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1973 Gator Bowl

29th Gator Bowl

Texas Tech Red Raiders

Tennessee Volunteers

(10–1)

(8–3)

SWC

SEC

28

19

Head coach:
Jim Carlen

Head coach:
Bill Battle

AP

11

AP

20

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas Tech	7	7	7	7	28
Tennessee	0	3	10	6	19

Date

December 29, 1973

Season

Stadium

Gator Bowl Stadium

Location

Jacksonville, Florida

MVP

QB Joe Barnes (Texas Tech)
TB Haskel Stanback (Tennessee)

Attendance

62,109

Gator Bowl
< 1972	1974 >

The 1973 Gator Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 29, 1973, at Gator Bowl Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. The game pitted the Texas Tech Red Raiders and the Tennessee Volunteers.