HERE WE HAVE THE ULTIMATE 1969 GATOR BOWL INSTANT COLLECTION FROM THIS PRESTIGOUS EVENT.
LET'S START WITH THE STILL BRAND NEW,NEVER CIRCULATED PEWTER PLATE FROM THE CHRYSLER CORPORATION.
NEXT IS A BRAND NEW SMALLER PLATE / ASHTRAY,ALSO FROM THE CHRYSLER CORP.
FINISHING UP THE GROUPING IS AN ACTUAL GAME TICKET STUB,THAT REMAINS IN PERFECT CONDITION AFTER ALL OF THESE YEARS.
WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO ACQUIRE A SIZEABLE COLLECTION OF THESE OLD,STILL BRAND NEW PEWTER PLATES AND SMALL PLATES FROM A FORMER CHYRSLER EXECUTIVE WHO HAS KEPT THEM ALL THESE YEARS.
THIS GROUPING IS BEYOND RARE IN ANY CONDITION,LET ALONE STILL BRAND NEW.
THE BIG PEWTER PLATE MEASURES A FULL 12 INCHES ACROSS,WHILE THE SMALLER CERAMIC PLATE MEASURES 4-1/4 INCHES ACROSS.
THIS IS THE ONLY GROUPING OF IT'S KIND,AND THE ONLY ONE EVER ON EBAY.
WE TRIED OUR BEST TO GET QUALITY PICTURES OF THE PEWTER PLATE,BUT LIGHTING AND THE CAMERA FLASH MADE IT DIFFICULT TO GET GOOD PICTURES OF IT.
THANKS FOR LOOKING AND GOOD LUCK !

1969 Gator Bowl grouping - The 25th Gator Bowl featured a match-up of SEC combatants, as the Florida Gators and Tennessee Volunteers squared off in Jacksonville.  It turned into a real thriller, as the slight underdog Gators edged the Vols, 14-13.

Florida's Mike Kelley scored the game's first touchdown, returning a blocked punt eight yards for the score and a 7-0 lead in the first quarter.  Tennessee, however, took a 10-7 lead into halftime after George Hunt booted a field goal and quarterback  Bobby Scott hit Lester McClain with a 12-yard scoring pass.  Florida re-took the lead in the third quarter when qb John Reaves hooked up with Carlos Alvarez on a 9-yard scoring pass.  The Vols cut the lead to one point on another Hunt field goal in the fourth quarter, but the comeback fell short.

The Tennessee lineup featured - Scott, Don McLeary, McClain, Curt Watson, Gary Kreis and Ken Delong.

The Florida notables included - Reaves, Alvarez, Tommy Durrance, Mike Rich, Richard Franco, Paul Maliska, Bill Dowdy and future NFL great Jack Youngblood.