1989 Orange Bowl

August 2023 1989 Federal Express File:Miami orange bowl stadium cropped.jpg The Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, hosted the Orange Bowl. Orange Bowl 55th Orange Bowl 1988 Miami Hurricanes University of Miami Nebraska Cornhuskers University of Nebraska 10–1 Independent 11–1 Big Eight Jimmy Johnson Tom Osborne 2 2 6 6 7 13 0 3 0 0 3 0 January 2 Orange Bowl Miami, Florida Steve Walsh (Miami QB)Charles Fryer (Nebraska CB) Miami by 6½ points https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VgQOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2G0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3259%2C120694 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The latest line January 2, 1989 27 Jimmy Harper (SEC) 79,480 NBC List of announcers of major college bowl games Don Criqui and Bob Trumpy 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.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Da5VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kuEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4625%2C571532 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon (Newsday) Robbins Danny Miami settles for No. 2 January 3, 1989 3Dhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VwQOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2G0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3157%2C288742 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associated Press Walker Ben No. 2 Miami storms past Huskers, 23-3 January 3, 1989 17https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nAMkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nRIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3624%2C418234 Milwaukee Sentinel Associated Press 'Canes crush Cornhuskers January 3, 1989 1, part 2 It was a rematch of the 1984 game, in which Miami had won its first national championship. Despite the high rankings of both teams,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EK5VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kuEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6928%2C425560 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon (Los Angeles Times) Edes Gordon Johnson states his case for No. 1 January 2, 1989 5C the game was not determining of the national title since top-ranked and undefeated Notre Dame (which had defeated Miami by one point earlier in the season) convincingly won the Fiesta Bowl in Arizona earlier in the day.https://www.si.com/vault/1989/01/09/119199/no-1-with-a-bullet-notre-dame-is-the-tops-after-beating-west-virginia Sports Illustrated Telander Rick No. 1 with a bullet January 9, 1989 16 This was the first Orange Bowl that had an official corporate sponsor, Federal Express (now FedEx), who continued to sponsor the bowl until 2010. Game summary The rematch did not turn out to be as close as the 1984 game, and Miami led 20–0 at halftime. Nebraska finally scored with a 50-yard field goal in the third quarter, but Miami responded with its own in the fourth. Hurricanes quarterback Steve Walsh also set a new Orange Bowl record with 44 attempted passes, with 21 completions, and was named the game's MVP on offense. Scoring First quarter Miami – Leonard Conley 22-yard pass from Steve Walsh (Carlos Huerta kick) Second quarter Miami – Huerta 18-yard field goal Miami – Conley 42-yard pass from Walsh (Huerta kick) Miami – Huerta 37-yard field goal Third quarter Nebraska – Gregg Barrios 50-yard field goal Fourth quarter Miami – Huerta 37-yard field goal Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jmwaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1isEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1399%2C1411073 Milwaukee Journal Orange Bowl (box score) January 3, 1989 3C Statistics {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" ! Statistics !! 4Miami4 !!  Nebraska  |- |align=left|First downs || 20 || 10 |- |align=left|Rushes–yards|| 28–69|| 38–80 |- |align=left|Passing yards || 285 || 55 |- |align=left|Passes (C–A–I)|| 23–48–3 || 8–22–3 |- |align=left|Total offense || 76–354 || 60–135 |- |align=left|Return yards || 47 || 31 |- |align=left|Punts–average ||4–40|| 9–37 |- |align=left|Fumbles–lost ||1–0|| 0–0 |- |align=left|Turnovers||3||3 |- |align=left|Penalties-yards ||7–60|| 5–45 |- |align=left|Time of possession ||30:16||29:44 |} Source: Aftermath The game was head coach Jimmy Johnson's last with Miami, as he left in February to become the second head coach of the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=53kzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qeEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6358%2C6238284 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Miami's Johnson puts an end to Landry era February 26, 1989 1C Miami retained its #2 ranking in the final AP poll and Nebraska fell to tenth.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=D65VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kuEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6993%2C748284 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press It's not unanimous, but the Irish finish as No. 1 January 4, 1989 7C Nebraska and Miami have since faced off again in the post-season three times, twice in the Orange Bowl in 1992 and 1995, and once in the Rose Bowl in 2002. References 2 Orange Bowl Category:Orange Bowl Category:Miami Hurricanes football bowl games Category:Nebraska Cornhuskers football bowl games Orange Bowl Orange Bowl Category:American football competitions in Miami