The Gator Bowl is an annual, post-season college football bowl game. The game hosts one team from the SEC and one team from the Big Ten. Each Gator Bowl is held in early January at the Jacksonville Municipal Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida.http://www.gatorbowl.com/
The 2011 Gator Bowl was held on January 1, 2011. Michigan, representatives of the Big Ten Conference, were defeated by Mississippi State, representatives of the SEC, by a score of 52-14.http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=310010130 The game was broadcast on ESPN2.http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5168379
In the 2010 Gator Bowl, the Florida State University Seminoles (ACC) faced the West Virginia University Mountaineers (Big East) on January 1, 2010.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/01/gator-bowl-2010-florida-s_n_409147.html The Seminoles won the game, beating the Mountaineers 33 - 21.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/01/gator-bowl-2010-florida-s_n_409147.html
2010 Gator Bowl
The 2010 Gator Bowl marked the final football game for Florida State head coach Bobby Bowden. The Seminoles' opponent was the number-16 ranked West Virginia Mountaineers. Florida State would pull off the upset over West Virginia, winning 33-21. Running back Jermaine Thomas ran for 121 yards and two touchdowns for the Seminoles. The MVP of the game was Florida State quarterback E.J. Manuel, who had 189 yards passing and ran for a touchdown. The win was the 389th of Bowden's coaching career.http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=300010052
Gator Bowl Results Since 2000
- 2010: Florida State University 33 - West Virginia University 21
- 2009: University of Nebraska 26 - Clemson University 21
- 2008: Texas Tech 31 - Virginia 28
- 2007: West Virginia 38 - Georgia Tech 35
- 2006: Virginia Tech 35 - Louisville 24
- 2005: Florida State 30 - West Virginia 18
- 2004: Maryland 41 - West Virginia 7
- 2003: North Carolina State 28 - Notre Dame 6
- 2002: Florida State 30 - Virginia Tech 17
- 2001: Virginia Tech 41 - Clemson 20
- 2000: Miami-Florida 28 - Georgia Tech 13http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/bowls/gator-bowl.html
2010 Gator Bowl
The Florida State Seminoles won the 2010 Gator Bowl, defeating the West Virginia University Mountaineers 33-21. The game was held at the Jacksonville Municipal Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, on January 1, 2010. Bobby Bowden, head coach of the Florida State University football team, talks to reporters following the game's conclusion.