- 1987 Sugar Bowl
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Name=1987 Sugar Bowl
Date=January 1 ,1987
Year=1986
Visitor School=University of Nebraska
Visitor Name Short=Nebraska
Visitor Nickname=Cornhuskers
Visitor Record=9-2
Visitor
Visitor Coaches=6
Visitor Coach=Tom Osborne
Visitor1=0
Visitor2=10
Visitor3=7
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Visitor Total=30
Home School=Louisiana State University
Home Name Short=LSU
Home Nickname=Tigers
Home Record=9-2
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Home Coaches=5
Home Coach=Bill Arnsparger
Home1=7
Home2=0
Home3=0
Home4=8
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Home Total=15
Type=Bowl Game
Stadium=Louisiana Superdome
City=New Orleans, Louisiana The 1987 edition to the Sugar Bowl featured the fifth ranked
LSU Tigers , and the sixth rankedNebraska Cornhuskers .LSU scored first on a 1 yard touchdown run from Williams, giving the Tigers a 7-0 first quarter lead.In the second quarter, Nebrsaka's Klein kicked a 42 yard field goal making the score 7-3. Nebraska quarterback
Steve Taylor scored on a 2 yard touchdown run as Nebraska led 10-7 at halftime.In the third quarter, Knox scored on a 1 yard touchdown run as Nebraska led 17-7. In the fourth quarter, Steve Taylor found Milikan on a 3 yard touchdown pass as Nebraska led 24-7. Knox added a 1 yard touchdown run to make it 30-7. LSU's Hodson threw a 24 yard touchdown pass to Moss as Nebraska won by a 30-15 margin
Nebraska's Steve Taylor was named Sugar Bowl MVP.
References
*ESPN College Football Encyclopedia
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