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TaxSlayer Gator Bowl<br />
Monday, December 31, <strong>2018</strong><br />
VyStar New Year’s Eve Run Downtown Jacksonville 2:00 p.m.<br />
Tailgate Party TIAA Bank Field – Daily’s Place 3:00 p.m.<br />
Touchdown Party Daily’s Place Plaza 5:00 p.m.<br />
TaxSlayer Gator Bowl TIAA Bank Field 7:30 p.m.<br />
Post-game New Year’s Celebration TIAA Bank Field 11:00 p.m.<br />
Designated team hotels:<br />
SEC – Sawgrass Marriott Resort<br />
Big Ten/ACC – Omni Amelia Island<br />
1000 PGA Tour Blvd. 39 Beach Lagoon Road<br />
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082 Amelia Island, FL 32034<br />
904-285-7777 904-261-6161<br />
Designated media hotel:<br />
Hyatt Regency Hotel 904-588-1234<br />
225 East Coastline Drive<br />
Jacksonville, FL 32202<br />
Local airport: Jacksonville International Airport; AirTran, American, Delta, JetBlue,<br />
Southwest, United, US Airways<br />
Private: Sky Harbor Aviation, Shelt Air, Signature Air Support, St.. Augustine Airport, McGill<br />
Aviation<br />
Local tourism bureau: Visit Jacksonville, 1-800-733-2668, www.visitjacksonville.com; Amelia<br />
Island, 1-800-2AMELIA, www.ameliaisland.com; St. Johns County/St. Augustine, 1-800-OLD-<br />
CITY, www.floridahistoriccoast.com<br />
Prominent area tourist attractions:<br />
Jacksonville Beaches, Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens, boating, fishing, Amelia Island, St.<br />
Augustine.<br />
DIRECTIONS<br />
>From main arrival airport to stadium:<br />
Go north on Pecan Park Road South toward Cole Flyer Road, turn right onto Dixie Clipper<br />
Drive which becomes SR-102 E, merge onto I-95 South toward SR-9A/Jacksonville, take the<br />
U.S. 1 South/M.L. King Jr. Parkway Exit 354A, merge onto Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway<br />
which becomes Gator Bowl Blvd., EverBank Field will be on the left.<br />
>From main arrival airport to media hotel:<br />
Go north on Pecan Park Road South toward Cole Flyer Road, turn right onto Dixie Clipper<br />
Drive which becomes SR-102 E, merge onto I-95 South toward SR-9A/Jacksonville, take the<br />
Union St. Exit 353B on the left toward Sports Complex, take slight left onto W. Union St./U.S.<br />
23 South/SR-139 East, turn right onto N. Main St./U.S. 1 South/SR-228 East/SR-5 South, turn<br />
left onto E. Forsyth St./SR-228 East, turn right onto N. Newnan St., turn left onto E. Coast Line<br />
Drive to 225 E. Coastline Drive/Hyatt Regency.<br />
>From media hotel to stadium:<br />
Go east on E. Coast Line Drive toward S. Market St., turn left onto S. Market St., turn right<br />
onto E. Bay St. which becomes Gator Bowl Blvd., EverBank Field will be on the right.<br />
Other Trivia:<br />
- The 1955 Gator Bowl was the first bowl to be televised coast-to-coast.<br />
- The 1994 Tennessee vs. Virginia Tech game was played at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium<br />
in Gainesville due to Gator Bowl renovations in Jacksonville. The Tennessee<br />
checkerboard was displayed on the University of Florida’s home turf.<br />
- Archie Manning played the 1971 Gator Bowl with a broken arm when Auburn beat<br />
Ole Miss 35-28<br />
- In 2001 Michael Vick played his final college game against Clemson and<br />
announced after the game he would be leaving Virginia Tech for the NFL.<br />
- Alabama and North Carolina played the last game in the old Gator Bowl in 1993<br />
before renovation for the new stadium, now called EverBank Field.<br />
Major <strong>Media</strong> in the area:<br />
Florida Times-Union WJAX-TV 47 (CBS) WFOX-TV 30 (Fox)<br />
WTLV-TV 12 (NBC) WJXT-TV 4 1010XL Radio<br />
WJXX-TV 25 (ABC)<br />
WOKV Radio<br />
GAME HISTORY<br />
Date Result Attendance TV Rating<br />
Gator Bowl<br />
1/1/46 Wake Forest 26, South Carolina 14 7,362<br />
1/1/47 Oklahoma 34, North Carolina State 13 10,134<br />
1/1/48 Georgia 20, Maryland 20 (tie) 16,666<br />
1/1/49 Clemson 24, Missouri 23 32,939<br />
1/2/50 Maryland 20, Missouri 7 18,409<br />
1/1/51 Wyoming 20, Washington & Lee 7 7,362<br />
1/1/52 Miami 14, Clemson 0 34,577<br />
1/1/53 Florida 14, Tulsa 13 28,340<br />
1/1/54 Texas Tech 35, Auburn 13 28,641<br />
12/31/54 Auburn 33, Baylor 13 28,426<br />
12/31/55 Vanderbilt 25, Auburn 13 32,174<br />
12/19/56 Georgia Tech 21, Pittsburgh 14 32,256<br />
12/28/57 Tennessee 3, Texas Tech 0 41,160<br />
12/27/58 Mississippi 7, Florida 3 41,312<br />
1/2/60 Arkansas 14, Georgia Tech 7 45,104<br />
12/31/60 Florida 13, Baylor 12 50,122<br />
12/31/61 Penn State 30, Georgia Tech 15 50,202<br />
12/29/62 Florida 17, Penn State 7 50,026<br />
12/28/63 North Carolina 35, Air Force 0 50,018<br />
1/2/65 Florida State 36, Oklahoma 19 50,408<br />
12/31/65 Georgia Tech 31, Texas Tech 21 60,127<br />
12/31/66 Tennessee 18, Syracuse 12 60,312<br />
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