2021 Gator Bowl (January)
The 2021 Gator Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 2, 2021, with kickoff at noon EST on ESPN. It was the 76th edition of the Gator Bowl, and was one of the 2020–21 bowl games concluding the 2020 FBS football season. Sponsored by financial technology company TaxSlayer, the game was officially known as the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl. Kentucky would go on to win the Taxslayer Gator Bowl against North Carolina State 23-21. This was Kentucky's third straight bowl victory following the 2019 Citrus Bowl and the 2019 Belk Bowl. The last time the Kentucky football program won three straight bowl games was 2006 to 2008, winning back-to-back Music City Bowls and Liberty Bowl.
| 2021 TaxSlayer Gator Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 76th Gator Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 2, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | TIAA Bank Field | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Jacksonville, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Asim Rose Jr. (RB, Kentucky) & Zonovan Knight (RB, NC State) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Kentucky by 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Reggie Smith (Big Ten) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 10,422 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Anish Shroff (play-by-play), Tom Luginbill (analyst) and Lericia Harris (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||
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