This was the 61st held Sugar Bowl, and it was the postseason game for the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season.
Florida State was champion of the Atlantic Coast Conference for the third straight year with a perfect 8-0 ACC record.
Judd Davis and Dan Mowrey traded field goals in the first quarter before Fred Taylor fumbled the ball, recovered by the Seminoles, which set up a crucial score.
Warrick Dunn (who had 182 all purpose yards) threw a 73-yard touchdown pass to O'mar Ellison that gave the Seminoles a 10-3 lead early in the second quarter as FSU added a McCorvey touchdown catch from Danny Kanell later in the quarter to make it 17-3.
Both teams would return to the Sugar Bowl two years later, this time for the national championship.