"So what?" I'm sure is their attitude. Prior to the 1991 season, the NCAA narrowed the width of the uprights by 4 feet 10 inches; Thomas' kick missed by the length of the football. Miami players threw their helmets in the air and rushed the field to celebrate, while Bowden, hands on hips, gazed at the goalposts, stunned. After taking a knee to run off the remaining few seconds, Torretta tossed the ball skyward in triumph and Miami emerged from the contest with a 17–16 victory. Scoring summary Statistics Aftermath After the game, Bowden expressed regret about not passing the ball on a third-and-goal from the Hurricane 4-yard line early in the fourth quarter and famously bemoaned his repeated misfortune at the hands of Miami, saying, "I think the curse is they're on our schedule. They're going to chisel on my tombstone, 'At least he played Miami.'" With the win, Miami ascended to number one in the AP Poll and kept that ranking for the rest of the season. The Hurricanes won their final two regular season games and blanked No. 11 Nebraska 22–0 in the Orange Bowl, en route to their fourth national championship. Miami would share the national championship with the Washington Huskies, who finished first in the Coaches' Poll. Florida State was upset in their final regular season game two weeks later by Florida, 14–9. The Seminoles would rebound to beat Texas A&M by a score matching their regular season record, 10–2, in the Cotton Bowl Classic, finishing ranked fourth in both the AP and Coaches' Polls. See also Florida State–Miami football rivalry Wide Right II Wide Right (Buffalo Bills) – (Super Bowl XXV) (January 27, 1991) 1991 Miami Hurricanes football team 1991 Florida State Seminoles football team References External links "1991 College Football -- Miami 17 FSU 16 (wide right)" Replay of Wide Right I American football incidents 1991 Big East Conference football season 1991 NCAA Division I-A independents football season Florida State Seminoles football games Miami Hurricanes football games 1991 in sports in Florida November 1991 sports events in the United States Nicknamed sporting events