1995 Fiesta Bowl

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Name=1995 Fiesta Bowl
Date=January 2 1995
Year=1994
Visitor Name Short=Colorado
Visitor Nickname=Buffaloes
Visitor Record=10-1
Visitor

Visitor Coaches=4
Visitor Coach=Bill McCartney
Visitor1=10
Visitor2=21
Visitor3=3
Visitor4=7
Home Name Short=Notre Dame
Home Nickname=Fighting Irish
Home Record=6-4-1
Home

Home Coaches=NR
Home Coach=Lou Holtz
Home1=3
Home2=7
Home3=7
Home4=7
Type=bg
Stadium=Sun Devil Stadium
City=Tempe, Arizona
MVP=QB Kordell Stewart & DE Shannon Clavelle
Odds=
Anthem=
Referee=
Halftime=
Attendance=73,968
US Network=NBC
US Announcers=Charlie Jones, Randy Cross
Ratings=6.0
Intl Network=
Intl Announcers=

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

Kicker Neil Voskeritchian started the scoring with a 33 yard field goal in the first quarter, to give Colorado 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 Buffaloe lead. Scott Cengia got Notre Dame on the board with a 29 yard field goal to cut the lead to 10-3.

In the second quarter, Colorado ended the game, by scoring three consecutive touchdowns. Kordell Stewart started by rushing 9 yards for a touchdown, and 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 Mays to cut the lead to 31-10 before halftime.

Powlus threw a 40 yard touchdown pass to Mays to cut the lead to 31-17, early in the third quarter. Voskeritchian kicked a 48 yard field goal to extend the 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.

External links

*http://espn.go.com/abcsports/bcs/fiesta/s/1995.html