25th edition Bowl Alliance National Championship Game
Florida Gators
Nebraska Cornhuskers
(12–0)
(11–0)
SEC
Big 8
24
62
Head coach: Steve Spurrier
Head coach: Tom Osborne
AP
Coaches
BA
2
2
2
AP
Coaches
BA
1
1
1
1
2
3
4
Total
Florida
10
0
8
6
24
Nebraska
6
29
14
13
62
Date
January 2, 1996
Season
1995
Stadium
Sun Devil Stadium
Location
Tempe, Arizona
MVP
Tommie Frazier
Favorite
Nebraska by 31⁄2
National anthem
Patti Austin
Referee
Pat Flood (Pac-10)
Attendance
79,864
United States TV coverage
Network
CBS
Announcers
Jim Nantz and Terry Donahue
Fiesta Bowl
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The 1996 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl game was a post-season college football bowl game that was played on on January 2, 1996, at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizonaas part of 1995 college football season. The game was the first national championship game held under the auspices of the Bowl Alliance, which had been formed prior to the season.
The bowl featured No. 1 ranked, defending national champion, and Big Eight Conference champion Nebraska against No. 2 ranked Florida, the champion of the Southeastern Conference. Nebraska won the game by 38 points, with a final score of 62—24, a margin that was, at the time, the largest defeat in National Championship game history and a record that stood until the 2023 College Football Playoff National Championship, when Georgia defeated TCU by 58 points.
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