1994 Orange Bowl FSU Nebraska - Dixon punt return TD / Phantom penalty
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- Nebraska receiver Corey Dixon races 71-yards for an apparent touchdown with an electrifying punt return during the first quarter of the 1994 Orange Bowl against Florida State. However, the referees saw something different. No copyright infringement intended. For promotional purposes only.
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I remember this game with stunning clarity. I'm from Miami and we made fun of him for whining his way to a national title. For me, Nebraska won the game and was the better team.
Broke my heart then and it still breaks my heart now.
I'm a collector of "rare" and "error" and "misprint" apparel and other items. I've got the Nebraska locker room t-shirt and hat, plus a pin, all reading the Cornhuskers as "1993 National Champions" and "1994 Orange Bowl Champions".
If the t-shirt and hat say it, then it must be true!!
GO BIG RED!!!!!
Corey is a good friend of mine and High School classmate. Its the only time I ever rooted against him because I'm an FSU fan and Corey and I both have a friend who was an All American corner on that FSU team in the same game...Clifton Abraham...Cliff and Corey played youth football against each other 😁
I remember this game. Nebraska was soundly defeated by the O.B. officials that night.
It was on NPR. There was a ref talking about being paid to blow calls, and how hard it is to stop once you started. It was some time with in this last year that I listened to it, but I can't tall you much more than that.
Indeed it is. This was just one of many blown calls in this game. I still remember watching this game live when I was 7 years old and how disappointed I was when we lost.
Thanks for adding this video, HuskerGlory!
Anything near a block in the back was the guy backing away from #36 as to not draw a penalty.
It's too bad they didn't call a number at this point as to who the penalty was on.
Even Bowden said he didn't think FSU deserved to win that game.
I still wear my 93 National Championship shirt to honor the 93 squads un-official National Title. Just think about it. 93, 94, 95 and 97 all titles.
This Guy Was My Sub Today In LA Awesome To Meet Him In Person.!
Huskers got screwed and deep down, FSU knows it...ROLL TIDE!
This was the Game of the 90's
@Gunnz287 different angle at 1:58 and there was no block in the back.
I used to think that I was crazy to think the ref got paid, but after hearing an interview about baseball umps and NFL refs getting paid to blow a call or two a game... I'm thinking we really got screwed on this one. 3 peat.
Im a huge florida state fan but that really is an unfortunate call. The whole game went this way with bad calls against both teams. I will agree that the most detremental calls went against nebraska. I guess in the end they went on to win it the next two years but it could have been three in a row
Should’ve been. FSU was arguably more talented but anyone with 20/20 vision could see Nebraska was the better team that night. With Charlie Ward at QB Nebraska was relegated to playing touch football because if they tackled Charle it was a roughing the passer penalty. FSU was my favorite of the Florida teams but Nebraska lost their three peat opportunity to the refs. GBR!
@tkcarr
2 things, if the ball hit the ground there was still 2 second left on the clock for another play. That play was only 3rd down. Second, the refs didn't throw a flag and there is nothing in the rule book saying a flag should have been thrown.
Also, 1999, we have fumbleidis against Texas, should've won easily. Our only loss of the season, ended up #2. Regarding this game against FSU, we blew our chances. 1st and goal and come away with a FG, TD maybe seals it. And to miss the FG on the last play.....we had our chances.
I suppose you think the reciever was out of bounds when Penn State beat the Huskers.
He was clearly in ...(in the first row of seats)
Steve Mccormick replay shows differently plus no control till out of bounds
True. He was in the stadium. 😅
One thing to remember about this game. The refs were from the Big East and West Virginia was undefeated. They were shammed from the start.
@tkcarr
Okay, how do you explain Illinois?
This is the first time I've ever seen that play since the night it happened, and it didn't change my opinion of it one bit. No question NU got jobbed.
No offense to HuskerGlory, but I'll probably never watch it again.
Watch the video at the bottom of my post and then ask yourself why did HuskerGlory use a video that did not show the whole play.
