The 1987 edition to the Sugar Bowl featured the fifth ranked LSU Tigers, and the sixth ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers. It was the third time in five seasons that the two teams had met in a bowl game, with Nebraska winning all three encounters. LSU scored first on a 1 yard touchdown run from Williams, giving the Tigers a 7-0 first quarter lead, before the Huskers scored 30 unanswered points. LSU's Hodson added a 24 yard touchdown pass late to Moss, and with the two-point conversion made the score 30-15, which held up. Nebraska's Steve Taylor was named Most Valuable Player.