1981 Gator Bowl
The 1981 Gator Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 28, 1981, at Gator Bowl Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. The game pitted the Arkansas Razorbacks and the North Carolina Tar Heels. The game was played under foggy conditions, it was 57 degrees at kickoff, but as the game progressed fog came in and made it worse as the game rolled on to the end.
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Date | December 28, 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Season | 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Gator Bowl Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Jacksonville, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||
MVP | TB Kelvin Bryant (North Carolina) TB Ethan Horton (North Carolina) RB Gary Anderson (Arkansas) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Thomas E. Thamert (CIFOA) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 71,009 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Al Michaels and Ara Parseghian | ||||||||||||||||||||
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