Lawrence Phillips and Nebraska found the Gators had no bite. photograph by John Biever

One play underscored Florida's inability to do anything right and Nebraska's inability to do anything wrong. On the next-to-last snap of the third quarter, Nebraska quarterback Tommie Frazier ran the gauntlet of Florida defenders, dragging some of them with him on a 75-yard touchdown run during which he broke seven tackles. Frazier, snubbed in the Heisman voting a few weeks earlier, finished with 199 yards rushing and 105 through the air. The Cornhuskers put the game away in the second quarter, when they scored 29 points while holding Florida without a yard. The secret for the much-maligned Huskers (six players were arrested during the season) was to separate their off-the-field problems from the task at hand. "You put on that red uniform," said center Aaron Graham, "you know it's supposed to be something special."

'63 USC-Wisconsin | '64 Texas-Navy | '69 Ohio St.-USC
'72 Nebraska-Alabama | '79 Alabama-Penn St. | '83 Penn St.-Georgia
'87 Penn St.-Miami | '88 Miami-Oklahoma | '93 Alabama-Miami
'94 FSU-Nebraska | '96 Nebraska-Florida

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