1962 Gator Bowl

American college football game December 2025 August 2023 Gator Bowl 1962 1962 December 29 Gator Bowl Jacksonville, Florida Penn State Nittany Lions 9–1 Rip Engle Independent 9 9 0 7 0 0 Florida Gators 6–4 Ray Graves SEC 3 7 0 7 50,286 Tommy Shannon (QB, Florida) & Dave Robinson (DT, Penn State)https://www.taxslayerbowl.com/1962-2/ 1962 2017-12-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20171231103613/https://www.taxslayerbowl.com/1962-2/ 2017-12-31 dead 1961 1963 The 1962 Gator Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the Penn State Nittany Lions an independent and the Gators of the University of Florida representing the SEC. Florida upset Penn State, 17–7.http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=22022 Gator Bowl Memories: Gators Upset Heavily-Favored Penn State to Claim 1962 Gator Bowl Florida Gators 2016-04-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20150929030357/http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=22022 2015-09-29 deadhttps://www.angelfire.com/ga/GoGators/bowl1962.html MGGC Online Angelfire 2016-04-09 To inspire the underdog Gators against a integrated Nittany Lions squad, the Confederate Battle Flag was worn on their helmets.https://www.nationalchamps.net/Helmet_Project/sec.htm Southeastern Conference www.nationalchamps.net 2016-04-09 Game summary Quarterback Tom Shannon was the MVP for Florida,https://books.google.com/books?id=FXabX0BP7xIC The Greatest Moments of Florida Gators Football Bynum Mike 1997-10-01 Sports Publishing LLC 9781571671967 en while defensive tackle Dave Robinson was the MVP for Penn State. PSU FLA open 1 FLA 3 -4 FG 43 Bobby Lyle 0 3 2 FLA 10 24 RecTD Larry Dupree Tom Shannon 7 good Jimmy Hall 0 10 2 PSU 17 76 RushTD Pete Liske 1 good Ron Coates 7 10 4 FLA 6 51 RecTD Hagood Clarke Tom Shannon 18 good Jimmy Hall 7 17 7 17 References Gator Bowl Category:Gator Bowl Category:Penn State Nittany Lions football bowl games Category:Florida Gators football bowl games Category:20th century in Jacksonville, Florida Category:1962 in sports in Florida Category:December 1962 sports events in the United States