| 1994 Sun Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 61st Sun Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 29, 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Sun Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | El Paso, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Priest Holmes (RB, Texas)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Chuck McFerrin (Pac-10) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 50,612 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Jim Nantz, Doug Flutie and Andrea Joyce | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1994 Sun Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 29, 1994. The game pitted the unranked Texas Longhorns against the No. 19 North Carolina Tar Heels.[2] The Tar Heels were led by eventual Texas head coach Mack Brown.
The game was a seesaw offensive battle. Texas, down 31–21 midway through the fourth quarter, mounted a comeback to gain a 35–31 victory, with Priest Holmes's leap into the endzone proving to be the winning points.[3] Priest Holmes had 161 yards on 27 carries for four touchdowns to lead the Longhorns to victory and give him MVP honors.[4] A record 50,612 attended this game, a high for both the bowl game and the stadium.[5]
This was the first time since 1988 that the Sun Bowl was played under its original name after five years of title sponsorship from John Hancock Insurance.