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1 RANGE BOWL SUNOAY, JANUARY 2. 1994 LINCOLN JOURNAL-STAR 4EC NBC gives viewers top-notch telecast headed to the locker room at half-time, he asked about the Huskers' injuries. Osborne joked about having Simpson carry the ball a few times for Nebraska in the second half. However, Simpson never really explained the injury to Husker wing-back Abdul Muhammad, who was sidelined in the first half. And throughout the second half, cameras would show Husker I-back Calvin Jones on the sideline with his pads still on despite an injured shoulder.

Simpson failed to update whether Jones was finished for the game or not Right before the start of the second half, Simpson asked the correct question about the Seminole offense, and got Florida State Coach Bobby Bow-den to say that his team would use the fast-break, shotgun offense more in the second half. The FSU celebration shots and Husker dejection shots after the game were standard but told the story. time on the clock when Bell was tackled. The cameras quickly shifted to Nebraska Coach Tom Osborne, who was lobbying for time to be put back on the clock. One second was put back on the clock, but Enberg noted the officials were wrong on the spot, placing the ball at the FSU 31 Replays clearly showed Enberg was right Eventually, the ball was placed at the Seminole 28.

It didn't help Nebraska, though, as Byron Bennett's 45-yard field goal hooked left as time expired. Replays showed that the officiating crew, from the Big East Conference, had a rough game, and Enberg and Bob Trumpy were quick to point out mistakes. Perhaps the two most costly mistakes (from Nebraska's standpoint) came on Florida State's only touchdown of the game and on a Nebraska punt return early in the game. With Florida State trailing 7-6, Seminole fullback William Floyd was "VfcV" 'v -Y i I (( I' IAN OOREMUSUNCOLN JOURNAL-STAR credited with a 1-yard TD rua As Floyd crossed the goal line, he fumbled the ball and Husker linebacker Mike Anderson recovered in the end zone. However, officials on the goal line signaled a touchdown.

NBC's reverse angle showed Floyd lost control of the ball before he crossed the goal line. Another call took away Corey Dixon's 71-yard punt return for a score. A Husker player was called for an illegal block, but replays didn't confirm it However, it took NBC a couple of minutes to find a good angle of the play. At the end of the telecast Enberg pointed out the officials' calls and said: "This will give the Cornhuskers something to chew on in Lincoln this winter." Throughout the first half, Trumpy seemed puzzled why Florida State hadn't done more on offense. The shining moment for sideline reporter J.

Simpson came during half-time. As he interviewed Osborne ORANGE BOWL RESULTS 1935 BuckneH 26. Miami. Fla. 0 1936 Catholic U.

20. Mississippi 19 1937 Ouquesne 13. Mississippi State 12 1938 Auburn 6. Michigan State 0 1939 Tennessee 17, Oklahoma 0 1940 Georgia Tech 21, Missouri 7 1941 Mississippi State 14, Georgetown 7 1 942 Georgia 40. Texas Christian 26 1943 Alabama 37, Boston College 21 1944 LSU 19, Texas 14 1945 Tulsa 26, Georgia Tech 12 1946 Miami, Fla.

13, Holy Cross 8 1947 Rice 8, Tennessee 0 1948 Georgia Tech 20, Kansas 14 1949 Texas 41 Georgia 28 1950 Santa Clara 21 Kentucky 13 1951 Clemson 15, Miami, Fla. 14 1952 Georgia Tech 17, Baylor 14 1953 Alabama 61 Syracuse 6 1 954 Oklahoma 7, Maryland 0 1955 Duke 34, NEBRASKA 7 1 956 Oklahoma 20. Maryland 6 1957 Colorado 27. Clemson 21 1958 Oklahoma 48, Duke 21 1959 Oklahoma 21 Syracuse 6 1960 Georgia 14, Missouri 0 1961 Missouri 21, Navy 14 1962 LSU 25, Colorado 7 1 963 Alabama 1 7, Oklahoma 0 1964 NEBRASKA 13, Auburn 7 Nebraska's Ernie Beler (23) and Trev Alberts celebrate after Alberts sacked FSU's Charlie Ward in the second quarter. SCORING SUMMARY FSU-NU How SECOND 3-0 Scott Bentley 34 field goal Drive: 63 yards in 10 plays.

