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The Orange Bowl Committee ........................................................................................2
About the Orange Bowl Committee..............................................................................4
Orange Bowl Committee in the Community ................................................................5
Orange Bowl Festival Schedule of Events ..................................................................6
The Orange Bowl and the Atlantic Coast Conference ..............................................8
Sun Life Stadium..............................................................................................................9
Orange Bowl History ....................................................................................................10
Football Bowl Association ..........................................................................................16
Bowl Championship Series..........................................................................................17
Orange Bowl Hall of Fame/Class of 2011 ..................................................................18
Year-by-Year Results ....................................................................................................25
Game-By-Game Recaps ..............................................................................................28
Year-By-Year Stats ........................................................................................................54
Individual Game Records ............................................................................................56
Team Game Records ....................................................................................................58
Single Game Leaders....................................................................................................60
Career Leaders ..............................................................................................................61
300/100 Yard Games ......................................................................................................62
Longest Scoring Plays ..................................................................................................63
The Last Time… ............................................................................................................64
Team Results by Conference ......................................................................................65
Coaching Records ........................................................................................................66
Coach of the Year ..........................................................................................................67
Heisman Memorial Trophy ..........................................................................................68
National Award Winners..............................................................................................70
The Discover Orange Bowl/FWAA Courage Award ................................................72
Consensus All-Americans ..........................................................................................73
The Orange Bowl and the National Football League ..............................................74
The National Football Foundation College Hall of Fame ........................................76
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Iowa Hawkeyes - 2010 Orange Bowl Champions
MEDIA GUIDE
1
ORANGE BOWL COMMITTEE
2010-11 OFFICERS
ANTONIO L. ARGIZ
JEFFREY T. ROBERTS
President and
Chairman of the Board
Chair-Elect
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
O. FORD GIBSON
ANDREW P. HERTZ
LEE E. STAPLETON
First Vice Chair
Second Vice Chair
Secretary
LUIS E. BOUÉ
PHILLIS OETERS
ERIC L. POMS
Treasurer
Immediate Past
President
Chief Executive Officer
Timothy A. Battle
Peyton White Lumpkin
Shawn D. Crews
Charles O. Morgan Jr.
Alfonso A. Cueto
Matthew E. Morrall
Larry Gautier
Jeff E. Rubin
Sara B. Herald
John P. (Jack) Seiler
Laura Morgan Horton
Roberta B. Stokes
Edgar C. Jones Jr.
Hope G. Victor
Christopher E. Knight
J. Hayes Worley Jr.
PAST PRESIDENTS
1935-38
1939-41
1941-42
1942-43
1943-44
1944-45
1945-46
1946-47
1947-48
1948-49
1949-50
1950-51
1951-52
1952-53
1953-54
1954-55
1955-56
1956-57
1957-58
1958-59
1959-60
1960-61
1961-62
1962-63
1963-64
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MEDIA GUIDE
W. Keith Phillips, Sr. *
Charles F. Baldwin *
William G. Ward *
Oscar E. Dooly Jr. *
Arthur A. Ungar *
Van C. Kussrow *
George E. Whitten *
R. D. "Buck" Freeman *
John G. Thompson *
Will M. Preston *
Daniel J. Mahoney *
S. Grover Morrow *
Stuart W. Patton *
Sam H. McCormick *
W. Bruce MacIntosh *
G. Gordon Anderson *
Robert Pentland Jr. *
Raymond D. Miller *
Joseph H. Adams *
Harry Hood Bassett *
Stephen A. Lynch Jr. *
Jesse Yarborough *
Everett A. Clay *
C. Jackson Baldwin
B. Boyd Benjamin *
1964-65
1965-66
1966-67
1967-68
1968-69
1969-70
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1978-79
1979-80
1980-81
1981-82
1982-83
1983-84
1984-85
1985-86
1986-87
1987-88
1988-89
M. Lewis Hall Jr.
Robert C. Hector Sr. *
John R. Ring *
William C. Lantaff *
James L. Llewellyn *
L. Allen Morris *
W. Keith Phillips Jr.
William D. Ward
James S. Dunn *
William H. Fields
D. Frank Rentz *
James L. Armstrong III *
F. E. "Gene" Autrey
James S. Billings *
Robert A. White
Eugene E. Cohen *
Nicholas A. Crane
John Stephen Hudson
Charles A. Kimbrell *
Stephen A. Lynch III
Robert S. Lafferty Jr.
John R. Hoehl *
Stan Marks *
Lawrence H. Adams
James T. Barker
1989-90
1990-91
1991-92
1992-93
1993-94
1994-95
1995-96
1996-97
1997-98
1998-99
1999-00
2000-01
2001-02
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
Thomas D. Wood Sr.
Arthur H. Hertz
W. Harper Davidson Jr.
R. Ray Goode *
Robert L. Epling
G. Ed Williamson II
Donald E. Kubit
Clark Cook
Leslie Pantin Jr.
Albert E. Dotson Sr.
Edgar C. Jones Jr.
Sherrill W. Hudson
Susan Potter Norton
Alfonso A. Cueto
Dean C. Colson
Christopher E. Knight
Peter T. Pruitt Jr.
Albert E. Dotson Jr.
Thomas D. Wood Jr.
