It featured the seventh ranked Iowa Hawkeyes, and the unranked BYU Cougars.
Iowa scored on a 13-yard touchdown run from tailback Mike Saunders, opening up a 6–0 lead, for the first quarter's only points.
In the fourth quarter, Detmer found Tyler Anderson for a 29-yard strike, as BYU evened the score at 13-13.
Josh Arnold had eight tackles (with three being for losses, which totaled to 33 yards lost by Iowa) while being named defensive MVP.
It was the final college game for Detmer, who won the Heisman Trophy the previous season.