1995 Fiesta Bowl Explained

Year Game Played:1995
Title Sponsor:IBM OS/2
Game Name:Fiesta Bowl
Football Season:1994
Visitor Name Short:Colorado
Visitor Nickname:Buffaloes
Home Name Short:Notre Dame
Home Nickname:Fighting Irish
Visitor Record:10–1
Visitor Conference:Big 8
Home Record:6–4–1
Home Conference:Independent
Visitor Coach:Bill McCartney
Home Coach:Lou Holtz
Visitor Rank Ap:4
Visitor Rank Coaches:5
Visitor Rank Bowlcoalition:4
Visitor 1Q:10
Visitor 2Q:21
Visitor 3Q:3
Visitor 4Q:7
Home 1Q:3
Home 2Q:7
Home 3Q:7
Home 4Q:7
Date Game Played:January 2
Stadium:Sun Devil Stadium
City:Tempe, Arizona
Mvp:QB Kordell Stewart & DE Shannon Clavelle
Referee:Terry Monk (Big East)
Attendance:73,968
Us Network:NBC
Us Announcers Link:List of announcers of major college bowl games
Us Announcers:Charlie Jones, Randy Cross
Ratings:6.0
Intl Network Link:Bowl Championship Series on television and radio
Intl Network:NBC

The 1995 IBM OS/2 Fiesta Bowl, played on January 2, 1995, was the 24th edition of the Fiesta Bowl. The game featured the Colorado Buffaloes and Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

1st half

Colorado kicker, Neil Voskeritchian, started the scoring with a 33-yard field goal in the first quarter, to give the Buffaloes the early 3–0 lead. Later in the 1st quarter, quarterback Kordell Stewart tossed a 1-yard pass to Christian Fauria for a touchdown, and a 10–0 Colorado lead. Scott Cengia got Notre Dame on the board with a 29-yard field goal to make it 10–3.

In the second quarter Colorado sealed its win, by scoring three consecutive touchdowns. Kordell Stewart started by rushing 9 yards for a touchdown, then Rashaan Salaam scored two 1-yard touchdown runs to increase the lead to 31–3. Ron Powlus threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Derrick Mayes to cut the lead to 31–10 before halftime.

2nd half

Powlus threw a 40-yard touchdown pass to Mayes to cut the lead to 31–17, early in the third quarter. Then Voskeritchian kicked a 48-yard field goal to extend Colorado's lead to 34–17. Rashaan Salaam put the exclamation mark on the game with a 5-yard touchdown run, increasing Colorado's lead to 41–17. Notre Dame scored one last time on a 7-yard pass from Powlus to Leon Wallace to provide the final margin.

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