1995 Orange Bowl
| 1995 FedEx Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Bowl Coalition National Championship Game 61st Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, hosted the Orange Bowl. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Miami Orange Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Miami, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Nebraska QB Tommie Frazier and Miami WR Chris T. Jones | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Miami by 1 (37) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Ron Winter (Big Ten) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 81,753 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Tom Hammond (play-by-play) Cris Collinsworth (analyst) John Dockery (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 18.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1995 Orange Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 1995, as the 61st edition of the Orange Bowl and the national championship game for the 1994 season. It featured the Nebraska Cornhuskers of the Big Eight and the Miami Hurricanes of the Big East. The game was a rematch of the historic 1984 Orange Bowl. As of 2020, the 1995 Orange Bowl holds the record for Orange Bowl attendance at 81,753.
Although this was the Bowl Coalition's National Championship Game, it was a match-up of the first and third-ranked teams in the country, as second-ranked Penn State was obligated to play in the 1995 Rose Bowl as the Big Ten champion.
This was the last national championship game to be played at one of the participating teams’ home stadiums until 2025, which also featured Miami playing for the title at their current home stadium, Hard Rock Stadium.