S. Daniel Ponce
Phillis Oeters
* denotes deceased
ORANGE BOWL COMMITTEE
ACTIVE MEMBERS
1998 Nelson L. Adams III, M.D.
2009 Thad W. Adams
2010 Matthew J. Allen
2002 Betty Amos
2009 A. Paul Anderson
2008 Agustin R. Arellano Jr.
2005 Agustin R. Arellano Sr.
2000 Antonio L. Argiz
2005 J. Ricky Arriola
2007 Don Bailey Jr.
2008 Timothy L. Bailey, Esq.
2010 Jeffrey S. Bartel
1997 Hilarie Bass
2005 Timothy A. Battle
2005 Lettie J. Bien
2006 Luis E. Boué, CPA
2009 Raoul G. Cantero
2007 Vance Carlton
2010 Joseph L. Caruncho Sr.
2000 Michael B. Chavies
2010 Jose E. Cil
2001 Bruce Jay Colan
2008 C.L. Conroy
2008 Kevin W. Crews
2003 Shawn D. Crews
2006 John K. Crotty
2000 Cynthia W. Curry
2006 Shaun M. Davis
2006 William C. Davis
2008 Luis A. de Armas
2010 Toshikazu Dezaki
2010 Mark R. Dissette
2010 Joseph Echevarria Jr.
2006 Coleman G. Edmunds
2008 Bernardo Fernandez Jr. M.D.
2008 Alex Fraser
2000 O. Ford Gibson
2003 Jorge L. Gomez
2008 Frank Gonzalez, CPA
2009 Sergio M. Gonzalez
2008 Gretchen Goslin
2010 Gerald Grant Jr.
2006 Wm. Andrew Haggard
2008 David R. Heffernan
2006 Adolfo Henriques
2002 Sara B. Herald
2009 Luis (Wicho) Hernandez
2001 Andrew P. Hertz
2009 Marlon A. Hill
2002 Laura Morgan Horton
2009 Bradley D. Houser
2001 Robert W. Hudson
2000 Frederick Jackson Jr.
2007 Yolanda Cash Jackson
2005 Charles H. Johnson
2010 Yvonne Turner Johnson M.D.
2001 Manuel (Manny) Kadre
2008 Danny Kanell
1996 Barry T. Kates
2004 David H. Kniseley
2008 Keith Koenig
1998 Michael Kosnitzky
2004 Beatrice Louissaint
2000 Charlie E. Martinez
2006 Juan Carlos Mas
2010 Vicki H. Matthews
2010 Mark McCormick
2001 Angel Medina Jr.
2006 Lincoln S. Mendez
2003 John T. Mestepey
2003 Denise Mincey-Mills
2003 Matthew E. Morrall
2000 Rene V. Murai
2005 Mario Murgado
2007 Joseph T. Natoli
2006 Craig Norton
2002 Ramon F. Oyarzun
2003 Tom Pennekamp
2010 Timothy R. Petrillo
1997 Jeffrey A. Pfleger, CPA
2005 Sean Pittman
1996 Carlos Planas
2008 Timothy J. Plummer
2008 Scott D. Ponce
2008 Ann E. Pope
2001
2008
2009
2007
1997
1996
2009
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1997
T. Gene Prescott
Julio A. Ramirez
Ramon A. Rasco
Benjamine Reid
Cori Zywotow Rice
Jeffrey T. Roberts
Darryl T. Robinson
Jose C. Romano
Jeff E. Rubin
Shelley Daniel Rutherford
Carlos A. Sabater
Jose M. (Pepe) Sanchez
Eduardo M. Sardiña
Stephen Harold Schott
Wayne S. Schuchts
Tony Segreto
Robert J. Shafer Jr.
Darryl K. Sharpton
Laura J. Sherrod
Scott Sime
Don Slesnick
Philip P. Smith
Peter K. Spillis
Lee E. Stapleton
Ronald G. Stone
Gino Torretta
Mario Trueba
Jesse J. Tyson
John W. Underwood Jr.
Peter (Chip) Vandenberg Jr.
Osvaldo M. Vento
Hope G. Victor
Lynn C. Washington
Douglas P. Wiley
J. Hayes Worley Jr.
Stephen N. Zack
SENIOR MEMBERS
1990 Leonard L. Abess Jr.
1984 Walter H. Alford
1989 Richard P. (Dick) Anderson
1993 Jose (Joe) Arriola
1978 Fred Berens
1993 Vincent L. Berkeley Jr.
1990 Philip F. Blumberg
1994 Josie Romano Brown
1986 James D. Carreker
1997 Msgr. Franklyn M. Casale
1967 Everett Todd Clay
1979 Charles E. Cobb Jr.
1986 Dean C. Colson *
1986 Clark Cook *
1970 Nicholas A. Crane *
1986 Merrill W. Crews
1989 Alfonso A. Cueto *
1979 W. Harper Davidson Jr. *
1974 James L. Davis
1989 Nancy Jean Davis
1994 Alan T. Dimond
1993 Albert E. Dotson Jr. *
1989 Albert E. Dotson Sr. *
1986 Robert C. Ellyson
1982 Robert L. Epling *
2003 T. Willard Fair
1992 Michael T. Fay
1974 The Honorable Peter T. Fay
1988 Thomas R. Ferguson
1990 Regina Jollivette Frazier
2000 Robert E. Gallagher Jr.
1974 John Michael Garner
1995 Larry Gautier
1995 Sandra B. Gonzalez-Levy
1981 Robert A. Griese
1990 Ben Hill Griffin III
1983 M. Lewis Hall III
1995 John C. Harrison Jr.
1987 H.C. (Buddy) Henry Jr.
1981 Arthur H. Hertz *
1986 Sherrill W. Hudson *
1971 Lester Johnson
1984 Cyrus M. Jollivette
1990 Daryl L. Jones
1987 Edgar C. Jones Jr. *
1994 William H. (Bill) Kerdyk Jr.
1987 C. Frasuer Knight
1993 Christopher E. Knight *
1992
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1967
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George F. Knox
Donald E. Kubit *
Joseph P. Lacher
Robert S. Lafferty Jr. *
John L. Ludwig
Peyton White Lumpkin
Stephen A. Lynch III *
David McIntosh
Cristina L. Mendoza
Nathaniel Moore
Charles O. Morgan Jr.
W. Allen Morris
William R. Myers
Susan Potter Norton *
Phillis Oeters *
Ramiro A. Ortiz
Leslie Pantin Jr. *
Francisco J. Paredes
William R. Perry III
Henry J. (Jack) Pfleger Jr.
Aaron S. Podhurst
S. Daniel Ponce *
Peter T. Pruitt Jr. *
C. Tom Rainey, DVM
Walter L. Revell
Willie C. Robinson
William M.I. Schmidt, M.D.
Frank Scruggs
Earnest E. (Pete) Seiler Jr., DVM
John P. (Jack) Seiler, Esq.
Merrett R. Stierheim
Roberta B. Stokes
Lawrence O. Turner Jr.
John W. Underwood Sr.
David S. Walker Jr.
Sherwood M. Weiser
Robert A. White *
Antonia Williams-Gary
G. Ed Williamson II *
Steven H. Wood
Thomas D. Wood Jr. *
Thomas D. Wood Sr. *
CORPORATE MEMBERS
1996 Keith Harrell
American Airlines
2010 Michael Parrish
Aon Risk Services, Inc. of Florida
2007 Marshall M. Criser
AT&T
1995 Ed Hannum
AvMed Health Plans
1993 Frederick J. (Rick) Wilson III
Bacardi U.S.A., Inc.
1993 Gene Schaefer
Bank of America
1997 Brian E. Keeley
Baptist Health South Florida
2002 Joe Bell
Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc.
