The 1989 Sugar Bowl was the 57th edition of the annual game. It featured the fourth-ranked Florida State Seminoles and the seventhranked Auburn Tigers. The game was a defensive slugfest, with the final score Florida State 13, Auburn 7. With 3:30 left in the game, Auburn drove from its own 4-yard line to Florida State's 22-yard line. With ffive seconds left, after a defensive pass interference penalty, Reggie Slack's pass was intercepted in the end zone by Deion Sanders, sealing Florida State's win.