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<td style="width:50%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">(11–1)</td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">(11–0)</td> </tr><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center;"><i><a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">SEC</a></i></td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center;"><i><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">ACC</a></i></td> </tr><tr> <td style="font-size:300%; line-height:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">52</td> <td style="font-size:300%; line-height:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">20</td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align:center;">Head coach: <br /><b><a href="/wiki/Steve_Spurrier" title="Steve Spurrier">Steve Spurrier</a></b></td> <td style="text-align:center;">Head coach: <br /><b><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Bowden" title="Bobby Bowden">Bobby Bowden</a></b></td> </tr><tr> <td><table style="margin:0 auto; font-size:110%; border:1px solid #AAA; background:#EFEFEF;"> <tbody><tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/AP_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="AP Poll">AP</a></i></td><td><i><a href="/wiki/Coaches_Poll" title="Coaches Poll">Coaches</a></i></td><td><i><a href="/wiki/Bowl_Alliance" title="Bowl Alliance">BA</a></i></td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><i>3</i></td><td style="text-align:center;"><i>3</i></td><td style="text-align:center;"><i>3</i></td> </tr></tbody></table></td> <td><table style="margin:0 auto; font-size:110%; border:1px solid #AAA; background:#EFEFEF;"> <tbody><tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/AP_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="AP Poll">AP</a></i></td><td><i><a href="/wiki/Coaches_Poll" title="Coaches Poll">Coaches</a></i></td><td><i><a href="/wiki/Bowl_Alliance" title="Bowl Alliance">BA</a></i></td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><i>1</i></td><td style="text-align:center;"><i>1</i></td><td style="text-align:center;"><i>1</i></td> </tr></tbody></table></td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><table align="center" style="font-size: 90%"> <tbody><tr> <th></th> <th style="text-align:center; width: 20px; vertical-align: bottom">1</th><th style="text-align:center; width: 20px; vertical-align: bottom">2</th><th style="text-align:center; width: 20px; vertical-align: bottom">3</th><th style="text-align:center; width: 20px; vertical-align: bottom">4</th> <th style="text-align:center; width: 20px; vertical-align: bottom">Total</th> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align:right; white-space: nowrap"><b>Florida</b></td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">10</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">14</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">14</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">14</td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight: bold">52</td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align:right; white-space: nowrap"><b>Florida State</b></td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">3</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">14</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">3</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">0</td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight: bold">20</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data">January 2, 1997</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Season</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1996_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season" title="1996 NCAA Division I-A football season">1996</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Stadium</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_Superdome" class="mw-redirect" title="Mercedes-Benz Superdome">Louisiana Superdome</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data location"><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans, Louisiana</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">MVP</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Danny_Wuerffel" title="Danny Wuerffel">Danny Wuerffel</a> (QB, Florida)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Spread_betting" title="Spread betting">Favorite</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Florida by 3.5 points (54.5) <sup id="cite_ref-latln_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-latln-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-betln_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-betln-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Official_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Official (American football)">Referee</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Randy Christal (<a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Attendance</th><td class="infobox-data">78,344</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef;">United