1991 Gator Bowl (January)

1991 Gator Bowl

(8–3)

(9–2)

Head coach:
Gary Moeller

Head coach:
Billy Brewer

AP	Coaches
12	12

AP	Coaches
15	14

	1	2	3	4	Total
Michigan	7	7	21	0	35
Ole Miss	0	3	0	0	3

Date

January 1, 1991

Season

1990

Stadium

Gator Bowl Stadium

Location

Jacksonville, Florida

MVP

Dean Dingman, Tom Dohring, Greg Skrepenak, Matt Elliott and Steve Everitt (Michigan OL); Tyrone Ashley (Mississippi DB)

Attendance

68,297

United States TV coverage

Network

ESPN

Announcers

Ron Franklin, Gary Danielson

The January 1991 Gator Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 1991. The Michigan Wolverines, co-champions of the Big Ten Conference, defeated the Ole Miss Rebels of the Southeastern Conference, 35–3.

This game would be the last SEC-Big Ten matchup in the Gator Bowl for twenty years; the bowl entered into an exclusive contract featuring the conferences beginning in 2011.

Scoring summary

First quarter

Michigan - Desmond Howard, 63-yard pass from Elvis Grbac (John Carlson kick)

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

External links

Summary at Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan Athletics History

1990–91 NCAA football bowl game season
California (Dec. 8) Independence (Dec. 15) Aloha (Dec. 25) Liberty (Dec. 27) Blockbuster (Dec. 28) All-American (Dec. 28) Peach (Dec. 29) Freedom (Dec. 29) Holiday (Dec. 29) Copper (Dec. 31) John Hancock (Dec. 31) Hall of Fame (Jan. 1) Orange (Jan. 1) Florida Citrus (Jan. 1) Fiesta (Jan. 1) Cotton (Jan. 1) Gator (Jan. 1) Rose (Jan. 1) Sugar (Jan. 1)

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History & conference tie-ins	History Broadcasters Big Ten Conference Southeastern Conference
Games	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1960 1960 1961 1962 1963 1965 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1971 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1989 1989 1991 1991 1992 1993 1994 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2016
Notes	There was a Gator Bowl in January and December in 1954, 1960, 1965, 1971, 1989, 1991, and 2016.

Michigan Wolverines bowl games

Ole Miss Rebels bowl games

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