1986 Fiesta Bowl

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Name=1986 Fiesta Bowl
Date=January 1, 1986
Year=1985
Visitor Name Short=Nebraska
Visitor Nickname=Cornhuskers
Visitor Record=9-2
Visitor

Visitor Coaches=7
Visitor Coach=Tom Osborne
Visitor1=0
Visitor2=14
Visitor3=0
Visitor4=9
Home Name Short=Michigan
Home Nickname=Wolverines
Home Record=9-1-1
Home

Home Coaches=5
Home Coach=Bo Schembechler
Home1=3
Home2=0
Home3=24
Home4=0
Type=bg
Stadium=Sun Devil Stadium
City=Tempe, Arizona
Attendance=72,454
MVP=HB Jamie Morris & DT Mark Messner
Odds=
Anthem=
Referee=
Halftime=
US Network=NBC
US Announcers=Charlie Jones, Todd Christensen
Ratings=7.9
Intl Network=
Intl Announcers=

The 1986 Sunkist Fiesta Bowl, played on January 1, 1986, was the 15th edition of the Fiesta Bowl. The game featured the Nebraska Cornhuskers, and the Michigan Wolverines.

Michigan scored the only points of the first quarter, with 11:19 left, on a 42 yard field goal from Pat Moons, catipulting Michigan to an early 3-0 lead. Nebraska scored on a 5 yard touchdown pass from quarterback McCathorn Clayton to wide receiver Doug Dubose to give Nebraska a 7-3 lead. Doug Dubose scored on a 3 yard touchdown run to give Nebraska a 14-3 lead. They would take that lead into the lockeroom.

In the third quarter, Gerald White scored on a 1 yard touchdown run to pull Michigan to within 14-10. Quarterback Jim Harbaugh later scored on a 1 yard quarterback sneak, giving Michigan the advantage at 17-14. Pat Moons kicked his second field goal of the game, a 19 yarder, to increase Michigan's advantage to 20-14. Jim Harbaugh scored his second rushing touchdown of the game, a 2 yarder, to increase the lead to 27-14.

In the fourth quarter, Steve Taylor scored on a 1 yard touchdown run, to pull Nebraska to within 27-21. Nebraska's defense forced a safety, and the margin was reduced to 27-23. That would be the final margin though.

External links

*http://huskerpedia.com/games/1987/12floridastate.html