States TV coverage</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Television_network" class="mw-redirect" title="Television network">Network</a></th><td class="infobox-data">ABC</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_announcers_of_major_college_bowl_games" class="mw-redirect" title="List of announcers of major college bowl games">Announcers</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Keith_Jackson" title="Keith Jackson">Keith Jackson</a> (play-by-play)<br /><a href="/wiki/Bob_Griese" title="Bob Griese">Bob Griese</a> (analyst)<br /><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Swann" title="Lynn Swann">Lynn Swann</a> (sideline)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint"><table style="background:#efefef; width:100%; border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:center" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Sugar_Bowl" title="Sugar Bowl"> Sugar Bowl </a></th> </tr><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center; padding-right:1em"><b>  < <a href="/wiki/1995_Sugar_Bowl_(December)" title="1995 Sugar Bowl (December)">1995 (Dec)</a></b></td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center; padding-left:1em"><b><a href="/wiki/1998_Sugar_Bowl" title="1998 Sugar Bowl"> 1998</a> >  </b></td> </tr></tbody></table><table style="background:#efefef; width:100%; border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:center" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/College_football_national_championships_in_NCAA_Division_I_FBS#National_championship_games" title="College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS">College Football Championship Game</a></th> </tr><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center; padding-right:1em"><b>  < <a href="/wiki/1996_Fiesta_Bowl" title="1996 Fiesta Bowl">1996</a></b></td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center; padding-left:1em"><b><a href="/wiki/1998_Orange_Bowl" title="1998 Orange Bowl">1998</a> >  </b></td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1997 Nokia Sugar Bowl</b> was the 63rd edition to the annual <a href="/wiki/Sugar_Bowl" title="Sugar Bowl">Sugar Bowl</a> game and served as the <a href="/wiki/Bowl_Alliance" title="Bowl Alliance">Bowl Alliance</a>'s designated national championship game for the <a href="/wiki/1996_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season" title="1996 NCAA Division I-A football season">1996 season</a>. It matched No. 1 <a href="/wiki/Florida_State_Seminoles_football" title="Florida State Seminoles football">Florida State</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">Atlantic Coast Conference</a> (ACC) against No. 3 <a href="/wiki/1996_Florida_Gators_football_team" title="1996 Florida Gators football team">Florida</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">Southeastern Conference</a> (SEC) in an all-<a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a> matchup. Florida defeated Florida State in convincing fashion, with a final score of 52–20, and with the victory earned its first-ever consensus national championship. This remains the only national championship game to feature two teams from the same state. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Teams">Teams</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Sugar_Bowl&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The game was a <a href="/wiki/List_of_college_football_post-season_games_that_were_rematches_of_regular_season_games" title="List of college football post-season games that were rematches of regular season games">bowl rematch of a regular season game</a>, as Florida State had defeated Florida, 24–21, in a game played in <a href="/wiki/Tallahassee,_Florida" title="Tallahassee, Florida">Tallahassee</a> on November 30. </p><p>Third-ranked Florida was invited to the designated national championship game because the <a href="/wiki/Pacific-10_Conference" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific-10 Conference">Pac-10</a> champion was contractually obligated to play in the <a href="/wiki/Rose_Bowl_Game" title="Rose Bowl Game">Rose Bowl Game</a>, and unavailable to participate in the <a href="/wiki/Bowl_Alliance" title="Bowl Alliance">Bowl Alliance</a> national championship game.<sup id="cite_ref-BowlAllianceHopesForBest_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BowlAllianceHopesForBest-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, second-ranked <a href="/wiki/1996_Arizona_State_Sun_Devils_football_team" title="1996 Arizona State Sun Devils football team">Arizona State</a>, the Pac-10 champion, played the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Ten">Big Ten</a> champion, fourth-ranked <a href="/wiki/1996_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1996 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/1997_Rose_Bowl" title="1997 Rose Bowl">1997 Rose Bowl</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BowlAllianceHopesForBest_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BowlAllianceHopesForBest-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Ohio State defeated Arizona State in the Rose Bowl on January 1, the Sugar Bowl winner was all but assured of being named the consensus national champion.