College football has had some unforgettable bowl games over the years. ByPatForde picks out the best one from each of the New Year’s Six (non-CFP edition)
The first college football bowl game was played on Jan. 1, 1902, and it was decidedly not a classic. Michigan beat Stanford 49–0 in the inaugural Rose Bowl. Among the lowlights: nine Stanford fumbles and its captain saying that his team was quitting with eight minutes remaining.
The wind was such a massive factor that 62 of the game’s 69 points were tallied with it at the scoring team’s back. Notre Dame had the wind last, and it had Montana. For 58 minutes and 58 seconds, the underdog Broncos did not trail—and at one point in the third quarter, they led by 18 points. Armed with Chris Petersen’s gameplan, Boise exploited Oklahoma’s defense and bottled up Sooners superstar Adrian Peterson. But eventually, the physically superior team exerted itself and tied the game at 28 with 1:14 left to play.
Third: Boise opted to go for two and end the game, win or lose. The Broncos dusted off one of the oldest trick plays in football, the Statue of Liberty, with Zabransky faking a throw with his right arm and sticking the ball behind his back with his left for running back Ian Johnson to take on a handoff.
Nebraska walked into a South Florida trap. Armed with superior speed and a Howard Schnellenberger passing attack executed superbly by quarterback Bernie Kosar, Miami jumped to a shocking 17–0 lead in the first quarter. The Huskers suddenly went from invincible to outdated. “We wanted an undefeated season,” Osborne said. “We wanted the national championship. But I don’t think our players or anybody would have been satisfied if we backed into it by kicking a PAT. I don’t think that’s the way to do it.”
“Run ‘Switch,’” Ford advised. Morris obliged. Quarterback Tajh Boyd dropped, evaded the rush, read the defense and delivered. DeAndre Hopkins slid under the ball for the catch. First down, Clemson. Miles, meanwhile, saw his window at the top of his profession start to close. He’d won one national title at LSU, in 2007, and played for a second in ’11. Earlier in the ’12 season, Alabama had rallied to beat the Tigers in Baton Rouge, on its way to a second straight national championship while LSU was out of the mix. Three years later, Miles barely survived an attempt to fire him, but it was a temporary reprieve; early in the ’16 season he was dismissed.
On a star-studded night and in a game of dramatic swings, Young shone brightest and authored the final turn of events. He left the USC defense gasping and grasping as it tried to contain him.Young got his chance to save the season only when the Texas defense made a fourth-and-2 stop at its own 42-yard line with 2:13 left to play. Trojans fans still lament the hesitant cutback bruising back LenDale White made on the play, instead of plowing forward.
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