| 2009 Konica Minolta Gator Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 64th Gator Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Jacksonville Municipal Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Jacksonville, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Joe Ganz, (QB, Nebraska) & DaQuan Bowers (DE, Clemson)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Clemson by 1.5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jack Wood (Pac-10) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 67,282 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$2.5 million per team[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Craig Bolerjack, Steve Beuerlein, and Dan Fouts | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 4.1 | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2009 Gator Bowl was played on January 1, 2009, as part of the 2008 College Football season. It featured the Nebraska Cornhuskers, who finished tied for first in the Big 12 Conference's North Division with Missouri, and the Clemson Tigers, who finished fifth in the Atlantic Coast Conference's Atlantic Division. Nebraska scored 16 unanswered points to beat Clemson after being down 21–10 in the third quarter. This game was the first meeting between the Clemson Tigers and the Nebraska Cornhuskers since the 1982 Orange Bowl where Clemson defeated Nebraska for their first national title. This was the second game between both schools with Nebraska evening up the record.
The Gator Bowl is an annual college football bowl game that is played at EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Florida. It is one of the oldest college bowls, held continuously since 1946. This edition's full name was the Konica Minolta Gator Bowl after its sponsor, Konica Minolta.