<sup id="cite_ref-BowlAllianceHopesForBest_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BowlAllianceHopesForBest-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Florida_Gators">Florida Gators</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Sugar_Bowl&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Florida Gators"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1996_Florida_Gators_football_team" title="1996 Florida Gators football team">1996 Florida Gators football team</a></div> <p>The Gators were led by their <a href="/wiki/Heisman_Trophy" title="Heisman Trophy">Heisman Trophy</a>-winning quarterback, <a href="/wiki/Danny_Wuerffel" title="Danny Wuerffel">Danny Wuerffel</a>. They completed their regular season schedule with a 10–1 record, then defeated No. 11 <a href="/wiki/1996_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="1996 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1996_SEC_Championship_Game" title="1996 SEC Championship Game">1996 SEC Championship Game</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Florida_State_Seminoles">Florida State Seminoles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Sugar_Bowl&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Florida State Seminoles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1996_Florida_State_Seminoles_football_team" title="1996 Florida State Seminoles football team">1996 Florida State Seminoles football team</a></div> <p>Top-ranked Florida State entered the bowl with an undefeated 11–0 record, led by quarterback <a href="/wiki/Thad_Busby" title="Thad Busby">Thad Busby</a> and running back <a href="/wiki/Warrick_Dunn" title="Warrick Dunn">Warrick Dunn</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Game_summary">Game summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Sugar_Bowl&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Game summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After a halftime score of 24–17 in favor of Florida, Florida State closed to 24–20 with a third quarter field goal. Florida then outscored Florida State 28–0 for the remainder of the game, for a 52–20 final. Gator quarterback Danny Wuerffel threw three touchdown passes to <a href="/wiki/Ike_Hilliard" title="Ike Hilliard">Ike Hilliard</a> in the game, and ran for another score. Wuerffel became the second Heisman Trophy winner in four years to win a national championship, following <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Ward" title="Charlie Ward">Charlie Ward</a> of the <a href="/wiki/1993_Florida_State_Seminoles_football_team" title="1993 Florida State Seminoles football team">1993 Florida State</a> team. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scoring_summary">Scoring summary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Sugar_Bowl&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Scoring summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>First quarter</dt> <dd>Florida: TD <a href="/wiki/Ike_Hilliard" title="Ike Hilliard">Ike Hilliard</a> 9 pass from <a href="/wiki/Danny_Wuerffel" title="Danny Wuerffel">Danny Wuerffel</a> (Bart Edmiston kick) 9:48 <dl><dd>Florida 7–0</dd></dl></dd> <dd>FSU: FG <a href="/wiki/Scott_Bentley" title="Scott Bentley">Scott Bentley</a> 43 7:49 <dl><dd>Florida 7–3</dd></dl></dd> <dd>Florida: FG Bart Edmiston 32 2:44 <dl><dd>Florida 10–3</dd></dl></dd></dl> <dl><dt>Second quarter</dt> <dd>Florida: TD <a href="/wiki/Fred_Taylor_(American_football)" title="Fred Taylor (American football)">Fred Taylor</a> 2 run (Bart Edmiston kick) 11:28 <dl><dd>Florida 17–3</dd></dl></dd> <dd>FSU: TD <a href="/wiki/E.G._Green" class="mw-redirect" title="E.G. Green">E.G. Green</a> 29 pass from <a href="/wiki/Thad_Busby" title="Thad Busby">Thad Busby</a> (Bentley kick) 7:28 <dl><dd>Florida 17–10</dd></dl></dd> <dd>Florida: TD Ike Hilliard 31 pass from Danny Wuerffel (Bart Edmiston kick) 5:18 <dl><dd>Florida 24–10</dd></dl></dd> <dd>FSU: TD <a href="/wiki/Warrick_Dunn" title="Warrick Dunn">Warrick Dunn</a> 12 run (Scott Bentley kick) 0:40 <dl><dd>Florida 24–17</dd></dl></dd></dl> <dl><dt>Third quarter</dt> <dd>FSU: FG Scott Bentley 45 10:24 <dl><dd>Florida 24–20</dd></dl></dd> <dd>Florida: TD Ike Hilliard 7 pass from Danny Wuerffel (Bart Edmiston kick) 5:43 <dl><dd>Florida 31–20</dd></dl></dd> <dd>Florida: TD Danny Wuerffel 16 run (Bart Edmiston kick) 0:13 <dl><dd>Florida 38–20</dd></dl></dd></dl> <dl><dt>Fourth quarter</dt> <dd>Florida: TD <a href="/wiki/Terry_Jackson_(running_back)" title="Terry Jackson (running back)">Terry Jackson</a> 42 run (Bart Edmiston kick) 8:52 <dl><dd>Florida 45–20</dd></dl></dd> <dd>Florida: TD Terry Jackson 1 run (Bart Edmiston kick) 2:12 <dl><dd><b>Florida 52–20</b></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>Source:<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Sugar_Bowl&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Florida%E2%80%93Florida_State_football_rivalry" title="Florida–Florida