1971 Gator Bowl (December)
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| Date | December 31, 1971 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | Referee Pat McHugh (SEC; | split crew: SEC, ACC) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 71,208 | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 1971 Gator Bowl (December) was a college football postseason bowl game that featured the Georgia Bulldogs and the North Carolina Tar Heels.
Background
In the battle between the Dooley brothers was a finely balanced match up of a team that had only lost one game (#7 Auburn) which had cost them a Southeastern Conference title and an Atlantic Coast Conference champion that hadn't lost a conference game. This was Georgia's first Gator Bowl since 1948 and North Carolina's first since 1963. Altogether, the match was also called the "Dooley Bowl".[2]
Game summary
The third quarter proved to be the most crucial part of a game dominated by defense. The Tar Heels took the lead on a Craven 35 yard field goal with nine minutes left in the quarter. But the Bulldogs drove 80 yards down the field on the following possession, culminated with a 25-yard run by Jimmy Poulos with 1:39 left in the quarter to give Georgia the go-ahead touchdown. Poulus went for 161 yards on 20 carries, in an MVP effort. North Carolina was limited to under 200 yards.[3]
Aftermath
Georgia returned in
Statistics
| Statistics | Georgia | North Carolina |
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| First downs | 13 | 9 |
| Rushing yards | 228 | 115 |
| Passing yards | 84 | 66 |
| Total yards | 312 | 181 |
| Interceptions thrown | 0 | 1 |
| Return yardage | 61 | 51 |
| Fumbles–lost | 2/1 | 2/1 |
| Punts–average | 10–34.8 | 10–46.6 |
| Yards penalized | 5–29 | 3–15 |
References
- ^ "December 31, 1971". taxslayerbowl.com. Archived from the original on January 1, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
- ^ Smits, Garry (February 1, 2013). "Not first time brothers have battled: Dooleys coached against each other in '71 Gator Bowl". Retrieved September 3, 2016.
- ^ "Bowl History - Poulos superb in 1971 Gator Bowl" (PDF). grfx.cstv.com. p. 80. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2015.
- ^ Alexander, Wilson (September 3, 2016). "Georgia beats North Carolina 33-24 to open season". Retrieved September 4, 2016.
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