The Miami football team’s first holiday trip for a bowl game in the Big Apple came in 1962 for a game called the Gotham Bowl against Nebraska. It was the second and last Gotham Bowl played. Like the Pinstripe Bowl, it was played at (the old) Yankee Stadium.
The 1962 Miami football team entered the Gotham Bowl as the nation’s 18th ranked team led by All-American quarterback and future Miami Sports Hall of Fame George Mira Sr. Mira held several Miami passing records until they were initially broken by Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Kelly in the early 1980s.