State football rivalry">Florida–Florida State football rivalry</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Sugar_Bowl&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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href="/wiki/2004_Sugar_Bowl" title="2004 Sugar Bowl">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Sugar_Bowl" title="2005 Sugar Bowl">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Sugar_Bowl" title="2006 Sugar Bowl">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Sugar_Bowl" title="2007 Sugar Bowl">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Sugar_Bowl" title="2008 Sugar Bowl">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Sugar_Bowl" title="2009 Sugar Bowl">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Sugar_Bowl" title="2010 Sugar Bowl">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Sugar_Bowl" title="2011 Sugar Bowl">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Sugar_Bowl" title="2012 Sugar Bowl">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Sugar_Bowl" title="2013 Sugar Bowl">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Sugar_Bowl" title="2014 Sugar Bowl">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Sugar_Bowl" title="2015 Sugar Bowl">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Sugar_Bowl" title="2016 Sugar Bowl">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Sugar_Bowl" title="2017 Sugar Bowl">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Sugar_Bowl" title="2018 Sugar Bowl">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Sugar_Bowl" title="2019 Sugar Bowl">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Sugar_Bowl" title="2020 Sugar Bowl">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Sugar_Bowl" title="2021 Sugar Bowl">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Sugar_Bowl_(January)" title="2022 Sugar Bowl (January)">2022 (Jan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Sugar_Bowl_(December)" title="2022 Sugar Bowl (December)">2022 (Dec)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Sugar_Bowl" title="2024 Sugar Bowl">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2025_Sugar_Bowl" title="2025 Sugar Bowl">2025</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#0E1941;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #CE0E2D, inset -2px -2px 0 #CE0E2D;;width:1%">Notes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>The 2006 game took place in <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta, Georgia</a> due to <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina" title="Hurricane Katrina">Hurricane Katrina</a>.</li> <li>The game was also the national title game for either the <a href="/wiki/Bowl_Coalition" title="Bowl Coalition">Bowl Coalition</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bowl_Alliance" title="Bowl Alliance">Bowl Alliance</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Bowl_Championship_Series" title="Bowl Championship Series">Bowl Championship Series</a> in 1993, 1997, 2000, and 2004.</li> <li>There was a Sugar Bowl in January and December in 1972, 1995 and 2022.</li> <li>The game was a <a href="/wiki/College_Football_Playoff" title="College Football Playoff">College Football Playoff</a> semifinal in its 2015, 2018, 2021, and 2024 editions.</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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title="1958 Gator Bowl">1958 Gator Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Gator_Bowl_(December)" title="1960 Gator Bowl (December)">1960 Gator Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Gator_Bowl" title="1962 Gator Bowl">1962 Gator Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Sugar_Bowl" title="1966 Sugar Bowl">1966 Sugar Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Orange_Bowl" title="1967 Orange Bowl">1967 Orange Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Gator_Bowl" title="1969 Gator Bowl">1969 Gator Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Tangerine_Bowl" title="1973 Tangerine Bowl">1973 Tangerine Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Sugar_Bowl" title="1974 Sugar Bowl">1974 Sugar Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Gator_Bowl" title="1975 Gator Bowl">1975 Gator Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Sun_Bowl_(January)" title="1977 Sun Bowl (January)">1977 Sun Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Tangerine_Bowl" title="1980 Tangerine Bowl">1980 Tangerine Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Peach_Bowl_(December)" title="1981 Peach Bowl (December)">1981 Peach Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Astro-Bluebonnet_Bowl" title="1982 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl">1982 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Gator_Bowl" title="1983 Gator Bowl">1983 Gator Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Aloha_Bowl" title="1987 Aloha Bowl">1987 