Table of Contents

20
WILD NIGHT
Evander Holyfield defeated Riddick Bowe in a heavyweight championship fight interrupted by an aerial intruder
BY PAT PUTNAM

28
LIKE OLD TIMES
The Cowboys honored their past and, with a 31-9 drubbing of the Giants, proved the future belongs to them too
BY PAUL ZIMMERMAN

34
BEST OF THE BREED
On a day of class acts in the Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita, a bay colt named Lure gave the finest performance
BY WILLIAM NACK

38
COLLEGE FOOTBALL

In the season's biggest upset, LSU ended Alabama's 31-game unbeaten streak and saved coach Curley Hallman's job
BY HANK HERSCH

Their academics belittled, the Quakers of Penn came up big against Princeton in a showcase Ivy League game
BY LEIGH MONTVILLE

64
A-ONE-AND-A-TWO...
Strike up the band. Top-ranked Florida State and second-ranked Notre Dame face the music on Saturday
BY RICK REILLY

72
LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON
Ole Miss will never forget Archie, but Peyton is the Manning of the year with recruiters from Oxford to Ann Arbor
BY JOHN ED BRADLEY

80
QUEST FOR PERFECTION
Afflicted with Tourette's syndrome, Chris Jackson of the Denver Nuggets has found solace in religion
BY RICK REILLY

DEPARTMENTS

8
LETTERS

11
FACES IN THE CROWD

15
SCORECARD

88
SPORTS PEOPLE

94
PRO FOOTBALL

101
COLLEGE FOOTBALL

106
POINT AFTER

COVER PHOTOGRAPH BY JOHN IACONO

ILLUSTRATION

VICTOR JUHASZ

Shake Down the Thunder: But, says our fearless prognosticator, neither snow nor rain will keep Florida State from prevailing at Notre Dame (page 64).