Highlighted scored Time left QUARTER 7:54 by Charlie Ward 31 I Knox, Ward 7 pass to Tamarick Vanover, Sean Jackson 3 run, I xfS i ference Denaltv. 3-7 Reggie Baul 34 pasi from Tommie Frazier Dnve: 64 yards in 6 plays. Pass deflected off hands of Clester Johnson. Highlighted by Calvin Jones 6 run. Aided by FSU face-mask penalty, Frazier 25 pass to C.

Johnson. Conversion: Byron Bennett kick. Bentley 25 field goal Drive: 71 yards in 9 plays. Highlighted by Ward 22 pass to Kez McCorvey, Ward 23 scramble. Ward 14 pass to Vanover.

Aided by NU roughing-the-passer penalty. 6-7 THIRD 12-7 William Floyd Iran Drive: 67 yards In 7 plays. Highlighted by Ward 11 pass to Vanover, 11 pass to Frier, 41 pass to Knox. Conversion: Ward pass intended for McCorvey tailed, broken up by looy wrignt. 15-7 Bentley 39 field goal Drive: 66 yards in a plays.

Highlighted by Floyd 34 run. Ward 6 pass to Knox, 1 0 and 1 3 passes to Frier. Aided by NU personal-foul penalty. ASSOCIATED PRESS Florida State wide receiver Matt Frier (12) bobbles a pass before making a catch in the third quarter as Nebraska defensive back Barron Miles closes in. FOURTH 15-13 Lawrence Phillip 12 run BY MARK DEROWtTSCH Lincoln Journal-Star A national championship football game deserves a top-notch telecast, and that's what NBC provided during Saturday night's Orange BowL From announcers to camera men to the halftime highlight show, NBC gave viewers what they wanted during Florida State's 18-16 win against Nebraska in a game that probably decided the mythical national title.

Perhaps the best part of the show was announcer Dick Enberg picking apart sharp replays of pivotal plays throughout the game. Enberg was at his best describing the final 10 seconds of the game, when the Cornhuskers drove inside the Florida State 30-yard line and set up for a potential game-winning field goal Nebraska quarterback Tommie Frazier completed a pass over the middle to Trumane Bell as the clock expired. As Florida State celebrated, Enberg pointed out that there was NU defense slows down sleek FSU BY KEN HAMBLETON Lincoln Journal-Star MIAMI Nebraska's defense did things that nobody, not even Notre Dame, had done to slow down Florida State. The Cornhuskers held the nation's No. 1 scoring team to four field goals and a controversial touchdown, when FSU fullback William Floyd fumbled at the goal line.

Heisman Trophy winner Charlie Ward passed for 286 yards but none more important than during Florida State's 60-yard drive to set up a winning field goal with 21 seconds left "We played so well and did so many things right, it hurts the we didn't hold up our end of the bargain at the end," said Nebraska defensive coordinator Charlie McBride. "We had some tough breaks, and maybe I didn't make the right calls." Nebraska was called for a personal foul, when Barron Miles shoved Warrick Dunn at the end of a 21-yard pass play to the Nebraska 25-yard line. The Cornhuskers were called for pass interference in the end zone two plays later. "Breaks are going to happen, but we sure seemed to have them all skip away from us and help them out quite a bit," McBride "I'd like to think any of those mistakes were made by being aggressive and playing our hearts out Our kids never played harder or better. "But maybe we did see why Charlie Ward won the Heisman Trophy.

He is the best I've ever seen and maybe the best well ever see because we got to him, and he still won the game." Nebraska sacked Ward five times. He had only been sacked 10 times in 12 games before this year. Trev Alberts had three of those sacks. "We gave Ward trouble last year, and I think we gave him more of the same this year, but look at what he did to win the game," McBride said. Senior safety Toby Wright said he was impressed with Ward.

ORAKGE B0WLK0TE The Huskers rushed for more than 100 yards in the fourth quarter, more than half of the total gained in the game, almost 50 of that was by freshman Lawrence Phillips. NUHuskers' bid Continued from page 1 passed to tight end Trumane Bell at the FSU 20, but Bell bobbled the baU as it went out of bounds with eight seconds left in the game. "That pass to Trumane was still open, so we tried it again," said Frazier, who passed for 206 yards, ran for 77 and was named Nebraska's most valuable player. Frazier found Bell alone over the middle of the field, and a diving, saving tackle by FSU cornerback Corey Sawyer at the Seminole 28 seemed to win the game. Fans, Florida State players and coaches flooded the field, while Nebraska players stood in bewilderment.

