1994 Orange Bowl
| 1994 Federal Express Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Bowl Coalition National Championship Game 60th Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, hosted the Orange Bowl. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Miami Orange Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Miami, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Nebraska QB Tommie Frazier and FSU QB Charlie Ward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Florida State by 16½ (50.5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | John Soffey (Big East) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 81,536 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Dick Enberg, Bob Trumpy and O. J. Simpson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 18.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1994 Orange Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 1994. The contest was the Bowl Coalition National Championship Game for the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. This 60th edition to the Orange Bowl featured the Nebraska Cornhuskers of the Big Eight Conference and the Florida State Seminoles of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Florida State narrowly prevailed over the Cornhuskers to win their first national championship in program history.