The 1985 Sugar Bowl was the 51st

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of the college football

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, played at the

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, on Tuesday, January 1. Part of the 1984–85 bowl game season, it matched the fifth-ranked

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of the Big Eight Conference and the #11

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of the

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(SEC). The teams had met two years earlier in the

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. Favored Nebraska trailed early, but rallied to win 28–10.

Game summary

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, which matched #2 Oklahoma and #4

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. In the first quarter, Ronnie Lewis kicked a 37-yard field goal to give LSU an early lead. In the second quarter, Tiger running back

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scored on a two-yard touchdown run and LSU Nebraska quarterback Craig Sundberg threw a 31-yard touchdown pass to I-back

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as Nebraska closed the gap to at the half. In the third quarter, Sundberg scored on a nine-yard run to give the Huskers a In the fourth quarter, Sundberg threw touchdown passes of 24 and 17 yards to tight end Todd Frain as Nebraska won 28–10. For his four touchdowns (three passing, one rushing) Sundberg was named the game' MVP.

Scoring

;First quarter: *LSU – Ronnie Lewis 37-yard field goal ;Second quarter: *LSU –

2-yard run (Lewis kick) *Nebraska –

31-yard pass from Craig Sundberg (Dale Klein kick) ;Third quarter: *Nebraska – Sundberg 9-yard run (Klein kick) ;Fourth quarter: *Nebraska – Todd Frain 24-yard pass from Sundberg (Klein kick) *Nebraska – Frain 17-yard pass from Sundberg (Klein kick) :

Statistics

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Aftermath

Nebraska climbed one spot to fourth in the final AP poll, and LSU fell to fifteenth.

References

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