 Both teams would be headquartered in Orlando for the week, and spend most of their time there, including practices, and would be bused up to Gainesville.The participants were greeted with an unexpected event, a near-record low temperature of 25° F (-4° C).Despite the home-field advantage, in the game nicknamed the "Transplant Bowl", Miami University (OH), who found the cold much more to its liking, defeated the Gators 16–7.