European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 30, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse s Nebraska is. Miami 6 by Rick Warner a football writer history will be on Miami s Side when the fourth ranked hurricanes play no. 1 Nebraska in the Orange bowl. The hurricanes Are 62-1 on their Homefield Over the past decade while the Cor huskers have lost five straight at the Orange bowl including three to Miami by a combined 76-33. To play Nebraska Here in the Orange bowl is a goal we be had All year Miami coach Dennis Erickson said. We re Happy to have the Opportunity to play one of the great teams in the six coalition bowls finalized their matchup monday six Days ahead of schedule. They decided not to wait for saturday s Southeastern conference championship game Between no. 3 Ala Bama and no. 6 Florida because the out come probably won t cause a major shakeup in the rankings. Matchup were set in the other five coalition games too sugar no. 7 Florida state is. The Alabama Florida Winner. Cotton Southern Cal. Texas tech is. No. 21 fiesta no. 5 Colorado is. Notredame. Gator no. 17 Virginia tech . Sun no. 18 North Carolina is. Texas. For the second straight year an undefeated Nebraska team will play of the National championship in the Orange bowl. Last year the no 2 Cor huskers lost to no. 1 Florida state 18-16. Nebraska the big eight Champion is 12-0. Big East Champion Miami 10-1 has won eight straight since losing to Washington on sept. 24, a defeat that snapped the hurricanes record 58-gamehome winning Streak. The sugar bowl selected Florida state 9-1-1 to play the Sec Champion setting up a possible rematch against Florida 9-1-1. The seminoles overcame a 28-Poiht deficit in the fourth Quarter saturday Totie the gators 31-31. If that rematch happens we re Bil Ling it As overtime and the sugar bowl " bowl president Chuck Zatarain said. v./. " \ the alternative is an intriguing match up Between Alabama 11-0 and Florid state. Seminole coach Bobby Bowden grew up in Alabama and dreamed of playing for the Crimson tide but he has never coached against his boyhood team. Either Way Well get a great game said sugar bowl executive director Troy Mathieu. Notre Dame s 6-4-1 record in t so fantastic. However coach Lou Holtz said the Irish deserve to play Colorado 10-1 in the fiesta bowl. If you take away the kicking game think we can play with anybody Holtz said /. Notre Dame and Colorado met in the1990 and 1991 Orange bowls when the buffaloes were no. 1. Colorado Bea notre Dame 10-9 in the 1991 game to win a share of the National championship. The previous year the Irish won21-6 to spoil the buffaloes bid for the National title. Southern Cal 7-3-1 and Texas tech 6-5 May need directions to get to the Cotton bowl. The trojans have never played there and the red raiders Are making their first trip since 1939. Other bowl matchup Rose pen state Oregon Citrus Alabama Florida loser is. Ohio state peach North Caro Lina state Mississippi state Hall of the stars and stripes ports november 30,1994 Page 36 Fame Wisconsin Duke Freedom Ari Zona Utah Independence Texas Chris Tian Virginia Copper Oklahoma by Alamo Baylor Washington state Liberty Illinois East Carolina Holiday Michigan Colorado state Las vegas Central Michigan univ car quest South Carolina is. West Virginia or Boston College and Aloha Kansas state is. Boston College West Virginia or Syracuse. 49ers wrap up spot in playoffs by Dave Goldberg new Orleans a the Sanfrancisco 49ers put a punctuation Point on the obvious monday night nobody in the nil but Dallas is close to them. The liners became the first team to Clinch a playoff spot by overcoming couple of mistakes that would kill Mere mortals to beat new Orleans 35-14 a Steve Young threw for 281 Yards and four touchdowns. It gave them their Lith pfc West title in 14years. Their 12th straight season of 10 Winsor More. Their 11th playoff berth in 12 years. We could t get them stopped Saint coach Jim Mora said of a team that converted 11 of its 15 third Down opportunities. They re the Best offensive team i football the Best offence i be Ever the win kept the liners 10-2who also rolled up 191 Yards on the ground on top of Dallas 10-2 for the Home Fiel advantage on their inevitable course to Ward a third straight pfc title game. San Francisco which won for the seventh game summary and standings on Page 30 i Mhz a by in Wei a i mme straight time would get the Home Field if the teams Are tied because the 49ers beat the cowboys two weeks ago. Young who had completed 68.2 per cent of his passes entering the game was 24 of 30 As he hit four to passes in a game for the fourth time this season. Then Iners despite their mistakes totally dominated out gaming the saints 461-222 and keeping the Ball for More than 38minutes. Young threw first half touchdowns of 4 Yards each to Brent Jones and John Tay Lor found Jones again from 6 Yards out on a drive that consumed 9 02 at the Star of the second half and capped the scoring with a 43-yarder on a slant to backup Nate Singleton. That was enough to negate Tyron Hughes 86-Yard return of a Fumble by Ricky waiters for the saints 4-8 and a second Quarter Fumble by Young at the saints 12 that held the liners to a 20-14 Lead at halftime. All Europe football team in tomorrow s paper it s one whale of a team. Jet of of 43 pyers on the squad and they come from 12 american High schools. They arc the Cream of the crop. This is of course the 1994 Dodds All Europe football team. Staw and stripes1 the sports Secu a of thursday s editions of the european saints Sam Mills 51 and Joe Johnson Stop 49ers Steve Young after a Short gain. Stanford s Walsh Steps Down Fei 0"246850"000504"
