Miami vs Ohio State Full Game Replay 1/3/2003 College Football
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Miami vs Ohio State Full Game Replay 2003 BCS National Championship NCAA College Football
Date: January 3, 2003
Season: 2002
Stadium: Sun Devil Stadium
Location: Tempe, AZ
Referee: Randy Christal (Big 12)
Attendance: 77,502
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The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) National Championship Game for the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season was the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, which was played on January 3, 2003, at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. In double overtime, the much fancied Miami Hurricanes, the defending national champions and Big East Conference champions, were beaten by the Ohio State Buckeyes, co-champions of the Big Ten Conference, 31–24. After the 2000 Orange Bowl between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Michigan Wolverines, this game was only the second overtime outcome in the BCS or its predecessors, the Bowl Alliance and Bowl Coalition.
Miami, which was in the middle of a comeback following a turbulent era in the 1990s, had won the national championship the season before in a commanding[4] manner and had a 34-game winning streak going into the Fiesta Bowl. In contrast, Ohio State had missed out on several chances to win a national title in the 1990s, and their most recent victory came after the 1970 campaign.[5] Miami utilized the speed of their skill position players to overwhelm opponents, while Ohio State played an older style of power football that prioritized running and dominating defense. The Hurricanes were seeded as 11.5 point favorites, and there was conjecture before the game about whether the Buckeyes could match their speed advantage.
