1991 Gator Bowl (January)

1991 Mazda Gator Bowl
Michigan Wolverines Ole Miss Rebels (8–3) (9–2) Big Ten SEC 35 3 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	Tom Dohring, Matt Elliott, Steve Everitt, Dean Dingman, Greg Skrepenak (Michigan OL); Tyrone Ashley (Mississippi DB)[1]
Referee	Buddy Ward (SICOA)
Attendance	68,297
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Ron Franklin, Gary Danielson

The 1991 Gator Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 1991. The Big Ten Conference co-champion Michigan Wolverines defeated the Ole Miss Rebels of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), 35–3. For sponsorship reasons, the game was officially known as the Mazda Gator Bowl.^[2]

This game was the last SEC–Big Ten matchup in the Gator Bowl for twenty years; the bowl entered into an exclusive contract featuring those two conferences beginning with the 2011 Gator Bowl.

Teams

Michigan Wolverines

Main article: 1990 Michigan Wolverines football team

Michigan entered the game with an overall record of 8–3, 6–2 in the Big Ten.

Ole Miss Rebels

Main article: 1990 Ole Miss Rebels football team

Ole Miss entered the game with an overall record of 9–2, 6–2 in the SEC.

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

1. "1990". Archived from the original on January 1, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
2. "Gator Bowl feels squeeze". The Cincinnati Enquirer. AP. January 1, 1991. p. 21. Retrieved November 25, 2018 – via newspapers.com.

External links

• Summary at Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan Athletics History