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| 1992 USF&G Sugar Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 58th edition The Cheerios Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Louisiana Superdome | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | New Orleans, Louisiana | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Jerome Bettis (Notre Dame RB) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Florida by 6.5 points (52.5) [1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | James Sprenger (Pac-10) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Al Michaels, Frank Gifford, Dan Dierdorf, and Tim Brant | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 1992 Sugar Bowl was the 58th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Wednesday, January 1. Part of the 1991–92 bowl game season, it matched the eighteenth-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the #3 Florida Gators of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
Notre Dame rallied late in the fourth quarter to upset the favored Gators, 39–28.[3][4][5]
The game is also known as "The Cheerios Bowl," due to the comment a waiter supposedly told Irish head coach Lou Holtz at a restaurant that "the difference between Cheerios and Notre Dame is that Cheerios belong in a bowl."
- ^ "Orange Bowl Odds". Orange Bowl Odds.
- ^ "Betting line". Orange Bowl Odds. p. D7.
- ^ "Fighting Irish run wild in second half comeback". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. January 2, 1992. p. 3B.
- ^ "Irish give the critics a rebuttal". Pittsburgh Press. news services. January 2, 1992. p. C3.
- ^ Shearer, Ed (January 2, 1992). "Irish top Gators on Bettis TDs". Wilmington Star-News. (North Carolina). p. 6B.