1. Background

2. Game recap

3. Scoring

4. Statistics

5. References

6. External links

The 1991 Florida Citrus Bowl was a college football bowl game played after the 1990 regular season, with national championship implications. Played on January 1 in Orlando, Florida, the 45th edition of the Citrus Bowl featured the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets of the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Nebraska Cornhuskers of the {{nowrap|Big Eight Conference.^[3][4]}}

Georgia Tech came into the game with a {{nowrap|10–0–1}} record and #2 ranking, whereas Nebraska was at 9–2 with a #13 UPI coaches' poll ranking. After their win, Georgia Tech climbed to first in the Coaches' Poll, enabling the Yellow Jackets to claim their fourth national championship, shared {{nowrap|with Colorado.^[5][6][7][8]}}

Background

ACC Champion Georgia Tech came into the Citrus Bowl as Division I-A's only undefeated team at {{nowrap|10–0–1}} and ranked second in both major polls behind {{nowrap|10–1–1}} Colorado. The Yellow Jackets had begun the 1990 season unranked, but worked their way up the polls over the course of the year, helped greatly by a 41–38 win over then-#1 Virginia on November 3. Their one blemish was a 13–13 tie at unranked North Carolina on October 20. A potentially controversial situation could result in the polls if Georgia Tech could win the Citrus Bowl and finish the year undefeated, pending the outcome of the Orange Bowl to be played later that night between #5 Notre Dame {{nowrap|and Colorado.^[9]}}

The Nebraska Cornhuskers were 9–2 and ranked #13 in the Coaches' poll. Though they had been in the top ten of both polls for most of the season, and as high as #3 with three games to go, two losses in their last three games plummeted them to thirteenth (and nineteenth in the AP poll). Nebraska came into the Citrus Bowl as a slight {{nowrap|favorite,^[1][2]}} despite their inferior record and ranking.^[10]

Game recap

After blocking a Nebraska field goal on the first possession of the second half, Georgia Tech drove for a touchdown to make the score {{nowrap|31–14.}} Nebraska's final score of the game made it {{nowrap|31–21}} going into the 4th quarter. Georgia Tech's William Bell rushed for two fourth-quarter touchdowns to seal the win {{nowrap|45–21.}} Jones completed 16 of 23 passes for 277 yards and two touchdowns, ran for one touchdown, and was selected the game's most valuable player. Georgia Tech also played well defensively: Nebraska averaged 330 rushing yards during the season, but Georgia Tech held the Cornhuskers to only 126 rushing yards during the game.^[12][13]

The loss was Nebraska's fourth straight bowl loss, a streak which extended to seven; the Huskers slipped into a tie for 17th in the UPI coaches' poll and 24th in {{nowrap|the AP poll.^[14]}}

Scoring

• Georgia Tech – Stefen Scotten 2 run (Scott Sisson kick) 11:45

• Georgia Tech – Emmett Merchant 22 pass from Shawn Jones (Sisson kick), 12:23
• Georgia Tech – William Bell 2 pass from Jones (Sisson kick), 7:50
• Nebraska – Johnny Mitchell 30 pass from Tom Haase (Gregg Barrios kick), 6:21
• Nebraska – Derek Brown 50 run (Barrios kick), 5:07
• Georgia Tech – Field goal, Sisson 37, 1:50

• Georgia Tech – Jones 1 run (Sisson kick), 5:33
• Nebraska – William Washington 21 pass from Haase (Barrios kick), 0:30

• Georgia Tech – Bell 6 run (Sisson kick), 9:43
• Georgia Tech – Bell 57 run (Sisson kick), 7:43

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Statistics

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References

External links

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