1997 Florida Citrus Bowl

American college football game December 2025 January 2019 Florida Citrus Bowl CompUSA January 1 1997 1996 Northwestern University Northwestern Wildcats 9–2 Gary Barnett Big Ten 0 21 0 7 11 9 11 10 11 10 Tennessee University Tennessee Volunteers 9–2 Phillip Fulmer SEC 21 10 7 10 bg Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, Florida ABC Mark Jones, John Spagnola, and Dean Blevins Bill McCabe (WAC) 63,467https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26761662/bowl_summaries/ Bowl Summaries Montgomery Advertiser Montgomery, Alabama 2D January 2, 1997 January 1, 2019 newspapers.com The 1997 Florida Citrus Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 1997, at the Florida Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida. The game featured the Northwestern Wildcats and the Tennessee Volunteers. Background This was the Volunteers' fourth appearance in the Citrus Bowl and third in four seasons. Once again, they had finished second in the Eastern Division in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). This was Northwestern's second consecutive bowl game appearance after winning their second straight Big Ten Conference title. This was the Wildcats' first appearance in the Citrus Bowl. Game summary Peyton Manning gave the Vols an early 21–0 lead with two touchdown passes and a touchdown run. But Northwestern responded with three touchdowns of their own, two of them from Darnell Autry on a run and a Steve Schnur touchdown pass to Brian Musso. But Manning threw another touchdown pass and Jeff Hall added in a field goal before time expired to give the Vols a 31–21 halftime lead. Tyrone Hines increased the lead when he intercepted a Schnur pass and returned it for a touchdown. After a Hall field goal, Schnur threw another touchdown pass to narrow the lead to 41–28. But Manning threw his fourth touchdown pass of day, this time to Dustin Moore, to seal the game for the Volunteers. Manning went 27 of 39 passes for 408 yards while Schnur went 25 for 45 for 228 yards but threw three interceptions.1997 Florida Citrus Bowl http://www.utsports.com/genrel/121401aac.html utsports.com CBS Interactive December 7, 2015 Orlando, Florida January 1, 1997 Tennessee – P. Price 43-yard touchdown pass from Manning (Hall kick) Tennessee – Manning 10-yard touchdown run (Hall kick) Tennessee – Kent 11-yard touchdown pass from Manning (Hall kick) Northwestern – D. Autry 2-yard touchdown run (Gowins kick) Northwestern – Musso 20-yard touchdown pass from Schnur (Gowins kick) Northwestern – D. Autry 28-yard touchdown run (Gowins kick) Tennessee – Kent 67-yard touchdown pass from Manning (Hall kick) Tennessee – Hall 19-yard field goal Tennessee – Hines 30-yard interception run (Hall kick) Tennessee – Hall 28-yard field goal Northwestern – Bates 22-yard touchdown pass from Schnur (Gowins kick) Tennessee – Moore 6-yard touchdown pass from Manning (Hall kick) https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-cats-a-lemon-in-citrus/140673580/ Chicago Tribune Cats a lemon in Citrus January 2, 1997 February 10, 2024 Newspapers.com Aftermath Tennessee reached the Citrus Bowl four years later. Fulmer coached at Tennessee until 2008. Barnett coach two more seasons for the Wildcats before resigning . Northwestern did not win their next bowl game until 2013. Statistics Statistics UT NWU First downs 29 22 Yards rushing 115 43 Yards passing 408 242 Total yards 523 285Punts-Average 4–35.8 6–37.3Fumbles-Lost 4–2 1–1Interceptions 0 3Penalties-Yards 13–112 5–40 References Florida Citrus Bowl Category:Citrus Bowl (game) Category:Northwestern Wildcats football bowl games Category:Tennessee Volunteers football bowl games Florida Citrus Bowl Florida Citrus Bowl