1993 Sugar Bowl

1993 USF&G Insurance Sugar Bowl
59th edition
Bowl Coalition National Championship Game
1234 Total
Miami 3307 13
Alabama 310147 34
DateJanuary 1, 1993
Season1992
StadiumLouisiana Superdome
LocationNew Orleans, Louisiana
MVPAlabama RB Derrick Lassic[1]
FavoriteMiami by 8 points (36) [2][3]
RefereeRogers Redding (SWC)
Attendance76,789
United States TV coverage
NetworkABC Sports
AnnouncersKeith Jackson, Bob Griese and Jack Arute
Sugar Bowl
 < 1992  1994
College Football Championship Game
 < 1989 (Poll Era) 1994

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 college football season and served as the first National Championship game selected by the Bowl Coalition, predecessor to the Bowl Alliance, BCS, and later the College Football Playoff. The game featured two unbeaten teams in the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Miami Hurricanes. Alabama would get the win over Miami, 34–13, to finish the season 13-0 and lay claim to the 12th national championship in program history. It was Alabama’s first national championship since 1979.

  1. ^ "Tide Washes Away Miami Mystique -- Sweet Sugar Victory For Alabama". The Seattle Times. Associated Press. January 2, 1993. Retrieved December 29, 2008.
  2. ^ "Orange Bowl Odds".
  3. ^ "Betting line". Orange Bowl Odds. p. D7.