1990 Sugar Bowl

August 2023 May 2026 1990 USF&G Sugar Bowl Louisiana Superdome - Unbranded - 26 July 2021.jpg The Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, hosted the Sugar Bowl. 56th Sugar Bowl 1989 Miami Hurricanes University of Miami Alabama Crimson Tide University of Alabama 10–1 Independent 10–1 SEC Dennis Erickson Bill Curry 2 2 7 7 7 13 6 7 0 17 0 8 January 1 Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana Craig Erickson (Miami QB) Miami by 9 pointshttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rEpWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OOoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1514%2C9475475 Gainesville Sun Florida Latest line December 31, 1989 4C John Nealon (Big Ten) Million Dollar Band, Band of the Hour 77,452 ABC List of announcers of major college bowl games Al Michaels, Frank Gifford,and Dan Dierdorf The 1990 Sugar Bowl was the 56th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Monday, January 1. Part of the 1989–90 bowl game season, it featured the second-ranked independent Miami Hurricanes and the #7 Alabama Crimson Tide of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Favored Miami won 33–25.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=j0tQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AQ4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5080%2C5853247 Toledo Blade Ohio Associated Press Debate heated over No. 1: Miami claims crown January 2, 1990 21https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KVUPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eIYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5289%2C767840 The Bulletin Bend, Oregon Associated Press Hurricanes huff and puff past 'Bama January 2, 1990 D1 Sponsored by the USF&G insurance company, the game was officially known as the USF&G Sugar Bowl. Teams 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season Both teams entered the game with just one loss. Miami 1989 Miami Hurricanes football team The Hurricanes' only loss was at Florida State in late October. Following their victory over Notre Dame a month later, they accepted an invitation to play in the Sugar Bowl.https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1989/11/26/miami-shuts-down-no-1-notre-dame/cef22071-8ad6-4f52-9a43-676b98dda0f3/ Hurricanes storm through Irish Sally Jenkins The Washington Post November 26, 1989 This was Miami's sixteenth bowl game appearance and second Sugar Bowl. Alabama 1989 Alabama Crimson Tide football team The Crimson Tide won their first ten games, but lost to Auburn in the first-ever Iron Bowl played at Jordan–Hare Stadium,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jDQdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jqUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2479%2C397760 AU wins but Bama gets Sugar Hurt Cecil Tommy Stevenson Tuscaloosa News Alabama A1 December 3, 1989https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kEpWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OOoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2312%2C1026316 Gainesville Sun Florida Associated Press Shearer Ed Auburn rolls over second-rated Tide December 3, 1989 1C and fell from second to seventh in the AP poll. This was Alabama's 42nd bowl game appearance, eleventh in the Sugar Bowl, but the first in ten years, when they defeated the Arkansas Razorbacks en route to the national championship. Game summary The game kicked off shortly after 7:30 p.m. CST, following the Rose Bowl on ABC, and shortly after the start of the Orange Bowl on NBC, which matched top-ranked Colorado and #4 Notre Dame.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rEpWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OOoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6842%2C9475348 Gainesville Sun Florida Bowl schedule December 31, 1989 4C Miami opened the scoring with Stephen McGuire's three-yard touchdown run.How they scored https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=REkgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eaUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6758%2C174798 The Tuscaloosa News 4B January 2, 1990 August 30, 2011 In the second quarter, Alabama tied the game on a four-yard Gary Hollingsworth touchdown pass to Marco Battle. On the next drive the Hurricanes retook the lead after Craig Erickson threw an eighteen-yard touchdown strike to Wesley Carroll. After the Carlos Huerta extra point was blocked by Thomas Rayam Miami led 13–7. The Tide cut the lead to 13–10 midway through the quarter on a 45-yard Philip Doyle field goal. The teams then traded touchdowns to end the quarter with Miami scoring on a three-yard Alex Johnson run and the Crimson Tide scoring on a four-yard touchdown pass from Gary Hollingsworth to Lamonde Russell to make the halftime score 20–17. In the third quarter, the Hurricanes extended their lead on an eleven-yard Erickson touchdown pass to Rob Chudzinski and after a second missed extra point the score was 26–17 entering the final period. In the fourth, Miami scored again on a twelve-yard Randy Bethal touchdown reception from Erickson and Alabama scored the final points of the game after Prince Wimbley had a nine-yard touchdown reception from Gary Hollingsworth to make the final score 33–25. Miami Alabama expand 1 4:55 Miami 9 66 RushTD Stephen McGuire 3 good Carlos Huerta 7 0 2 14:07 Alabama 9 36 RecTD Marco Battle Gary Hollingsworth 4 good Philip Doyle 7 7 2 12:10 Miami 5 78 RecTD Wesley Carroll Craig Erickson 18 no good (blocked) Carlos Huerta 13 7 2 8:58 Alabama 4 7 FG 45 Philip Doyle 13 10 2 5:08 Miami 9 62 RushTD Alex Johnson 3 good Carlos Huerta 20 10 2 00:40 Alabama 11 80 RecTD Lamonde Russell Gary Hollingsworth 4 good Philip Doyle 20 17 3 6:54 Miami 10 67 RecTD Rob Chudzinski Craig Erickson 11 no good Carlos Huerta 26 17 4 12:35 Miami 11 88 RecTD Randy Bethal Craig Erickson 12 good Carlos Huerta 33 17 4 2:53 Alabama 6 33 RecTD Prince Wimbley Gary Hollingsworth 9 pass good 33 25 33 25 Statistics {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" ! Statistics !! 3Miami3 !! Alabama |- |align=left|First downs || 24 || 17 |- |align=left|Rushes–yards|| 50–227|| 29–38 |- |align=left|Passing yards || 250 || 214 |- |align=left|Passes || 17–27–1 || 27–43–1 |- |align=left|Total offense || 77–477 || 72–252 |- |align=left|Return yards || 13 || 34 |- |align=left|Punts–average ||5–31.4|| 8–38.3 |- |align=left|Fumbles–lost ||2–2|| 0–0 |- |align=left|Turnovers||3||1 |- |align=left|Penalties–yards ||11–77||3–24 |- |align=left|Time of possession || 30:38||29:22 |} Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wcBWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NuoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6669%2C437957 Gainesville Sun Florida Associated Press Scoreboard: College football January 3, 1990 4C Aftermath With #1 Colorado's loss in the Orange Bowl, both the Associated Press and Coaches' Polls awarded the Hurricanes the national championship, ranking them first in their final rankings.Miami sweeps polls https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=REkgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eaUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4100%2C318720 Doug Fernandes NYT Regional Newspapers The Tuscaloosa News 1D January 3, 1990 August 30, 2011 Alabama fell to ninth in the final AP poll. 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