Aloha Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_All-American_Bowl" title="1988 All-American Bowl">1988 All-American Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Freedom_Bowl" title="1989 Freedom Bowl">1989 Freedom Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Sugar_Bowl" title="1992 Sugar Bowl">1992 Sugar Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Gator_Bowl" title="1992 Gator Bowl">1992 Gator Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Sugar_Bowl" title="1994 Sugar Bowl">1994 Sugar Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Sugar_Bowl_(January)" title="1995 Sugar Bowl (January)">1995 Sugar Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Fiesta_Bowl" title="1996 Fiesta 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href="/wiki/2007_BCS_National_Championship_Game" title="2007 BCS National Championship Game">2007 BCS National Championship Game</a> #</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Capital_One_Bowl" title="2008 Capital One Bowl">2008 Capital One Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_BCS_National_Championship_Game" title="2009 BCS National Championship Game">2009 BCS National Championship Game</a> #</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Sugar_Bowl" title="2010 Sugar Bowl">2010 Sugar Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Outback_Bowl" title="2011 Outback Bowl">2011 Outback Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Gator_Bowl" title="2012 Gator Bowl">2012 Gator Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Sugar_Bowl" title="2013 Sugar Bowl">2013 Sugar Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Birmingham_Bowl_(January)" title="2015 Birmingham Bowl (January)">2015 Birmingham Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Citrus_Bowl_(January)" title="2016 Citrus Bowl (January)">2016 Citrus Bowl</a></li> <li><a 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Citrus Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Gator_Bowl" title="1985 Gator Bowl">1985 Gator Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_All-American_Bowl" title="1986 All-American Bowl">1986 All-American Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Fiesta_Bowl" title="1988 Fiesta Bowl">1988 Fiesta Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Sugar_Bowl" title="1989 Sugar Bowl">1989 Sugar Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Fiesta_Bowl" title="1990 Fiesta Bowl">1990 Fiesta Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Blockbuster_Bowl" title="1990 Blockbuster Bowl">1990 Blockbuster Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1992 Cotton Bowl Classic">1992 Cotton Bowl Classic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Orange_Bowl" title="1993 Orange Bowl">1993 Orange Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Orange_Bowl" title="1994 Orange Bowl">1994 Orange Bowl</a> #</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Sugar_Bowl_(January)" title="1995 Sugar Bowl (January)">1995 Sugar Bowl (January)</a></li> <li><a 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title="2006 Emerald Bowl">2006 Emerald Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Music_City_Bowl" title="2007 Music City Bowl">2007 Music City Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Champs_Sports_Bowl" title="2008 Champs Sports Bowl">2008 Champs Sports Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Gator_Bowl" title="2010 Gator Bowl">2010 Gator Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Chick-fil-A_Bowl" title="2010 Chick-fil-A Bowl">2010 Chick-fil-A Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Champs_Sports_Bowl" title="2011 Champs Sports Bowl">2011 Champs Sports Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Orange_Bowl" title="2013 Orange Bowl">2013 Orange Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_BCS_National_Championship_Game" title="2014 BCS National Championship Game">2014 BCS National Championship Game</a> #</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Rose_Bowl" title="2015 Rose Bowl">2015 Rose Bowl</a> †</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Peach_Bowl" title="2015 Peach Bowl">2015 Peach Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Orange_Bowl" title="2016 Orange Bowl">2016 Orange Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Independence_Bowl" title="2017 Independence Bowl">2017 Independence Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Sun_Bowl" title="2019 Sun Bowl">2019 Sun Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Cheez-It_Bowl" title="2022 Cheez-It Bowl">2022 Cheez-It Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Orange_Bowl" title="2023 Orange Bowl">2023 Orange Bowl</a></li></ul> <p><i># denotes national championship game; † denotes <a href="/wiki/College_Football_Playoff" title="College Football Playoff">College Football Playoff</a> semifinal game</i> </p> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="1996–97_NCAA_Division_I_championships" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible 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