1984 Florida Citrus Bowl

1984 Florida Citrus Growers Association Florida Citrus Bowl

(7–4)

(7–3–1)

Head coach:
Vince Dooley

Head coach:
Bobby Bowden

AP	Coaches
15	16

	1	2	3	4	Total
Georgia	0	14	0	3	17
Florida State	0	0	3	14	17

Date

December 22, 1984

Season

1984

Stadium

Florida Citrus Bowl

Location

Orlando, Florida

MVP

QB James Jackson (Georgia)

Attendance

51,821

United States TV coverage

Network

NBC

Announcers

Don Criqui & Bob Trumpy

The 1984 Florida Citrus Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game that featured the Georgia Bulldogs and the Florida State Seminoles.

Background

A 7-1 start and a #8 ranking came crashing down after a loss to Florida in the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party rivalry game, as they then lost to #15 Auburn and Georgia Tech to crater into the Citrus Bowl without a ranking, and a (tied for) 3rd-place finish in the Southeastern Conference. A 4-0 start (and a #6 ranking) for the Seminoles ended with a 3-3-1 finish. This was Georgia's first Florida Citrus Bowl since 1974, along with their 5th straight bowl appearance. This was Florida State's first Florida Citrus Bowl since 1977 and 3rd straight bowl appearance.

Game summary

Georgia — Lars Tate 4-yard touchdown run (Butler kick), 5:26 remaining in 2nd quarter
Georgia — Lars Tate 2-yard touchdown run (Butler kick), 1:08 remaining in 2nd quarter
Florida State — Schmidt 32-yard field goal, 10:26 remaining in 3rd quarter
Florida State — Smith 1-yard touchdown run (run failed), 14:21 remaining in 4th quarter
Georgia — Kevin Butler 36-yard field goal, 12:10 remaining in 4th quarter
Florida State — Joe Wessel 14-yard touchdown return of blocked punt (Darrin Holloman run), 3:58 remaining in 4th quarter

Jackson threw 7-of-16 for 159 yards in a MVP effort.^[1]

Aftermath

Florida State has not returned to the Citrus Bowl since this game, while Georgia returned in 1993, 2004, 2009 and 2013.

Statistics

Statistics	Florida State	Georgia
First Downs	18	15
Rushing Yards	161	189
Passing Yards	85	178
Passes (Comp-Attempts-Int.)	10-27-2	9-18-1
Return Yardage	122	22
Fumbles-Lost	3-1	5-1
Punts-Average	8 (38.6)	8 (37.1)
Yards Penalized	8-65	6-42

References

↑ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/geo/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/15fb-history-bowl-recaps.pdf

1984–85 NCAA football bowl game season

Independence (Dec. 15) 1984 California (Dec. 15) Holiday (Dec. 21) Florida Citrus (Dec. 22) Sun (Dec. 22) Cherry (Dec. 22) Freedom (Dec. 26) Liberty (Dec. 27) Gator (Dec. 28) Aloha (Dec. 29) Hall of Fame Classic (Dec. 29) Peach (Dec. 31) Bluebonnet (Dec. 31) Cotton (Jan. 1) Sugar (Jan. 1) Rose (Jan. 1) Fiesta (Jan. 1) Orange (Jan. 1)

Tangerine / Florida Citrus / Capital One / Citrus Bowl

History & conference tie-ins	History Orlando Citrus Bowl Stadium Broadcasters Big Ten Conference Southeastern Conference

Games	1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1958 1960 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2016

Notes	There was a Citrus Bowl in January and December in 1958, 1960 and 2016. There was no Citrus Bowl in 1959.

Florida State Seminoles bowl games

Pound sign (#) denotes national championship game.

Georgia Bulldogs bowl games

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