FBA 2018 Media Guide FLIP (2)

TaxSlayer Gator Bowl
Manning, Mississippi; 1971 - James Webster, North Carolina; 1972 - Mark Cooney, Colorado; 1973 - Haskell Stanback,
Tennessee; 1974 - Earl Campbell, Texas; 1975 - Sammy Green, Florida; 1976 - Jim Cefalo, Penn State; 1977 - Jerry
Butler, Clemson; 1978 - Art Schlichter, Ohio State; 1979 - John Wangler, Michigan and Anthony Carter, Michigan; 1980
- George Rogers, South Carolina; 1981 - Gary Anderson, Arkansas; 1982 - Paul Woodside, West Virginia; 1983 - Owen
Gill, Iowa; 1984 - Mike Hold, South Carolina; 1985 - Thurman Thomas, Oklahoma State; 1986 - Brad Muster, Stanford;
1987 - Harold Green, South Carolina; 1989 - Andre Rison, Michigan State; 1989 - Mike Fox, West Virginia; 1991 - Tyron
Ashley, Mississippi; 1991 - Tyron Davis, Virginia; 1992 - Reggie Lawrence, North Carolina State; 1993 - Corey Holiday,
North Carolina; 1994 - Maurice DeShazo, Virginia Tech; 1996 - Peter Ford, Clemson; 1997 - David Saunders, West
Virginia; 1998 - Nick Soresnson, Virginia Tech; 1999 - Autry Denson, Notre Dame; 2000 - Joe Hamilton, Georgia Tech;
2001 - Rod Garner, Clemson; 2002 - Andre Davis, Virginia Tech; 2003 - Ceric Hilliard, Notre Dame; 2004 - Brian King
West, Virginia; 2005 - Kay-Jay Harris, West Virginia; 2006 - Hunter Cantwell, Louisville; 2007 - Calvin Johnson, Georgia
Tech; 2008 - Chris Long, Virginia; 2009 - Da’Quan Bowers, Clemson; 2010 - Noel Devine, West Virginia; 2011 - Denard
Robinson, Michigan; 2012 - Etienne Sabino, Ohio State ; 2013 - Nickoe Whitley, Mississippi State; 2014 -- Todd Gurley,
Georgia; 2015 - Josey Jewell, Iowa; 2016 – Trace McSorley, Penn State; 2016 – Stephen Johnson, Kentucky; 2017-
Lamar Jackson, Louisville.
Memorable Games:
2010: Bobby Bowden’s last game at Florida State. The Seminoles beat West Virginia 33-21.
1978: Clemson 17, Ohio State 15. The game that marked the end of Coach Woody Hayes’ era at Ohio State.
Top Individual Performances:
Floyd Little, RB -- Syracuse, 1966 vs. Tennessee, rushed 29 times for 216 yards and a touchdown in an 18-12 loss
to the Volunteers
Graham Harrell, QB -- Texas Tech, 2008, completed 44-of-63 passes for 407 yards and three TD’s in Tech’s 31-28
victory over Virginia
Andre Rison, WR -- Michigan State, 2008, caught nine passes for 252 yards and three scores in a losing 34-27 effort
against Georgia
Quincy Enunwa, WR -- Nebraska, 2014, his 99-yard touchdown reception is the longest pass reception and ties the
longest play from scrimmage in NCAA bowl history
Last Year’s Game:
Bulldogs' Keytaon Thompson, a highly touted freshman making his first start in place of injured quarterback Nick
Fitzgerald, ran for 147 yards and three touchdowns to help No. 24 Mississippi State beat Jackson and Louisville
31-27 in the TaxSlayer Bowl. Thompson completed 11 of 20 passes for 127 yards, and carried 27 of the team's 55
running plays. Louisville QB, Lamar Jackson ran 24 times for 158 yards and a touchdown, breaking the TaxSlayer
Bowl record for most rushing yards by a quarterback. Jackson completed 13 of 31 passes for 171 yards, with two
touchdowns, four picks and six sacks. He threw just six interceptions in the regular season. Still, he became the
third player in Football Bowl Subdivision history with at least 50 touchdown passes and 50 touchdown runs,
joining Florida's Tim Tebow and Nevada's Colin Kaepernick.
Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Louisvillle 7 14 3 3 27
Mississippi 14 3 0 14 31
Scoring:
MS – Aeris Williams 5 yd .run (Jace Christmann kick); LOU – Charles Standberry 5 yd pass from Lamar Jackson
(Blanton Creque kick); MS – Keytaon Thompson 14 yd run (Jace Christmann kick) LOU – Lamar Jackson 13 yd run
(Blanton Creque kick), MS – Jace Christmann 23 yd field goal, LOU - Jaylen Smith 11 yd pass from Lamar Jackson
(Blanton Creque kick), LOU – Blanton Creque 23 yd field goal, MS – Keytaon Thompson 2 yd run (Jace Christmann
kick), LOU – Blanton Creque 31 yd field goal, MS – Keytaon Thompson 1 yd run (Jace Christmann kick).
Team Statistics: LOU MS
First Downs 20 23
Rushes – Yards (Net) 39-187 55-277
Passing – Yds. (Net) 171 127
Passes Comp – Att - Int 31-13-4 20-11-1
Total Offense Plays-Yards 70-358 75-404
Punt Returns – Yards 1-9 3-11
Kickoff Returns – Yards 3-50 6-141
Interception Returns – Yards 1-1 4-57
Fumble Returns (Number-Yds-TD) 0-0 0-0
Punts – (Number-Avg) 4-42.2 4-41.0
Fumbles – Lost 1-0 2-2
Penalties – Yards 6-42 11-100
Time of Possession 30:21 29:39
Third Down Conversions 4 of 16 7 of 15
Fourth Down Conversions 3 of 3 1 of 2
Red-Zone Scores-Chances 5-6 5-5
Sacks by Number-Yards 2-8 6-42
Individual Statistics
RUSHING
LOU – Lamar Jackson 24-200-42-158; Reggie Bonnafon 7-21-8-13; Malik Williams 5-13-13, Dae Williams 3-4-1-2.
MS –Keytaon Thompson 27-155-8-147, Aeris Williams 12-88, Kylin Hill 8-39-10-29, Nick Gibson 6-13, Jesse
Jackson 1-1.
PASSING
LOU – Lamar Jackson 13-31-4-171; MS – Keytaon Thompson 11-20-1-127.
RECEIVING
LOU – Jaylen Smith 7-107, Seth Dawkins 3-38, Charles Standberry 2-10, Kemari Averett 1-16.
MS – Jesse Jackson 3-38, Jordan Thomas 2-36, Reggie Todd 2-32, Jamal Couch 2-28, Deddrick Thomas 2 (-7).6.
PUNTING
LOU – Mason King 4-169, 49 long.
MS – Logan Cooke 4-164, 44 long.
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