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1983 Gator Bowl
The 1983 Gator Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 30, 1983, at Gator Bowl Stadium in Jacksonville, FL. The matchup featured the 10th-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes of the Big Ten Conference and the 11th-ranked Florida Gators of the Southeastern Conference The Southeastern Conference (SEC) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference whose member institutions are located primarily in the South Central United States, South Central and Southeastern United States. Its 16 members in .... The Gators won, 14–6, to secure their first top 10 ranking in the season's final polls. Teams The 1983 Gator Bowl was the first meeting between the two programs. Iowa Florida Game summary Scoring summary Team statistics Individual leaders Passing Iowa: Long – 13-28, 167 yds, 4 INT Florida: Peace – 9-22, 92 yds, 2 INT Rushing Iowa: Gill – 10 carries, 83 yds; Granger – 9 carries, 37 yds Florida: Anderson – 17 c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gator Bowl Stadium
The Gator Bowl was an American football stadium located in Jacksonville, Florida. Originally built in 1927, all but a small portion of the facility was razed in 1994 in preparation for the 1995 Jacksonville Jaguars season, inaugural season of the Jacksonville Jaguars, an National Football League, NFL expansion team that began play in 1995 NFL season, 1995. The reconstructed stadium became Jacksonville Municipal Stadium, now known as EverBank Stadium. The old stadium and its replacement have hosted the Gator Bowl, a post-season college football bowl game, since its inception in 1946. It also hosted the Florida–Georgia football rivalry, Florida–Georgia game, an annual college football rivalry game between the Florida Gators football, University of Florida and the Georgia Bulldogs football, University of Georgia, and was home to several professional sports teams, including the Jacksonville Sharks (WFL), Jacksonville Sharks and Jacksonville Express of the World Football League (WFL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
College Football
College football is gridiron football that is played by teams of amateur Student athlete, student-athletes at universities and colleges. It was through collegiate competition that gridiron football American football in the United States, first gained popularity in the United States. Like gridiron football generally, college football is most popular in the United States and Canada. While no single governing body exists for college football in the United States, most schools, especially those at the highest levels of play, are members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA. In Canada, collegiate football competition is governed by U Sports for universities. The Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (for colleges) governs soccer and other sports but not gridiron football. Other countries, such as Organización Nacional Estudiantil de Fútbol Americano, Mexico, American football in Japan, Japan and Korea American Football Association, South Korea, also host colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida Gators Football Bowl Games
Florida ( ; ) is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the Straits of Florida to the south, and The Bahamas to the southeast. About two-thirds of Florida occupies a peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. It has the longest coastline in the contiguous United States, spanning approximately , not including its many barrier islands. It is the only state that borders both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of over 23 million, it is the third-most populous state in the United States and ranks seventh in population density as of 2020. Florida spans , ranking 22nd in area among the states. The Miami metropolitan area, anchored by the cities of Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach, is the state's largest metropolitan area, with a population of 6.138 million; the most populous city is Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gator Bowl
The Gator Bowl is an annual college football bowl game held in Jacksonville, Florida, usually contested on or around New Year's Day. It has been held continuously since 1946, making it the sixth oldest college bowl, as well as the first televised nationally. The game was originally played at Gator Bowl Stadium through the December 1993 game. The December 1994 game was played at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville after the namesake stadium was demolished to make way for a replacement venue, Jacksonville Municipal Stadium. That venue, now known as EverBank Stadium, has been home to the Gator Bowl since the January 1996 game. The game is operated by Gator Bowl Sports and has been sponsored by TaxSlayer.com since 2012, and starting with the 2018 edition is officially known as the ''TaxSlayer Gator Bowl''. From 2015 to 2017, it was officially referred to as simply the ''TaxSlayer Bowl''. Previous sponsors include Progressive Insurance (2011), Konica Minolta (2008–2010), T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983–84 NCAA Football Bowl Games
The 1983–84 NCAA football bowl games featured 16 games starting early in December and ending on January 2, 1984. The Tangerine Bowl (1947–82), Tangerine Bowl was renamed the Florida Citrus Bowl. Bowl games :NOTE: Rankings used are the final regular season AP Rankings whenever noted Final rankings AP Poll # Miami (FL) # Nebraska # Auburn # Georgia # Texas # Florida # BYU # Michigan # Ohio State # Illinois # Clemson # SMU # Air Force # Iowa # Alabama # West Virginia # UCLA # Pittsburgh # Boston College # East Carolina Coaches' Poll # Miami (FL) # Nebraska # Auburn # Georgia # Texas # Florida # BYU # Ohio State # Michigan # Illinois # SMU # Alabama # UCLA # Iowa # Air Force # West Virginia # Penn State # Oklahoma State # Pittsburgh # Boston College *Clemson was on probation by the NCAA during the 1983 season; they were therefore ineligible to receive votes in the Coaches' Poll References {{DEFAULTSORT:1983-84 Ncaa Football Bowl Games 1983–84 NCAA football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, the ''Times'' serves as one of the country's Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The New York Times'' had 9.13 million total and 8.83 million online subscribers, both by significant margins the List of newspapers in the United States, highest numbers for any newspaper in the United States; the total also included 296,330 print subscribers, making the ''Times'' the second-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States, following ''The Wall Street Journal'', also based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' is published by the New York Times Company; since 1896, the company has been chaired by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, whose current chairman and the paper's publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neal Anderson
