ESPN Classic Bowl Moments
Live, relive or unlive bygone bowl games in these flashbacks with the players who won them.
Before the BCS, No. 1 rarely faced No. 2 to determine the national champ. The 45th Sugar Bowl gave fans the matchup they deserved—and Alabama running back Major Ogilvie the bell-ringing of his life.
No. 1 Georgia sought its first national title. Notre Dame was out to prove running back Herschel Walker and the Bulldogs had escaped the regular season 11-0 as a matter of luck.
The lead changed hands six times. The combatants combined for 827 yards of offense. And the scoring was fast and furious up until the game's final moments, remembers UCLA receiver Mike Sherrard.
After 22 years of placing anywhere but first in the Big Ten, Michigan State finally made it to Pasadena to face, of all teams, USC, a team it had beaten 27-13 in its season opener.
As Nittany Lions receiver O.J. McDuffie recalls it, Tennessee was a cocky squad that planned to overwhelm Penn State in Fiesta Bowl XXI. You know what they say about battle plans…
