1981 Garden State Bowl

American college football game December 2025 January 2019 1981 Garden State Bowl 1981 Tennessee Volunteers University of Tennessee Wisconsin Badgers University of Wisconsin–Madison 7–4 7–4 Johnny Majors Dave McClain 13 8 0 7 7 0 0 14 December 13 Giants Stadium East Rutherford, New Jersey QB Steve Alatorre (Tennessee)http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2011/Bowls.pdf Bowl/All-Star Game Records: Most Valuable Players in Former Major Bowls National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2011 NCAA Division I Football Records 100 NCAA.org October 1, 2011 PDFWR Anthony Hancock (Tennessee)QB Randy Wright (Wisconsin) Ted Humphrey 38,782http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2011/Bowls.pdf Bowl/All-Star Game Records National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2011 NCAA Division I Football Records 37 NCAA.org September 30, 2011 PDF Mizlou Television Network List of announcers of major college bowl games Ray Scott and Al DeRogatis Yes The 1981 Garden State Bowl, part of the 1981–82 bowl game season, took place on December 13, 1981, at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The competing teams were the Tennessee Volunteers, representing the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and the Wisconsin Badgers, representing the Big Ten Conference (Big 10). In what was the final edition of the game, Tennessee won 28–21. Teams Tennessee 1981 Tennessee Volunteers football team The 1981 Tennessee squad was undefeated at Neyland Stadium but finished 2–4 on the road. The Volunteers lost to Georgia, USC, Alabama and Kentucky. They accepted an invitation to play in the Garden State Bowl against Wisconsin following their loss to Kentucky on November 21.Losers become winners as bowls select teams https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=L08aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wCkEAAAAIBAJ&dq=tennessee%20garden%20state%20bowl&pg=6751%2C413334 The Milwaukee Journal 6 November 22, 1981 September 30, 2011 The appearance was the first for Tennessee in the Garden State Bowl and their 23rd overall bowl appearance. Wisconsin 1981 Wisconsin Badgers football team The 1981 Wisconsin squad was 5–2 at Camp Randall Stadium, and 2–2 on the road to finish the regular season 7–4.1982 Wisconsin Football 1982 University of Wisconsin Sports Relations Office Madison, Wisconsin 5 http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/UW/UW-idx?type=turn&entity=UW.Football1982.p0005&id=UW.Football1982&isize=M September 30, 2011 The Badgers lost to UCLA, Michigan State, Illinois and Iowa. The appearance marked the fourth overall bowl appearance for Wisconsin and their first non-Rose Bowl Game.Now UW has this bowl game to play Bob Wolf https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=isAcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=n34EAAAAIBAJ&pg=1732%2C824024 The Milwaukee Journal Sports 1 December 13, 1981 October 4, 2011 Game summary Tennessee drove 74-yards on their opening drive and Fuad Reveiz connected on a 22-yard field goal to give the Volunteers a 3–0 lead.Volunteers' speed leaves UW behind https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=i8AcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=n34EAAAAIBAJ&pg=1653%2C2646945 Gary Van Sickle The Milwaukee Journal C1 December 14, 1981 September 30, 2011 On the following possession Wisconsin took a 7–3 lead after Jess Cole scored on a three-yard touchdown run.http://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/121381aaa.html Badgers fall to Tennessee 28–21 in Garden State Bowl University of Wisconsin–Madison September 30, 2011 CBS Interactive dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120512041957/http://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/121381aaa.html May 12, 2012 The lead was short-lived as Willie Gault returned the ensuing kickoff 87-yards to give Tennessee a 10–7 lead.http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-footbl/fball-bowls/b24.htm Garden State Bowl University of Tennessee September 30, 2011 CBS Interactive dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140714193813/http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-footbl/fball-bowls/b24.htm July 14, 2014 The Volunteers extended their lead to 13–7 at the end of the first quarter after Reveiz connected on a 44-yard field goal. Tennessee extended their lead further to 21–7 at halftime after a 43-yard Steve Alatorre touchdown pass to Anthony Hancock and a successful two-point conversion in the second quarter. After a scoreless third quarter, the teams traded fourth-quarter touchdowns. The Badgers scored on Randy Wright touchdown passes to Jeff Nault and Thaddus McFadden and the Volunteers on a six-yard Alatorre run. Tennessee Wisconsin expand 1 10:17 Tennessee 13 74 4:43 FG 22 Fuad Reveiz 3 0 1 6:14 Wisconsin 9 68 3:57 RushTD Jess Cole 3 good Mark Doran 3 7 1 6:03 Tennessee 1 87 0:11 Other 87-yard kickoff return by Willie Gault, Fuad Reveiz kick good 10 7 1 1:44 Tennessee 4 FG 44 Fuad Reveiz 13 7 2 5:34 Tennessee 4 87 RecTD Anthony Hancock Steve Alatorre 43 pass good 21 7 4 13:40 Wisconsin 9 80 RecTD Jeff Nault Randy Wright 6 good Mark Doran 21 14 4 8:23 Tennessee RushTD Steve Alatorre 6 good Fuad Reveiz 28 14 4 5:29 Wisconsin RecTD Thaddus McFadden Randy Wright 11 good Mark Doran 28 21 28 21 References Garden State Bowl Category:Garden State Bowl Category:Tennessee Volunteers football bowl games Category:Wisconsin Badgers football bowl games Category:December 1981 sports events in the United States Category:1981 in sports in New Jersey