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style="width:50%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">(7–3–1)</td> </tr><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center;"><i><a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten</a></i></td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center;"><i><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">ACC</a></i></td> </tr><tr> <td style="font-size:300%; line-height:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">15</td> <td style="font-size:300%; line-height:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">17</td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align:center;">Head coach: <br /><b><a href="/wiki/Bo_Schembechler" title="Bo Schembechler">Bo Schembechler</a></b></td> <td style="text-align:center;">Head coach: <br /><b><a href="/wiki/Dick_Crum_(American_football)" title="Dick Crum (American football)">Dick Crum</a></b></td> </tr><tr> <td><table style="margin:0 auto; font-size:110%; border:1px solid #AAA; background:#EFEFEF;"> <tbody><tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/AP_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="AP Poll">AP</a></i></td><td><i><a href="/wiki/Coaches_Poll" title="Coaches Poll">Coaches</a></i></td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><i>14</i></td><td style="text-align:center;"><i>14</i> </td></tr></tbody></table></td> <td></td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><table align="center" style="font-size: 90%"> <tbody><tr> <th></th> <th style="text-align:center; width: 20px; vertical-align: bottom">1</th><th style="text-align:center; width: 20px; vertical-align: bottom">2</th><th style="text-align:center; width: 20px; vertical-align: bottom">3</th><th style="text-align:center; width: 20px; vertical-align: bottom">4</th> <th style="text-align:center; width: 20px; vertical-align: bottom">Total</th> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align:right; white-space: nowrap"><b>Michigan</b></td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">0</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">9</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">0</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">6</td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight: bold">15</td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align:right; white-space: nowrap"><b>North Carolina</b></td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">0</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">7</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">7</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">3</td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight: bold">17</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data">December 28, 1979</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Season</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1979_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season" title="1979 NCAA Division I-A football season">1979</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Stadium</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gator_Bowl_Stadium" title="Gator Bowl Stadium">Gator Bowl Stadium</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data location"><a href="/wiki/Jacksonville,_Florida" title="Jacksonville, Florida">Jacksonville, Florida</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">MVP</th><td class="infobox-data">Matt Kupec (North Carolina QB),<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Amos Lawrence (North Carolina RB), John Wangler (Michigan QB), <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Carter_(American_football)" title="Anthony Carter (American football)">Anthony Carter</a> (Michigan WR)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Official_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Official (American football)">Referee</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Clint Fuller (<a href="/wiki/Southwest_Conference" title="Southwest Conference">SWC</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Attendance</th><td class="infobox-data">70,407</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef;">United States TV coverage</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Television_network" class="mw-redirect" title="Television network">Network</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/College_Football_on_ABC" title="College Football on ABC">ABC</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_announcers_of_major_college_bowl_games" class="mw-redirect" title="List of announcers of major college bowl games">Announcers</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Keith_Jackson" title="Keith Jackson">Keith Jackson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Broyles" title="Frank Broyles">Frank Broyles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dave_Diles" title="Dave Diles">Dave Diles</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint"><table style="background:#efefef; width:100%; border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:center" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Gator_Bowl_(game)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gator Bowl (game)"> Gator Bowl </a></th> </tr><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center; padding-right:1em"><b>  < <a href="/wiki/1978_Gator_Bowl" title="1978 Gator Bowl"> 1978</a></b> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center; padding-left:1em"><b><a href="/wiki/1980_Gator_Bowl" title="1980 Gator Bowl"> 1980</a> >  </b></td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1979 Gator Bowl</b> was a <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">college football</a> <a href="/wiki/Bowl_game" title="Bowl game">bowl game</a> played on December 28, 1979. The <a href="/wiki/1979_North_Carolina_Tar_Heels_football_team" title="1979 North Carolina Tar Heels football team">North Carolina Tar Heels</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">Atlantic Coast Conference</a> defeated the <a href="/wiki/1979_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1979 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan Wolverines</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a>, 17–15. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_Gator_Bowl&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An 8-1 start (With a loss to #9 Notre Dame) had propelled Michigan to be ranked at 10th in the polls, before a loss to #14 Purdue followed by a loss to #2 Ohio State at home. This made them fall to 14th position in the polls and they finished as 3rd in the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a>. </p><p>The Tar Heels had started with a score of 4-0 and were ranked #14 before a loss to Wake Forest started a 1-3-1 middle stretch that ended with victories over Virginia and Duke to make them finish 5th in the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">Atlantic Coast Conference</a>. This was Michigan's first Gator Bowl appearance. This was North Carolina's third ever Gator Bowl appearance. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Scoring_summary">Scoring summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_Gator_Bowl&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Scoring summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_quarter">First quarter</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_Gator_Bowl&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: First quarter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>No score</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_quarter">Second quarter</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_Gator_Bowl&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Second quarter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Michigan - Virgil, 20-yard field goal</li> <li>Michigan - <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Carter_(American_football)" title="Anthony Carter (American football)">Anthony Carter</a>, 53-yard pass from John Wangler (kick failed)</li> <li>North Carolina - Doug Paschal, 1-yard run (Hayes kick)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Third_quarter">Third quarter</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_Gator_Bowl&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Third quarter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>North Carolina - Phil Farris 12-yard pass from Matt Kupec (Hayes kick)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fourth_quarter">Fourth quarter</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_Gator_Bowl&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Fourth quarter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>North Carolina - Hayes 32-yard field goal</li> <li>Michigan - Anthony Carter 30-yard pass from B. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 31,</span> 2017</span> – via newspapers.com.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Rocky+Mount+Telegram&rft.atitle=Add+Another+Feather+to+ACC+Cap&rft.date=1979-12-29&rft.aulast=Barnes&rft.aufirst=Clifton&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Fclip%2F16150909%2Fadd_another_feather_to_acc_cap%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1979+Gator+Bowl" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171231103547/https://www.taxslayerbowl.com/1979-2/">"1979"</a>. 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href="/wiki/TaxSlayer_Bowl#History" class="mw-redirect" title="TaxSlayer Bowl">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gator_Bowl_Stadium" title="Gator Bowl Stadium">Gator Bowl Stadium</a> (1946–1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Hill_Griffin_Stadium" title="Ben Hill Griffin Stadium">Ben Hill Griffin Stadium</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/EverBank_Stadium" title="EverBank Stadium">EverBank Stadium</a> (1995–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">Southeastern Conference</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#2a3439; color:#FFFFFF; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E2223B, inset -2px -2px 0 #E2223B;;width:1%">Games</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1946_Gator_Bowl" title="1946 Gator Bowl">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_Gator_Bowl" title="1947 Gator Bowl">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Gator_Bowl" title="1948 Gator Bowl">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_Gator_Bowl" title="1949 Gator Bowl">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_Gator_Bowl" title="1950 Gator Bowl">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_Gator_Bowl" title="1951 Gator Bowl">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Gator_Bowl" title="1952 Gator Bowl">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_Gator_Bowl" title="1953 Gator Bowl">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Gator_Bowl_(January)" title="1954 Gator Bowl (January)">1954 (Jan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Gator_Bowl_(December)" title="1954 Gator Bowl (December)">1954 (Dec)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_Gator_Bowl" title="1955 Gator Bowl">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Gator_Bowl" title="1956 Gator Bowl">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_Gator_Bowl" title="1957 Gator Bowl">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Gator_Bowl" title="1958 Gator Bowl">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Gator_Bowl_(January)" title="1960 Gator Bowl (January)">1960 (Jan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Gator_Bowl_(December)" title="1960 Gator Bowl (December)">1960 (Dec)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_Gator_Bowl" title="1961 Gator Bowl">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Gator_Bowl" title="1962 Gator Bowl">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Gator_Bowl" title="1963 Gator Bowl">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Gator_Bowl_(January)" title="1965 Gator Bowl (January)">1965 (Jan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Gator_Bowl_(December)" title="1965 Gator Bowl (December)">1965 (Dec)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Gator_Bowl" title="1966 Gator Bowl">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Gator_Bowl" title="1967 Gator Bowl">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Gator_Bowl" title="1968 Gator Bowl">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Gator_Bowl" title="1969 Gator Bowl">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Gator_Bowl_(January)" title="1971 Gator Bowl (January)">1971 (Jan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Gator_Bowl_(December)" title="1971 Gator Bowl (December)">1971 (Dec)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Gator_Bowl" title="1972 Gator Bowl">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Gator_Bowl" title="1973 Gator Bowl">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Gator_Bowl" title="1974 Gator Bowl">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Gator_Bowl" title="1975 Gator Bowl">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Gator_Bowl" title="1976 Gator Bowl">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Gator_Bowl" title="1977 Gator Bowl">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Gator_Bowl" title="1978 Gator Bowl">1978</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Gator_Bowl" title="1980 