The expected high-scoring battle featuring Florida's "Super Sophs" passing attack against Tennessee's powerful ground game led by quarterback Bobby Scott never materialized,[3] as both defenses were superb in the Gators' 14–13 win. Quarterback John Reaves connected with wide receiver Carlos Alvarez for the Gators' only offensive touchdown, and the Gator defense stopped the Volunteers at Florida's one-yard line late in the game to preserve the victory. The game's MVPs were Florida linebacker Mike Kelley, who had an interception, a fumble recovery, a blocked punt recovered for a touchdown, a sack, and 17 tackles,[4] and fullback Curt Watson of Tennessee.
1969, gator, bowl, post, season, college, football, bowl, game, between, florida, gators, tennessee, volunteers, both, representing, florida, defeated, tennessee, 25th, gator, bowlflorida, gators, tennessee, volunteers, sec14, 13head, coach, graves, head, coac. The 1969 Gator Bowl was a post season college football bowl game between the Florida Gators and the Tennessee Volunteers both representing the SEC Florida defeated Tennessee 14 13 2 1969 Gator Bowl25th Gator BowlFlorida Gators Tennessee Volunteers 8 1 1 9 1 SEC SEC14 13Head coach Ray Graves Head coach Doug DickeyAPCoaches1517 APCoaches11111234 TotalFlorida 7070 14Tennessee 01003 13DateDecember 27 1969Season1969StadiumGator BowlLocationJacksonville FloridaMVPMike Kelley LB Florida amp Curt Watson FB Tennessee 1 RefereeJohnny Cook SEC Attendance72 248Gator Bowl lt 1968 1971 Jan gt Contents 1 Game summary 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksGame summary editThe expected high scoring battle featuring Florida s Super Sophs passing attack against Tennessee s powerful ground game led by quarterback Bobby Scott never materialized 3 as both defenses were superb in the Gators 14 13 win Quarterback John Reaves connected with wide receiver Carlos Alvarez for the Gators only offensive touchdown and the Gator defense stopped the Volunteers at Florida s one yard line late in the game to preserve the victory The game s MVPs were Florida linebacker Mike Kelley who had an interception a fumble recovery a blocked punt recovered for a touchdown a sack and 17 tackles 4 and fullback Curt Watson of Tennessee Scoring summary Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP FLA TEN 1 FLA Fumble recovery returned 8 yards for touchdown by Mike Kelley Dick Franco kick good 7 0 2 TEN Lester McClain 63 yard touchdown reception from Bobby Scott George Hunt kick good 7 7 2 TEN 2 yard field goal by George Hunt 7 10 3 FLA Carlos Alvarez 9 yard touchdown reception from John Reaves Dick Franco kick good 14 10 4 TEN 9 yard field goal by George Hunt 14 13 TOP time of possession For other American football terms see Glossary of American football 14 13See also editFlorida Tennessee football rivalryReferences edit 1969 Archived from the original on January 1 2018 Retrieved December 31 2017 MGGC Online 1969 Gator Bowl Gator Aerial Whiz Kids Face Rugged Vols in Gator Bowl AP December 27 1969 Nash The Gainesville Sun Presents pp 73 76 External links editVideo of game via YouTube nbsp This college football bowl article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1969 Gator Bowl amp oldid 1173028217, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
