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| Date | December 27, 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Gator Bowl Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Jacksonville, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | ND: Al Hunter HB PSU: Jimmy Cefalo WR |
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| Attendance | 67,827 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1976 Gator Bowl was a college football bowl game played between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Penn State Nittany Lions on December 27, 1976. Notre Dame won the game by a score of 20–9.