| 1986 Mazda Gator Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 27, 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Gator Bowl Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Jacksonville, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Rodney Williams (QB, Clemson) Brad Muster (RB, Stanford) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Richard Burleson (SEC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 80,104 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Verne Lundquist, Pat Haden, and John Dockery | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 1986 Gator Bowl (December) game was a post-season college football bowl game between the Stanford Cardinal and the Clemson Tigers, played on December 27, 1986, at Gator Bowl Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. It was the 42nd edition of the bowl game. Through a sponsorship agreement announced in November, the bowl was officially known as the Mazda Gator Bowl.[1]