2006 Penny Shaffer
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida
1998 Tony Ellis
Coca-Cola
2002 Jerry Rushin
Cox Communications
2010 Nelson Lazo
Doctors Hospital
2004 Juan N. Cento
FedEx Express
2009 Henry Viera
Frito-Lay
2004 Eric T. Levin
Gold Coast Beverage Distributors
2009 James Mauer
Harbor Beach Marriott
Resort & Spa
2007 Mike Ward
MetroPCS, Inc.
1999 Michael T. Dee
Miami Dolphins
1995 Gary Correll
Publix Super Markets, Inc.
1993 Art A. Garcia
Ryder System, Inc.
2003
1993
2001
1993
Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC
David Landsberg
The Miami Herald
Claudia Puig
Univision Radio
Jose A. Sanchez
Wachovia A Wells Fargo Company
COLLEGIATE REPRESENTATIVES
2003 Craig Angelos
Director of Athletics
Florida Atlantic University
2004 Sister Linda Bevilacqua, OP, Ph.D.
President
Barry University
2000 Michael L. Covone
Director of Athletics
Barry University
2001 Ray Ferrero Jr.
President
Nova Southeastern University
2000 Pete Garcia
Director of Athletics
Florida International University
1993 Kirby Hocutt
Director of Athletics
University of Miami
2003 Michael Mominey
Director of Athletics/Head
Baseball Coach
Nova Southeastern University
1994 Mary Jane (M.J.) Saunders
President
Florida Atlantic University
1994 Mark B. Rosenberg
President
Florida International University
1981 Donna E. Shalala, Ph.D.
President
University of Miami
1996 TBD
President
Florida Memorial University
MEMBERS-AT-LARGE
2000 George Linley
Executive Director
Palm Beach County Sports
Commission
2010 Brian Seits
President
Junior Orange Bowl Committee
2007 The Honorable Charles Crist
Governor
State of Florida
2001 Edward T. Foote II
President Emeritus
University of Miami
2009 General Douglas M. Fraser
Commander
U.S. Southern Command –
Department of Defense Liaison
1999 Nicki Englander Grossman
President & CEO
Greater Ft. Lauderdale
Convention & Visitors Bureau
2006 Barry E. Johnson
President & CEO
Greater Miami Chamber of
Commerce
2010 James C. Harmon
Immediate Past Chairman
Ambassador Program
2001 Harve A. Mogul
President & CEO
United Way of Miami-Dade
2000 Bill Nelson
Senator
United States Senate
1999 William D. Talbert III
President & CEO
Greater Miami Convention &
Visitors Bureau
HONORARY MEMBERS
1995 Robert Beamon
2006 Pamela Gerig Bland
2003 Marc A. Buoniconti
1997 Eugene F. Corrigan
2009 Paul T. Dee
2004 Pedro J. Greer Jr., M.D.
2006 Robert C. Hudson
2002 R. Kirk Landon
1998 Tom Osborne
2009 Garth R. Parker
1994 Bernard Rosen
1990 Leander J. Shaw Jr.
2000 Donald F. Shula
2003 Dwight E. Stephenson
EMERITUS MEMBERS
1979 Lawrence H. (Larry) Adams *
1995 Henry N. Adorno
1981 William D. (Rick) Atwill
1972 DuBose Ausley
1968 F. E. (Gene) Autrey *
1950 C. Jackson Baldwin *
1979 James T. Barker
2000 James K. Beard
1988 Wendell R. Beard
1973 Edwin N. Belcher III
1965 John T. (Jack) Branham Jr.
1995 Earl (Butch) Buchholz Jr.
1982 Ambassador
Richard G. (Dick) Capen Jr.
1969 Edward N. Claughton Jr.
1983 Armando M. Codina
1981 H. Ronald Cordes
1993 Charles C. Crispin
1984 William O. Cullom
1986 George D. Edens
1991 Russell H. Etling
1970 Walter Etling
1956 William H. Fields *
1991 Ron Fraser
1969 Lester Freeman
1972 Lawrence P. Gautier Jr.
1962 John A. Guyton Jr.
2002 John A. Hall
1969 Edwin H. (Skipper) Hill Jr.
1972 John Stephen Hudson *
1988 Howard Kleinberg
1984 David Kraslow
1981 George R. Langford
1978 Sidney Levin
1990 Charles P. Lykes Jr.
1960 Malcolm G. MacNeill
1984 Raul Masvidal
1995 Michael T. Moore
2005 James W. Morris III
1987 John W. Nelson
1984 Sister Jeanne O’Laughlin, OP, Ph.D.
1989 Arva Moore Parks
1995 Edward C. Peddie
1950 W. Keith Phillips Jr. *
1983 W. Keith Phillips III
1974 Peter T. Pruitt Sr.
1980 Russell L. Ray Jr.
1992 Jose A. (Tony) Rodriguez, M.D.
1972 Doyle Rogers
1985 Raymond A. Ross Jr.
1984 Ralph A. Sanchez
1991 T. Terrell Sessums
1964 Joseph L. Sharit
1992 Leah A. Simms
1972 Robert H. Simms
1975 Joe I. Subers
1990 William L. Sutton
1985 Bethany Baldwin Tesche
1959 William D. Ward *
1991 Dale Chapman Webb
1975 R. Pete Williams
1993 Pauline Winick
1960 L. Gerald Wright
* denotes Past President
MEDIA GUIDE
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ABOUT THE ORANGE BOWL COMMITTEE
MISSION STATEMENT
The Orange Bowl Committee exists as a self-sustaining, independent organization to support and produce
activities and events that enhance the image, economy and culture of South Florida.
BRIEF HISTORY
he Orange Bowl Committee was created in
1935. Its mission then was to generate
tourism to South Florida through an annual
football game and supporting Festival. Since that
time, the not-for-profit, 333-member, primarilyvolunteer organization has expanded its reach
beyond the city to become a foundation in the
South Florida community.
In 1998, the Discover Orange Bowl joined with the
Fiesta, Rose, and Sugar bowls to form the Bowl
Championship Series. In the present BCS term, the
National Championship will continue to be rotated
around the four bowl sites, but now, as a second
game for that host site to be played one week after
the host's bowl game. The Orange Bowl
Committee will next host the Discover BCS
National Championship Game in 2013.
