Nebraska 62
Florida 24
Jan. 2, 1996 - 7:30 p.m. Central
Fiesta Bowl | Tempe, AZ | CBS
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | ||
| Florida | 10 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 24 | |
| Nebraska | 6 | 29 | 14 | 13 | 62 |
First quarter
FLA: Bart Edmiston 23 field goal, 11:07
NEB: Lawrence Phillips 16 pass from Tommie Frazier (kick blocked) 8:10
FLA: Danny Wuerffel 1 run (Edmiston kick) 1:17
Second quarter
NEB: Phillips 42 run (Brown kick) 14:28
NEB: Safety, Wuerffel sacked in end zone by Jamel Williams, 12:42
NEB: Ahman Green 1 run (Brown kick) 9:13
NEB: Brown 26 field goal, 3:46
NEB: Michael Booker 42 interception return (Brown kick) 2:40
NEB: Brown 24 field goal, 0:08
Third quarter
NEB: Frazier 35 run (Brown kick) 2:21
FLA: Ike Hilliard 35 pass from Wuerffel (Reidel Anthony pass from Wuerffel) 0:58
NEB: Frazier 75 run (Brown kick) 0:01
Fourth quarter
NEB: Phillips 15 run (kick failed) 8:25
NEB: Berringer 1 run (Ted Retzlaff kick) 4:44
FLA: Anthony 93 kickoff return (pass failed) 4:31
FLA NEB
First downs .............. 15 27
By rushing .............. 2 21
By passing ............. 12 4
By penalty .............. 1 2
Rushed-yards ........ 21-(-28) 68-524
Passing yards ........... 297 105
Comp-Att-Int ...... 20-38-3 6-15-2
Total offense ........ 59-269 83-629
Sacked-Yards lost ...... 7-40 0-0
Punt returns-Yds ..... l-(-8) 4-14
Kickoff returns-Yds .. 10-268 5-88
Interceptions-Yds ....... 2-5 3-50
Punts-Average ........ 4-41.3 1-36.0
Fumbles-Lost ............ 1-1 1-0
Penalties-Yards ........ 9-78 4-30
Time of possession .... 24:43 35:17
Third-down conv. ....... 4-12 8-17
Fourth-down conv. ....... 1-2 2-3
RUSHING
FLA: Williams 6-6, T Jackson 4-4, Anthony 2-(-1), Wuerffel 9-(-37).
NEB: Frazier 16-199, Phillips 25-165, Green 9-68, Sims 2-35, Je Makovicka 6-32, Childs 3-14, Jo Makovicka 2-4, B Schuster 1-4, D Benning 1-3, Berringer 1-1, Legate 1-1, Turman 1-(-2).
PASSING
FLA: Wuerffel 17-31-3-255; Kresser 3-7-0-42.
NEB: Frazier 6-14-2-105; Phillips 0-1-0-0.
RECEIVING
FLA: Doering 8-123, I Hilliard 6-100, Anthony 2-40, McGriff 2-19, T Jackson 1-10, Evans 1-5.
NEB: Johnson 2-43, Holbein 1-33, Phillips 1-16, Je Makovicka 1-8, Vedral 1-5.
ATTENDANCE: 79,864
CONDITIONS AT KICKOFF
Temperature: 58 degrees.
Wind: North, 7 mph. Skies: Clear.
OFFICIALS: Referee: Pat Flood. Umpire: Dennis Angel. Line judge: Charles Czubin. Side judge: Thomas Szymanski. Head linesman: Dale Newhouse. Back judge: David Cutaia. Field judge: Bernard Samuels
EXPANDED STATS
“We saw in the film that when Nebraska ran a lot of non-option plays, teams were there but they just couldn’t make the tackle. Danged if that didn’t happen to us too.”