Irish Seek To Salvage Season In Cotton Bowl
Notre Dame, 12th ranked, meets 13th rated Texas A&M in the 52nd Cotton Bowl Classic on New Year’s Day as both seek a final win. Tim Brown leads the Irish with hometown ties in Dallas, while A&M shadows him with safety Gary Jones. Freshman QB Bucky Richardson starts for the Aggies.
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Syracuse Faces Auburn In Sugar Bowl Impatient to prove
No. 4 Syracuse brings 11-0 and a 12 game win streak to a showdown with No. 6 Auburn at the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. Auburn 9-1-1 is a slight favorite as 75,000 pack the Louisiana Superdome for a 3:30 pm ET national telecast on ABC.
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Florida State and Nebraska Face Fiesta Bowl Showdown
Florida State and Nebraska, both 10-1, clash at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe with NBC televising. The Seminoles seek No 2 finish after a late Miami loss, while the Cornhuskers hope to salvage a top ranking after Big Eight title game defeat. Key performers include Florida State’s Danny McManus Sammie Smith and Derek Schmidt, and Nebraska’s Steve Taylor Keith Jones.
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Spartans Face Trojans in 74th Rose Bowl Clash
Michigan State, ranked eighth with 8-2-1, meets Southern Cal in Pasadena for the Rose Bowl. The Trojans, 13-3, boast a long Rose Bowl tradition with 24 appearances, led by quarterback Rodney Peete. Michigan State relies on Lorenzo White and a stout defense as the game airs 5 p.m. EST with USC favored by three.
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Vols and Hoosiers Eye Peach Bowl Scoring Duel
Tennessee coach Johnny Majors cautioned a 31-point total may decide the Peach Bowl clash with Indiana as they seek a victory at Atlanta Fulton County Stadium. Indiana coach Bill Mallory demurred on predictions, noting his team’s balanced offense and the selling point of a return to bowl success after an 0-11 start the prior year.
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