The game was the first BCS National Championship. Do you have a blog? The 1999 Fiesta Bowl, the designated BCS National Championship Game for the 1998 season, was played on January 4, 1999, in Tempe, Arizona at Sun Devil Stadium. Bryson's TD came after the Vols took a Jeff Hall field goal off the board due to a roughing-the-kicker penalty. Florida State sophomore QB Chris Weinke was injured in Florida State's final ACC game of the regular season and did not participate in the championship game. Or write about sports? About logos. Ultimately, Tennessee won their sixth National Championship and first since 1951 by defeating the Seminoles, 2316. The Irish scored on a one-yard run by Anthony Johnson and added a five-yard run by Rodney Culver to take the 16-0 lead. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. The 29 points were the most ever scored in the second quarter of a bowl game. Four plays later, Martin hit fullback Shawn Bryson out of the backfield for a four-yard touchdown pass. Later, Tennessee added a 23-yard field goal by Hall, and the lead extended to 239. The teams were the Tennessee Volunteers and Florida State Seminoles. See our list of forfeits and vacated games for more details. "We did a good job of stopping the run," Nebraska defensive First Game: December 27, 1971 (Arizona State 45, Florida State 38), Last Game: December 31, 2022 (TCU 51, Michigan 45), Most Points: 62 (Nebraska in 1996) Softball player's epic baserunning fake scores a run. Florida State sophomore QB, Chris Weinke was injured in Florida State's final ACC game of the regular season and did not participate in the championship game. The Huskers rushed for 321 yards and had 469 yards overall. Find out more. Tennessee had 114 yards rushing, but leading carrier. 1996 Fiesta Bowl - Wikipedia "It was an excellent performance," Nebraska coach Frank Solich As a matter of policy, Sports Reference only reports the results of games as played on the field. 18th Annual Game, 1989 - 2019-20 - Vrbo Fiesta Bowl the right side of the field, then won a footrace to the end zone The Tennessee defense held Florida State to only 253 total yards on offense. Tennessee defeated Florida State 23-16. . Tennessee Tennessee/Nebraska Nebraska College Football recap on ESPN Kelly weaved his way through defenders on the punt return, his sixth career kick return for a touchdown. A Look into the 1999 Fiesta Bowl - seminoles.com 2 team was the second-largest ever (Army 48, Notre Dame 0, 1945). He also brought back the opening kickoff 93 yards for a touchdown in the Aloha Bowl the previous year in a win over Oregon. Martin completed 6 of 7 passes for 66 yards, with the only incompletion an intentional spike, as Tennessee scored on an 8-play, 65-yard drive that used up just 1 minute, 19 seconds. There were some Just too much Nebraska. It's been a historically good year for No. Florida State came back with nine unanswered points on a 1-yard touchdown run by William McCray and a short field goal by Sebastian Janikowski to cut the lead to 14-9 at halftime. The teams were the Tennessee Volunteers and Florida State Seminoles. The 1989 Sunkist Fiesta Bowl, played on Monday, January 2, was the 18th edition of the Fiesta Bowl.It featured the top-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the third-ranked West Virginia Mountaineers.With both teams undefeated, the Fiesta Bowl was the stage for the "national championship" for the second time in three years. Fiesta Bowl | football game | Britannica College Football Scores. Tennessee entered the contest undefeated and number one in the major polls. 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The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. 16th Annual Game, 1987 - 2019-20 - Vrbo Fiesta Bowl Tennessee's Dominique Stevenson recovered at the Nebraska 25. "We knew we had to mix it up a little bit. He was replaced by Gerald Griffin, who had not seen much action that season. led NCAA Division I with 25 fumbles lost. Do you have a sports website? touchdown. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. The 1991 IBM OS/2 Fiesta Bowl, was a post-season college football bowl game between the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Tennessee Volunteers, played January 1, 1992, at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona . We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Later, Tennessee added a 23-yard field goal by Hall, and the lead extended to 239. left in the game. Fiesta Bowl - Tennessee vs Florida State Box Score, January 4, 1999 Tennessee pinned the Huskers at their 1 on their next Tennessee had 114 yards rushing, but leading carrier. said. 8-play, 65-yard drive that used up just 1 minute, 19 seconds. We present them here for purely educational purposes. This page was last edited on 27 December 2022, at 16:00. 2 Michigan (13-0) vs. No. Golliday and Bowling saw extra duty because Tracey Wistrom, the Some school's results have been altered by retroactive NCAA penalties. At the end of the half, Janikowski drilled a 34-yard field goal, and the lead was cut to 149.