From another post of mine.
The best view I have found. The previous video I found had commercials, so I thought it was uncut. This one is even better. FSU guy is clearly hit in the back. Ref is right on top of it.
Bob Trumpy was wrong. This was never about #8 for Neb.
Do this. Using the cog at the bottom of the video, set playback speed to .25.
Set time 38:18.
At 38:20, you see #23 FSU
At 38:22, you see #23 for FSU is right on the 35 yd line running east and west.
The neb player (20 or 29, video poor, but jersey is red) hits him and he goes back to the 33 after the hit.
Being a Neb fan you will argue this forever. But explain if you are running east and west how do you wind up back 6 feet from the 35 to the 33. His foot is about on the 0 of the 30 printed on the field.
Video by Football 4 Life titled 1994 #1 Florida State vs #2 Nebraska 1994 Orange Bowl National Championship
If you remember Big East refs did this game... WVU was in possible contention for the title, but got creamed by Florida.
@tkcarr
Bowden: 75.6% win percentage, 2 National Titles, 1 undefeated season
Osborne: 83.5% win percentage, 3 National Titles, 3 undefeated seasons
Scoreboard
The argument about wins doesn't hold water. Osborne walked away at the pinnacle of his career instead of hanging around, wearing out his welcome. Oh yeah, Osborne never had any win taken away for NCAA violations.
I can't even watch these highlights without getting pissed off
i think you can go to the seminole website and buy a dvd set with this game included. And for the husker fans...FSU has endured many, many, MANY bad calls against them so u just have to take the good with the bad...Lucky for us, THIS ONE WAS GOOD!! The best game i've ever watched in my life!!
It's okay, Nebraska was the better team of the 90's.
Referees cost nebraska football game nebraska won game 23-15 but lost by bad call 18-16 1994
@ROMEYYOUROCK
Let me help you out. The fact that something doesn't happen much makes it RARE and SPECIAL like a perfect game in baseball. The polls determine the title, nothing else, so they matter and the fact that only two teams in CFB HISTORY ever did it makes it very unique and special as in good. That clear it up?
Who cares what "people say". Nebraska was the team of the 90s. 3 titles, played for another, ended up #2 in 99, and nearly got to the title game in 96. Not to mention beat Miami on their home field in 94 (reason being so they could sell tickets to the home field crowd, real fair, won anyway). Facts speak louder than what people say. FSU won 2, not to mention, in 93 they lose and a week later they're #1 again, that is just wrong, writers obviously in love with them. FSU #2 team of the 90s.
@tkcarr
What does the ranking when you played them matter? Where did the teams they beat finish? Every game that year was a two possession win. Penn St had two games within a TD. What were you saying about dominance? TO>Bowden, Me>you
In this game FSU scored a touchdown that replay clearly showed was short...still touchdown. The announcers were like "hmmmm".
Ironically refs cheated for Auburn against FSU years later
@tkcarr Nebraska still had to play the game at Miami's home field in a bowl game. Not exactly easy.
@stever411 Just having fun. Whats it to you?
@travis2x
I don't take a blind eye to Nebraska either. They had a fantastic team in '95 BUT, that is one year. The argument is team of the decade. BTW GA Tech was National Champ in '90. Who is the Big 12 even came close to winning it other than Nebraska? No one. FSU had a tougher schedule during the '90s period and you know it.
@tkcarr
you: won't let facts get in the way of your argument. TO was on the coaching staff for 6 years under Bob Devaney. 12-13 bowl record. Without a doubt the best bowl game in terms of best teams playing in it year in and year out was the Orange Bowl before the BCS. TO took his team to 11 Orange bowls. 7 of the bowl games he coached in, the winner was the NC. Clemson, Miami, Georgia Tech, FSU, Florida and Tennessee. Playing the best of the best and coming out almost .500?? I'll take it
They were 8-5 we when played them in '98. About the same as Nebraska?