But officials determined there was one second left when Nebraska called a timeout "I was standing next to the ref when I called time out and I could see two seconds on the clock, so I knew we had some time," Frazier said. "It was all we played for. A chance to win the national championship. That's our whole season, the whole reason for playing. "We had the chance, and well try it again." Nebraska, which finished 11-1, lost its chance at the national champion-, ship on the same field, near the same end zone where a two-point conversion attempt at the end of the game fell short in a 31-30 loss to Miami in the 1984 Orange BowL Coach Tom Osborne said his team played as well as the winners.

Drive: 73 yards in 7 plays. Highlighted by Frazier 8 run. Frazier 15 pass to Dixon on trwd-and-6, Phillips IS run, hrazier il pass to uixon. uxwersxxi: Frazier run failed. 16-15 Bennett 27 field goal Drive: 71 yards in 9 plays.

Highlighted by Phillips 17 run, Frazier 11 pass to C. Johnson, Frazier 8, 32 runs. Aided by face-mask penalty. 16-18 Bentley 22 field goal Drive: 60 yards in 8 plays. Highlighted by Ward 9 and 22 passes to Warrick Dunn.

Aided by NU personal foul penalty, NU pass Interference penalty. pass to Kevin NU pass inter 5:59 02 QUARTER 12:50 3:06 QUARTER 14:55 1:16 :21 Florida State Offense Rushing No. Yds. William 7 53 Warrick Dunn 1 3 Charlie Ward 8 -3 Sean Jackson 8 -6 Passing No. Co.

Yds Charlie Ward 43 24 286 Receiving No. Kevin Knox 5 Kez McCorvey 5 Matt Frier 5 Tamarick Vanover 6 Warric Dunn 2 William Floyd 1 Punting to. Yds. SeanLiss 6 271 Kickoff returns No. Tamarick Vanover 1 Phillip Riley 2 Interception returns No.

Richard Coes 1 Clifton Abraham 1 Defense Tackles UT AT Derrick Alexander 8 3 Devin Bush 6 5 Richard Coes 6 2 John Nance 4 2 Clifton Abraham 5 0 Ken Alexander 4 1 Alonzo Horner 4 1 James Roberson 4 1 Mack Knight 4 0 Toddrick Mcintosh 4 0 Todd Rebol 2 1 Derrick Brooks 1 0 Byron Capers 1 0 Samuel Cowart 1 0 Chris Cowart 1 0 Scott Bentley 1 0 Henri Crockett 1 0 Corey Sawyer 0 1 Jermaine Green 0 1 Ave. 7.6 3.0 0.8 PI 0 Yds. 99 70 46 48 30 -7 Ave. 45.2 Yds. 32 49 Yds.

21 0 11 11 8 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Nebraska Offense Rushing No. Yds. Ave. Tommie Frazier 14 77 5.5 Lawrence Phillips 13 64 5.0 Calvin Jones 9 28 3.1 Damon Banning 5 10 2.0 Jeff Makovteka 2 7 3.5 Corey Dixon 1 2 2.0 Passing No. Co.

Yds PI Tommie 24 13 206 2 Calvin Jones 10 0 0 Receiving No. Yds. Trumane Bell 4 75 Corey Dixon 3 50 Clester Johnson 3 40 Reggie Baul 1 34 Abdul Muhammad 1 14 Calvin Jones 1 -7 Punting No. Yds. Ave.

Byron Bennett 7 269 38.4 Punt returns No. Yds. Corey Dixon 2 12 KareemMoss 2 6 Kickoff returns No. Yds. Damon Benning 2 39 Barron Miles 1 23 two points short against Florida State "I know we played the best football of the year.

Just like always, finiding a way to win and getting into position to win a game. "We got into that position. Ward got us back, but our team got us back into a position to win. "There's nothing left that any of us, anywhere on the team, could have done. We did it all, and we didn't win.

