| 2023 TaxSlayer Gator Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 79th Gator Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 29, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | EverBank Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Jacksonville, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Phil Mafah (RB, Clemson) Barion Brown (WR, Kentucky)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Clemson by 6.5[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | John Love (Pac-12)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 40,132 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Wes Durham, Tim Hasselbeck, Taylor Tannebaum[4] | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2023 Gator Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 29, 2023, at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. The 79th annual Gator Bowl featured Clemson from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and Kentucky from the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The game began at approximately 12:00 p.m. EST and was aired on ESPN.[5][6] The Gator Bowl was one of the 2023–24 bowl games concluding the 2023 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by financial technology company TaxSlayer and was officially known as the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl.