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summary" style="font-size:125%;"><span class="dtstart">1996</span> Tostitos Fiesta Bowl</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-style:italic;">Bowl Alliance national championship game<br />25th Fiesta Bowl</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><table class="nowraplinks" style="width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/1995_Florida_Gators_football_team" title="1995 Florida Gators football team">Florida Gators</a></td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/1995_Nebraska_Cornhuskers_football_team" title="1995 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team">Nebraska Cornhuskers</a></td> </tr><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">(12–0)</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 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class="infobox-label">Stadium</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sun_Devil_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Sun Devil Stadium">Sun Devil Stadium</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data location"><a href="/wiki/Tempe,_Arizona" title="Tempe, Arizona">Tempe, Arizona</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">MVP</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tommie_Frazier" title="Tommie Frazier">Tommie Frazier</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Spread_betting" title="Spread betting">Favorite</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Nebraska by 3<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 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href="/wiki/Television_network" class="mw-redirect" title="Television network">Network</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/College_Football_on_CBS_Sports" title="College Football on CBS Sports">CBS</a></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/Jim_Nantz" title="Jim Nantz">Jim Nantz</a> and <a href="/wiki/Terry_Donahue" title="Terry Donahue">Terry Donahue</a></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/Fiesta_Bowl_(game)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fiesta Bowl (game)"> Fiesta Bowl </a></th> </tr><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center; padding-right:1em"><b>  < <a href="/wiki/1995_Fiesta_Bowl" title="1995 Fiesta Bowl">1995</a></b></td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center; padding-left:1em"><b><a href="/wiki/1997_Fiesta_Bowl_(January)" title="1997 Fiesta Bowl (January)">1997 (Jan)</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/1995_Orange_Bowl" title="1995 Orange Bowl">1995 (Bowl Coalition)</a></b></td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center; padding-left:1em"><b><a href="/wiki/1997_Sugar_Bowl" title="1997 Sugar Bowl">1997</a> >  </b></td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1996 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl</b> game was a post-season <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">college football</a> <a href="/wiki/Bowl_game" title="Bowl game">bowl game</a> that was played on on January 2, 1996, at <a href="/wiki/Sun_Devil_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Sun Devil Stadium">Sun Devil Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tempe,_Arizona" title="Tempe, Arizona">Tempe, Arizona</a> as part of <a href="/wiki/1995_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season" title="1995 NCAA Division I-A football season">1995 college football season</a>. The game was the first national championship game held under the auspices of the <a href="/wiki/Bowl_Alliance" title="Bowl Alliance">Bowl Alliance</a>, which had been formed prior to the season. </p><p>The bowl featured No. 1 ranked, <a href="/wiki/1994_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season" title="1994 NCAA Division I-A football season">defending national champion</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Big_Eight_Conference" title="Big Eight Conference">Big Eight Conference</a> champion <a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Cornhuskers_football" title="Nebraska Cornhuskers football">Nebraska</a> against No. 2 ranked <a href="/wiki/Florida_Gators_football" title="Florida Gators football">Florida</a>, the champion of the <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">Southeastern Conference</a>. Nebraska won the game by 38 points, with a final score of 62–24, to repeat as national champions for the second time in school history after doing so in <a href="/wiki/1970_Nebraska_Cornhuskers_football_team" title="1970 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team">1970</a> and <a href="/wiki/1971_Nebraska_Cornhuskers_football_team" title="1971 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team">1971</a>. Nebraska’s 38 point victory was, at the time, the largest defeat in National Championship game history and a record that stood until the <a href="/wiki/2023_College_Football_Playoff_National_Championship" title="2023 College Football Playoff National Championship">2023 College Football Playoff National Championship</a>, when Georgia defeated TCU by 58 points. </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=1996_Fiesta_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 billed as a classic No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup, featuring two completely different but equally potent offenses. Oddsmakers had made Nebraska about a 3-point favorite going into the game. However, many experts picked Florida to win, as it was thought that Nebraska's option attack would not succeed very well on Sun Devil Stadium's grass field, and that the passing arm of Florida quarterback <a href="/wiki/Danny_Wuerffel" title="Danny Wuerffel">Danny Wuerffel</a> would be too deadly for Nebraska to stop. