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Date | January 1, 1954 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Season | 1953 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Gator Bowl Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Jacksonville, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||
MVP | RB Bobby Cavazos (Texas Tech) QB Vince Dooley (Auburn) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Referee | E.D. Cavette (SEC; split crew: SEC, Border) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 28,641 | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 1954 Gator Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on January 1, 1954, at Gator Bowl Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. It was the ninth annual playing of the Gator Bowl. The game pitted the Texas Tech Red Raiders against the Auburn Tigers