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1983 Gator Bowl
| 1983 Gator Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 39th Gator Bowl Game | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 30, 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Gator Bowl Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Jacksonville, FL | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Owen Gill (Iowa RB)[1] Tony Lilly (Florida S)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jim Garvey (Eastern Independent) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 81,293 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC Sports | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Al Michaels and Frank Broyles | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 1983 Gator Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 30, 1983, at Gator Bowl Stadium in Jacksonville, FL. The matchup featured the 10th-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes of the Big Ten Conference and the 11th-ranked Florida Gators of the Southeastern Conference. The Gators won, 14–6, to secure their first top 10 ranking in the season's final polls.
- ^ a b National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). "Bowl/All-Star Game Records: Most Valuable Players in Former Major Bowls" (PDF). 2012 NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA.org. p. 90. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
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