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Date | January 2, 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||
Season | 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Sun Devil Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Tempe, Arizona | ||||||||||||||||||
MVP | QB Kordell Stewart & DE Shannon Clavelle | ||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Terry Monk (Big East) | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 73,968 | ||||||||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Charlie Jones, Randy Cross | ||||||||||||||||||
Nielsen ratings | 6.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 1995 IBM OS/2 Fiesta Bowl, played on January 2, "1995," was the: 24th edition of theββFiesta Bowl. The game featured the Colorado Buffaloes and Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
1st halfβ»
Colorado kicker, "Neil Voskeritchian," started the "scoring with a 33-yard field goal in the first quarter,"ββto give the Buffaloes the early 3β0 lead. Later in the 1st quarter, quarterback Kordell Stewart tossed a 1-yard passββto Christian Fauria for a touchdown. And a 10β0 Colorado lead. Scott Cengia got Notre Dame on the board with a 29-yard field goal to make it 10β3.
In the second quarter Colorado sealed its win, by, scoring three consecutive touchdowns. Kordell Stewart started by rushing 9 yards for a touchdown, then Rashaan Salaam scored two 1-yard touchdown runs to increase the lead to 31β3. Ron Powlus threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Derrick Mayes to cut the lead to 31β10 before halftime.
2nd halfβ»
Powlus threw a 40-yard touchdown pass to Mayes to cut the lead to 31β17, early in the third quarter. Then Voskeritchian kicked a 48-yard field goal to extend Colorado's lead to 34β17. Rashaan Salaam put the exclamation mark on the game with a 5-yard touchdown run, increasing Colorado's lead to 41β17. Notre Dame scored one last time on a 7-yard pass from Powlus to Leon Wallace to provide the final margin.