But it's not so bad we have to feel ashamed. No way that's going to happen." McBride said he thought the pass coverage was as good as the pass rush, and the key to Nebraska's defensive success was stopping Florida State's running game. The Seminoles, who led the nation in total offense and scoring, were held to a net of 47 yards rushing and a season-low total of 333 yards. for crown comes up "The main thing is playing like champions. As far as I'm concerned, we won," he said.

"I'm glad Bobby Bowden got his national championship. I'm sorry we didn't" The Seminoles began their game-winning drive at their 35 with 1 16 left Florida State quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Charlie Ward hit Warrick Dunn on passes of 21 yards and 9 yards, and Nebraska was called for personal foul and pass interference penalties that moved the ball to the NU 3. "It was a tough call, but I ran up his heels," said NU rover back Toby Wright. "We played so well all game and they came and got us on that last drive." Wright then tackled Sean Jackson for a 2-yard loss, and on second down from the 5, FSU chose to kick the field goaL Minutes earlier, the Cornhuskers drove to the Florida State 22, but facing third-and-9, was penalized for illegal procedure. On third-and-14, Frazier hurried a pass, which was intercepted by Richard Coes.

Nebraska held and forced a punt, but its second penalty of the game for an illegal block in the back forced the Cornhuskers to begin their final drive from their 20 with 4:39 left in the game. NU drove 71 yards and took a 16-15 lead on Bennett's kick. Nebraska had closed to 15-13 when freshman running back Lawrence Phillips broke through the right side of the line, behind the trapping blocks of Rob Zatechka and Lance Lund- 1 965 Texas 21 Alabama 1 7 1966 Alabama 39, NEBRASKA 28 1967 Florida 27, Georgia Tech 12 1968 Oklahoma 26. Tennessee 24 1969 Penn State 15, Kansas 14 1970 Penn State 10, Missouri 3 1971 NEBRASKA 17, LSU 12 1972 NEBRASKA 38, Alabama 6 1 973 NEBRASKA 40, Notre Dame 6 1974 Penn State 16, LSU 9 1975 Notre Dame 13. Alabama 11 1976 Oklahoma 14, Michigan 6 1977 Ohio State 27, Colorado 10 1978 Arkansas 31, Oklahoma 6 1979 Oklahoma 31, NEBRASKA 24 1980 Oklahoma 24, Florida State 7 1981 Oklahoma 18, Florida State 17 1982 Clemson 22.

NEBRASKA 15 1983 NEBRASKA 21, LSU 20 1984 Miami, Fla. 31. NEBRASKA 30 1985 Washington 28. Oklahoma 17 1986 Oklahoma 25, Penn State 10 1987 Oklahoma 42, Arkansas 8 1988 Miami, Fla. 20, Oklahoma 14 1989 Miami, Fla.

23. NEBRASKA 3 1990 Notre Dame 21. Colorado 6 1991 Colorado 10, Notre Dame 9 1992 Miami. Fla. 22.

NEBRASKA 0 1993 Florida State 27, NEBRASKA 14 1994 Florida State 18, NEBRASKA 16 third quarter. The Cornhuskers took a 7-3 lead with a dazzling break when Frazier's pass to Clester Johnson was tipped by FSU safety Devin Bush and into the hands of Reggie Baul. Baul, a sophomore from Papillion, grabbed the ball at the FSU 13 and raced into the end zone to put Nebraska ahead with 5:59 left in the first half. The Seminoles, favored by 17Vi points, bounced back on a 25-yard field goal by Bentley to cut the deficit to 7-6 with 29 seconds left in the second quarter. Florida State drove from its 21 with passes of 22 and 14 yards and a 23-yard scramble by Ward.