@ROMEYYOUROCK
Typo, it was Indiana. Must be an I-thing. JoePa was up three TDs in the 4th and pulled his starters. That dropped them behind Nebraska.
@tkcarr I'm not avoiding your question. What came first, the chicken or the egg? There isn't an answer. You believe what you want to believe and I'll believe what I want to believe. Osborne coached in a state that has 1.5 mil people, Bowden coached in a state that had 18.5 mil people. PS according to the record books he had a losing season in 2006 & 2007. Woulda, coulda, shoulda moment, without the call in the vid above, Bowden would have 1 NC and Osborne would have 4 and 4 perfect seasons
@tkcarr
True, it had nothing to do with beating #24 W Virginia, #13 UCLA, #16 Kansas State, #2 Colorado, and #3 Miami.
@ROMEYYOUROCK
No, I am showing that FSU was the team of the 1990s not Nebraska. Also, I am pointing out how much better Bobby was than TO. You are owned!
@ROMEYYOUROCK
Oh one more thing about the '90s. I was mistaken! We beat you THREE times in that decade. The 1990 Fiesta Bowl was the first. Real beatdown too.
@tkcarr The fact that it has only happened twice shows you that the preseason polls mean nothing. Here are some examples so you can understand.
2005 Preseason Tennessee #3, Final Poll Not even in the other receiving votes 2008 Preseason Utah Others receiving votes, Final Poll #2
Preseason polls are based on previous year results. Problem is 1/4 of the team is gone and usually 1/2 of last years starters.
@quixtar101
Bring 'em on. These are major college pubs. Nebraska had 2 and a half titles and a very dominant team in '95. Hwever I keep telling the Husker Homers that '95 is ONE YEAR. Look at ALL of the years. Here are your AP finishes in the 90's reposted: LOL here were your AP finishes in the '90s: 24, 15, 14, 3, 1, 1, 6, 2, 19, 3. Here are FSUs 4, 4, 2, 1, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 1. Get the picture?
@tkcarr
The woulda, coulda, shoulda I was talking about was this horribly officiated game. Even with all the blown calls, phantom block in the back, charlie ward fumbling before crossing the goal line, Nebraska still could have won the game on a 45 yard field goal. Second most wins as a head coach and only 2 national titles?? I also like how the florida state fan base was shoving your "coach who turned nothing into something" out the door as fast as they could.
What do you mean berringer was frazier's backup...
wow
@tkcarr
Wins by %
Bowden 73%, Paterno win 74%, Osborne win 83%
Titles
Bowden 2, Paterno 2, Osborne 3
Years coaching
Bowden 39, Paterno 44, Osborne 25
Population of state coached
Bowden 18.5 mil, Paterno 12.6 mil, Osborne 1.8 mil
@nichron
Coachspeak. He didn't offer the trophy back did he? Bowden is old school. Bear Bryant used to say the same stuff all the time.
@travis2x
Also, I give you 1995, no question. '94 I would question with Penn State but the voters saw different (felt sorry for Tom?) Anyway, you have two unanimous titles and so do we. But that is not the only measure of the decade and we beat you in every other category. WE are the team of the '90s!
@tkcarr
Actually its not the same way I will explain those games. First, they never trailed OU or KState. And the reason those three games were close was because we were playing a 2nd string QB. Glad you did some research. Was Kerry Collins hurt for the Illinois game?!?!
Only had a team since 1947 BIP!
@travis2x
Sour grapes. Deal with it. Even playing poorly and Nebraska playing over their heads we beat you still. FSU was it!
@tkcarr
Yes, Tommie Frazier didn't play vs Wyoming. I might do your research but you don't pay attention to the details. Tell me again about that Illinois game.
If your referring to 1996, they weren't close that season!
@ROMEYYOUROCK
Nebraska won the poll battle as I showed because the media felt bad for TO choking before. Miami was nothing like they had been before and the NCAA was looming. That's why they were dropped to 6th. You had trouble with them too. BTW what is the score of the 1994 Orange Bowl?
