1985 Sugar Bowl: Vols had no chance…but

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An amazing win, an amazing Vol crowd inside the SD.
I think you could hear them in Tennessee if you were standing outside your house!
 
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1985 season. But the 1986 Sugar Bowl (1/1/1986)

As already pointed out and acknowledged, it was Jeff Powell with the 60 yard 3rd quarter run to go up 28-7 which pretty much finished off Miami. He blew by Miami’s secondary (Bennie Blades) untouched despite Keith Jackson and Frank Broyles never shutting up about their blazing speed. Johnny Majors and Ken Donahue gave UT fans a masterpiece that day. Other than Miami’s opening drive and Mark Hovanic spiking the ball after recovering a fumble and drawing a 15 yard penalty (he was kind of excited), UT played an almost flawless game.

Tony Thompson had the 4th quarter 1 yard dive over the line of scrimmage for the winning score in the 1991 Sugar Bowl versus Virginia. UT hasn’t been back to the Sugar Bowl in 33 years. Dooley was a WR on that Virginia team. Their band was an embarrassing clown show making fun of Elvis and, IIRC, hillbillies.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
1985 season. But the 1986 Sugar Bowl (1/1/1986)

As already pointed out and acknowledged, it was Jeff Powell with the 60 yard 3rd quarter run to go up 28-7 which pretty much finished off Miami. He blew by Miami’s secondary (Bennie Blades) untouched despite Keith Jackson and Frank Broyles never shutting up about their blazing speed. Johnny Majors and Ken Donahue gave UT fans a masterpiece that day. Other than Miami’s opening drive and Mark Hovanic spiking the ball after recovering a fumble and drawing a 15 yard penalty (he was kind of excited), UT played an almost flawless game.

Tony Thompson had the 4th quarter 1 yard dive over the line of scrimmage for the winning score in the 1991 Sugar Bowl versus Virginia. UT hasn’t been back to the Sugar Bowl in 33 years. Dooley was a WR on that Virginia team. Their band was an embarrassing clown show making fun of Elvis and, IIRC, hillbillies.
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Jackson and Broyles were nauseating during the game. After the Vols first touchdown and they recapped the length of the drive…. I think it was Broyles…. Said “that’s pretty good for TN” as if they were incapable
 
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I was 26 then and I remember the players saying afterwards how much Donahue made them run up and down the stadium steps that week to build up their toughness and endurance. It worked!
 
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I had some family members there who talked about how rowdy it was. They can’t remember everything from the game though. Wonder why? Lol
 
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