1977 Gator Bowl - Wikipedia

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Matt Cavanaugh (QB, Pitt) & Jerry Butler (SE, Clemson)^[1]

The 1977 Gator Bowl was a college football bowl game played between the Pittsburgh Panthers and Clemson Tigers on December 30, 1977. The 10th-ranked Panthers defeated the 11th-ranked Tigers, 34-3. Panthers quarterback Matt Cavanaugh broke the Gator Bowl record for passing yards with 387 yards, breaking the previous record of 362 yards set by Florida State's Kim Hammond in 1967.^[2]

References

^ https://www.taxslayerbowl.com/1977-2/
^ "Cavanaugh Passes All Gator Bowl Records". Enquirer and News. Associated Press. December 31, 1977.

v t e 1977–78 NCAA football bowl game season
Grantland Rice (Dec. 3) Independence (Dec. 17) Liberty (Dec. 19) Hall of Fame Classic (Dec. 22) Tangerine (Dec. 23) Fiesta (Dec. 25) Gator (Dec. 30) Peach (Dec. 31) Sun (Dec. 31) Bluebonnet (Dec. 31) Sugar (Jan. 2) Cotton (Jan. 2) Orange (Jan. 2) Rose (Jan. 2)

v t e TaxSlayer / Gator Bowl
History & conference tie-ins	History Gator Bowl Stadium (1946–1993) Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (1994) EverBank Stadium (1995–present) Broadcasters Big Ten Conference Southeastern Conference
Games	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 (Jan) 1954 (Dec) 1955 1956 1957 1958 1960 (Jan) 1960 (Dec) 1961 1962 1963 1965 (Jan) 1965 (Dec) 1966 1967 1968 1969 1971 (Jan) 1971 (Dec) 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1989 (Jan) 1989 (Dec) 1991 (Jan) 1991 (Dec) 1992 1993 1994 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 (Jan) 2016 (Dec) 2017 2018 2020 2021 (Jan) 2021 (Dec) 2022 2023 2025 (Jan)
Notes	There was a Gator Bowl in January and December in 1954, 1960, 1965, 1971, 1989, 1991, 2016, and 2021.

Clemson Tigers bowl games

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Pittsburgh Panthers bowl games

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