2020 TaxSlayer Gator Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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75th Gator Bowl Tennessee's win was vacated by the NCAA in 2023. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Date | January 2, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||
Season | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | TIAA Bank Field | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Jacksonville, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Eric Gray (RB, Tennessee)[1] & Peyton Ramsey (QB, Indiana)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
Favorite | Tennessee by 3.5[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
National anthem | The Brown Kelly | ||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Mike McCabe (Pac-12)[4] | ||||||||||||||||||
Halftime show | Indiana Marching Band Tennessee Marching Band | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 61,789 | ||||||||||||||||||
Payout | US$5,350,000[5] | ||||||||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Tom Hart (play-by-play), Tim Hasselbeck (analyst) and Katie George (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2020 Gator Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 2, 2020, with kickoff at 7:00 p.m. EST on ESPN.[6] It was the 75th edition of the Gator Bowl, and was one of the 2019–20 bowl games concluding the 2019 FBS football season. Sponsored by financial technology company TaxSlayer, the game was officially known as the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl.
In July 2023, the NCAA vacated Tennessee's win as part of a disciplinary action affecting the 2019 and 2020 seasons.[7]