The Orange Bowl had modest beginnings. It began
as the Palm Festival in 1933 and 1934 with $5,000 in
payout to the schools participating. Presently, the
Orange Bowl has grown into a month-long
calendar of events known as the Orange Bowl
Festival, offering a top-notch college football game,
as well as other sports, entertainment, and
community events.
MORE SPORTS
For 16 years, the Orange Bowl Committee has
staged the MetroPCS Orange Bowl Basketball
Classic, played at the BankAtlantic Center in
Sunrise. The 2010 event will feature anchor
schools University of Florida and University of
Miami matching up against Kansas State and
Central Florida, respectively.
The Orange Bowl festival attracts more than tens
of thousands of visitors to the South Florida
community annually. The recent staging of the
BCS National Championship in 2009 between
Florida and Oklahoma generated approximately
$200 million dollars in economic impact to the
South Florida community.
The Orange Bowl Committee also supports youth
sports in the community through the Orange Bowl
Youth Football Alliance presented by Sports
Authority, which supports 16,000 youngsters in nine
South Florida counties and includes the OBYFA
Championships and the Orange Bowl Cheer and
Dance Championship.
The OBC's premier event remains the Discover
Orange Bowl game played at the state-of-the-art
Sun Life Stadium. Mention the name and most
think "National Championship" -- with good reason.
In its long history, the Orange Bowl Committee has
hosted 19 National Champions and 16 Heisman
Trophy winners.
Other events supported by the Committee include
the Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships, which has hosted Andy Roddick, Anna
Kournikova, John McEnroe, Chris Evert, Ivan Lendl,
and Andre Agassi in the past, and is played at the
hard courts of the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in
Key Biscayne, home of the Sony Ericsson Open.
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More than 600 young sailors annually make the
voyage to Miami between Christmas and New
Year's to compete in the Orange Bowl Sailing
Regatta Series, which includes the Orange Bowl
International Youth Regatta—the premiere youth
regatta in the country. The competition is usually
fierce in all seven classes with young sailors from
around the nation and eight foreign countries
participating in the event.
OBC IN THE COMMUNITY
THE ORANGE BOWL COMMITTEE POSITIVELY SHAPING THE
SOUTH FLORIDA COMMUNITY
Our Mission and Vision
he Orange Bowl Committee was created in
1935 with the mission of generating tourism for
South Florida through an annual football game
and supporting Festival. Since its inception, the notfor-profit, primarily-volunteer organization, which has
grown to 333 members, has expanded beyond the
Greater Miami area to become a cornerstone of the
entire South Florida community. The Committee is
aided by approximately one thousand additional
“Ambassadors,” community volunteers who make
us, the Festival, and our community stronger.
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The Orange Bowl brand helped put South Florida on
the map and build the community into the popular
tourist destination it remains today. While our
primary mission for more than 75 years has been to
bring tourism to South Florida through an annual
football game and Festival, we also have maintained
a legacy of charitable contributions and community
outreach.
Bolstering the Economy
The Orange Bowl Committee works to ensure that
South Florida remains in the position of being one of
just four communities nationwide with a spot in
college football’s prestigious Bowl Championship
Series and a part of the National Championship
Game rotation, with the next championship
scheduled for 2013. Each year our bowl game(s) and
affiliated Festival events attract tens of thousands of
visitors who fuel the local economy with millions of
dollars. This translates into jobs and benefits for
local hospitality and service industries and vendors,
in line with our mission. According to Sports
Management Research Institute, it is estimated our
2008-09 bowl games and Festival events generated
nearly $200 million in economic impact and media
added value for South Florida during one of the worst
economic downturns South Florida has experienced.
This figure is over and above the direct support the
Committee provides in a variety of areas on an
annual basis.
Support of Intercollegiate Athletics
and Higher Education
Payments from the Orange Bowl Committee have
contributed to the approximately $150 million in
overall BCS revenue annually; this overall amount is
distributed by the BCS to benefit 195 universities
throughout the country. Throughout its 77 years of
existence, the Committee’s payouts have led to
participating schools and conferences receiving in
excess of half a billion dollars before adjusting for
inflation.
In 2009-10, the Orange Bowl Committee provided
more than $150,000 in funding for scholarships, both
directly to deserving high school students and to
institutions of higher education. Through programs
such as “Field of Dreams,” a celebration that recognizes outstanding high school scholars in Broward,
Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties, the ACC
Inter-Institutional Scholarship Fund, and other
various programs, the Committee has provided in
excess of one million dollars in scholarships over the
last 11 years.
Support of Events, Organizations and Causes
The Committee supports organizations and events
both in and outside of South Florida on an annual
basis, benefitting numerous charities, funds and
groups. In 2009-10, that support totaled in excess of
$50,000.
In addition to this annual support, the Committee is
also there in times of need, providing funding to those
impacted by adverse circumstances, and will
continue to do so in the future. The Committee’s
donations to institutions, organizations and
individuals affected by such things as natural
disasters and tragedy over the last five years have
totaled $240,000.
Support of Youth Programs
The Committee also benefits thousands of South
Florida youth by generating youth sports leagues,
events and competitions and funding an array of
grants, donations and community programs to
support this competition.
In 2009-10, the Orange Bowl Committee provided
nearly $600,000 as well as hundreds of volunteer and
staff hours to serve more than 16,000 young football
players and cheerleaders who participate in the
Orange Bowl Youth Football Alliance. Since the
beginning of this program 11 years ago, the Orange
Bowl Committee has invested approximately $4
million in its youth sports programs in South Florida.
The Committee also contributes to economic development by providing nearly $70,000 annually in
support of locally-based festival and events,
including those that provide participatory opportunities to youth from all over the world, such as the
Junior Orange Bowl (which is not affiliated with the
Orange Bowl Committee), the Orange Bowl Sailing
Regatta Series and the Orange Bowl International
Tennis Championship. Over the last 10 years, the
Committee’s support in this area was nearly $600,000.
In 2008-09, in recognition of 75-years of community
support, the Committee spearheaded a $5.7 million
legacy gift initiative to build a much needed youth
football stadium and facilities at Miami’s Moore Park.
The Orange Bowl Committee is directly contributing
$2.5 million to the project plus design fees, and has
guaranteed an additional $700,000 for completion of
the youth sports complex. The $2.5 million plus gift
will be matched by the City of Miami, which is
partnering with the Committee to construct The
Orange Bowl Field at Moore Park, which should be
completed in early 2011. Moore Park is the site of the
1933 and 1934 Palm Festivals, the predecessor of the
Orange Bowl.
