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, to repeat as national champions for the second time in school history after doing so in 1970 and 1971.

Embed from Getty Images First quarter FLA: Bart Edmiston 23 field goal, 11:07 NEB: Lawrence Phillips 16 pass from Tommie […]

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Jan 8, 1996 · to win consecutive national titles since Alabama in 1978-79, Nebraska never spoke more eloquently than it did in the Fiesta Bowl. For slightly more than a quarter, a riveting game seemed to be...

The 1996 Fiesta Bowl was the first national championship game of the newly created Bowl Alliance. It featured the #1 Nebraska Cornhuskers (11-0), who were i...

1996 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl: Nebraska 62, Florida 24 Huskers Post Perfect Back-to-Back National Championships Tempe, Ariz., Jan. 2, 1996 – The Nebraska Cornhuskers entered Tempe on a mission – to become the first school in 40 years to post perfect back-to-back national championship seasons.

Tempe, Ariz., Jan. 2, 1996-- In one of the greatest performances in college football history, top-ranked Nebraska became only the second team ever to post perfect back-to-back national championship seasons with its 62-24 victory over No. 2 Florida in the 1996 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl.

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The 1996 Fiesta Bowl was the perfect matchup. No. 1 Nebraska against No. 2 Florida. Both teams were undefeated and untied, only the fifth time in college football history that this had happened in a bowl game. It was January 2, prime time, under the …

Football History vs University of Nebraska from Dec 31, 1974 - Jan 2, 1996