1991 Gator Bowl (January)

The 1991 Gator Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 1991. The Big Ten Conference co-champion Michigan Wolverines defeated the Ole Miss Rebels of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), 35–3. For sponsorship reasons, the game was officially known as the Mazda Gator Bowl.^[2]

1991 Mazda Gator Bowl
Michigan Wolverines Ole Miss Rebels (8–3) (9–2) Big Ten SEC 35 3 Head coach:  Gary Moeller Head coach:  Billy Brewer AP Coaches 12 12 AP Coaches 15 14
1 2 3 4 Total Michigan 7 7 21 0 35 Ole Miss 0 3 0 0 3
Date	January 1, 1991
Season	1990
Stadium	Gator Bowl Stadium
Location	Jacksonville, Florida
MVP	Tom Dohring, Matt Elliott, Steve Everitt, Dean Dingman, Greg Skrepenak (Michigan OL); Tyrone Ashley (Mississippi DB)[1]
Referee	Buddy Ward (SICOA)
Attendance	68,297
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Ron Franklin, Gary Danielson
Gator Bowl  ← 1989 (Dec) 1991 (Dec) →

This game was the last SEC–Big Ten matchup in the Gator Bowl for twenty years; the bowl entered into an exclusive contract featuring those two conferences beginning with the 2011 Gator Bowl.

Teams

Michigan Wolverines

Main article: 1990 Michigan Wolverines football team

Michigan entered the game with an overall record of 8–3, 6–2 in the Big Ten.

Ole Miss Rebels

Main article: 1990 Ole Miss Rebels football team

Ole Miss entered the game with an overall record of 9–2, 6–2 in the SEC.

Scoring summary

First quarter

• Michigan - Desmond Howard, 63-yard pass from Elvis Grbac (John Carlson kick)

Second quarter

• Ole Miss - Brian Lee, 51-yard field goal
• Michigan - Jarrod Bunch, 7-yard pass from Elvis Grbac (John Carlson kick)

Third quarter

• Michigan - Desmond Howard, 50-yard pass from Elvis Grbac (John Carlson kick)
• Michigan - Jarrod Bunch, 5-yard run (John Carlson kick)
• Michigan - Derrick Alexander, 33-yard pass from Elvis Grbac (John Carlson kick)

Fourth quarter

• No score