2018 Gator Bowl

2018 TaxSlayer Gator Bowl
74th Gator Bowl
NC State Wolfpack Texas A&M Aggies
(9–3) (8–4)
ACC SEC
13 52
Head coach: 
Dave Doeren		 Head coach: 
Jimbo Fisher
APCoachesCFP
212019
1234 Total
NC State 31000 13
Texas A&M 7141417 52
DateDecember 31, 2018
Season2018
StadiumTIAA Bank Field
LocationJacksonville, Florida
MVPTrayveon Williams (RB, Texas A&M) & Ryan Finley (QB, NC State)[1]
FavoriteTexas A&M by 5[2]
RefereeMark Duddy (Pac-12)
Halftime showFightin Texas Aggie Band [3] NC State Marching Band[4]
Attendance38,206[5][6]
PayoutUS$3,168,000 [7]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersAdam Amin, Rod Gilmore and Quint Kessenich
Gator Bowl
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The 2018 Gator Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 31, 2018.[8] It was the 74th edition of the Gator Bowl, and one of the 2018–19 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. Sponsored by the financial technology company TaxSlayer, the game was officially known as the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl, after four seasons without "Gator" in the bowl name.

  1. ^ "2010s Game History". taxslayergatorbowl.com. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
  2. ^ Fawkes, Ben (December 10, 2018). "Odds for every 2018-19 CFB bowl game". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  3. ^ Texas A&M Corps of Cadets, 2018 Gator Bowl Halftime Drill TAMU vs NC State, retrieved January 11, 2019
  4. ^ @taxslayerbowl (December 31, 2018). "The @ncstatemusic marching band jazzed up the crowd during half-time" (Tweet). Retrieved December 31, 2018 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference MarkLong was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ @AlexMill20 (December 31, 2018). "Gator Bowl attendance: 38,206" (Tweet). Retrieved January 1, 2019 – via Twitter.
  7. ^ "2018 Bowl Schedule". CFP.com. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
  8. ^ "2018-19 College Football Playoff and bowl schedule". ESPN. May 2, 2018. Retrieved July 23, 2018.