1946 Gator Bowl
| 1946 Gator Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| The First Gator Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1946 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1945 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Fairfield Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Jacksonville, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Back Nick Sacrinty (Wake Forest) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Gerry Gerard (Southern) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 7,362 | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1946 Gator Bowl was the inaugural edition of the annual Gator Bowl, and it featured the Wake Forest Demon Deacons and the South Carolina Gamecocks, both from the Southern Conference. It was a rematch of the teams' regular-season matchup that had ended in a tie.