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1993 Gator Bowl

Field	Value
year_game_played	1993
title_sponsor	Outback
game_name	Gator Bowl
football_season	1993
visitor_name_short	Alabama
visitor_nickname	Crimson Tide
home_name_short	North Carolina
home_nickname	Tar Heels
visitor_record	0–12
visitor_conference	SEC
home_record	10–2
home_conference	ACC
visitor_coach	Gene Stallings
home_coach	Mack Brown
visitor_rank_AP	18
visitor_rank_coaches	18
visitor_rank_bowlcoalition	18
home_rank_AP	12
home_rank_coaches	11
home_rank_bowlcoalition	12
visitor_1q	0
visitor_2q	10
visitor_3q	7
visitor_4q	7
home_1q	0
home_2q	10
home_3q	0
home_4q	0
date	December 31, 1993
date_game_played	December 31
stadium	Gator Bowl Stadium
city	Jacksonville, Florida
MVP	Alabama QB - Brian Burgdorf
North Carolina WR - Corey Holliday
referee	Doyle Jackson (SWC)
attendance	67,205
us_network	TBS
us_announcers_link	List of announcers of major college bowl games
us_announcers	Gary Bender, Pat Haden and Craig Sager

North Carolina WR - Corey Holliday

The 1993 Gator Bowl, a bowl game during the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season, took place on December 31, 1993, at the Gator Bowl Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. The competing teams were the Alabama Crimson Tide, representing the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and the North Carolina Tar Heels, representing the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Alabama won the game 24–10. With sponsorship by Outback Steakhouse, the game was officially known as the Outback Gator Bowl.

This was the last football game contested at the original Gator Bowl Stadium. The structure was demolished shortly after the bowl to build a new facility on the same site for the National Football League's Jacksonville Jaguars, who played their first season in 1995.

Teams

Alabama

The 1993 Alabama squad opened the season ranked No. 2 only to tie with Tennessee in week six. The Crimson Tide went on to lose to both LSU and Auburn to finish the regular season with a record of 8–2–1. Although finishing second behind Auburn in the Western Division, as the Tigers were ineligible to play in the SEC Championship Game due to NCAA violations, Alabama played in the game for the second consecutive year. After losing to Florida for the SEC Championship, Alabama announced it accepted a bit to play in the Gator Bowl against North Carolina. The appearance marked the second for Alabama in the Gator Bowl.

In the week following the Iron Bowl, cornerback Antonio Langham was declared ineligible for both the SEC Championship Game and the Gator Bowl. In August 1995, the NCAA ruled that Langham was ineligible to participate with the Alabama squad retroactive to him signing with a sports agent following the 1992 season. As part of the NCAA sanctioned penalty, all games that Langham played in were officially forfeited changing their season record from 9–3–1 to 1–12 with the lone victory being over North Carolina in the Gator Bowl.

North Carolina

The 1993 North Carolina squad lost to both Florida State and Virginia to finish the regular season with a record of 10–2.

Game summary

References

Deas, Tommy. (November 21, 1993). "Auburn stifles Tide with aggressive plays". The Tuscaloosa News.
Deas, Tommy. (December 5, 1993). "High flying Gators off to the Sugar Bowl". The Tuscaloosa News.
Deas, Tommy. (November 30, 1993). "Langham declared ineligible, UA appeals". The Tuscaloosa News.
Deas, Tommy. (August 1, 1995). "Forfeitures will revise UA history". The Tuscaloosa News.

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