1992 Florida Citrus Bowl

1992 Florida Citrus Growers Association Florida Citrus Bowl
California Golden Bears Clemson Tigers (9–2) (9–1–1) Pac-10 ACC 37 13 Head coach:  Bruce Snyder Head coach:  Ken Hatfield AP Coaches 14 14 AP Coaches 13 12
1 2 3 4 Total California 17 10 10 0 37 Clemson 3 7 3 0 13
Date	January 1, 1992
Season	1991
Stadium	Florida Citrus Bowl
Location	Orlando, Florida
MVP	QB Mike Pawlawski (California)
Referee	Loyd Dale (SWC)
Attendance	64,192
United States TV coverage
Network	ABC
Announcers	Brent Musburger Dick Vermeil
Florida Citrus Bowl  ← 1991   1993 →

A punt in the 1992 Florida Citrus Bowl

The 1992 Florida Citrus Bowl matched the Clemson Tigers and the California Golden Bears. It was the final game for both teams for the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season and the 46th annual Citrus Bowl game held.

Background

The Tigers were champions of the Atlantic Coast Conference in Hatfield's 2nd year coaching the team. This was the third overall appearance in the Citrus Bowl for the Tigers, all happening in a span of four years as the team rode a six-game winning streak. The Golden Bears were 2nd in the Pacific-10 Conference to Washington after losses to Washington to Stanford, both losses knocking Cal out of the top 10 in the AP Poll. This was the Bears first consecutive bowl game appearance since the Bears' streak of three straight Rose Bowls from 1949 to 1951, and first Citrus Bowl.

Game summary

By the time the first quarter ended the Bears had a 17–3 lead, as Russell White ran for 103 yards on 22 rushes, Brian Treggs returned a punt return 72 yards for a touchdown, as the Cal defense made DeChane Cameron throw three interceptions and limit him to 123 yards. By halftime, it was 27–10, and the second half only had 13 points, 10 coming from California. ^{[1] [2]}

Aftermath

Clemson would not win another ACC title until 2011. Snyder would leave for Arizona State after the bowl win, and Keith Gilbertson would follow as coach, and he continued the bowl win streak until he was fired after his 4th season. Neither team has appeared in the Citrus Bowl since this game. In 2024, California joined the ACC.

Statistics

Statistics	California	Clemson
First Downs	22	19
Yards Rushing	146	206
Yards Passing	230	123
Total Yards	376	329
Punts-Average	-	-
Fumbles-Lost	-	-
Interceptions	0	3
Penalties-Yards	-	-

References

1. "Crafty Cal fools Clemson". The Orlando Sentinel. January 2, 1992. Retrieved February 4, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
2. "Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl > history". Archived from the original on December 16, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.