The Miami Herald from Miami, Florida • 29

iy Jf rVjyfti-y4llry'MrT)r "'T" frn i FOR OTHER SPORTS COVERAGE SECTION CANES1 LEGACY Ex-UM stars Testaverde Walsh lead Browns Bears to victories 1C PLENTY OF VISITORS Va Carolina have plenty of fans here for Carquest Bowl 69 89 lDO THE KNOT Bob Rubin expect another miracle from FSU against UF Back page kPr feh v-- I p5 4 SECTION MONDAY JANUARY 2 1995 EtjcHcrald UM falls as Osborne finally gets title By AMY NIEDZIELKA Herald Sports Writer The celebration lasted longer than the surge The University of Nebraska football team spent 20 minutes on the field cheering its national championship Sunday night after scoring 15 points in a thrilling final 15 minutes to defeat Miami 24-17 in the FedEx Orange Bowl The victory in front of 8 1753 ended a bowl victory drought of seven years a great way to close it out to play Miami in Miami and finally beat Nebraska Coach Tom Osborne said had a terrible time with these Nebraska scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to take the game away from Miami (10-2) which has lost three straight New Day games victory renders almost meaningless Rose Bowl game between No 2 Penn State and Oregon have to see what happens on the Osborne said they give it to us we will certainly be very grateful take it Nebraska (13-0) the top-ranked team going into the game will almost undoubtedly be voted national champions when the polls are released Tuesday morning giving Osborne his first title in 22 years The victoi ended string of failures in the Orange Bowl the Huskers had lost five times there with no victories since 1984 including three losses to the Hurricanes Orange Bowl has been tremendous to Osborne said there have been some problems mainly that we won down here The winning touchdown came with 2:46 remaining in the game Nebraska fullback Cory Schle-singer ran up the middle for 14 yards to score his second touchdown of the game and the -Mf -r-ni-fiftaan M-arH- 'ft PLEASE SEE ORANGE BOWL 5D Cw GRIFFIN Herald Staff DELIGHTFUL DOUSING: Nebraska Coach Tom Osborne gets drenched after defeating UM and winning his first national championship after 22 years Victory confirms it Osborne a champion mi t-v- SrJ xYy1 Nebraska: Quarterback Tommie Frazier (3 for 5 25 yards 1 int 2-point conversion pass 7 carries for 31 yards) Miami: Wide receiver Chris Jones (6 receptions for 63 yards) over the University of Miami there were two trophies at the podium a big one filled with oranges and a small one Osborne looked at the big one and said know this actually He pointed to the small one and said used to collect Osborne is the type of guy you root for which is why as time ticked away Sunday you saw as odd a sight as see in sports: one minute left in a live game and a referee came over to the sideline just to shake hand is the greatest moment of my life because nobody deserves it more than Tom said offensive lineman Zach Wiegert whose team after falling behind 17-7 held Miami to minus 37 yards in the fourth quarter man severes and we persevered tonight This one is personality is every bit as pale as his face as dull as dedication Before game in a tunnel filled with testosterone his players banged helmets and flexed touch one yelled all night shouted another Osborne stood behind them expression never changing chewing gum and looking at his watch His players sprinted out but Osborne walked calmly MVPs named by media vote INSIDE The tall redhead took his headset off and made the slow walk to the center of the Orange Bowl field at about midnight Sunday need directions Tom Osborne knew the way For more than a decade he has seen the faces approaching from the other sideline and they were always smiling Howard Schnellenberger Jimmy Johnson Bobby Bowden Dennis Erickson This time was different though This time Tom Osborne have to give the congratulations to somebody else Wins a lot but never when it matters That has always been trophy He is expected to get a different one when the final polls are released Tuesday the crystal one that elevates him from merely winner to champion He had lost seven consecutive bowl games before Sunday had a 1-10 record in his past 1 1 games against Top 10 teams Sunday changed everything about his career When Osborne walked into his news conference after 24-17 victory Fullback Cory Schle-singer scores fourth-quarter touchdowns 2D UM Coach Dennis Erickson confronts heckler 3D UM tackle Warren Sapp has a game many pro linemen would envy 3D Statistics 4D TV review 4D Frustrating finale for UM seniors 5D CW GRIFFIN Herald Staff EMBRACE ABLE JOY: Nebraska quarterback Tommie Frazier exults in victoiY after engineering a fourth-quarter comeback that probably clinched the national title PLEASE SEE LE BATARD 2D iiteT1lliilliiifl i li iTm Ii jli ii1i ii jift jijfci iji uJfr-l tk I.