The four dislikes are clearly by FSU fans who are too blind to see the obvious.
the block in the back is at 1:38
Gunnz287 nice try, the blocker was fine, the defender turned which is a legal block.
@ROMEYYOUROCK
Same way you might try to explain Oklahoma or K-State or Wyoming who had you down 14 in the first quarter and were unranked. Did you read the article I sent you about Tom's gift?
@ROMEYYOUROCK
News flash: Beating a ranked (then or later makes no difference) bowl team is a quality win. Dominant teams do not let unranked WAC teams hang 32 points on them and have to come from behind to beat them. BTW, Miami was not very good that year and you had to come from behind to beat them as well. Penn State would have blown you out. Bowden>TO and You: Owned by me :)
I think it's the hit you can see at the :13 second mark (at the 35 yard line). Still a really iffy call though.
also tkcarr. the missouri 97 game was NOT an illegal kick or play. that's just you trying to find an excuse back at us for debating this game. we were 100% without a shadow of a doubt lucky to beat mizzou that day. they outplayed us and we were lucky. but we didn't need any BS referee mistakes to do it so we beat them fair and square.
856 vs 484 BOOM!
@travis2x
OK, a closer look outside the conference? How about non-conference games in the '90s? Miami, Florida, (every year), USC, Notre Dame, Michigan (in their house), BYU (with Detmer) Texas A&M (Big 12 champs) LSU, Auburn and beat them all! Please.
@ROMEYYOUROCK
BTW FSU had the a much tougher schedule then Nebraska during that run and beat the Huskers FOUR times during that era.
@ROMEYYOUROCK
Not really. Anyway, Bobby coached longer and TO would have had the losses that Solich and the other dude had if he had stayed. Did I mention 14 consecutive years in the top 4? Oh, and the first EVER wire-to-wire number one?
There’s an argument to be had that Nebraska would’ve played for and possibly won a few more NC’s if he hadn’t retired after the 97 season. Nebraska would like have 50 more wins too had TO remained HC of Nebraska through the 2000’s. 😢
There was something about the old Orange bowl and those phantom clipping calls. I couldn't stand that referee either, had it out for us all night. I remember a game with Kansas State and maybe Boston College a couple of years later, there were a couple of awful calls on penalties...and this same ref was working that game too!
@tkcarr JoePa is no where near as good at TO. Deveney wasn't pushed out. He became the AD. National titles and winning % are the most impressive stats in my opinion so to answer your question you think I am avoiding, maintaining a program for 20+ is better.
I am probably one of the few people commenting here that was actually at the game. I graduated from FSU in '91 and was living and working in Miami at the time, and was able to be at the championship bowl game. I was watching all of the plays very carefully and can tell you without a doubt as a bonified eyewitness that this call was good, there was indeed a penalty. If you don't believe me, just ask the guy that was doing the sideline reporting for NBC that day - OJ Simpson. Go Noles!
No there wasn't.
I was at the game. My take on it is that FSU had a better team but didn't play their A-game that night. Nebraska outplayed and out coached us. FSU was very fortunate to get the win. I do think that FSU was the most talented team in college football that year and played a very tough schedule (played three Top 5 teams in the final rankings away from home plus Miami) but the Notre Dame loss and this game takes some of the fun out of that title because it wasn't unanimous like the 1999 one when they went "wire to wire."
Where was it, then? Point to the number of the player. We have the full replay coverage right here.
@@krboswell look at the 1:45 mark. I'm the guy in the white hat sitting in section C34. OJ is on the Nebraska sideline on about the 45 yard line. It's all crystal clear from the video.
@shanemc68
That is an honest answer.
@tkcarr I said coaches who took over a WINNING program. Ohio State was an average team before Tressel got there. Paterno is a dinasoar who has stretches of good and horrible years. "Pete Carroll, Urban Meyer will" You know Pete Carroll is with the Seahawks, right?!?! I will say this, Urban Meyer might be a coach that can maintain a very good program. But that remains to be seen. For now, lets just agree to disagree. I'm not changing your mind and you're not changing mine.
