1987 Mazda Gator Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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Date | December 31, 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||
Season | 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Gator Bowl Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Jacksonville, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||
MVP | WR Wendell Davis, LSU RB Harold Green, South Carolina |
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Referee | Robert C. Wood III (ACC) | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 82,119 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Verne Lundquist, Dick Vermeil | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1987 Gator Bowl was a college football bowl game between the LSU Tigers and the South Carolina Gamecocks. LSU defeated South Carolina, 30–13.
LSU finished second in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). South Carolina competed as an independent and was tied for fourth-best record among independent schools.