1966 Gator Bowl

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1966 Gator Bowl
1234Total
Tennessee3150018
Syracuse006612
DateDecember 31, 1966
Season 1966
Stadium Gator Bowl Stadium
Location Jacksonville, Florida
MVP Dewey Warren (QB, Tennessee) & Floyd Little (HB, Syracuse) [1]
Referee Pat McHugh (SEC;
(split crew: SEC, ECAC)
Attendance60,312
United States TV coverage
Network ABC
Announcers Chris Schenkel
Bud Wilkinson
Bill Flemming
Gator Bowl
 < 1965 (Dec) 1967 > 

The 1966 Gator Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game that featured the Tennessee Volunteers and the Syracuse Orangemen.

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Background

The Volunteers had finished fifth in the Southeastern Conference, with an 11–10 loss to #3 Alabama being especially damaging. Nevertheless, they were invited to their second straight bowl appearance, the first time they had made consecutive bowls since 1956–57. This was the first Gator Bowl for either team. As for the Orangemen, they were making their fourth bowl appearance in the decade.

Game summary

Gary Wright kicked two 38 yard field goals to make it 6–0, and Dewey Warren threw touchdown passes to Austin Denney and Richmond Flowers to make it 18–0 at halftime. On the first drive of the second half, Larry Csonka scored on an 8-yard touchdown plunge to make it 18–6 (after a failed conversion play). With only 46 seconds left in the game, Floyd Little made it 18–12 on a 3-yard touchdown plunge (with another failed conversion play), but it wasn't enough. Little (216 on 29 carries) and Csonka (114 on 18 carries) combined for 330 yards rushing in losing efforts. Warren 17-of-29 for 244 yards. [2]

Aftermath

The Vols returned to the Gator Bowl three years later. The Orangemen did not play in a bowl game again for 13 years. They returned to the Gator Bowl 30 years later.

Statistics

StatisticsTennesseeSyracuse
First downs1420
Rushing yards85348
Passing yards24416
Total yards329364
Passes intercepted13
Punts–average3/432/39.5
Fumbles–lost2–23–1
Penalties–yards4–447–79

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References

  1. "1966". Archived from the original on January 1, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
  2. 1966 Gator Bowl – Syracuse University Athletics