Gator Bowl">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Gator_Bowl" title="1981 Gator Bowl">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Gator_Bowl" title="1982 Gator Bowl">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Gator_Bowl" title="1983 Gator Bowl">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Gator_Bowl" title="1984 Gator Bowl">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Gator_Bowl" title="1985 Gator Bowl">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Gator_Bowl" title="1986 Gator Bowl">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Gator_Bowl" title="1987 Gator Bowl">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Gator_Bowl_(January)" title="1989 Gator Bowl (January)">1989 (Jan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Gator_Bowl_(December)" title="1989 Gator Bowl (December)">1989 (Dec)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Gator_Bowl_(January)" title="1991 Gator Bowl (January)">1991 (Jan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Gator_Bowl_(December)" title="1991 Gator Bowl (December)">1991 (Dec)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Gator_Bowl" title="1992 Gator Bowl">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Gator_Bowl" title="1993 Gator Bowl">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Gator_Bowl" title="1994 Gator Bowl">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Gator_Bowl" title="1996 Gator Bowl">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Gator_Bowl" title="1997 Gator Bowl">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Gator_Bowl" title="1998 Gator Bowl">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Gator_Bowl" title="1999 Gator Bowl">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Gator_Bowl" title="2000 Gator Bowl">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Gator_Bowl" title="2001 Gator Bowl">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Gator_Bowl" title="2002 Gator Bowl">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Gator_Bowl" title="2003 Gator Bowl">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Gator_Bowl" title="2004 Gator Bowl">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Gator_Bowl" title="2005 Gator Bowl">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Gator_Bowl" title="2006 Gator Bowl">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Gator_Bowl" title="2007 Gator Bowl">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Gator_Bowl" title="2008 Gator Bowl">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Gator_Bowl" title="2009 Gator Bowl">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Gator_Bowl" title="2010 Gator Bowl">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Gator_Bowl" title="2011 Gator Bowl">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Gator_Bowl" title="2012 Gator Bowl">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Gator_Bowl" title="2013 Gator Bowl">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Gator_Bowl" title="2014 Gator Bowl">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_TaxSlayer_Bowl" title="2015 TaxSlayer Bowl">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_TaxSlayer_Bowl_(January)" title="2016 TaxSlayer Bowl (January)">2016 (Jan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_TaxSlayer_Bowl_(December)" title="2016 TaxSlayer Bowl (December)">2016 (Dec)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_TaxSlayer_Bowl" title="2017 TaxSlayer Bowl">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Gator_Bowl" title="2018 Gator Bowl">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Gator_Bowl" title="2020 Gator Bowl">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Gator_Bowl_(January)" title="2021 Gator Bowl (January)">2021 (Jan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Gator_Bowl_(December)" title="2021 Gator Bowl (December)">2021 (Dec)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Gator_Bowl" title="2022 Gator Bowl">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Gator_Bowl" title="2023 Gator Bowl">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2025_Gator_Bowl" title="2025 Gator Bowl">2025 (Jan)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#2a3439; color:#FFFFFF; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E2223B, inset -2px -2px 0 #E2223B;;width:1%">Notes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>There was a Gator Bowl in January and December in 1954, 1960, 1965, 1971, 1989, 1991, 2016, and 2021.</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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title="1965 Rose Bowl">1965 Rose Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Rose_Bowl" title="1970 Rose Bowl">1970 Rose Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Rose_Bowl" title="1972 Rose Bowl">1972 Rose Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Orange_Bowl" title="1976 Orange Bowl">1976 Orange Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Rose_Bowl" title="1977 Rose Bowl">1977 Rose Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Rose_Bowl" title="1978 Rose Bowl">1978 Rose Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Rose_Bowl" title="1979 Rose Bowl">1979 Rose Bowl</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1979 Gator Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Rose_Bowl" title="1981 Rose Bowl">1981 Rose Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Astro-Bluebonnet_Bowl" title="1981 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl">1981 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Rose_Bowl" title="1983 Rose Bowl">1983 Rose Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Sugar_Bowl" title="1984 Sugar Bowl">1984 Sugar Bowl</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/2020_Citrus_Bowl" title="2020 Citrus Bowl">2020 Citrus Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Orange_Bowl_(December)" title="2021 Orange Bowl (December)">2021 Orange Bowl</a> †</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Fiesta_Bowl_(December)" title="2022 Fiesta Bowl (December)">2022 Fiesta Bowl</a> †</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Rose_Bowl" title="2024 Rose Bowl">2024 Rose Bowl</a> †</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_College_Football_Playoff_National_Championship" title="2024 College Football Playoff National Championship">2024 College Football Playoff National Championship</a> #</li></ul> <p><i># denotes national championship game; † denotes <a href="/wiki/College_Football_Playoff" title="College Football Playoff">College Football Playoff</a> semifinal game</i> </p> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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