But the march to the Nebraska 5-yard line was stalled on a sack by NU corner- back John Reece, who threw Ward for a 3-yard loss on third down. The Seminoles took the lead midway in the second quarter when Bentley kicked a 34-yard field goal to cap a eight-play, 63-yard drive that was highlighted by a 31-yard pass from Ward to Kevin Knox and pass interference penalty against Reece on third-and-6 that set the ball up for FSU at the Nebraska 15. Nebraska was a push away from scoring the first touchdown in the game when Corey Dixon grabbed a Florida State punt at the Nebraska 29 and broke four tackles on his way to the end zone. However, apparently Nebraska sophomore Tyrone Williams was called for a push in the back (illegal block) on FSU's Ken Alexander on the return and Nebraska took over at its 23 instead. Defense Tackles UT AT TT Tyrone Williams 8 1 9 Barron Miles 8 0 8 John Reece 6 17 Toby Wright 4 2 6 Mike Anderson 1 5 Terry Connealy 3 2 5 Trev Alberts 4 0 4 Lorenzo Brinkley 3 0 3 Ed Stewart 2 0 2 Kevin Ramaekers 112 Christian Peter 10 1 Dwayne Harris 1 0 1 MikeMinter 10 1 Lawrence Phillips 1 0 1 TomSieier 0 1 1 AP KO.

1 VS. K9. 2 MATCPPS Oct 9, 1943 (1) Notre Dame 35. (2) Michigan 12 Nov. 20, 1943 (1) Notre Dame 14, (2) Iowa Pre-Flight 13 Dec.

2, 1944 (1) Army 23, (2) Navy 7 Nov. 10, 1945 (1) Army 48. (2) Notre Dame 0 Dec. 1, 1945 (1) Army 32. (2) Navy 13 Nov.

9, 1946 (1) Army 0, (2) Notre Dame 0, tie Jan. 1, 1963 (1) Southern Cal 42, (2) Wisconsin 37 (Rose Bowl) Oct 12, 1963 (2) Texas 28, (1) Oklahoma 7 Jan. 1, 1964 (1) Texas 28. (2) Navy 6 (Cotton Bowl) Nov. 19, 1966 (1) Notre Dame 10.

(2) Michigan State 10, tie Sept 28, 1968 (1) Purdue 37, (2) Notre Dame 22 Jan. 1, 1669 (1) Ohio State 27, (2) Southern Cal 16 (Rose Bowl) Dec. 6, 1969 (1) Texas 15, (2) Arkansas 14 Nov. 25, 1971 (1) NEBRASKA 35, (2) Oklahoma 31 Jan. 1, 1972 (1) NEBRASKA 38, (2) Alabama 6 (Orange Bowl) Jan.

1, 1979 (2) Alabama 14, (1) Penn State 7 (Sugar Bowl) Sept 26, 1961 (1) Southern Cal 28, (2) Oklahoma 24 Jan. 1, 1983 (2) Penn State 27. (1) Georgia 23 (Sugar Bowl) Oct 19, 1985 (1) Iowa 12, (2) Michigan 10 Sept 27, 1886 (2) Miami 28, (1) Oklahoma 16 Jan. 2, 1987 (2) Penn State 1 4, (1 Miami 1 0 (Fiesta Bowl) Nov. 21, 1987 (2) Oklahoma 17, (1) NEBRASKA 7 Jan.

1, 1986 (2) Miami 20, (1) Oklahoma 14 (Orange Bowl) Nov. 26, .1988 (1) Notre Dame 27, (2) Southern Cal 10 Sept 16, 1989 (1) Notre Dame 24, (2) Michigan 19 Nov. 16, 1991 (2) Miami 17, (1) Florida State 16 Jan. 1, 1993 (2) Alabama 34, (1) Miami 13 (Sugar Bowl) Nov. 13, 1993 (2) Notre Dame 31 (1) Florida State 24 Jan.

1, 1994 (1) Florida State 18, (2) NEBRASKA 16 (Orange Bowl) No. 1 teama' records 17-10-2 (4-5 bowls) No. 2 teams' records 1 0-1 7-2 (5-4 bowls) ASSOCIATED PRESS Nil's Corey Dixon shows his anger after his punt return for a touchdown was nullified by a penalty in the first quarter. berg, to score on a 12-yard run on the first play of the fourth quarter. The Cornhuskers tried for two points.

Frazier sprinted around right end, pump-faked a pass and tried to dive into the end zone but was driven out of bounds by FSU's Ken Alexander and Derrick Alexander. Florida State scored a touchdown on its first drive of the second half, when fullback William Floyd was ruled in the end zone before he fumbled on a 1-yard dive with the quarter two minutes old. The Seminoles tacked on a 39-yard field goal by Bentley, the highly recruited freshman from Aurora, to take a 15-7 lead with 3:06 left in the 1.