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1987 Fiesta Bowl, the Glossary

The 1987 Fiesta Bowl was a college football bowl game that served as the final game of the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season.^[1]

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1986–87 NCAA football bowl games
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January 1987 sports events in the United States
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Ahmad Rashad

Ahmad Rashad (born Robert Earl Moore; November 19, 1949) is an American sportscaster and former professional football wide receiver.

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The Alabama Crimson Tide football program represents the University of Alabama (variously Alabama, UA, or Bama) in the sport of American football.

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Alonzo Highsmith

Alonzo Walter Highsmith, Sr. (born February 26, 1965) is an American football executive, former fullback, and former boxer.

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The Arizona State Sun Devils football team represents Arizona State University (ASU) in the sport of American college football.

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The Arizona Wildcats football program represents the University of Arizona (UA) in the sport of American college football.

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Band of the Hour

The Frost Band of the Hour, sometimes abbreviated as simply Band of the Hour, is the marching band at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.

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Bennie Blades

Horatio Benedict "Bennie" Blades Sr. (born September 3, 1966) is an American former football safety who played in the National Football League (NFL).

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Big Eight Conference

The Big Eight Conference was a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)-affiliated Division I-A college athletic association that sponsored football.

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Big Ten Conference

The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference, among others) is the oldest NCAA Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States.

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Bob Costas

Robert Quinlan Costas (born March 22, 1952) is an American sportscaster who is known for his long tenure with NBC Sports, from 1980 through 2019.

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Robert Allen Griese (born February 3, 1945) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback for the Miami Dolphins of the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL).

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Bowl Alliance

The Bowl Alliance was an agreement among college football bowl games (specifically the Sugar, Orange, and Fiesta Bowls) for the purpose of trying to match the top two teams in a national championship game and to provide quality bowl game matchups for the champions of its member conferences.

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Bowl Championship Series

The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) was a selection system that created four or five bowl game match-ups involving eight or ten of the top ranked teams in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of American college football, including an opportunity for the top two teams to compete in the BCS National Championship Game.

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Bowl game

In North America, a bowl game, or simply bowl, is one of a number of postseason college football games that are primarily played by teams belonging to the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).

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Central Time Zone

The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America and some Caribbean islands.

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Charlie Jones (sportscaster)

Charlie Jones (November 9, 1930 – June 12, 2008) was an American sportscaster for NBC and ABC.

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Chris Conlin

Christopher Howard Conlin (born June 7, 1965) is a former professional American football player and an All-American offensive tackle at Penn State University.

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Citrus Bowl

The Citrus Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida.

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College football is gridiron football that is played by teams of amateur student-athletes at universities and colleges.

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A national championship in the highest level of college football in the United States, currently the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), is a designation awarded annually by various organizations to their selection of the best college football team.

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A color commentator or expert commentator is a sports commentator who assists the main (play-by-play) commentator, typically by filling in when play is not in progress.

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Cotton Bowl Classic

The Cotton Bowl Classic (also known as the Cotton Bowl) is an American college football bowl game that has been held annually in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex since January 1, 1937.

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D. J. Dozier

William Henry "D.J." Dozier Jr. (born September 21, 1965) is an American former National Football League (NFL) running back and Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder.

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Dan Sileo

Daniel William Sileo (born January 3, 1964) is an American former football player and current sports radio host.

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Dick Enberg

Richard Alan Enberg (January 9, 1935 – December 21, 2017) was an American sportscaster.

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The East Carolina Pirates are a college football team that represents East Carolina University (variously "East Carolina" or "ECU").

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Eastern Time Zone

The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, and the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico.

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Fiesta Bowl

The Fiesta Bowl is an American college football bowl game played annually in the Phoenix metropolitan area.

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The Florida Gators football program represents the University of Florida (UF) in American college football.

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Heisman Trophy

The Heisman Memorial Trophy (also known simply as the Heisman Trophy) is awarded annually since 1935 to the most outstanding player in college football.

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Jerome Brown

Willie Jerome Brown III (February 4, 1965 – June 25, 1992) was an American football defensive tackle who played for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL).

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Jimmy Cefalo

James Carmen Cefalo (born October 6, 1956) is an American journalist, news broadcaster and sports broadcaster, radio talk show host, Voice of the Miami Dolphins, businessman, wine enthusiast and former professional football wide receiver and game show host.

