Seminoles outplayed, but win Nebraska MIAMI (A I’) — deserved to win 'Hull's what Florida State coach Bobby Bowden said. Comhuskers coach Tom Oslxirne agreed. But Bowden and his heavily favored Seminoles escaped with an 18-lfi victory in the Orange Bowl, then won their first nation al championship Sunday by a lopsifled margin in the final rank ings. "We're very thankful we won that game." Bowden said. "You could say we could have lost You could say we should have lost." Statistics suggest as much. Nebraska had the bull more than the Seminoles and outguined them 3H9 yards to 333. On the ground the margin was 183-47, even though two-time l.lMiO-vard rusher Calvin Jones of Nebraska missed mom than half the game with a shoulder injury. Comhuskers quarlerbai k Tom mie Frazier outplayed his Flori da State counterpart. Heisman Trophy winner Charlie Ward Nebraska held the nation's high est-scoring team to one touch down - and it came on a con troversial set onds left and the Hunkers leading It)-15 After Warrick Dunn made a 21 - yard reception, cornerbat k Bar ron Miles hit him out of bounds for a 15-yard penalty to Nehras ka s IB Ward s next two passes fell ini ompiote, but Toby Wright prematurely tackled intended receiver Re/ McGorvev on set - ond down and was called for mterferem e That advanced the ball 15 yards to the 3. and Bentley s game-winner tame two plays lat er. The scoreboard dock ran out after Bell was tackled at the Hon da State lift, and the Sominoies dumped a Inn ket of ice water on Bowden in celebration Players, coat lies and fans swarmed the field, hut officials ruled Nebras ka called timeout with one sec ond to go That's oil the 1 iuskers needed for a field goal attempt "I said, 'Oh my God. they robbed us. " Floyd said "I said. 'Dear laird, please don't let them take the game from us like this ' 1 guess the laird was n Serninoies fan tonight ' When Bennett's kii k missed, Bowden and his players again ran onto the field in jubilation. "I got to celebrate the win twice,” said Bowden, who extended to nine his NGAA record for consecutive bowl vic tories Osborne, still looking for his first national title, lost in a bowl for the seventh consecutive year Nebraska slip|ied to third behind Notre Dame in the final rankings "I'm glad Bobby Bowden got his national championship," Osborne said. "I'm sorry we didn't ” Ward was pic ked as the game's most valuable player and became the first lleisman winner to play for a national championship sinc e Tony Dorset! in 1976. FSU kicker finally on the mark MIAMI (A!*) — Bobby Bow dim brought Scott Bunt ley 2.000 miles for one reason: to kick Florida State to a national cham pionship. When Bentley got his chance Saturday night, the freshman connected for o 22-yardor with 21 seconds remaining, giving the Seminoles an 1B-1B victory over Nebraska in the Orange Bowl. "I was just thinking about the kick, not the history of any thing." said Bentley, a freshman from Aurora, ('olo. "It was in the hack of my mind, that titles had been lost by Florida State in the past because of field goals, but I had to worry about kicking the ball straight " Bentley, who had four field goals against the Cornhuskers, missed his first trv of the gome from 47 yards "It made me mod at myself, because I'd been kicking so well in the pregame,’' Bentley said "I said to myself this game could come down to anything." The Seminoles' previous two kickers — Gerry Thomas and Dan Nlowrev had chances to give Florida State national titles the past two seasons, hut each missed right with last-second Held goal attempts against Mia mi. "Different personnel." Bent ley said "You get a different outcome." Far ed with a tight angle from right of the goalpost, holder Danny Kanell assured his room mate it was something they'd rehearsed for all year "We usually practice that kick, every day alnml five or six times from that exact same point," Kanell said "1 said. It's just like always, the snap will he there and the hold will lie there .' ** Haunted for years by a poor kicking game. Bowden went to Colorado where he lured Bent ley to Florida Statu with the promise of starting. The 19-year-old was thought to he headed for his father's alma muter at Notre Dome until Bowden sweetened the pot with a guarantee he'd he Florida State's kicker this season. Bowden finally holds national championship MIAMI (API — Hobby Bowden posed with a nation al championship trophy Sun day. joked with reporters and said how grateful he was to finally win it all. Lou Holtz wasn't so happy. "It's going to he nice that people won't remind me every day that we never won a national championship." Bowden said after Florida State finished first in The Assoi inted Press media and USA Todny-CNN coaches' college football polls. "You know. He can't win one. he can't win the big one.'" Bowden won the biggest game of his career Saturday night in the Orange Bowl, but it was also one of the most nerve-wracking. After taking an 18-16 lend with 21 sec onds left on a 22-vnrd field goal by freshman Scott Bent ley. Florida State had to sweat out a 45-yard Held goal attempt by Nebraska that went wide left We re very tnanklut vve won that ballgame," Bowden snid. “You could say vve could have lost, you could snv we should have lost. It's amazing to win a national championship with the way that gome ended." Holtz wasn't feeling very thankful after Ins Notre Dame team, which heat Texas A\M 2-4-21 in the Cotton Bovvl, fin ished second in both polls. Hi- thought the Fighting Irish should have won the title because they beat Florida State 31-24 in South Bend on Nov. 13, and both teams fin ished the season with one loss. "The game obviously didn't mean anything." Holtz, said. "Everybody billed it as the Game of the Century. I guess it was the Game of the Century only if the right team won." Holtz was upset that poll voters didn't use the same standard they did in 1989, when Miami edged Notre Dame for the championship because the Hurricanes won their head-to-head meeting in the regular season. "I did not think there was any way we wouldn't win it. not after what happened in '89," he said. "1 hurt. 1 hurt as bad us I've ever hurt for our players. Bowden, whoso teams fin ished No 2 in 1987 and 1992, said he sympathized with Notre Dame, which lost its regular-season finale to Boston College 41-19. "I’ve been there." he said. "(Holtz) might have deserved it more than when I was there, but that's the way the [Kill works." Florida State is the first team since Oklahoma in 1975 to win the national champi onship after losing a game in November. The Sooners lost to Kansas 23-1 on Nov. 8. but went on capture the champi onship with a 14-6 Orange Bowl win over Michigan. Florida State easily won the AP title, but the voting was closer in the coaches' poll. I he heminotes 11 z-1wno were No. 1 all season except the week after the Notre Dame loss, received 46 of 62 first-place votes and 1,532 points in the AP poll. Notre Dame (11-1), which moved up from No. 4. got 12 first place votes and 1.478 points. In the coaches' poll, Flori da State topped Notre Dame in first-place votes 36-25. No. 3 Nebraska got the other first. Nebraska dropped one spot to No. 3 in the AP poll. The other four first-place votes went to No. 4 Auburn (11-0), the only undefeated team in Division I-A. The Tigers, coached by Bowden's son Terry, were barred from post season play. 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