1947 Gator Bowl

American college football game December 2025 August 2023 Gator Bowl 2nd Gator Bowl January 1 1947 1946 Oklahoma Sooners 7–3 Jim Tatum Big Six 7 20 0 7 HB Joe Golding 14 18 NC State Wolfpack 8–2 Beattie Feathers SoCon 0 7 0 6 bg Fairfield Stadium Jacksonville, Florida Dave Kaufman (Southern;split crew: Southern, Big Six) 10,034 The 1947 Gator Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the Oklahoma Sooners and the NC State Wolfpack. Background Oklahoma was co-champion of the Big Six Conference in Tatum's first season. It was their first since 1944. The Wolfpack finished 3rd in the Southern Conference, with a 6–1 record. This was NC State's first bowl game appearance and Oklahoma's second. This was the first Gator Bowl for either team. Game summary In the first two minutes, the Sooners took the lead on an Eddie Eavis touchdown run. Howard Turner threw a 58-yard pass to Al Phillips to tie the score at 7 in the second period. But the Sooners went on a 20-point rampage from three rushing touchdowns (one each from Davis, Dave Wallace and Joe Golding) in the quarter to take a 27–7 lead at halftime. The Wolfpack narrowed the lead in the fourth with a 67-yard march that ended with an eight-yard touchdown run by Les Palmer to make it 27–13. Charlie Sarratt threw a touchdown pass to make it 34–13. Golding went for 91 yards on 12 rushes. This was the Sooners' first bowl win.http://www.gopack.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/020712aak.html 1947 Gator Bowl Recap - NC State University Official Athletic Site Gopack.com January 1, 1947 July 26, 2015 August 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes http://www.oudaily.com/gator-bowl-oklahoma-v-north-carolina-state/image_7ef52956-8ae6-11e4-8366-8b0ac65274df.html 1947 Gator Bowl: Oklahoma v. North Carolina State - OUDaily.com: Home OUDaily.com December 23, 2014 July 26, 2015http://www.taxslayerbowl.com/wp-content/uploads/boxscores/2ndBoxScores.pdf PDF Oklahoma Wins Taxslayerbowl.com July 26, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150905205511/http://www.taxslayerbowl.com/wp-content/uploads/boxscores/2ndBoxScores.pdf September 5, 2015 dead Aftermath Tatum left for Maryland after this game, but the Sooners went to 8 bowl games in 17 season, won 14 Big Six Conference titles, and 3 national championships under their next head coach, Bud Wilkinson. The Wolfpack would not reach another bowl game until 1963. Oklahoma would make two more appearances in the Gator Bowl while NC State made two more appearances, winning their first in 2003. Statistics Statistics Oklahoma NC State First downs 12 13 Yards rushing 195 136 Yards passing 75 103 Total yards 270 139Punts-Average 5-31.0 4-36.0Fumbles-Lost 4-3 2-1Interceptions 2 3Penalties-Yards 7-34 3-13 References Gator Bowl Category:Gator Bowl Category:Oklahoma Sooners football bowl games Category:NC State Wolfpack football bowl games Gator Bowl Category:January 1947 sports events in the United States