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James William Johnson (born July 16, 1943) is an American sports analyst and former football coach.

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Joe Paterno

Joseph Vincent Paterno (December 21, 1926 – January 22, 2012), sometimes referred to as JoePa, was an American college football player, athletic director, and coach.

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Marv Albert

Marv Albert (born Marvin Philip Aufrichtig; June 12, 1941) is an American former sportscaster.

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The Maryland Terrapins football team represents the University of Maryland, College Park in the sport of American football.

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Merlin Olsen

Merlin Jay Olsen (September 15, 1940 – March 11, 2010) was an American football player, announcer, and actor.

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Michael Irvin

Michael Jerome Irvin (born March 5, 1966) is an American sports commentator and former professional football player.

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The Michigan Wolverines football team represents the University of Michigan in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level.

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The Michigan–Ohio State football rivalry, referred to as The Game by some fans and sports commentators, is an American college football rivalry game that is played annually between the Michigan Wolverines and the Ohio State Buckeyes.

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The Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represents the University of Minnesota in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level.

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Mountain America Stadium

Mountain America Stadium is an outdoor college football stadium in the southwestern United States, on the campus of Arizona State University (ASU) in Tempe, Arizona. 1987 Fiesta Bowl and Mountain America Stadium are Fiesta Bowl.

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Mountain Time Zone

The Mountain Time Zone of North America keeps time by subtracting seven hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) when standard time (UTC−07:00) is in effect, and by subtracting six hours during daylight saving time (UTC−06:00).

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The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC).

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NBC Sports

NBC Sports is an American programming division of the broadcast network NBC, owned and operated by the NBC Sports Group division of NBCUniversal and subsidiary of Comcast.

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NCAA Division I FBS independent schools

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Football Bowl Subdivision independent schools are four-year institutions whose football programs are not part of an NCAA-affiliated conference.

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New Year's Six

The New Year's Six, sometimes abbreviated as NY6, are the following NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) bowl games: the Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Orange Bowl, Cotton Bowl, Peach Bowl, and Fiesta Bowl.

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The Oklahoma Sooners football team represents the University of Oklahoma (OU) in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level in the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

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Orange Bowl

The Orange Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game that has been played annually in the Miami metropolitan area since January 1, 1935.

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Pac-12 Conference

The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate athletic conference that operates in the Western United States.

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Penn State Blue Band

The Pennsylvania State University Marching Blue Band, known generally as the Blue Band, is the marching band of Pennsylvania State University.

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Pete Giftopoulos

Peter Giftopoulos (born June 14, 1965) is a former Canadian football linebacker who played eight years for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL).

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The Pittsburgh Panthers football program is the intercollegiate football team of the University of Pittsburgh, often referred to as "Pitt", in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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President of the United States

The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.

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Prime time

Prime-time, or peak-time, is the block of broadcast programming taking place during the middle of the evening for television shows.

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The Purdue Boilermakers football team represents Purdue University in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of college football.

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Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989.

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Rose Bowl Game

The Rose Bowl Game is an annual American college football bowl game, traditionally played on January 1 (New Year's Day) at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.

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Shane Conlan

Shane Patrick Conlan (born March 4, 1964) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL).

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Southeastern Conference

The Southeastern Conference (SEC) is an American college athletic conference whose member institutions are located primarily in the South Central and Southeastern United States.

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Southwest Conference

The Southwest Conference (SWC) was an NCAA Division I college athletic conference in the United States that existed from 1914 to 1996.

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Sugar Bowl

The Sugar Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Sun Sentinel

The Sun Sentinel (also known as the South Florida Sun Sentinel, known until 2008 as the Sun-Sentinel, and stylized on its masthead as SunSentinel) is the main daily newspaper of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Broward County, and covers Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties and state-wide news, as well.

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Tempe, Arizona

Tempe (Oidbaḍ in O'odham) is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, with the Census Bureau reporting a 2020 population of 180,587.

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Tim Johnson (defensive lineman)

Timothy Johnson (born January 29, 1965) is the senior pastor at in Orlando, Florida and a former professional American football defensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL).

