1971 Gator Bowl (December)

American college football game December 2025 August 2023 Gator Bowl December 31 1971 1971 Georgia Bulldogs 10–1 Vince Dooley SEC 6 8 0 0 7 0 Jimmy Poulos (TB, Georgia) & James Webster (LB, North Carolina)https://www.taxslayerbowl.com/1971-2/ December 31, 1971 December 31, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20180101030137/https://www.taxslayerbowl.com/1971-2/ January 1, 2018 dead taxslayerbowl.com North Carolina Tar Heels 9–2 Bill Dooley ACC NR 18 0 0 3 0 bg Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, Florida Pat McHugh (SEC;split crew: SEC, ACC) 1971 (Jan) 71,208 The 1971 Gator Bowl (December) was a college football postseason bowl game that featured the Georgia Bulldogs and the North Carolina Tar Heels. Background In the battle between the Dooley brothers was a finely balanced match up of a team that had only lost one game (#7 Auburn) which had cost them a Southeastern Conference title and an Atlantic Coast Conference champion that hadn't lost a conference game. This was Georgia's first Gator Bowl since 1948 and North Carolina's first since 1963. Altogether, the match was also called the "Dooley Bowl".Smits Garry Not first time brothers have battled: Dooleys coached against each other in '71 Gator Bowl http://jacksonville.com/sports/football/jaguars/2013-02-01/story/not-first-time-brothers-have-battled-dooleys-coached September 3, 2016 February 1, 2013 Game summary The third quarter proved to be the most crucial part of a game dominated by defense. The Tar Heels took the lead on a Craven 35 yard field goal with nine minutes left in the quarter. But the Bulldogs drove 80 yards down the field on the following possession, culminated with a 25-yard run by Jimmy Poulos with 1:39 left in the quarter to give Georgia the go-ahead touchdown. Poulus went for 161 yards on 20 carries, in an MVP effort. North Carolina was limited to under 200 yards.Bowl History - Poulos superb in 1971 Gator Bowl http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/geo/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/15fb-history-bowl-recaps.pdf grfx.cstv.com https://web.archive.org/web/20151222124036/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/geo/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/15fb-history-bowl-recaps.pdf December 22, 2015 80 dead Aftermath Georgia returned in 1989. The Tar Heels would win the ACC title the following year, advancing to the Sun Bowl. They returned to the Gator Bowl in 1979. The two teams met again at the 2016 Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game where Georgia beat the Tar Heels, 33 to 24.Alexander Wilson Georgia beats North Carolina 33-24 to open season http://www.redandblack.com/sports/georgia-beats-north-carolina---to-open-season/article_7be26454-723e-11e6-9801-bbe2a65f534d.html September 4, 2016 September 3, 2016 Statistics Statistics Georgia North CarolinaFirst downs 13 9Rushing yards 228 115Passing yards 84 66Total yards 312 181Interceptions thrown 0 1Return yardage 61 51Fumbles–lost 2/1 2/1Punts–average 10–34.8 10–46.6 Yards penalized 5–29 3–15 References Gator Bowl Category:Gator Bowl Category:Georgia Bulldogs football bowl games Category:North Carolina Tar Heels football bowl games Category:December 1971 sports events in the United States Category:1971 in sports in Florida