A Bright Future
The Orange Bowl Festival is “owned” by the
community and the Committee has taken steps to
ensure it mirrors South Florida’s diversity. In the last
five years, our presidents have included two
Hispanics, an African-American, and a woman. As
we move forward, the Orange Bowl Committee will
continue to generate business for local companies,
recharge the region’s economic engine, support our
children (who will become our area’s future leaders),
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
THE ORANGE BOWL FESTIVAL
February 2010–January 2011
The first Orange Bowl game was held on
January 1, 1935. Its mission: to bring tourism to
South Florida through an annual football game
and Festival. From those modest beginnings, the Orange Bowl Committee
has grown into a not–for–profit, 333–member, primarily volunteer organization that has become a foundation of the South Florida community by
supporting and producing year–round activities and events that enhance the
image, economy, and culture of the region. The Orange Bowl Festival
annually attracts tens of thousands of visitors to the South Florida
community. In 2008–09, the OBC “Double–Hosted” the Orange Bowl and
BCS National Championship Game for two weeks and generated a total
economic impact of nearly $200 million to the South Florida community.
ORANGE BOWL YOUTH FOOTBALL ALLIANCE
CHEER & DANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS PRESENTED
BY SPORTS AUTHORITY IN ASSOCIATION WITH
COMMUNITY SPONSOR WACHOVIA A WELLS
FARGO COMPANY
November 14, 2010
All Day • Nova Southeastern University – Davie
Cheerleaders from across the Orange Bowl Youth Football Alliance
presented by Sports Authority in association with Community Sponsor
Wachovia A Wells Fargo Company get their chance to shine as they perform
their best routines at the Orange Bowl Youth Football Cheer & Dance
Championships with winning squads getting a trophy of their own. The all–
day extravaganza is held at Nova Southeastern’s Don Taft University Center,
a 300,000 square foot, world–class facility comprised of a sports arena,
wellness center, and NSU’s performing arts program.
DUNLOP ORANGE BOWL INTERNATIONAL TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP
December 5 – 12, 2010
All Day • Tennis Center at Crandon Park – Key Biscayne
The 2010 Dunlop Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships, an ITF
Group A Series Tournament, is held on the hard courts of the Tennis Center
at Crandon Park in beautiful Key Biscayne, home of the Sony Ericsson Open.
More than 1,000 players from 80 countries will gather to compete for one of
the world's top junior titles. Celebrating its 64th year, the Championships’
past participants include Roger Federer, Boris Becker, Chris Evert, Andre
Agassi, and John McEnroe.
18th ANNUAL LOU GROZA AWARD
December 7, 2010
7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
Palm Beach County Convention Center – Palm Beach
This annual award, presented by the Palm Beach
County Sports Commission and sponsored by the
Discover Orange Bowl, is given to the top Football
Bowl Subdivision placekicker each year. A national
selection committee comprised of 110 voters name the placekicker prior to
the annual banquet held during the Orange Bowl festivities. The award is
named after the late Lou "The Toe" Groza, a Hall of Fame kicker and offensive
lineman for the Cleveland Browns. Proceeds from the event benefit the Palm
Beach County Sports Institute, a youth program of Palm Beach County.
ORANGE BOWL FESTIVAL KICKOFF PARTY
HOSTED BY SEMINOLE HARD ROCK HOTEL
December 8, 2010
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM • Seminole Hard Rock Hotel
The month-long Orange Bowl Festival kicks off
with a party at the exciting Seminole Hard Rock Hotel introducing the two
competing head coaches. President and Chairman Tony Argiz will share all
the details about the upcoming Festival with corporate sponsors, ticket
patrons, special guests and VIPs as a thank you for being a part of the
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Orange Bowl family. The event includes food, beverages and entertainment
throughout the evening.
12th ANNUAL ORANGE BOWL YOUTH FOOTBALL
ALLIANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS PRESENTED BY
SPORTS AUTHORITY IN ASSOCIATION WITH
COMMUNITY SPONSOR WACHOVIA A WELLS
FARGO COMPANY
December 11 – 12, 2010
All Day • FIU Stadium – Miami
The sidelines of the Orange Bowl Youth Football Alliance Championships
presented by Sports Authority in association with Community Sponsor
Wachovia A Wells Fargo Company games are annually peppered with future
NCAA and NFL stars as they play for the famed Orange Bowl Trophy. The
entire OBYFA converges at the brand new Florida International University
Stadium for a day filled with "Bowl Games." The weekend–long event, aired
state-wide by Sun Sports, includes teams from nine leagues spanning nine
South Florida counties: Miami–Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Monroe, Martin,
Glades, Okeechobee and St. Lucie on Florida's southeast coast and Lee on
the southwest coast.
17th ANNUAL MetroPCS ORANGE BOWL
BASKETBALL CLASSIC
December 18, 2010
1:00 PM – Miami vs. Central Florida
3:30 PM – Kansas State vs. Florida
BankAtlantic Center – Sunrise
Celebrating its 17th year, the MetroPCS Orange Bowl Basketball Classic
annually showcases some of the top college basketball action in the South
Florida community. The Miami Hurricanes will take on the Central Florida
Knights in the first half of the twinbill and the Florida Gators will face the
Kansas State Wildcats in the nightcap. The annual doubleheader will
feature the only NCAA Division I basketball games to be played in Broward
County this year.
ORANGE BOWL SAILING REGATTA SERIES
December 27 – 30, 2010
All Day • Coral Reef Yacht Club – Miami
The Orange Bowl Sailing Regatta Series is an event sponsored by the
Orange Bowl Committee and is one of more than 20 Junior Olympic Festivals
that take place throughout the country. These events are cooperative
programs of US Sailing and the US Olympic Committee with the purpose of
broadening the base of Youth Sailing in the United States. The Regatta
Series is a traditional event of the Orange Bowl Festival that brings more
than 600 sailors from around the world to South Florida. The Series includes
five days of competition featuring Fleet racing on four courses for IOD's,
Laser, Laser Radial, Laser 4.7, and Club 420. Other Orange Bowl Regatta
events include the Optimist Dinghy Class (Collegiate Sailors – Coral Reef
Yacht Club), International Youth Regatta (Youth – Coral Reef Yacht Club), One
Design Classes (Coconut Grove Sailing Club) and Shake–A–Leg (Handicap
Sailors Shake–A–Leg Center).
