1953 Gator Bowl

The 1953 Gator Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the Tulsa Golden Hurricane of the Missouri Valley Conference and the Florida Gators representing the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Florida defeated Tulsa 14–13.^[1] This was the Gators' first appearance in a NCAA-sanctioned bowl game

Game summary

An extra point by Rick Casares proved the difference.^[2]

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	FLA	TUL
1					FLA	Rick Casares 2-yard touchdown run, Rick Casares kick good	7	0
2					FLA	John Hall 37-yard touchdown reception from Leffie Robinson, Rick Casares kick good	14	0
3					TUL	Roberts 3-yard touchdown run, Tom Miner kick good	14	7
4					TUL	Howard Waugh 2-yard touchdown run, Tom Miner kick no good	14	13
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							14	13

↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
↑ Noel Nash, ed., The Gainesville Sun Presents The Greatest Moments in Florida Gators Football, Sports Publishing, Inc., Champaign, Illinois, pp. 16–18 (1998).

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