17 Florida State	30	West Virginia	18	70,112

January 2, 2006	Gator Bowl	#12 Virginia Tech	35	#15 Louisville	24	63,780

January 1, 2007	Gator Bowl	#13 West Virginia	38	Georgia Tech	35	67,714

January 1, 2008	Gator Bowl	Texas Tech	31	#21 Virginia	28	60,243

January 1, 2009	Gator Bowl	Nebraska	26	Clemson	21	67,232

January 1, 2010	Gator Bowl	Florida State	33	#18 West Virginia	21	84,129

January 1, 2011	Gator Bowl	#21 Mississippi State	52	Michigan	14	68,325

January 2, 2012	Gator Bowl	Florida	24	Ohio State	17	61,312

January 1, 2013	Gator Bowl	#21 Northwestern	34	Mississippi State	20	60,712

January 1, 2014	Gator Bowl	Nebraska	24	#22 Georgia	19	60,712

January 2, 2015	TaxSlayer Bowl	Tennessee	45	Iowa	28	56,310

January 2, 2016	TaxSlayer Bowl	Georgia	24	Penn State	17	58,212

December 31, 2016	TaxSlayer Bowl	Georgia Tech	33	Kentucky	18	43,102

December 30, 2017	TaxSlayer Bowl	#24 Mississippi State	31	Louisville	27	41,310

December 31, 2018	Gator Bowl	#21 Texas A&M	52	NC State	13	38,206

Sentence(s)

The Gator Bowl event drew 7,362 attendance to the 1946 match when the Wake Forest defeated the South Carolina by 26–14.

final_sentence: The Gator Bowl event drew 7,362 attendance to the 1946 match when the Wake Forest defeated the South Carolina by 26–14.