DISCOVER ORANGE BOWL TEAM BEACH PARTIES
December 29 & 30, 2010
2:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Fountainebleau Beachfront – Miami Beach (Dec. 29)
Westin Diplomat Hotel Beachfront – Hollywood (Dec. 30)
This is a day for everyone to enjoy a day of fun–in–the–
sun on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. The Orange Bowl Committee will
host an afternoon of barbequing and other beach activities for participating
players as well as the athletic department staff and their families.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
DISCOVER ORANGE BOWL COACHES’ OUTING
December 29 & 30, 2010
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Joe's Stone Crab – South Beach
The Orange Bowl Committee hosts an evening of dinner
and entertainment at one of the country's finest restaurants. This dinner is always a great opportunity for the coaching staff to
socialize, relax, and enjoy first–class dining and Orange Bowl hospitality.
50th REUNION WELCOME RECEPTION
January 1, 2010
5:30 PM – 8:00 PM • Shula’s Hotel and Golf Club – Miami Lakes
Participants from the 1961 Orange Bowl Classic from both
Missouri and the U.S. Naval Academy will be on hand
celebrating the game from 50 years ago at Shula’s Hotel
and Golf Club. For the second time, the Orange Bowl hosted a Heisman
Trophy winner – Navy’s Joe Bellino – but Missouri went on to win, 21–14.
40th ANNUAL BAPTIST HEALTH ORANGE BOWL PRAYER BREAKFAST IN
SUPPORT OF THE FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES
December 30, 2010
7:30 AM – 9:30 AM • Jungle Island – Miami
The Fellowship of Christian Athletes organizes its annual Prayer Breakfast for
young athletes, the participating teams, sponsors, and guests. Past speakers
have included former Nebraska head coaches Tom Osborne and Bob
Devaney, Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning, NFL Hall of Fame
linebacker Mike Singletary, former NFL All–Pro wide receiver Cris Carter,
legendary Florida State head coach Bobby Bowden, and former Notre Dame
head coach Lou Holtz.
CHILDREN’S OUTING
December 30, 2010
1:30 PM • Virginia Tech • Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital - Hollywood
TBA • Stanford • Baptist Children’s Hospital - Miami
AvMed ORANGE BOWL COACHES LUNCHEON
PRESENTED BY DELOITTE
December 31, 2010
11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
Jungle Island – Miami
The head coaches from participating universities
highlight the AvMed Orange Bowl Coaches Luncheon presented by Deloitte.
Interviews are conducted with the coaches and star players, and the annual
Hall of Fame class is honored, as well as the Orange Bowl Committee Edwin
Pope Vanguard Media Award winner.
ORANGE DRIVE
December 31, 2010 – January 2, 2011
All Day • 6th Street to 9th Street – Miami Beach
The first Orange Drive in the Festival’s history will kickoff
New Year’s Eve and extend through January 2. A series
of entertainment and college football-related festivities
will span nine blocks of Ocean Drive in South Beach,
from 6th to 9th Street, blending the excitement of the
Festival with the tradition of the Orange Bowl. Musical performances, sports
events, a Latin festical, VIP hospitality opportunities, and a variety of other
activities will highlight the three-day event. A 5,000 seat coliseum will be
constructed on the sand where nationally recognized talent will perform on
New Year’s Eve.
CITY OF FT. LAUDERDALE ORANGE BOWL
DOWNTOWN COUNTDOWN
December 31, 2010 – January 1, 2011
2:00 PM – 3:00 AM
The Orange Bowl Committee will present the City of Ft.
Lauderdale’s “Downtown Countdown” New Year’s Eve
celebration for the first time. The free, fun, and familyfriendly celebration will feature a disc jockey, bounce houses, face painting,
games, and other activities, as well as the customary ball-dropping.
8th ANNUAL ORANGE BOWL SWIMMING CLASSIC
January 1, 2010
7:00 AM – 12:00 PM • Jacobs Aquatic Center – Key Largo
For the eighth year, several collegiate swimming and diving teams will
culminate a month’s worth of training at the Orange Bowl Swimming Classic
at the Jacobs Aquatic Center in Key Largo, mile marker 100 oceanside. The
Jacob Aquatics Center attracts some of the best collegiate swimming and
diving teams across the nation with a 25-meter, eight-lane “fast” myrtha pool,
complete with eight-feet wide lanes and a diving well and state-of-the-art
Colorado timing system, as well as a dry-land facility for dive training, and 28
x 42 multiuse pool and a 1,200-square foot room with video equipment to facilitate training seminars and meetings.
The players and coaches from the participating universities take a day from
their practice schedules to visit youth in South Florida hospitals. Teams will
play with the children, sign autographs, and share stories, as both players
and children take inspiration from the experience.
BACARDI ORANGE BOWL RHAPSODY
PRESENTED BY XOS DIGITAL
January 2, 2011
6:30 PM – 10:00 PM • Ritz Carlton – Key Biscayne
The Bacardi Orange Bowl Rhapsody Presented by XOS Digital has become a
traditional part of the Orange Bowl Festival. This party at the Ritz Carlton in
Key Biscayne is the can’t–miss social event of the Festival. Dignitaries from
participating universities, the conferences, Orange Bowl Committee
members, Orange Bowl Festival sponsors, and Fortune 500 executives are
always invited to this formal affair. Cigar rollers, South Florida's finest
cuisine, and dancing are just part of the festivities.
BUD LIGHT ORANGE BOWL GAME DAY FAN ZONE
January 3, 2011
11:30 AM – 7:30 PM • Sun Life Stadium – Miami Gardens
Each year college football fans from all over the
country kickoff the Discover Orange Bowl game day
with the Bud Light Orange Bowl Game Day Fan
Zone. Held in the NW Parking Lot of Sun Life Stadium, the Bud Light Orange
Bowl Game Day Fan Zone annually features some of Miami’s hottest local
talent, interactive games, sports memorabilia, contests, delicious food, and a
wide variety of beverages. The marching bands from the participating
universities add to the frenzy with their performances.
2011 DISCOVER ORANGE BOWL
January 3, 2011
8:00 PM • Sun Life Stadium – Miami Gardens
The crown jewel of the world renowned Orange Bowl
Festival, the 2011 Discover Orange Bowl, will feature
Atlantic Coast Conference champion Virginia Tech
against BCS at-large selection Stanford. Nine of the last 10 Orange Bowls
have sold out, not including 2009’s record–crowd of 78,468 that witnessed
the BCS National Championship Game. There is more than just football, of
course, as the world-class Orange Bowl Halftime Show presented by the
Seminole Tribe of Florida features the Goo Goo Dolls. This performance is
sure to bring the fans to their feet.
