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The 1992β93 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games played in December 1992 and January 1993 to end the
1992 NCAA Division I-A football season . A total of 18 team-competitive games,
[1] and two all-star games, were played. The post-season began with the
Las Vegas Bowl on December 18, 1992, and concluded on January 16, 1993, with the season-ending
Senior Bowl .
Schedule
Date
Game
Site
Time(
US EST )
TV
Matchup (pre-game record)
AP pre-game rank
UPI (Coaches) pre-game rank
12/18
Las Vegas Bowl
Sam Boyd Stadium
Whitney, Nevada
ESPN
Bowling Green 35 (9β2) (
MAC Champion),
Nevada 34 (7β4) (
Big West Champion)
NR NR
NR NR
12/25
Aloha Bowl
Aloha Stadium
Honolulu, Hawaii
ABC
Kansas 23 (7β4) (
Big Eight ),
BYU 20 (8β4) (
WAC co-Champion)
NR #25
NR #23
12/29
Freedom Bowl
Anaheim Stadium
Anaheim, California
Raycom
Fresno State 24 (8β4) (
WAC co-Champion),
USC 7 (6β4β1) (
Pac-10 )
NR #23
NR #25
12/29
Copper Bowl
Arizona Stadium
Tucson, Arizona
ESPN
Washington State 31 (8β3) (
Pac-10 ),
Utah 28 (6β5) (
WAC )
#18 NR
#18 NR
12/30
Holiday Bowl
[2]
Jack Murphy Stadium
San Diego, California
ESPN
Hawaii 27 (10β2) (
WAC co-Champion),
Illinois 17 (6β4β1) (
Big Ten )
NR NR
#24 NR
12/31
John Hancock Bowl
Sun Bowl Stadium
El Paso, Texas
CBS
Baylor 20 (6β5) (
SWC ),
Arizona 15 (6β4β1) (
Pac-10 )
NR #22
NR #22
12/31
Gator Bowl
Gator Bowl Stadium
Jacksonville, Florida
TBS
Florida 27 (8β4) (
SEC ),
NC State 10 (9β2β1) (
ACC )
#14 #12
#15 #12
12/31
Liberty Bowl
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
Memphis, Tennessee
ESPN
Ole Miss 13 (8β3) (
SEC ),
Air Force 0 (7β4) (
WAC )
#20 NR
#19 NR
12/31
Independence Bowl
Independence Stadium
Shreveport, Louisiana
ESPN
Wake Forest 39 (7β4) (
ACC ),
Oregon 35 (6β5) (
Pac-10 )
NR NR
NR NR
1/1
Florida Citrus Bowl
[3]
Florida Citrus Bowl
Orlando, Florida
12:00 PM
ABC
Georgia 21 (9β2) (
SEC ),
Ohio State 14 (8β2β1) (
Big Ten )
#8 #15
#8 #14
1/1
Hall of Fame Bowl
Tampa Stadium
Tampa, Florida
ESPN
Tennessee 38 (8β3) (
SEC ),
Boston College 23 (8β2β1) (
Big East )
#17 #16
#17 #16
1/1
Cotton Bowl Classic
[4]
Cotton Bowl
Dallas, Texas
1:30 PM
NBC
Notre Dame 28 (9β1β1) (
Independent ),
Texas A&M 3 (12β0) (
SWC Champion)
#5 #4
#5 #3
1/1
Blockbuster Bowl
Joe Robbie Stadium
Miami Gardens, Florida
CBS
Stanford 24 (9β3) (
Pac-10 ),
Penn State 3 (7β4) (
Independent )
#13 #21
#13 #21
1/1
Fiesta Bowl
[5]
Sun Devil Stadium
Tempe, Arizona
NBC
Syracuse 26 (9β2) (
Big East ),
Colorado 22 (9β1β1) (
Big Eight )
#6 #10
#9 #6
1/1
Rose Bowl
[6]
Rose Bowl
Pasadena, California
4:30 PM
ABC
Michigan 38 (8β0β3) (
Big Ten Champion),
Washington 14 (9β2) (
Pac-10 co-Champion)
#7 #9
#7 #11
1/1
Sugar Bowl
[7]
Louisiana Superdome
New Orleans, Louisiana
7:00 PM
ABC
Alabama 34 (12β0) (
SEC Champion),
Miami (FL) 13 (11β0) (
Big East Champion)
#2 #1
#2 #1
1/1
Orange Bowl
[8]
Miami Orange Bowl
Miami
8:00 PM
NBC
Florida State 27 (10β1) (
ACC Champion),
Nebraska 14 (9β2) (
Big Eight Champion)
#3 #11
#4 #10
1/2
Peach Bowl
Georgia Dome
Atlanta
ESPN
North Carolina 21 (8β3) (
ACC ),
Mississippi State 17 (7β4) (
SEC )
#24 #19
NR #20
References
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"1992 College Football Bowl Games" .
Sports Reference . Retrieved December 23, 2018 .
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"SIMS, HAWAII TURN BACK ILLINOIS IN HOLIDAY BOWL" .
The Washington Post . December 31, 1992. Retrieved December 24, 2018 .
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"Georgia runs over Ohio State CITRUS BOWL/ Georgia 21, Ohio state 14 QB Zeier excels; late TD decisive" .
The Baltimore Sun . January 2, 1993. Retrieved December 24, 2018 .
^
"Irish rest case with 7-game win streak COTTON BOWL/ Notre Dame 28, Texas A&M; 3 Notre Dame hands Texas A&M; 1st loss" .
The Baltimore Sun . January 2, 1993. Retrieved December 24, 2018 .
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"Syracuse Leaves Colorado Kicking Self : Fiesta: Buffaloes' missed extra points, field goal combine with Dar Dar's long runback in a 26-22 victory by the Orangemen" .
Los Angeles Times . January 2, 1993. Retrieved December 24, 2018 .
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"ROSE BOWL" . The Washington Post . January 2, 1993. Retrieved December 24, 2018 .
^
"COLLEGE FOOTBALL; Roll Tide! Alabama Dethrones No. 1 Miami" .
The New York Times . January 2, 1993. Retrieved December 24, 2018 .
^
"Florida State 27, Nebraska 14" .
United Press International . January 1, 1993. Retrieved December 23, 2018 .