| 1993 Outback Gator Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 31, 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Gator Bowl Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Jacksonville, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Alabama QB - Brian Burgdorf North Carolina WR - Corey Holliday | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Doyle Jackson (SWC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 67,205 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | TBS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Gary Bender,Pat Haden andCraig Sager | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1993 Gator Bowl, abowl game during the1993 NCAA Division I-A football season, took place on December 31, 1993, at theGator Bowl Stadium inJacksonville, Florida. The competing teams were theAlabama Crimson Tide, representing theSoutheastern Conference (SEC), and theNorth Carolina Tar Heels, representing theAtlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Alabama won the game 24–10. With sponsorship byOutback Steakhouse, the game was officially known as the Outback Gator Bowl.
This was the last football game contested at the originalGator Bowl Stadium. The structure was demolished shortly after the bowl to build a new facility on the same site for theNational Football League'sJacksonville Jaguars, who played their first season in1995.
The 1993 Alabama squad opened the season ranked No. 2 only to tie withTennessee in week six. The Crimson Tide went on to lose to bothLSU andAuburn to finish the regular season with a record of 8–2–1. Although finishing second behind Auburn in the Western Division, as the Tigers were ineligible to play in theSEC Championship Game due to NCAA violations, Alabama played in the game for the second consecutive year.[1] After losing toFlorida for theSEC Championship, Alabama announced it accepted a bit to play in the Gator Bowl against North Carolina.[2] The appearance marked the second for Alabama in the Gator Bowl.
In the week following theIron Bowl,cornerbackAntonio Langham was declared ineligible for both the SEC Championship Game and the Gator Bowl.[3] In August 1995, the NCAA ruled that Langham was ineligible to participate with the Alabama squad retroactive to him signing with asports agent following the 1992 season.[4] As part of the NCAA sanctioned penalty, all games that Langham played in were officially forfeited changing their season record from 9–3–1 to 1–12 with the lone victory being over North Carolina in the Gator Bowl.[4]
The 1993 North Carolina squad lost to bothFlorida State andVirginia to finish the regular season with a record of 10–2.
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