The refs were totally in the bag for Bobby Bowden that year.
Illegal blocks on kick returns are almost never seen by the audience since the TV camera is on the guy running with the ball. My suspicion is that there probably was a little bit of contact but not enough to justify a flag being thrown.
Not then not now.
Bobby Bowden bought his first national championship THE FIX IS IN!!!
Every now a then when look back on this game the one thing I think about the most is that NEBRASKA SHOULD BE THE ONLY COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM TO WIN 3 CONSECUTIVE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
@tkcarr
You do realize you are bragging about beating Tom Osbornes team, right? Thanks for helping to prove my point.
@tkcarr Only it took Bowden 17 years to win his first title and it took Osborne 21. We won't factor in that he was playing for a title 10 years into coaching. It took Bowden 23 years to win two titles, it took Osborne 22 years to win two titles, and then 24 years to win three titles. A title every 8 years it pretty bad huh. Especially when you consider Bowden won a title every 16 years, we won't count his time at West Virginia. Big 8 > ACC and FSU weak independent league schedule.
@tkcarr
You forgot Loses to loses: Bowden blows TO out of the water!
@ROMEYYOUROCK
Head to Head: Bowden, Wins to wins: Bowden, Bowls to Bowls: Bowden
Win% to win%: TO, Coaching Legacy: Bowden.
@travis2x
No travis, the Big 12 was not very good in the 90s. We beat them pretty bad every time we played them. LOL here were your AP finishes in the '90s: 24, 15, 14, 3, 1, 1, 6, 2, 19, 3. Here are FSUs 4, 4, 2, 1, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 1. Get the picture? A decade is 10 years sonny.
@ROMEYYOUROCK
Both 4-4 in their conference? You are comparing the WAC to the Big Ten in 1994? LOL who's smoking something now? Check the defensive stats for Illinois that year, and tell me what you find. You are really reaching now this is funny. Did you read the article I sent you about TO getting the sympahty vote in '94? See, it's not just a FSU/Nebraska thing. Please keep posting you are making my day funny :)
@ROMEYYOUROCK
I AM proud. Bobby Bowden owned Tom Osborne. And was the greater coach. You are seeing the light now?
@travis2x
You did not however play a tougher schedule (Florida and Miami every year) and it is debatable how tough the Big 12 was in the '90s. You shared that third title too. Again look at EVERY year in the '90s and see the wins. It is clear who was the better PROGRAM.
@tkcarr Head to Head, Bowden, Career to Career, TO.
@tkcarr Facts I like, win %, # of national championships, both of which judge an entire body of work. You like bowl wins which really mean nothing unless its for the national championship and total wins and like to leave out total loses.
How many bowl games did Bowden play in where the winner won the national championship? 3 maybe? Also, check out the montle crew list of bowls FSU played in before joining the ACC. I would rather be .500 in bowl games that matter then .750 in bowls like that.
@ROMEYYOUROCK
No belief necessary. We beat you 18-16 in hte 1994 Orange Bowl and Bobby beat TO 6 times to TOs 2. SCOREBOARD. Since Bobby built the program (TO did not build Nebraska) he was entitled to stay as long as he choose. Is was too bad he left the way he did but he is STILL the greatest coach ever!
@tkcarr
You are right. Nebraska wasn't dominate at all. They only beat the teams that finished #3 (Colorado, their only loss) and #6 (Miami, lost to Washington). What was Penn State's best win??
This is called the referees screwing the Huskers out of a National Championship so FSU can finally win the Big Win.
@tkcarr
So you are saying he has no one to blame but himself?? Wait wait wait!! Are you saying sports writers vote based on something other then who they feel is the best team? That season run of #1 is looking better and better!!
@ROMEYYOUROCK
"They were a bad team, Nebraska had a bad day," Doesn't sound like a dominant champion to me.
