1992 Gator Bowl

August 2023 Gator Bowl Outback December 31 1992 1992 Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, Florida University of Florida Florida Gators 8–4 14 15 15 Steve Spurrier SEC 0 10 10 7 North Carolina State University NC State Wolfpack 9–2–1 12 12 12 Dick Sheridan ACC 0 0 3 7 RB Errict Rhett, FloridaWR Reggie Lawrence, NC State Ron Winter (Big Ten) 71,233 TBS Gary Bender, Pat Haden and Craig Sager 1991 The 1992 Gator Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on December 31, 1992, at Gator Bowl Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. The game matched the Florida Gators against the NC State Wolfpack. It was the final 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season contest for both teams. It was the first of three Gator Bowls sponsored by Outback Steakhouse; thus, it was also known as the 1992 Outback Gator Bowl. The game ended in a 27–10 victory for the Gators. Overview The game matched the Florida Gators of the Southeastern Conference against the NC State Wolfpack of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Gators, having lost the 1992 SEC Championship Game to the Alabama Crimson Tide, were co-champions of the Eastern Division of the SEC with the Georgia Bulldogs. The Wolfpack were runners-up in the ACC behind the Florida State Seminoles. The game was the first bowl game featuring the Gators and the Wolfpack, and was their thirteenth meeting. Florida led the series 8–4–1 8 wins, 4 losses, 1 tie heading into the game.Florida vs North Carolina State, 1869-1992 http://football.stassen.com/cgi-bin/records/opp-opp.pl?start=1869&end=1992&team1=Florida&team2=North+Carolina+State Stassen.com 31 December 2014 August 30, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200830203328/http://football.stassen.com/cgi-bin/records/opp-opp.pl?start=1869&end=1992&team1=Florida&team2=North+Carolina+State dead Game summary Scoring summary FLA NCSU 2 FLA FG 34 Davis 3 0 2 FLA RushTD Shane Matthews 1 good Davis 10 0 3 FLA RecTD Willie Jackson Matthews 17 good Davis 17 0 3 NCSU FG 23 Videtich 17 3 3 FLA FG 42 Davis 20 3 4 NCSU RecTD Aubrey Shaw Terry Jordan 11 good Videtich 20 10 4 FLA RecTD Harrison Houston Matthews 34 good Davis 27 10 27 10 Source:Bowl History http://www.gatorzone.com/football/bowl/2010/pdf/5_FloridaBowlHistory.pdf Florida Football 31 December 2014 11 PDF 24 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924040556/http://www.gatorzone.com/football/bowl/2010/pdf/5_FloridaBowlHistory.pdf dead Statistics Statistics FLA NCSU First downs 26 13 Plays–yards 69–445 47–267 Rushes–yards 50–198 25–54 Passing yards 247 213 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 19–39–2 22–42–1 Time of possession 33:43 26:17 References Gator Bowl Category:Gator Bowl Category:Florida Gators football bowl games Category:NC State Wolfpack football bowl games Category:Bowl Coalition Category:December 1992 sports events in the United States Category:1992 in sports in Florida Category:1990s in Jacksonville, Florida