2023 Gator Bowl

2023 TaxSlayer Gator Bowl
2023 TaxSlayer Gator Bowl
79th Gator Bowl
Clemson Tigers	Kentucky Wildcats
(8–4)	(7–5)
ACC	SEC
38	35
Head coach: ; Dabo Swinney	Head coach: ; Mark Stoops
Date	December 29, 2023
Season	2023
Stadium	EverBank Stadium
Location	Jacksonville, Florida
MVP	Phil Mafah (RB, Clemson); Barion Brown (WR, Kentucky)
Favorite	Clemson by 6.5
Referee	John Love (Pac-12)
Attendance	40,132
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Wes Durham, Tim Hasselbeck, Taylor Tannebaum
Gator Bowl
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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.

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