| 1996 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 25th edition Bowl Alliance National Championship Game | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 2, 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Sun Devil Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Tempe, Arizona | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Tommie Frazier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Nebraska by 31⁄2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Patti Austin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Pat Flood (Pac-10) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 79,864 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Jim Nantz and Terry Donahue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1996 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl game was a post-season college football bowl game which served as the Bowl Alliance's designated national championship game for the 1995 college football season. Played on January 2, 1996, at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona, the game matched the two top-ranked teams in the nation, No. 1 Nebraska of the Big Eight and No. 2 Florida of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The 38 point margin was at the time, the largest defeat in National Championship game history, until 2023.