2007 Gator Bowl

2007 Toyota Gator Bowl
2007 Toyota Gator Bowl
62nd Gator Bowl
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	West Virginia Mountaineers
(9?4)	(10?2)
ACC	Big East
35	38
Head coach: ; Chan Gailey	Head coach: ; Rich Rodriguez
	Coaches
	25
Date	January 1, 2007
Season	2006
Stadium	Jacksonville Municipal Stadium
Location	Jacksonville, Florida
MVP	Pat White (QB, West Virginia) ; Calvin Johnson (WR, Georgia Tech)
Referee	Karl Richins ( Mtn. West )
Attendance	67,947
United States TV coverage
Network	CBS
Announcers	Verne Lundquist and Gary Danielson
Gator Bowl
< 2006	2008 >

The 2007 Gator Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and the West Virginia Mountaineers played on January 1, 2007, at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida , United States . For sponsorship reasons, the bowl was officially known as the Toyota Gator Bowl. ^[1] Down by 18 in the third quarter, West Virginia scored 21 unanswered points to win, 38?35. ^[2]

The game matched Georgia Tech from the Atlantic Coast Conference against West Virginia from the Big East Conference . West Virginia entered the game ranked #13 in the AP Poll ; it was West Virginia's third appearance in the Gator Bowl in the last four years and sixth overall. ^[3] Georgia Tech accepted a bid to the Gator Bowl after losing the ACC championship to Wake Forest . It was Georgia Tech's first appearance in the Gator Bowl since 2000 and seventh overall. ^[4]

References [ edit ]

^ "Toyota Gator Bowl" . Quad-City Times . Davenport, Iowa . Gannett News Service. January 1, 2007. p. 13 . Retrieved November 25, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
^ "Slaton not effective, but West Virginia rebounds for Gator Bowl victory" . ESPN.com . January 1, 2007 . Retrieved January 18, 2010 .
^ "West Va. returns to Gator Bowl to take on Ga. Tech" . ESPN.com . December 3, 2006 . Retrieved January 18, 2010 .
^ Van Brimmer, Adam (December 4, 2006). "Tech headed to Gator Bowl vs. West Virginia" . Savannah Morning News . Retrieved January 18, 2010 . ^{[
permanent dead link
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External links [ edit ]

Official Website of the Gator Bowl

[1] "Toyota Gator Bowl" . Quad-City Times . Davenport, Iowa . Gannett News Service. January 1, 2007. p. 13 . Retrieved November 25, 2018 – via newspapers.com.

[2] "Slaton not effective, but West Virginia rebounds for Gator Bowl victory" . ESPN.com . January 1, 2007 . Retrieved January 18, 2010 .

[3] "West Va. returns to Gator Bowl to take on Ga. Tech" . ESPN.com . December 3, 2006 . Retrieved January 18, 2010 .

[4] Van Brimmer, Adam (December 4, 2006). "Tech headed to Gator Bowl vs. West Virginia" . Savannah Morning News . Retrieved January 18, 2010 . ^{[
permanent dead link
]}

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Bowl Championship Series games: Rose (Jan. 1) Fiesta (Jan. 1) Orange (Jan. 2) Sugar (Jan. 3) BCS National Championship (Jan. 8)
All-Star Games: North?South All-Star Classic (Jan. 13) Hula Bowl (Jan. 14) East?West Shrine Game (Jan. 20) Senior Bowl (Jan. 27) Texas vs. The Nation Game (Feb. 2)

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