The 1989 Hall of Fame Bowl featured the 17th-ranked Syracuse Orangemen and the 16th-ranked LSU Tigers.
In the third quarter, avid Browndyke kicked a 35-yard field goal to tie the game at 10.
Robert Drummond scored on a 1-yard run late in the third quarter as Syracuse led 17–10.
Syracuse added a 4-yard touchdown pass from Todd Philcox to Deval Glover for a 23-10 lead.
LSU did not return to a New Year's Day bowl game until 2001, by which time it had fired another coach, Gerry DiNardo.