1976 Gator Bowl - Misplaced Pages

The 1976 Gator Bowl was a college football bowl game played between the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on December 27, 1976. Notre Dame won the game by a score of 20–9.

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v t e 1976–77 NCAA football bowl game season
Grantland Rice (Dec. 4) Independence (Dec. 13) Tangerine (Dec. 18) Liberty (Dec. 20) Fiesta (Dec. 25) Gator (Dec. 27) Peach (Dec. 31) Bluebonnet (Dec. 31) Sugar (Jan. 1) Cotton (Jan. 1) Orange (Jan. 1) Rose (Jan. 1) Sun (Jan. 2)

v t e Gator Bowl
Known as the TaxSlayer Bowl from 2014–2017
History & conference tie-ins	History Gator Bowl Stadium (1946–1993) Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (1994) EverBank Stadium (1995–present) Big Ten Conference Southeastern Conference
Games	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 (Jan) 1954 (Dec) 1955 1956 1957 1958 1960 (Jan) 1960 (Dec) 1961 1962 1963 1965 (Jan) 1965 (Dec) 1966 1967 1968 1969 1971 (Jan) 1971 (Dec) 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1989 (Jan) 1989 (Dec) 1991 (Jan) 1991 (Dec) 1992 1993 1994 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 (Jan) 2016 (Dec) 2017 2018 2020 2021 (Jan) 2021 (Dec) 2022 2023 2025 (Jan)
Notes	There was a Gator Bowl in January and December in 1954, 1960, 1965, 1971, 1989, 1991, 2016, and 2021.

v t e Penn State Nittany Lions bowl games
1923 Rose Bowl 1948 Cotton Bowl Classic 1959 Liberty Bowl 1960 Liberty Bowl 1961 Gator Bowl 1962 Gator Bowl 1967 Gator Bowl 1969 Orange Bowl 1970 Orange Bowl 1972 Cotton Bowl Classic 1972 Sugar Bowl 1974 Orange Bowl 1975 Cotton Bowl Classic 1975 Sugar Bowl 1976 Gator Bowl 1977 Fiesta Bowl 1979 Sugar Bowl # 1979 Liberty Bowl 1980 Fiesta Bowl 1982 Fiesta Bowl 1983 Sugar Bowl # 1983 Aloha Bowl 1986 Orange Bowl 1987 Fiesta Bowl # 1988 Florida Citrus Bowl 1989 Holiday Bowl 1990 Blockbuster Bowl 1992 Fiesta Bowl 1993 Blockbuster Bowl 1994 Florida Citrus Bowl 1995 Rose Bowl 1996 Outback Bowl 1997 Fiesta Bowl 1998 Florida Citrus Bowl 1999 Outback Bowl 1999 Alamo Bowl 2003 Capital One Bowl 2006 Orange Bowl 2007 Outback Bowl 2007 Alamo Bowl 2009 Rose Bowl 2010 Capital One Bowl 2011 Outback Bowl 2012 TicketCity Bowl 2014 Pinstripe Bowl 2016 TaxSlayer Bowl 2017 Rose Bowl 2017 Fiesta Bowl 2019 Citrus Bowl 2019 Cotton Bowl Classic 2022 Outback Bowl 2023 Rose Bowl 2023 Peach Bowl 2024 Fiesta Bowl ‡ 2025 Orange Bowl † # denotes national championship game; † denotes College Football Playoff semifinal game; ‡ denotes College Football Playoff quarterfinal game

# denotes national championship game; † denotes College Football Playoff semifinal game; ‡ denotes College Football Playoff quarterfinal game

v t e Notre Dame Fighting Irish bowl games
1925 Rose Bowl 1970 Cotton Bowl Classic 1971 Cotton Bowl Classic 1973 Orange Bowl 1973 Sugar Bowl 1975 Orange Bowl 1976 Gator Bowl 1978 Cotton Bowl Classic 1979 Cotton Bowl Classic 1981 Sugar Bowl 1983 Liberty Bowl 1984 Aloha Bowl 1988 Cotton Bowl Classic 1989 Fiesta Bowl 1990 Orange Bowl 1991 Orange Bowl 1992 Sugar Bowl 1993 Cotton Bowl Classic 1994 Cotton Bowl Classic 1995 Fiesta Bowl 1996 Orange Bowl 1997 Independence Bowl 1999 Gator Bowl 2001 Fiesta Bowl 2003 Gator Bowl 2004 Insight Bowl 2006 Fiesta Bowl 2007 Sugar Bowl 2008 Hawaii Bowl 2010 Sun Bowl 2011 Champs Sports Bowl 2013 BCS National Championship Game # 2013 Pinstripe Bowl 2014 Music City Bowl 2016 Fiesta Bowl 2018 Citrus Bowl 2018 Cotton Bowl Classic † 2019 Camping World Bowl 2021 Rose Bowl † 2022 Fiesta Bowl 2022 Gator Bowl 2023 Sun Bowl 2025 Sugar Bowl ‡ 2025 Orange Bowl † # denotes national championship game; † denotes College Football Playoff semifinal game, ‡ denotes College Football Playoff quarterfinal game

# denotes national championship game; † denotes College Football Playoff semifinal game, ‡ denotes College Football Playoff quarterfinal game

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