1993 Sugar Bowl

The 1993 Sugar Bowl took place on January 1, 1993, in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was the final game of the 1992–93 college football season and served as the National Championship game for the season. The game featured two unbeaten teams in the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Miami Hurricanes. This was the first National Championship Game selected by the Bowl Coalition, the original predecessor to the Bowl Championship Series.

Miami, out of the Big East conference, was led by Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Gino Torretta, and was playing for back-to-back undefeated seasons and consecutive National Championships.

Alabama also entered the matchup undefeated, following their 28–21 victory over the Florida Gators in the inaugural SEC Championship Game.

Though Miami were favorites to claim the victory, Alabama's defense held the Hurricanes to just 13 points, while intercepting Torretta three times, en route to a 34–13 victory to claim their 12th National Championship. Alabama rushed for 267 yards—67 more yards than the Hurricanes had allowed all season. At one point, the Tide lined up all eleven players up to the line of scrimmage, confusing Torretta, which led to an interception returned for a touchdown.^[2]

A legendary play in Alabama football lore, known as "The Strip",^[3] occurred when Miami wide receiver Lamar Thomas caught a deep pass from Torretta and was sprinting for what seemed like would be an 89-yard touchdown, when Alabama's George Teague caught him from behind, stripped the ball from him, and started running the other way before being tackled.^[4] The play became famous following Thomas's pre-game comments regarding the SEC, the superiority of the Miami receiving corps, and the manhood of the Alabama defensive backs.^[5] The play was negated by an Alabama offside penalty, but the strip was still successful in preventing a Miami touchdown, as Miami would have simply declined the penalty had the strip not taken place.^[4]

Following the poor performance, some reporters began to question whether Torretta deserved the Heisman.^[6]

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Team	Scoring Information^[7]	Score
Quarter	Time	Team	Scoring Information^[7]	Alabama	Miami
1	10:56	Alabama	19–yard field goal by Michael Proctor	3	0
1	7:49	Miami	49–yard field goal by Dane Prewitt	3	3
2	10:48	Alabama	23–yard field goal by Michael Proctor	6	3
	6:09	Alabama	Sherman Williams 2–yard touchdown run, Michael Proctor kick good	13	3
	0:00	Miami	42–yard field goal by Dane Prewitt	13	6
3	10:12	Alabama	Derrick Lassic 1–yard touchdown run, Michael Proctor kick good	20	6
3	9:56	Alabama	George Teague 31–yard interception return for touchdown, Michael Proctor kick good	27	6
4	12:08	Miami	Kevin Williams 78–yard punt return for touchdown, Dane Prewitt kick good	27	13
4	6:46	Alabama	Derrick Lassic 4–yard touchdown run, Michael Proctor kick good	34	13
Final Score				34	13

References

↑ "Tide Washes Away Miami Mystique -- Sweet Sugar Victory For Alabama". The Seattle Times. Associated Press. 1993-01-02. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
↑ http://www.angelfire.com/al/bamacrimsontide/livinguptoalegend.html
↑ Lieser, Jason (2008-08-13). "Lamar Thomas brings fiery spirit to job as Boynton Beach football assistant". Palm Beach Post. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
1 2 "The Sugar Bowl 1993". Archived from the original on 8 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-09.
↑ Murphy, Austin (1993-01-11). "The End Of The Run". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 5 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-09.
↑ Mizell, Hubert (1993-01-02). "Alabama Speaks Loudest". St. Petersburg Times. p. C1. Retrieved 2008-12-29. ... I thought it correct to label Gino "good, and successful" but not "great, and best player in the land."
↑ "1993 Game Recap / Allstate Sugar Bowl". Retrieved 2012-04-07.

1992–93 NCAA football bowl game season

Las Vegas (Dec. 18) Aloha (Dec. 25) Copper (Dec. 29) Freedom (Dec. 29) Holiday (Dec. 30) Liberty (Dec. 31) Independence (Dec. 31) Hall of Fame (Jan. 1) Florida Citrus (Jan. 1) Rose (Jan. 1) Peach (Jan. 2)

Bowl Coalition games: John Hancock (Dec. 31) Gator (Dec. 31) Blockbuster (Jan. 1) Sugar (Jan. 1) Orange (Jan. 1) Fiesta (Jan. 1) Cotton (Jan. 1)

Sugar Bowl Game

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Notes	The 2006 game took place in Atlanta, Georgia due to Hurricane Katrina. The game was also the national title game for either the Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, or Bowl Championship Series in 1993, 1997, 2000, and 2004. There was a Sugar Bowl in January and December in 1972 and 1995. The game was a College Football Playoff semifinal in its 2015 edition.

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