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ORANGE BOWL AND THE ACC
DISCOVER ORANGE BOWL AND THE
ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE
he Discover Orange Bowl is the “Home of
the ACC Champion.” Prior to the 2006
season, the Orange Bowl Committee and
Atlantic Coast Conference entered into a
partnership in which the champion of the ACC
gains an automatic berth in the Discover Orange
Bowl. The OBC previously made similar agreements with other conferences, namely the Big
Eight and Big East Conferences, but its
agreement with the ACC is the first exclusive
agreement between the OBC and a NCAA
Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly I-A)
conference since 1995.
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Beginning in 1937, the OBC hosted Southeastern
Conference teams, and in 1954, began hosting
teams from the ACC. Between 1954-58, Maryland
(1954, ‘56), Duke (1955, ’58), and Clemson (1957)
competed in the Discover Orange Bowl,
including a pair of national championship game
appearances for the Terrapins. Clemson played
in the 1951 Orange Bowl prior to the formation of
the ACC, and current conference members
Boston College, Georgia Tech, and Miami played
in the Orange Bowl prior to this time, including
the inaugural game played in 1935 between the
Hurricanes and Bucknell.
Also beginning in 1954 and continuing through
1964, the OBC hosted Big Seven Conference
teams, which later evolved into the Big Eight
Conference, and eventually the Big 12
Conference. After an 11-year period from 196575 in which the OBC hosted “at-large” teams, its
relations with the Big Eight Conference resumed,
hosting the league’s champion from 1976-95.
In 1996, as part of the Bowl Alliance, the OBC
began hosting either the Big East Conference or
ACC champion until the 2007 game, when the OBC
and ACC entered into an exclusive contract.
Since then, and continuing through 2014, the ACC
champion gains an automatic berth in the
Discover Orange Bowl, unless the league
champion is ranked No. 1 or No. 2 in the final BCS
Standings, in which case it would play for the
BCS National Championship.
The agreement positions both the OBC and ACC
at the forefront of the postseason bowl structure,
now and in the future. The “Tradition of Excellence” of the ACC and the rich heritage of the
Orange Bowl, which has hosted 19 national
championship games and 16 Heisman Trophy
winners, promise to help maintain the legacy of
the college football bowl system. Additionally,
the financial stability that each organization
provides each other and geographical location
relative to the ACC footprint make this
relationship a genuine “win-win” agreement.
Current ACC schools have played in a total of 36
Orange Bowls, including a Clemson-Miami
match-up in 1951 and another Miami-Florida
State game in 2004. The 1951 match-up came
prior to the ACC’s inception in 1953, and the 2004
contest came a year before Miami’s acceptance
into the league.
Among the 19 national champions hosted by the
Orange Bowl, current ACC teams have played in
nine Classics, winning five. Clemson won its only
national title at the 1982 Orange Bowl, Miami won
three of its five crowns at the 1984, ’88, and ’92
Orange Bowls, and Florida State earned the first
of its two national championships at the 1994
Orange Bowl.
Additionally, Florida State’s Chris Weinke and
Charlie Ward, who started two Orange Bowls,
each won the Heisman Trophy the same season
they played in the game, while Miami’s Gino
Torretta won the Heisman the season after he
played in the Orange Bowl.
The ACC champion is decided at the Dr Pepper
ACC Championship Game. First played in 2005,
the ACC title game has traveled from
Jacksonville, Fla. to Tampa to Charlotte, N.C.,
where it was played in 2010 and will be again in
2011. Florida State (2006), Wake Forest (2007),
Virginia Tech (2008, ’09, ’11) and Georgia Tech
(2010) earned Orange Bowl berths following a
win in the championship game.
ACC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME RESULTS
Year
Site
Att.
Results
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Jacksonville, Fla.
Jacksonville, Fla.
Jacksonville, Fla.
Tampa, Fla.
Tampa, Fla.
Charlotte, N.C.
72,749
62,850
53,212
27,360
42,815
72,379
Florida State 27, #5 Virginia Tech 22
#17 Wake Forest 9, #22 Georgia Tech 6
#6 Virginia Tech 30, #11 Boston College 16
#25 Virginia Tech 30, #17 Boston College 12
#10 Georgia Tech 39, Clemson 34
#15 Virginia Tech 44, #21 Florida State 33
# denotes BCS Standings at time of game
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SUN LIFE STADIUM
un Life Stadium is home to the Miami
Dolphins, Florida Marlins, University of
Miami football, Discover Orange Bowl, 2013
Discover BCS National Championship, and other
world-class events.
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Over its glorious history, the Stadium has hosted
many marquee events including five Super
Bowls, two World Series, four college football
national championships, a NFL Pro Bowl, and
World Cup friendly matches. It has also hosted a
variety of other internationally acclaimed entertainment events, including concerts by U2, The
Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Elton John, Billy Joel,
Chicago, Genesis, Gloria Estefan, Guns N’ Roses,
The Who, Hall & Oates, Rod Stewart, Paul
McCartney, The Three Tenors, The Police,
Madonna, and Paul McCartney.
Constructed in 1987 by the late Joe Robbie, the
Stadium is a multi-purpose facility with more than
1.5 million square feet, over 24,000 parking
spaces, 75,000 seats, and a playing field that
meets standards for the NFL, MLB, and World
Cup Soccer.
Upon its opening, the venue revolutionized the
economics of professional sports. The
construction of the stadium was financed by the
Club Level and Executive Suites, and in return,
season ticket holders received first-class
amenities in a state-of-the-art facility, which is
still a model for new facilities across the globe.
To accommodate MLB baseball and the Florida
Marlins, the Stadium was retrofitted in 1992 to
include retractable seating, a baseball press box,
baseball dugouts, new lights, and a hydraulic
disappearing pitcher’s mound.
Sun Life Stadium is equipped with a Prescription
Athletic Turf system which provides draining for
its natural grass. It has an advanced mechanical
drainage system that provides a firm, dry playing
surface within a half-hour after as much as a
three-inch per hour rainfall. Over the years, the
Stadium’s ground crews have been celebrated
for providing one of the best playing surfaces in
baseball and football.
In 2007, the Stadium received a $250 million
makeover with the addition of 360,000 square
feet, a remodeled Club Level, refurbished luxury
suites, new technology, expanded gathering
areas in the 100 and 400 levels, a new mega
Team Store, and other general facility improvements.
