Nebraska-Miami 1984 Orange Bowl
The confident, upstart Miami Hurricanes, winners of 10 games in a row, planned to use a vocal home crowd in Miami’s Orange Bowl to prevent the mighty, top-ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers from securing coach Tom Osborne’s first national championship. The contrast in styles—Miami’s passing versus Nebraska’s power running—and the shifting of momentum made for one of the greatest-ever college games, as it came down to a last moment decision for Coach Osborne.
End Zone Insight
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