1995 Orange Bowl
The 1995 Orange Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 1995, as the 61st edition of the Orange Bowl and the national championship game for the 1994 season. It featured the Nebraska Cornhuskers of the Big Eight and the Miami Hurricanes of the Big East. The game was a rematch of the historic 1984 Orange Bowl. As of 2020, the 1995 Orange Bowl holds the record for Orange Bowl attendance at 81,753.
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| 61st Orange Bowl Bowl Coalition National Championship Game | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Miami Orange Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Miami, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Nebraska QB Tommie Frazier and Miami WR Chris T. Jones | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Miami by 1 (37) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Ron Winter (Big Ten) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 81,753 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Tom Hammond and Cris Collinsworth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 18.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Although this was the Bowl Coalition's National Championship Game, it was a match-up of the first and third-ranked teams in the country, as second-ranked Penn State was obligated to play in the 1995 Rose Bowl as the Big Ten champion.
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