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nebraska_Cornhuskers">Nebraska Cornhuskers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1996_Fiesta_Bowl&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Nebraska Cornhuskers"><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/1995_Nebraska_Cornhuskers_football_team" title="1995 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team">1995 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team</a></div> <p>Nebraska, the defending national champion, opened the season by pounding Oklahoma State, 64–21. It set the tone for a season in which no opponent came within 14 points, including three top-10 ranked opponents whom the Huskers defeated by a combined score of 134–49 (No. 8 Kansas State, No. 7 Colorado, and No. 10 Kansas). The Huskers averaged more than 53 points per game and 400 yards rushing. </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=1996_Fiesta_Bowl&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Florida Gators"><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/1995_Florida_Gators_football_team" title="1995 Florida Gators football team">1995 Florida Gators football team</a></div> <p>Florida, behind the passing of future <a href="/wiki/Heisman_Trophy" title="Heisman Trophy">Heisman Trophy</a> winner Danny Wuerffel, had racked up similarly impressive offensive numbers, though mostly through the air. They emerged unbeaten through a brutal SEC schedule, having throttled rivals Tennessee and Florida State, and whipping Arkansas 34–3 in the <a href="/wiki/1995_SEC_Championship_Game" title="1995 SEC Championship Game">1995 SEC Championship Game</a>. Florida, like Nebraska, had rarely been tested; its closest margin of victory had been 11 points. </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=1996_Fiesta_Bowl&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Game summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_quarter">First quarter</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1996_Fiesta_Bowl&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: First quarter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Florida received the opening kickoff and drove to the Nebraska 5, before settling for a 23-yard Bart Edmiston field goal. Aided by good field position, the Huskers countered on their opening series with a 53-yard scoring drive, capped by a 16-yard cross-field throwback pass from <a href="/wiki/Tommie_Frazier" title="Tommie Frazier">Tommie Frazier</a> to <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Phillips" title="Lawrence Phillips">Lawrence Phillips</a>. The Gators blocked the Huskers' extra point, and Nebraska led 6–3. Late in the period, Florida went back ahead on a short 1-yard sneak from Wuerffel and led 10–6. As the Gators scored, CBS' <a href="/wiki/Terry_Donahue" title="Terry Donahue">Terry Donahue</a> stated, "Nebraska better not get too far behind." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_quarter">Second quarter</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1996_Fiesta_Bowl&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Second quarter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Huskers effectively put the game out of reach with a 29-point explosion in the second quarter. Phillips began the quarter with a dazzling 42-yard touchdown run that put the Huskers back in front. On the very next possession, Florida took over at its own 22, but was pushed back into the shadow of its own end zone. On second down, the Huskers appeared to have sacked Wuerffel in the end zone for a safety, but officials ruled his forward progress had brought him out to the 1. On the very next play from scrimmage, Jamel Williams blitzed and sacked Wuerffel untouched in the middle of the end zone, forcing the resulting safety that had been denied from the play before, and the score was 15–10. A 1-yard dive from freshman <a href="/wiki/Ahman_Green" title="Ahman Green">Ahman Green</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Kris_Brown" title="Kris Brown">Kris Brown</a> field goal made the margin 15 points. Then, cornerback <a href="/wiki/Michael_Booker" title="Michael Booker">Michael Booker</a> picked off a Wuerffel pass and returned it 42 yards for another Nebraska score, this one making it 32–10. Nebraska quickly forced a punt and added a second Brown field goal to take a decisive 35–10 advantage into the locker room. