1987 Gator Bowl

February 2020 1987 Mazda Gator Bowl 1987 South Carolina Gamecocks LSU Tigers 8–3 Independent 9–1–1 SEC Joe Morrison Mike Archer 9 9 7 7 3 3 0 7 14 6 7 3 December 31 Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, Florida WR Wendell Davis, LSURB Harold Green, South Carolina Robert C. Wood III (ACC) 82,119 CBS List of announcers of major college bowl games Verne Lundquist, Dick Vermeil 1989 (Jan) The 1987 Gator Bowl was a college football bowl game between the South Carolina Gamecocks and the LSU Tigers.1987 Bowl Games sports-reference.com https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/1987-bowls.html 2015-12-19 LSU defeated South Carolina, 30–13.Tommy Hodson leads LSU to rout of South Carolina in 1987 Gator Bowl top-10 matchup nola.com http://www.nola.com/lsu/index.ssf/2015/10/tbt_lsu-south_carolina_1987_ga.html 2015-12-19 Background South Carolina competed as an independent and was tied for fourth-best record among independent schools. LSU finished second in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Gamecocks, Tigers met in 1987 Gator Bowl gridironnow.com http://gridironnow.com/gamecocks-tigers-met-in-1987-gator-bowl/ 2015-12-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20151222164204/http://gridironnow.com/gamecocks-tigers-met-in-1987-gator-bowl/ December 22, 2015 dead The game would be vaunted as a matchup between the "Black Death" defense of SC versus the prolific pro-style LSU offense led by Tommy Hodson at QB and Wendell Davis, one of the best wideouts in all of college football. Game summary First quarter LSU – Wendell Davis, 39-yard pass from Tommy Hodson (David Browndyke kick) LSU – Davis, 12-yard pass from Hodson (Browndyke kick) South Carolina – Collin Mackie, 44-yard field goal Second quarter LSU – Browndyke, 27-yard field goal South Carolina – Mackie, 39-yard field goal LSU – Browndyke, 18-yard field goal Third quarter LSU – Davis, 25-yard pass from Hodson (Browndyke kick) Fourth quarter South Carolina – Harold Green, 10-yard run (Mackie kick) LSU – Browndyke, 23-yard field goal 43rd Gator Bowl taxslayerbowl.com http://www.taxslayerbowl.com/wp-content/uploads/boxscores/43rdBoxScores.pdf 2015-12-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085747/http://www.taxslayerbowl.com/wp-content/uploads/boxscores/43rdBoxScores.pdf 2016-03-04 dead Statistics Statistics South Carolina LSUFirst downs 21 17Rushing yards 25 122Passing yards 304 224 Total yards 329 346 Passes (Att-Comp-Int) 47–28–4 32–20–0 Punts–average 2–40.5 3–37.6Fumbles–lost 2–1 5–3Penalties–yards 6–49 10–107 Aftermath South Carolina was invited to join the Southeastern Conference in 1990, and began playing football in their new conference in 1992. The Gamecocks and Tigers first met as SEC opponents in 1994 at Baton Rouge. South Carolina won that game 18-17, but is 0-7-1 vs. LSU since. References Gator Bowl Category:Gator Bowl Category:South Carolina Gamecocks football bowl games Category:LSU Tigers football bowl games Category:December 1987 sports events in the United States