1992 Gator Bowl
College football game
1992 Outback Gator Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Date | December 31, 1992 | |||||||||||||||||||
Season | 1992 | |||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Gator Bowl Stadium | |||||||||||||||||||
Location | Jacksonville, Florida | |||||||||||||||||||
MVP |
RB
Errict Rhett
, Florida
WR Reggie Lawrence , NC State |
|||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Ron Winter ( Big Ten ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 71,233 [1] | |||||||||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | ||||||||||||||||||||
Network | TBS | |||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Gary Bender and Pat Haden | |||||||||||||||||||
|
The 1992 Gator Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on December 31, 1992, at Gator Bowl Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida . The game matched the Florida Gators against the NC State Wolfpack . It was the final contest of the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season for both teams. It was the first of three Gator Bowls sponsored by Outback Steakhouse ; thus, the game was also known as the 1992 Outback Gator Bowl . The game ended in a 27–10 victory for the Gators.
Overview
The game matched the Florida Gators of the Southeastern Conference against the NC State Wolfpack of the Atlantic Coast Conference . The Gators, having lost the 1992 SEC Championship Game to the Alabama Crimson Tide , were co-champions of the Eastern Division of the SEC with the Georgia Bulldogs . The Wolfpack were runners-up in the ACC behind the Florida State Seminoles . The game was the first bowl game featuring the Gators and the Wolfpack, and was their thirteenth meeting. Florida led the series 8–4–1 heading into the game. [2]
Game summary
Scoring summary
Scoring summary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Source: [1]
Statistics
Statistics [1] | FLA | NCSU |
---|---|---|
First downs | 26 | 13 |
Plays–yards | 69–445 | 47–267 |
Rushes–yards | 50–198 | 25–54 |
Passing yards | 247 | 213 |
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 19–39–2 | 22–42–1 |
Time of possession | 33:43 | 26:17 |
References
- 1 2 3 "Bowl History" (PDF) . Florida Football. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015 . Retrieved December 31, 2014 .
- ↑ "Florida vs North Carolina State, 1869-1992" . Stassen.com . Retrieved December 31, 2014 .
|
|
History & conference tie-ins |
|
---|---|
Games |
|
Notes |
|
This college football bowl article is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it . |