This was the Volunteers' fourth appearance in the Citrus Bowl and third in four seasons. Once again, they had finished second in the Eastern Division in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). This was Northwestern's second consecutive bowl game appearance after winning their second straight Big Ten Conference title. This was the Wildcats' first appearance in the Citrus Bowl.
Game summaryedit
Peyton Manning gave the Vols an early 21–0 lead with two touchdown passes and a touchdown run. But Northwestern responded with three touchdowns of their own, two of them on from Darnell Autry on a run and a Steve Schnur touchdown pass to Brian Musso. But Manning threw another touchdown pass and Jeff Hall added in a field goal before time expired to give the Vols a 31–21 halftime lead. Tyrone Hines increased the lead when he intercepted a Schnur pass and returned it for a touchdown. After a Hall field goal, Schnur threw another touchdown pass to narrow the lead to 41–28. But Manning threw his fourth touchdown pass of day, this time to Dustin Moore, to seal the game for the Volunteers. Manning went 27 of 39 passes for 408 yards while Schnur went 25 for 45 for 228 yards but threw three interceptions.[2]
Tennessee – P. Price 43-yard touchdown pass from Manning (Hall kick)
Tennessee – Manning 10-yard touchdown run (Hall kick)
Tennessee – Kent 11-yard touchdown pass from Manning (Hall kick)
Northwestern – D. Autry 2-yard touchdown run (Gowins kick)
Northwestern – Musso 20-yard touchdown pass from Schnur (Gowins kick)
Northwestern – D. Autry 28-yard touchdown run (Gowins kick)
Tennessee – Kent 67-yard touchdown pass from Manning (Hall kick)
Tennessee – Hall 19-yard field goal
Tennessee – Hines 30-yard interception run (Hall kick)
Tennessee – Hall 28-yard field goal
Northwestern – Bates 22-yard touchdown pass from Schnur (Gowins kick)
Tennessee – Moore 6-yard touchdown pass from Manning (Hall kick)
1997, florida, citrus, bowl, college, football, bowl, game, played, january, 1997, florida, citrus, bowl, orlando, florida, game, featured, northwestern, wildcats, tennessee, volunteers, 1997, compusa, florida, citrus, bowltennessee, volunteers, northwestern, . The 1997 Florida Citrus Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1 1997 at the Florida Citrus Bowl in Orlando Florida The game featured the Northwestern Wildcats and the Tennessee Volunteers 1997 CompUSA Florida Citrus BowlTennessee Volunteers Northwestern Wildcats 9 2 9 2 SEC Big Ten48 28Head coach Phillip Fulmer Head coach Gary BarnettAP11 AP91234 TotalTennessee 2110710 48Northwestern 02107 28DateJanuary 1 1997Season1996StadiumFlorida Citrus BowlLocationOrlando FloridaRefereeBill McCabe WAC Attendance63 467 1 United States TV coverageNetworkABCAnnouncersMark JonesJohn SpagnolaFlorida Citrus Bowl lt 1996 1998 gt Contents 1 Background 2 Game summary 3 Aftermath 4 Statistics 5 ReferencesBackground editThis was the Volunteers fourth appearance in the Citrus Bowl and third in four seasons Once again they had finished second in the Eastern Division in the Southeastern Conference SEC This was Northwestern s second consecutive bowl game appearance after winning their second straight Big Ten Conference title This was the Wildcats first appearance in the Citrus Bowl Game summary editPeyton Manning gave the Vols an early 21 0 lead with two touchdown passes and a touchdown run But Northwestern responded with three touchdowns of their own two of them on from Darnell Autry on a run and a Steve Schnur touchdown pass to Brian Musso But Manning threw another touchdown pass and Jeff Hall added in a field goal before time expired to give the Vols a 31 21 halftime lead Tyrone Hines increased the lead when he intercepted a Schnur pass and returned it for a touchdown After a Hall field goal Schnur threw another touchdown pass to narrow the lead to 41 28 But Manning threw his fourth touchdown pass of day this time to Dustin Moore to seal the game for the Volunteers Manning went 27 of 39 passes for 408 yards while Schnur went 25 for 45 for 228 yards but threw three interceptions 2 Tennessee P Price 43 yard touchdown pass from Manning Hall kick Tennessee Manning 10 yard touchdown run Hall kick Tennessee Kent 11 yard touchdown pass from Manning Hall kick Northwestern D Autry 2 yard touchdown run Gowins kick Northwestern Musso 20 yard touchdown pass from Schnur Gowins kick Northwestern D Autry 28 yard touchdown run Gowins kick Tennessee Kent 67 yard touchdown pass from Manning Hall kick Tennessee Hall 19 yard field goal Tennessee Hines 30 yard interception run Hall kick Tennessee Hall 28 yard field goal Northwestern Bates 22 yard touchdown pass from Schnur Gowins kick Tennessee Moore 6 yard touchdown pass from Manning Hall kick 3 Aftermath editTennessee reached the Citrus Bowl four years later Fulmer coached at Tennessee until 2008 Barnett coach two more seasons for the Wildcats before resigning Northwestern did not win their next bowl game until 2013 Statistics editStatistics UT NWU First Downs 29 22 Yards Rushing 115 43 Yards Passing 408 242 Total Yards 523 285 Punts Average 4 35 8 6 37 3 Fumbles Lost 4 2 1 1 Interceptions 0 3 Penalties Yards 13 112 5 40References edit Bowl Summaries Montgomery Advertiser Montgomery Alabama January 2 1997 p 2D Retrieved January 1 2019 via newspapers com 1997 Florida Citrus Bowl utsports com Orlando Florida CBS Interactive January 1 1997 Retrieved December 7 2015 Cats a lemon in Citrus Chicago Tribune January 2 1997 Retrieved February 10 2024 via Newspapers com 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 1997 Florida Citrus Bowl amp oldid 1206236725, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
