1987 Sugar Bowl

1987 USF&G Sugar Bowl
53rd edition
Nebraska Cornhuskers LSU Tigers
(9-2) (9-2)
Big 8 SEC
30 15
Head coach: 
Tom Osborne		 Head coach: 
Bill Arnsparger
APCoaches
65
APCoaches
56
1234 Total
Nebraska 010713 30
LSU 7008 15
DateJanuary 1, 1987
Season1986
StadiumLouisiana Superdome
LocationNew Orleans, Louisiana
MVPSteve Taylor (Nebraska QB)
FavoriteNebraska by 4½ points[1][2][3]
RefereeWendell Shelton (SWC)
Attendance76,234
United States TV coverage
NetworkABC
AnnouncersKeith Jackson, Tim Brant
Sugar Bowl
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The 1987 Sugar Bowl was the 53rd edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Thursday, January 1. Part of the 1986–87 bowl game season, it featured the fifth-ranked LSU Tigers of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and number 6 Nebraska Cornhuskers of the Big Eight Conference. Favored Nebraska trailed early and won, 30–15.[4][5][6][7]

It was the third time in five seasons that the teams had met in a major bowl game (1983 Orange, 1985 Sugar),[8] and Nebraska won all three.

  1. ^ "Betting line". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). January 1, 1987. p. 28.
  2. ^ "The latest line". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. January 1, 1987. p. 38.
  3. ^ "LSU lacks sweetness over Nebraska's Sugar triumph". Spokane Chronicle. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. January 2, 1987. p. 18.
  4. ^ "Nebraska pounds LSU in Sugar Bowl". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. January 2, 1987. p. 16.
  5. ^ McManis, Sam (January 2, 1987). "Angry Huskers rip LSU, 30-15". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). p. 4B.
  6. ^ "Nebraska takes out hostility on LSU". Pittsburgh Press. (Los Angeles Times). January 2, 1987. p. 4.
  7. ^ "Big play defense helps Nebraska throttle LSU". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. January 2, 1987. p. 1, part 2.
  8. ^ "Sugar". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). January 1, 1987. p. 5B.