1993 Gator Bowl

August 2023 1993 Outback Gator Bowl 1993 Alabama Crimson Tide North Carolina Tar Heels 0–12 SEC 10–2 ACC Gene Stallings Mack Brown 18 18 18 12 11 12 0 10 7 7 0 10 0 0 December 31, 1993 December 31 Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, Florida Alabama QB - Brian Burgdorf North Carolina WR - Corey Holliday Doyle Jackson (SWC) 67,205 TBS List of announcers of major college bowl games Gary Bender, Pat Haden and Craig Sager The 1993 Gator Bowl, a bowl game during the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season, took place on December 31, 1993, at the Gator Bowl Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. The competing teams were the Alabama Crimson Tide, representing the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and the North Carolina Tar Heels, representing the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Alabama won the game 24–10. With sponsorship by Outback Steakhouse, the game was officially known as the Outback Gator Bowl. This was the last football game contested at the original Gator Bowl Stadium. The structure was demolished shortly after the bowl to build a new facility on the same site for the National Football League's Jacksonville Jaguars, who played their first season in 1995. Teams Alabama 1993 Alabama Crimson Tide football team The 1993 Alabama squad opened the season ranked No. 2 only to tie with Tennessee in week six. The Crimson Tide went on to lose to both LSU and Auburn to finish the regular season with a record of 8–2–1. Although finishing second behind Auburn in the Western Division, as the Tigers were ineligible to play in the SEC Championship Game due to NCAA violations, Alabama played in the game for the second consecutive year.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bkkgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wqUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6286%2C6281530 Auburn stifles Tide with aggressive plays Tommy Deas The Tuscaloosa News 1C November 21, 1993 January 20, 2010 After losing to Florida for the SEC Championship, Alabama announced it accepted a bit to play in the Gator Bowl against North Carolina.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TDEdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cKUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6325%2C1204214 High flying Gators off to the Sugar Bowl Tommy Deas The Tuscaloosa News 1C December 5, 1993 January 20, 2010 The appearance marked the second for Alabama in the Gator Bowl. In the week following the Iron Bowl, cornerback Antonio Langham was declared ineligible for both the SEC Championship Game and the Gator Bowl.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dUkgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wqUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5565%2C11314537 Langham declared ineligible, UA appeals Tommy Deas The Tuscaloosa News 1A November 30, 1993 January 20, 2010 In August 1995, the NCAA ruled that Langham was ineligible to participate with the Alabama squad retroactive to him signing with a sports agent following the 1992 season.Forfeitures will revise UA history Tommy Deas The Tuscaloosa News 1C August 1, 1995 As part of the NCAA sanctioned penalty, all games that Langham played in were officially forfeited changing their season record from 9–3–1 to 1–12 with the lone victory being over North Carolina in the Gator Bowl. North Carolina 1993 North Carolina Tar Heels football team The 1993 North Carolina squad lost to both Florida State and Virginia to finish the regular season with a record of 10–2. Game summary Alabama North Carolina expand 2 11:01 Alabama 10 plays, 64 yards FG 22 Michael Proctor 3 0 2 9:25 North Carolina 7 plays, 80 yards RushTD William Henderson 1 good Tripp Pignetti 3 7 2 6:49 Alabama 7 plays, 75 yards RushTD Brian Burgdorf 33 good Michael Proctor 10 7 2 00:02 North Carolina 7 plays, 44 yards FG 23 Tripp Pignetti 10 10 3 9:05 Alabama 12 plays, 65 yards RecTD Tarrant Lynch Brian Burgdorf 8 good Michael Proctor 17 10 4 6:34 Alabama 12 plays, 66 yards RecTD Chad Key Brian Burgdorf 10 good Michael Proctor 24 10 24 10 References Category:1993–94 NCAA football bowl games 1993 1993 1993 Category:1990s in Jacksonville, Florida Category:Bowl Coalition Category:1993 in sports in Florida Category:December 1993 sports events in the United States