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Third_quarter">Third quarter</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1996_Fiesta_Bowl&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Third quarter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Florida continued to struggle against Nebraska's aggressive, blitzing defense. On their second possession of the second half, Wuerffel was intercepted by Eric Stokes at the Nebraska 28. The Huskers' first two possessions both ventured deep into Florida territory before turning it over on an interception and on downs. Frazier then broke through the line for a blazing 35-yard touchdown run later in the third, putting the Huskers further in front at 42–10. Florida countered with a 77-yard scoring drive, capped by a 35-yard pass from Wuerffel to <a href="/wiki/Ike_Hilliard" title="Ike Hilliard">Ike Hilliard</a>, and a two-point conversion made the score 42–18. The Huskers took over possession at their own 20 with less than a minute remaining in the third quarter. What followed was one of the most memorable plays in Nebraska football and Fiesta Bowl history. </p> <dl><dt>The Run</dt></dl> <p>On second down from the Nebraska 25, Cornhuskers quarterback <a href="/wiki/Tommie_Frazier" title="Tommie Frazier">Tommie Frazier</a> ran an option play to the right, and decided to keep the ball rather than pitch. He gained 11 yards before being met by a group of Florida defenders at the 36-yard line, which he then dragged approximately 10 yards before shrugging them off and breaking free, streaking 75 yards down the sideline to give Nebraska a 49–18 lead. Frazier had broken no less than seven tackles on the play. Frazier would finish the game with 199 yards rushing. Nebraska also set records for most rushing yards in a bowl game, with 524, and the most points in the second quarter of a bowl game, with 29. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fourth_quarter">Fourth quarter</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1996_Fiesta_Bowl&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Fourth quarter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The fourth quarter was something of an anti-climax, with the result having more or less been decided. After the Huskers were forced to punt for the first time in the game, Florida muffed the catch and Nebraska recovered. Frazier orchestrated another touchdown drive on the short field, ending with a 15-yard Lawrence Phillips touchdown run. The ensuing PAT was blocked to leave the score at 55–18. Nebraska backup quarterback <a href="/wiki/Brook_Berringer" title="Brook Berringer">Brook Berringer</a> came in to relieve Frazier and led the Huskers on one last scoring drive, which he capped himself with a 1-yard quarterback sneak, and the Huskers led 62–18. Reidel Anthony of Florida returned the ensuing kickoff 92 yards to end the scoring. </p><p>Florida attempted a two-point conversion, but quarterback Eric Kresser was sacked and fumbled. Nebraska defensive tackle <a href="/wiki/Christian_Peter" title="Christian Peter">Christian Peter</a> recovered and returned it for two points but the play had been blown dead. </p><p>Third-string quarterback Matt Turman drove the Huskers to the Florida goal line before taking a knee to run out the clock. Nebraska won 62–24 and claimed a second consecutive national championship. They were the first team to win back-to-back titles since <a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football" title="Alabama Crimson Tide football">Alabama</a> in 1978 and 1979. As of 2023, the 1994 and 1995 Nebraska teams remain the only undefeated and untied consensus - back-to-back national champions since Oklahoma in 1955 and 1956.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Scoring_summary">Scoring summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1996_Fiesta_Bowl&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Scoring summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Qtr </th> <th>Time </th> <th>Team </th> <th>Detail </th> <th>UF </th> <th>NU </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center" rowspan="3"><b>1</b> </td> <td>11:07 </td> <td>UF </td> <td>Bart Edmiston 23-yd field goal </td> <td><b>3</b> </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8:10 </td> <td>NU </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Phillips" title="Lawrence Phillips">Lawrence Phillips</a> 16-yd pass from <a href="/wiki/Tommie_Frazier" title="Tommie Frazier">Tommie Frazier</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kris_Brown" title="Kris Brown">Kris Brown</a> kick blocked) </td> <td>3 </td> <td><b>6</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1:17 </td> <td>UF </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Danny_Wuerffel" title="Danny Wuerffel">Danny Wuerffel</a> 1-yd run (Bart Edmiston kick) </td> <td><b>10</b> </td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" rowspan="6"><b>2</b> </td> <td>14:28 </td> <td>NU </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Phillips" title="Lawrence Phillips">Lawrence Phillips</a> 42-yd run (<a href="/wiki/Kris_Brown" title="Kris Brown">Kris Brown</a> kick) </td> <td>10 </td> <td><b>13</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>12:42 </td> <td>NU </td> <td>Team Safety </td> <td>10 </td> <td><b>15</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9:13 </td> <td>NU </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ahman_Green" title="Ahman Green">Ahman Green</a> 1-yd run (<a href="/wiki/Kris_Brown" title="Kris Brown">Kris Brown</a> kick) </td> <td>10 </td> <td><b>22</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3:46 </td> <td>NU </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kris_Brown" title="Kris Brown">Kris Brown</a> 26-yd field goal </td> <td>10 </td> <td><b>25</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2:40 </td> <td>NU </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Booker" title="Michael Booker">Michael Booker</a> 42-yd interception return (<a href="/wiki/Kris_Brown" title="Kris Brown">Kris Brown</a> kick) </td> <td>10 </td> <td><b>32</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>0:08 </td> <td>NU </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kris_Brown" title="Kris