College football game
The 1985 Sugar Bowl was the 51st edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Tuesday, January 1. Part of the 1984–85 bowl game season, it matched the fifth-ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers of the Big Eight Conference and the #11 LSU Tigers of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).[3][4] The teams had met two years earlier in the Orange Bowl. Favored Nebraska trailed early, but rallied to win 28–10.[5][6][7]
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- ^ "The latest line". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. January 1, 1985. p. 39.
- ^ "Sugar Bowl". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). January 1, 1985. p. 2B.
- ^ "Louisiana State's talent-laden offense is test for Nebraska defense in Sugar Bowl". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. January 1, 1985. p. 26.
- ^ Tracy, Steve (January 2, 1985). "Nebraska too much for Tigers". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). (Dallas Morning News). p. 34.
- ^ "Huskers huff, puff in 2nd-half rally, whip LSU, 28-10". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. January 2, 1985. p. 22.
- ^ "Nebraska rallies to conquer LSU". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. January 2, 1985. p. 5C.