Charles Neal Anderson (born August 14, 1964) is an American former professional football player who was a running back for eight seasons with the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL) during the 1980s and 1990s. Anderson played college football for the Florida Gators. He was a first-round pick in the 1986 NFL draft. He was a four-time Pro Bowl selection with the Bears. Early life Anderson was born in Graceville, Florida in 1964.Pro-Football-Reference.com, Players Neal Anderson Retrieved July 2, 2010. He attended Graceville High School,databaseFootball.com, Players, . Retrieved June 1, 2010. and played for the Graceville Tigers high school football team. College career Anderson accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for Charley Pell and Galen Hall's Florida Gators football teams from 1982 to 1985, 2012 Florida Football Media Guide'', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 NCAA Division I-A Football Rankings
Two human polls comprised the 1983 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I-A football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship, instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll. Legend AP Poll Coaches Poll Clemson, USC, and Arizona Arizona is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the nort ... were on probation by the NCAA during the 1983 season; they were therefore ineligible to receive votes in the Coaches Poll. References {{DEFAULTSORT:1983 NCAA Division I-A Football Rankings * NCAA Division I FBS football rankings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 Florida Gators Football Team
The 1983 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The season was Charley Pell's fifth as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Pell's Gators posted a 9–2–1 overall record and a Southeastern Conference (SEC) record of 4–2, placing third among ten SEC teams. Behind a stout defense and a rushing attack led by future pros Neal Anderson, John L. Williams, and Lorenzo Hampton the 1983 Gators were the first squad in program history to be ranked among the top ten teams in the final Associated Press (AP) poll. It was also the second time that the Gators were ranked in every weekly AP Poll throughout the season, (1975 being the first). Schedule 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide'', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 107 (2015). Retrieved August 16, 2015. Roster Team players in the 1984 NFL Draft References {{Florida Gators football navbox Florida Fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 Iowa Hawkeyes Football Team
The 1983 Iowa Hawkeyes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Iowa as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1983 Big Ten Conference football season, 1983 Big Ten football season. In their fifth season under head coach Hayden Fry, the Hawkeyes compiled a 9–3 record (7–2 in conference games), finished in third place in the Big Ten, and outscored opponents by a total of 374 to 175. They concluded the season with a loss to 1983 Florida Gators football team, Florida in the 1983 Gator Bowl, Gator Bowl and were ranked No. 14 in the final AP nd UPI polls. The offense broke 35 school records, including most yards of total offense in a season (5,647) and in a game (713), and most passing yards in a season (3,239) and in a game (420). The team was led on offense by quarterback Chuck Long. Defensive standouts included linebacker Larry Station and defensive back Mike Stoops. The team played its home games at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Io ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bowl Game
In North America, a bowl game, or simply bowl, is one of a number of postseason college football games primarily played by NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams. For most of its history, the FBS did not use a playoff tournament to determine an annual national champion, instead relying on a vote by sportswriters or coaches. In place of such a playoff, cities developed regional festivals featuring bowls. Prior to 2002, bowl game statistics were not included in players' career totals. Despite moves to establish a permanent system to determine the FBS national champion on the field such as the Bowl Coalition from 1992 to 1994, the Bowl Alliance from 1995 to 1997, the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) from 1998 to 2013, and the College Football Playoff (CFP) from 2014 through the present some bowls are still held. Historically, the four "major" bowl games, originally played on New Year's Day, were the Rose Bowl, Orange Bowl, Sugar Bowl, and Cotton Bowl. Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 Gator Bowl
The 1984 Gator Bowl game was a post-season college football bowl game between the #7 South Carolina Gamecocks and the #9 Oklahoma State Cowboys. It was the 40th edition of the bowl game. This was the first meeting of two top ten teams in the Gator Bowl with the 1987 Gator Bowl being the only other such occasion when #9 South Carolina lost to #7 LSU. Background The Gamecocks had recovered from a 5–6 season in 1983 to compile a 10–1 record during the regular season, coach Joe Morrison's second at South Carolina. The Gamecocks started the season 9–0 and rose to #2 in the country after defeating #11 Florida State on November 10, 1984. However, an upset loss at Navy the following week knocked the Gamecocks from Orange Bowl consideration and whipped out the National Championship aspirations. The Gamecocks would bounce back with a come from behind 22–21 victory at Clemson to finish the regular season 10–1 and earn the Gator Bowl bid. During the season South Carolina defeate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