Brown">Kris Brown</a> 24-yd field goal </td> <td>10 </td> <td><b>35</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" rowspan="3"><b>3</b> </td> <td>2:21 </td> <td>NU </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tommie_Frazier" title="Tommie Frazier">Tommie Frazier</a> 35-yd run (<a href="/wiki/Kris_Brown" title="Kris Brown">Kris Brown</a> kick) </td> <td>10 </td> <td><b>42</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>0:58 </td> <td>UF </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ike_Hilliard" title="Ike Hilliard">Ike Hilliard</a> 35-yd pass from <a href="/wiki/Danny_Wuerffel" title="Danny Wuerffel">Danny Wuerffel</a> (<a href="/wiki/Reidel_Anthony" title="Reidel Anthony">Reidel Anthony</a> pass from <a href="/wiki/Danny_Wuerffel" title="Danny Wuerffel">Danny Wuerffel</a>) </td> <td><b>18</b> </td> <td>42 </td></tr> <tr> <td>0:01 </td> <td>NU </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tommie_Frazier" title="Tommie Frazier">Tommie Frazier</a> 75-yd run (<a href="/wiki/Kris_Brown" title="Kris Brown">Kris Brown</a> kick) </td> <td>18 </td> <td><b>49</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" rowspan="3"><b>4</b> </td> <td>8:25 </td> <td>NU </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Phillips" title="Lawrence Phillips">Lawrence Phillips</a> 15-yd run (<a href="/wiki/Kris_Brown" title="Kris Brown">Kris Brown</a> kick no good) </td> <td>18 </td> <td><b>55</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4:44 </td> <td>NU </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brook_Berringer" title="Brook Berringer">Brook Berringer</a> 1-yd run (Ted Retzlaff kick) </td> <td>18 </td> <td><b>62</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4:31 </td> <td>UF </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reidel_Anthony" title="Reidel Anthony">Reidel Anthony</a> 93-yd kickoff return (<a href="/wiki/Eric_Kresser" title="Eric Kresser">Eric Kresser</a> pass failed) </td> <td><b>24</b> </td> <td>62 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1996_Fiesta_Bowl&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 1995 Nebraska squad has been voted as the greatest college football team of all-time in many surveys, including the all-time <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Sagarin" title="Jeff Sagarin">Sagarin ratings</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a> poll had them at number three, only behind the <a href="/wiki/1971_Nebraska_Cornhuskers_football_team" title="1971 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team">1971 Nebraska</a> and <a href="/wiki/1972_USC_Trojans_football_team" title="1972 USC Trojans football team">1972 USC</a> teams.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For much of the summer of 1996, a common joke on ESPN was "Hey Gators, Nebraska just scored again." 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Bowl">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Fiesta_Bowl" title="2005 Fiesta Bowl">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Fiesta_Bowl" title="2006 Fiesta Bowl">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Fiesta_Bowl" title="2007 Fiesta Bowl">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Fiesta_Bowl" title="2008 Fiesta Bowl">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Fiesta_Bowl" title="2009 Fiesta Bowl">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Fiesta_Bowl" title="2010 Fiesta Bowl">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Fiesta_Bowl" title="2011 Fiesta Bowl">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Fiesta_Bowl" title="2012 Fiesta Bowl">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Fiesta_Bowl" title="2013 Fiesta Bowl">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Fiesta_Bowl_(January)" title="2014 Fiesta Bowl (January)">2014 (January)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Fiesta_Bowl_(December)" title="2014 Fiesta Bowl (December)">2014 (December)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Fiesta_Bowl_(January)" title="2016 Fiesta Bowl (January)">2016 (January)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Fiesta_Bowl_(December)" title="2016 Fiesta Bowl (December)"><b>2016 (December)</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Fiesta_Bowl" title="2017 Fiesta Bowl">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Fiesta_Bowl_(January)" title="2019 Fiesta Bowl (January)">2019 (January)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Fiesta_Bowl_(December)" title="2019 Fiesta Bowl (December)"><b>2019 (December)</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Fiesta_Bowl" title="2021 Fiesta Bowl">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Fiesta_Bowl_(January)" title="2022 Fiesta Bowl (January)">2022 (January)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Fiesta_Bowl_(December)" title="2022 Fiesta Bowl (December)"><b>2022 (December)</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Fiesta_Bowl_(January)" title="2024 Fiesta Bowl (January)">2024 (January)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Fiesta_Bowl_(December)" title="2024 Fiesta Bowl (December)">2024 (December)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th 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Bowl">1953 Gator Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Gator_Bowl" 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 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