The run-oriented Sooners were forced to rely on the pass in an exciting fourth quarter comeback that secured a third place finish for Oklahoma in the final polls. With Florida State ahead by seven with 3:19 remaining in the game, Oklahoma quarterback J.C. Watts brought the Sooners back. Oklahoma coach Barry Switzer gambled and went for two points and the victory instead of settling for a sure tie.

Florida State, in Bobby Bowden's fifth year with the Seminoles, finished fifth in the polls after going 0-11 only seven years earlier. This game also marked the first time officials wore microphones in a college bowl game. You will hear numerous players talking and the referees discussing plays as they both adjust to this new on-field technology.