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861:"We were trying to win the game," Osborne said. "I don't think you go for a tie in that case. You try to win the game. We wanted an undefeated season and a clear-cut national championship." A tie would most likely have been enough to give the Huskers their third national championship with a 12–0–1 record, their first for Tom Osborne, since second-ranked Texas also lost earlier in the day to Georgia in the Cotton Bowl Classic and third-ranked Auburn had won unimpressively. Regardless of the tie, they still would have been ranked as one of the greatest college football teams of all time.
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Kimball at the end zone, but Rodney Bellinger broke up the pass. After Kevin Fagan sacked Gill at the Miami 31, Nebraska was forced to attempt a field goal, which they missed.
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1203:. A simple
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1181:Larry Coker
1171:, and beat
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1159:by beating
997:First Downs
952:Nebraska –
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914:Nebraska –
907:Nebraska –
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666:Other bowls
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579:Mike Rozier
510:Tom Osborne
503:independent
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274:Orange Bowl
91:Tom Osborne
72:Independent
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2913:Categories
1775:Notre Dame
1563:California
1228:References
1169:Washington
980:Statistics
971:Statistics
954:Jeff Smith
819:trick play
756:improve it
714:Sugar Bowl
636:See also:
599:Iowa State
549:See also:
492:top-ranked
379:Don Criqui
374:Announcers
348:Attendance
303:(Miami QB)
1637:(Dec. 31)
1629:(Dec. 30)
1621:(Dec. 30)
1613:(Dec. 29)
1605:(Dec. 26)
1597:(Dec. 24)
1589:(Dec. 23)
1581:(Dec. 22)
1573:(Dec. 17)
1565:(Dec. 17)
1557:(Dec. 10)
1074:Turnovers
760:verifying
691:Rose Bowl
626:appearing
595:Minnesota
472:bowl game
1677:(Jan. 2)
1669:(Jan. 2)
1661:(Jan. 2)
1653:(Jan. 2)
1645:(Jan. 2)
1452:cite web
1444:Archived
1173:Nebraska
1161:Nebraska
1036:19–35–1
933:Miami –
881:Miami –
718:Michigan
695:Illinois
656:redshirt
619:wishbone
611:Syracuse
603:Colorado
571:(28–21).
568:Oklahoma
545:Nebraska
311:Favorite
280:Location
205:Nebraska
1735:History
1611:Liberty
1587:Holiday
1190:in the
1163:in the
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1091:13–101
1058:4–41.8
1047:63–430
1033:16–30–1
1014:28–130
965:Source:
869:Scoring
803:⁄
754:Please
687:Georgia
652:AP poll
648:Florida
566:and at
564:(14–10)
497:of the
484:Florida
467:of the
465:edition
362:Network
335:Referee
324:⁄
288:Florida
270:Stadium
154:Coaches
120:Coaches
1667:Fiesta
1659:Orange
1651:Cotton
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1118:Legacy
1102:27:53
1055:3–37.3
1044:86–459
1011:56–287
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609:, and
607:Kansas
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260:Season
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55:(12–0)
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1784:Games
1643:Sugar
1627:Peach
1619:Gator
1603:Aloha
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1099:32:07
989:Miami
681:fall
679:Texas
632:Miami
534:Teams
480:Miami
284:Miami
227:Miami
199:Total
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2216:2019
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2196:2015
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1831:1943
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1811:1939
1806:1938
1801:1937
1796:1936
1791:1935
1675:Rose
1483:ISBN
1458:link
1420:ESPN
1211:and
1196:1997
1177:2001
1157:1991
1151:and
1135:ESPN
1088:4–51
1069:1–1
1025:300
837:and
703:UCLA
699:45–9
683:10–9
644:28–3
459:The
446:1986
439:1983
417:1985
409:1983
387:and
264:1983
252:Date
25:1984
1595:Sun
1199:in
1129:ABC
1066:6–1
1022:172
1003:22
758:by
722:9–6
646:by
478:in
367:NBC
341:SEC
294:MVP
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