Year Game Played: | 1993 |
Title Sponsor: | IBM OS/2 |
Game Name: | Fiesta Bowl |
Football Season: | 1992 |
Visitor Name Short: | Syracuse |
Visitor Nickname: | Orangemen |
Home Name Short: | Colorado |
Home Nickname: | Buffaloes |
Visitor Record: | 9–2 |
Visitor Conference: | Big East |
Home Record: | 9–1–1 |
Home Conference: | Big 8 |
Visitor Coach: | Paul Pasqualoni |
Home Coach: | Bill McCartney |
Visitor Rank Ap: | 6 |
Visitor Rank Coaches: | 9 |
Visitor Rank Bowlcoalition: | 7 |
Home Rank Ap: | 10 |
Home Rank Coaches: | 6 |
Home Rank Bowlcoalition: | 9 |
Visitor 1Q: | 3 |
Visitor 2Q: | 3 |
Visitor 3Q: | 20 |
Visitor 4Q: | 0 |
Home 1Q: | 0 |
Home 2Q: | 7 |
Home 3Q: | 9 |
Home 4Q: | 6 |
Date Game Played: | January 1 |
Stadium: | Sun Devil Stadium |
City: | Tempe, Arizona |
Mvp: | QB Marvin Graves & NG Kevin Mitchell |
Referee: | Gordon Riese (Pac-10) |
Attendance: | 70,224 |
Us Network: | NBC |
Us Announcers Link: | List of announcers of major college bowl games |
Us Announcers: | Charlie Jones, Todd Christensen |
Ratings: | 7.9 |
The 1993 IBM OS/2 Fiesta Bowl, played on January 1, 1993, was the 22nd edition of the Fiesta Bowl. The game featured the Colorado Buffaloes and the Syracuse Orangemen.
Syracuse opened up a 6–0 lead following field goals of 46 and 34 yards from John Biskup. In the second quarter, quarterback Kordell Stewart threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to Sean Embree to give Colorado a 7–6 lead. That would close out the first half scoring.
With 6:22 left in the third quarter, tailback David Walker scored on a 13-yard touchdown run. Up 12–7, Syracuse opted for two, but failed, leaving the score at 12–7, Syracuse. Colorado's Mitch Berger connected on a 38-yard field goal with 3:10 left in the quarter, to cut the lead to 12–10.
Facing a third and 10 on Colorado's 28-yard line, Marvin Graves took it himself, and ran 28 yards for a touchdown, increasing Syracuse's lead to 19–10 with 1:33 in the quarter. Colorado running back James Hill ran for 61 yards a few plays later, to set up a 16-yard slant pass from Stewart to Charles Johnson. The all-important extra point was missed, and Syracuse held on to a 19–16 lead.
On the ensuing kickoff, Kirby Dar Dar took a reverse handoff from Qadry Ismail and scored on a dazzling 100 yard kickoff return, increasing the lead to 26–16. Following a 6-yard touchdown run, Colorado pulled to within 26–22, but the extra point missed. The kicking game decided the outcome of the game.