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Vinny Testaverde

Vincent Frank Testaverde Sr. (born November 13, 1963) is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 21 seasons.

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Western Athletic Conference

The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) is an NCAA Division I conference.

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Western United States

The Western United States, also called the American West, the Western States, the Far West, and the West, is the region comprising the westernmost U.S. states.

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1965 Orange Bowl

The 1965 Orange Bowl, part of the 1964–65 bowl season, was the 31st edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, on Friday, January 1.

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1971 Fiesta Bowl

The 1971 Fiesta Bowl was the inaugural edition of the college football bowl game, played at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona, on Monday, December 27. 1987 Fiesta Bowl and 1971 Fiesta Bowl are Fiesta Bowl.

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1980 Rose Bowl

The 1980 Rose Bowl was It was the 66th edition of the college football bowl game, played on Tuesday, January 1, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.

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1982 Fiesta Bowl

The 1982 Fiesta Bowl was the eleventh edition of the college football bowl game, played at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona on Friday, January 1. 1987 Fiesta Bowl and 1982 Fiesta Bowl are Fiesta Bowl and Penn State Nittany Lions football bowl games.

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The 1982 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia during the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season.

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The 1982 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented Pennsylvania State University during the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season.

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1982 Sugar Bowl

The 1982 Sugar Bowl was the 48th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Friday, January 1.

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The 1983 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season.

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The 1983 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season.

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1983 Sugar Bowl

The 1983 Sugar Bowl was the 49th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Saturday, January 1. 1987 Fiesta Bowl and 1983 Sugar Bowl are Penn State Nittany Lions football bowl games.

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1984 Orange Bowl

The 1984 Orange Bowl was the 50th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, on Monday, January 2. 1987 Fiesta Bowl and 1984 Orange Bowl are Miami Hurricanes football bowl games.

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The 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season saw the Oklahoma Sooners, led by head coach Barry Switzer, win the national championship.

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The 1986 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season.

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The 1986 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season.

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The 1986 Cincinnati Bearcats football team represented the University of Cincinnati during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season.

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The 1986 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1986.

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The 1986 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season.

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The 1986 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season.

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The 1986 Michigan Wolverines football team was an American football team that represented the University of Michigan as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season.

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The 1986 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season.

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Two human polls comprised the 1986 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I-A football rankings.

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The 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with Penn State winning the national championship.

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The 1986 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season.

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The 1986 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season.

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The 1986 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season.

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1986 Orange Bowl

The 1986 Orange Bowl was the 52nd edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, on Wednesday, January 1. 1987 Fiesta Bowl and 1986 Orange Bowl are Penn State Nittany Lions football bowl games.

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The 1986 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University as an independent during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season.

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The 1986 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season.

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1986 Sugar Bowl

The 1986 Sugar Bowl was the 52nd edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Wednesday, January 1. 1987 Fiesta Bowl and 1986 Sugar Bowl are Miami Hurricanes football bowl games.

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The 1986 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season.

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The 1986–87 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games played in December 1986 and January 1987 to end the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season.

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1987 Florida Citrus Bowl

The 1987 Florida Citrus Bowl was held on January 1, 1987 at the Florida Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida. 1987 Fiesta Bowl and 1987 Florida Citrus Bowl are 1986–87 NCAA football bowl games and January 1987 sports events in the United States.

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1987 NFL draft

The 1987 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players.

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1987 Rose Bowl

The 1987 Rose Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 1987, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. It was the 73rd Rose Bowl Game. The Arizona State Sun Devils, champions of the Pacific-10 Conference, defeated the Michigan Wolverines, champions of the Big Ten Conference, 22–15. 1987 Fiesta Bowl and 1987 Rose Bowl are 1986–87 NCAA football bowl games and January 1987 sports events in the United States.

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1988 Orange Bowl

The 1988 Orange Bowl was the 54th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, on Friday, January 1. 1987 Fiesta Bowl and 1988 Orange Bowl are Miami Hurricanes football bowl games.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_Fiesta_Bowl

Also known as Fatigue game, The Fatigue Game.

1987 Fiesta Bowl, the Glossary

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See also

1986–87 NCAA football bowl games

1987 in sports in Arizona

January 1987 sports events in the United States

Miami Hurricanes football bowl games

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