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1902: Michigan beats Stanford 49-0 in the first Rose Bowl. Neil Snow scores four touchdowns in a game that ends with eight minutes to play. The Wolverines earned the nickname as the “Point a Minute” team, having scored 501 points in their 10 games. The next Rose Bowl game does not occur until 1916.

1916: Washington State beats Brown 14-0 in the return of the Rose Bowl. Brown halfback Fritz Pollard, the first African American to play in the Rose Bowl, gains just 47 yards in the rainsoaked game. After a scoreless first half, Washington State scores on short runs by Ralph Boone and Carl Dietz.

1934: Columbia upsets Stanford 7-0 in the Rose Bowl when Al Barabas scores in the third quarter on a 17-yard hidden-ball play.

1935: Bucknell beats Miami 26-0 in the first Orange Bowl.

1935: Tulane beats Temple 20-14 in the first Sugar Bowl. The Green Wave complete a 14-0 comeback when Temple defender Horace Mowery tips a pass into the direction of Dick Hardy, who takes it in to the end zone.

1961: The Houston Oilers beat the Los Angeles Chargers 24-16 to win the first AFL championship.

1961: Boston Bruins rookie Willie O’ree, the first black player in NHL history, scores his first goal in a 3-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens at Boston Garden.

1971: Notre Dame ends Texas’ 30-game winning streak with a 24 11 win in the Cotton Bowl.

1991: Georgia Tech routs Nebraska 45-21 in the Citrus Bowl to finish as college football’s only unbeaten team (11-0-1).

1992: Miami beats Nebraska 22-0 in the Orange Bowl, the first shutout of the Cornhuskers since 1973, and finishes with a 12-0 record.

1993: No. 2 Alabama wins its first national championship in 13 years and deprives Miami of its fifth title as the Crimson Tide defense humbles the No. 1 Hurricanes 34-13 in the Sugar Bowl.

1993: Florida State beats Nebraska 27-14 in the Orange Bowl to set an NCAA record by winning eight consecutive bowl games.

2000: Georgia’s Hap Hines kicks a 21-yard field goal in overtime to complete the greatest comeback in bowl history. The Bulldogs pull out a 28-25 victory over Purdue after trailing 25-0 early in the second quarter in the Outback Bowl.

2006: New England’s Doug Flutie converts the NFL’S first successful drop kick in 64 years during a 28-26 loss to Miami.

2007: Boise State, after tying the game with seven seconds to go in regulation, stuns No. 7 Oklahoma 43-42 in overtime to win the Fiesta Bowl. The No. 9 Broncos win on Ian Johnson’s twopoint conversion run after receiver Vinny Perretta throws a fourthdown touchdown pass to Derek Schouman in the second semifinal of the College Football Playoff.