1989 Orange Bowl
The 1989 Orange Bowl was the 55th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, on Monday, January 2. Part of the 1988–89 bowl game season, it matched the independent and second-ranked Miami Hurricanes and the #6 Nebraska Cornhuskers of the Big Eight Conference. Favored Miami won 23–3.
| 1989 Federal Express Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 55th Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 2, 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Orange Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Miami, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Steve Walsh (Miami QB) Charles Fryer (Nebraska CB) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Miami by 6½ points | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jimmy Harper (SEC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 79,480 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Don Criqui and Bob Trumpy | ||||||||||||||||||||
It was a rematch of the 1984 game, in which Miami had won its first national championship. Despite the high rankings of both teams, the game was not determining of the national title since top-ranked and undefeated Notre Dame (which had defeated Miami by a point earlier in the season) convincingly won the Fiesta Bowl in Arizona earlier in the day.
This was the first Orange Bowl that had an official corporate sponsor, Federal Express (now FedEx), who continued to sponsor the bowl until 2010.