1991 Gator Bowl (January)

	1991 Gator Bowl
	Bowl Game
Michigan Wolverines	Ole Miss Rebels
(8–3)	(9–2)
35	3
Head coach: ; Gary Moeller	Head coach: ; Billy Brewer
Date	January 1, 1991
Season	1990
Stadium	Gator Bowl Stadium
Location	Jacksonville, Florida
MVP	Dean Dingman, Tom Dohring, Greg Skrepenak, Matt Elliott and Steve Everitt (Michigan OL); Tyrone Ashley (Mississippi DB)
Attendance	68,297
	United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN
Announcers:	Ron Franklin, Gary Danielson
< 1989 (Dec)	1991 (Dec) >

The January 1991 Gator Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 1991. The Michigan Wolverines, co-champions of the Big Ten Conference, defeated the Ole Miss Rebels of the Southeastern Conference, 35–3.

This game would be the last SEC-Big Ten matchup in the Gator Bowl for twenty years; the bowl entered into an exclusive contract featuring the conferences beginning in 2011.

Teams

Michigan Wolverines

Ole Miss Rebels

Scoring summary

First quarter

Michigan - Desmond Howard, 63-yard pass from Elvis Grbac (John Carlson kick)

Second quarter

Ole Miss - Brian Lee, 51-yard field goal
Michigan - Jarrod Bunch, 7-yard pass from Elvis Grbac (John Carlson kick)
Ole Miss - Henry Colombi, 27-yard interception return

Third quarter

Michigan - Desmond Howard, 50-yard pass from Elvis Grbac (John Carlson kick)
Michigan - Jarrod Bunch, 5-yard run (John Carlson kick)
Michigan - Derrick Alexander, 33-yard pass from Elvis Grbac (John Carlson kick)

Fourth quarter

No score

1991 Gator Bowl (January)

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