1986 All-American Bowl
| 1986 All-American Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 31, 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Legion Field | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Birmingham, Alabama | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | RB Sammie Smith (Florida State) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Robert Aillet (SEC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 30,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | TBS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Bob Neal, Tim Foley, and Paul Hornung | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1986 All-American Bowl featured a meeting between the Florida State Seminoles and the Indiana Hoosiers. FSU, coached by Bobby Bowden, had a 6-4-1 record going into the bowl game and Indiana, coached by Bill Mallory had a 6–5 record.