1992 Florida Citrus Bowl

College football game

1992 Florida Citrus Growers Association Florida Citrus Bowl

| California Golden Bears | Clemson Tigers

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(9–2) | (9–1–1)
Pac-10 | ACC
37 | 13
Head coach:
Bruce Snyder | Head coach:
Ken Hatfield
| AP| Coaches

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14| 14
| AP| Coaches

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13| 12
|  | 1| 2| 3| 4 | Total

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California | 17| 10| 10| 0 | 37
Clemson | 3| 7| 3| 0 | 13
Date| January 1, 1992
Season| 1991
Stadium| Florida Citrus Bowl
Location| Orlando, Florida
MVP| QB Mike Pawlawski (California)
Referee| Loyd Dale (SWC)
Attendance| 64,192
United States TV coverage
Network| ABC
Announcers| Brent Musburger
Dick Vermeil
|  Florida Citrus Bowl

< 1991 |  1993 >
A punt in the 1992 Florida Citrus Bowl

The 1992 Florida Citrus Bowl matched the Clemson Tigers and the California Golden Bears. It was the final game for both teams for the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season and the 46th annual Citrus Bowl game held.

## Background

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The Tigers were champions of the Atlantic Coast Conference in Hatfield's 2nd year coaching the team. This was the third overall appearance in the Citrus Bowl for the Tigers, all happening in a span of four years as the team rode a six-game winning streak. The Golden Bears were 2nd in the Pacific-10 Conference to Washington after losses to Washington to Stanford, both losses knocking Cal out of the top 10 in the AP Poll. This was the Bears first consecutive bowl game appearance since the Bears' streak of three straight Rose Bowls from 1949 to 1951, and first Citrus Bowl.

## Game summary

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By the time the first quarter ended the Bears had a 17–3 lead, as Russell White ran for 103 yards on 22 rushes, Brian Treggs returned a punt return 72 yards for a touchdown, as the Cal defense made DeChane Cameron throw three interceptions and limit him to 123 yards. By halftime, it was 27–10, and the second half only had 13 points, 10 coming from California.[1] [2]

## Aftermath

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Clemson would not win another ACC title until 2011. Snyder would leave for Arizona State after the bowl win, and Keith Gilbertson would follow as coach, and he continued the bowl win streak until he was fired after his 4th season. Neither team has appeared in the Citrus Bowl since this game. In 2024, California joined the ACC.

## Statistics

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Statistics | California | Clemson

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First Downs | 22 | 19
Yards Rushing | 146 | 206
Yards Passing | 230 | 123
Total Yards | 376 | 329
Punts-Average | - | \-
Fumbles-Lost | - | \-
Interceptions | 0 | 3
Penalties-Yards | - | \-

## References

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1. ^ "Crafty Cal fools Clemson". The Orlando Sentinel. January 2, 1992. Retrieved February 4, 2024 - via Newspapers.com.
2. ^ "Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl > history". Archived from the original on December 16, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.

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1991–92 NCAA football bowl game season

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Citrus Bowl

Formerly known as the Tangerine / Florida Citrus / Capital One Bowl

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* There were games in January and December of 1958, 1960, and 2016. As a result, there were no games in 1959, 1986 or 2017.

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California Golden Bears bowl games

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Clemson Tigers bowl games

* 1940 Cotton Bowl Classic
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* 1952 Gator Bowl
* 1957 Orange Bowl
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* 1977 Gator Bowl
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