 The loss by Illinois, plus a loss by the #2 ranked Texas Longhorns to the #4 ranked Georgia Bulldogs in the Cotton Bowl Classic 10-9, and a sloppy win for the #3 ranked Auburn Tigers over the #8 ranked Michigan Wolverines in the Sugar Bowl 9-7, paved the way for the #5 Miami Hurricanes, who defeated the #1 Nebraska Cornhuskers in the Orange Bowl, to win their first national championship.The international broadcast of the Rose Bowl also helped introduce the world to the audience wave, as UCLA and Illinois fans kept the wave going around the Rose Bowl stadium.Eventual Minnesota head coach Tim Brewster was the captain of the Fighting Illini.