@tkcarr
Years Coached
Bowden 39, Osborne 25
Total Bowl games
Bowden 32, Osborne 25
Maintaining is so easy to do. Just look how well Solich did once TO left.
As much as you don't want to admit it state size is important.
TO > Bowden
Huskers would have won this game if not for this dirty call. There was no clip. Not even close. maybe the ref expected a clip, but he should have picked up the flag. There was none. FSU just got damn lucky or Osborne would have had his National title a year earlier. They didn't deserve to win the game. It wasn't the only bad call that saved their butts!
+Jeff Alanson Not only did we get jammed on the phantom clip, William Floyd scored a phantom TD in this game where he didn't get the ball across. The refs definitely cheated to get the Noles the W in this one.
Why are you guys so idiotic? The refs kept corns from getting blown out. Watch Floyd walk into the end zone the play before the fumble in the end zone. He never stopped but they blew it dead so he scored either way genius.
You can hear the freakn clip cry baby. We lost a TD from the reciever getting mugged but no call. The refs kept nebraska close. It woulda been a blow out. Noles baby! Team of the 90's 6-2
Watch the angle at 1:50 - clearly no clip. Also, how many national championships did you guys have in the '90s? Nebraska had 3 in case you forgot. Huskers are the team of the '90s.
Emerald Coast you're an idiot. Here's your "touchdown" www.huskermax.com/games/1993/floydTD.jpg
@ROMEYYOUROCK
No I am saying JoePa had the game won and saw no reason to run up the score. That's old school class. You must be a young guy :) Anyway, yes both coaches and writers are biased since they are human and since there is no true playoff champ then yes sentiment MAY sometimes enter in as it did with TO in '94. My point is that even that year you were not as dominant as you think and that PennSt had a very good claim to that title.
@ROMEYYOUROCK
Oh yeah and those wins taken away had nothing to do with Bowden. Also, how was Tom's record against Bobby? 6-2. Scoreboard
@tkcarr I happen to agree with you about Phillips. He is a piece of sh!t and shouldn't have been left back on the team BUT it wasn't an NCAA violation. Bowden had plenty of those and he had wins, including a bowl, taken away. Osborne knew the guy was trash but didn't think discarding him would help him out. It wasn't like Nebraska needed him to win, his back up was Ahman Green.
Answer to your argument
TO maintained 9+ win seasons for 20+ seasons. Bowden has had losing seasons.
@tkcarr
Again, you are stating opinions, not facts. The top 4 finishes are impressive. Wire to wire #1 means nothing because preseason polls to week 7 mean nothing.
@ROMEYYOUROCK
They gave up a 21 point lead to one of the best offenses in CFB history. Are you seriously going still going to compare Wyoming who you should have beat 50-0 to Illinois, a Big Ten Bowl team who had the top ranked D in the country at that game? ROFL! That article just shows what I pointed out earlier, Nebraska was not as dominant in '94 as you propose. I'll give you '95 but that's it.
@ROMEYYOUROCK
What you leave out is that Osborne had a great program from day ONE. Bowden had nothing and got the title quicker than Tom. Plus we only played ACC in '92. Before that we palyed the toughest Independent schedule in the country and I believe beat Nebraska in Lincoln? So to recap, Bobby took a program that was nothing, built it and won a title before and quicker than Osborne who had a great program to begin with. But Osborne is better? I think your logic er...is a little weak.
to quixar
Every sports publication I have read says FSU was the team of the '90s. Every one.
You had to share the title in '97. You had a great team in '95 and we had just as good a one in '99. Wire-to-wire #1. We also beat you two years straight in postseason. We had your number. Only Nebraska, Florida or Miami fans would argue that FSU was not the team of the '90s. We beat your Big 12 champion in '98 AND you lost four games and didn't win your division. A decade is ten years.
Don't get me wrong. FSU had some really bad calls before this game and sometimes it is just your turn.