In 2009 and 2010, the Stadium was updated again
with the refurbishment of the concession stands
in the 100 and 400 levels, the addition of the
Miami Dolphins Corporate Offices, the new LIV
Sun Life Stadium on the west end zone
overlooking the field, and the new Team Stores
and party deck on the 400 level.
Technology is a differentiator for Sun Life
Stadium. The Stadium houses two of the largest
high-definition video boards in professional
sports, an LED ribbon board spanning 360
degrees within the inner seating bowl, the
world’s largest point-of-sale system under a
single roof, LCD menu board displays, in-stadium
media networks, Cisco Telepresence, and
FanVision at Dolphins games.
Sun Life Stadium is owned principally by Stephen
M. Ross, who also is the Chairman of the
Board/General Managing Partner of the Miami
Dolphins.
QUICK FACTS
Discover Orange Bowl Capacity ......................................72,230
Surface....................Prescription Athletic Turf (Natural Grass)
1,050 Metal Halide
First Football Game ............................................August 16, 1987
Largest NFL Football Crowd ..................................75,283 (1996)
Largest College Football Crowd ............................78,468 (2009)
Seating..............................Reserved, Club Level, Luxury Suites
Owner/Managing General Partner................Stephen M. Ross
CEO ..................................................................................Mike Dee
Address ........................................................347 Don Shula Drive
Miami Gardens, FL 33056
Phone: (305) 943-8000
Website ........................................................sunlifestadium.com
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ORANGE BOWL HISTORY
FIRST GAME PLAYED IN 1935;
ORANGE BOWL GAINS NATIONAL ATTENTION
n 1934, W. Keith Phillips, chairman of the
Greater Miami Athletic Club and President of
the Miami Chamber of Commerce, invited
Earnie Seiler, the City of Miami’s recreation
director, and others to his office to discuss the
prospect of a New Year’s Day football game—to
be played at Miami Stadium—to succeed the
first two Palm Festivals of 1933-34.
Phillips and local radio announcer Dinty
Dennis brought the name “Orange Bowl” to the
newly formed committee where it was immediately embraced. Despite having just six weeks to
organize the contest, the first Orange Bowl
Classic, pitting Bucknell against Miami, was
played on January 1, 1935. The Bison routed the
Hurricanes, 26-0.
The committee was riding a wave of
national publicity and, with a year to prepare for
the 1936 Orange Bowl, decided to expand the
Festival and stage a lavish parade prior to the
game.
Now known as the Orange Bowl Committee,
the group invited two out-of-state teams, Catholic
University and Mississippi, to the 1936 Classic,
doubling nationwide interest. The thrilling 20-19
Catholic victory was the first Orange Bowl to be
broadcast on radio, with CBS’ Bill Munday delivering the play-by-play.
Following Munday’s call of the 1936 Classic,
the Committee and CBS signed a contract to
broadcast the game on national radio and
convinced the network to send its top announcer,
Ted Husing, to the game.
One week prior to the 1937 Orange Bowl,
ground was broken for a new facility. Upon
learning of the plans for Orange Bowl Stadium,
Husing admired the ingenuity of the game’s
organizers and became one of the Orange Bowl’s
most vocal supporters.
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ORANGE BOWL STADIUM BUILT; GAME HITS
BIG TIME IN ’39
Orange Bowl Stadium was dedicated on
December 10, 1937, just in time for an AuburnMichigan State match-up in the 1938 Orange
Bowl. Ralph O’Gwynne’s two-yard touchdown
run gave the Tigers a 6-0 victory in the lowest
scoring Orange Bowl in history.
A year later, on March 3, 1939, Seiler
became the Orange Bowl Committee’s first fulltime business manager. Two months later, on
May 15, the OBC incorporated as a non-profit
organization and its Charter was signed by the
first membership.
Seiler’s successful marketing approach
brought Oklahoma and Tennessee to the 1939
Orange Bowl. As the story goes, Seiler went to
Norman, Oklahoma to invite the Sooners to
Miami, but faced competition from other bowls
which offered more money. He chalked the
Oklahoma campus with slogans that read, “On to
Miami” and “See you at the 1939 Orange Bowl,”
showed Sooner players photos of Miami’s
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beaches, beautiful women, and even promised to
set the team up on dates.
Upon Oklahoma’s acceptance, Sooner
coach Tom Stidham asked Tennessee coach
General Robert Neyland to bring the Volunteers
to Miami, pitting undefeated teams against each
other. The match-up led to such media and
public interest that 32,191 fans packed Orange
Bowl Stadium, which had a listed capacity of
22,050. A 17-0 Tennessee win propelled the
Orange Bowl to “Big Four” bowl status with the
Rose, Cotton, and Sugar bowls.
THE FABULOUS ‘40s
The Orange Bowl experienced immense
growth in the 1940s, hosting legendary coaches
Wallace Butts of Georgia (1942, ’49), General
Robert Neyland of Tennessee (1947), and Bobby
Dodd of Georgia Tech (’48), as well as fabled
players in Georgia’s Frankie Sinkwich (1942),
Boston College’s Mike Holovak (1943), Georgia
Tech’s Frank Broyles (1945), and Texas’ Tom
Landry (1949).
Despite a broken jaw and sprained ankle,
Sinkwich chalked up an Orange Bowl-record 355
yards of total offense under center—243 yards
and three touchdowns through the air and 112
yards and a touchdown on the ground—while
handling kicking and punting duties in perhaps
the best individual performance in Orange Bowl
history, as Georgia defeated Texas Christian, 4026.
Holovak rushed for 141 yards and touchdowns of 65, 35, and two yards, but Alabama
upended the Eagles, 37-21.
Broyles passed for a then-Orange Bowl
record 304 yards, but Tulsa’s rushing attack
secured a 26-12 victory against Georgia Tech.
Landry, who would go on to win two Super
Bowls as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys,
closed the decade with 117 rushing yards and a
Earnie Seiler
Georgia’s Frank Sinkwich
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touchdown, sending Texas to a 41-28 win against
Georgia.
Arguably, the best game came in 1946 when
Jack Harding’s Miami team defeated Holy Cross,
13-6, on the final play of the game. With 10
seconds left to play, Crusader quarterback Gene
DeFilippo looked downfield, but his pass was
deflected into the hands of Miami defensive back
Al Hudson. Hudson returned the ball for an 89yard touchdown as time expired.
MARYLAND-OKLAHOMA MATCH-UPS
DEFINE ‘50s
New teams and historical moments marked
the 1950s, as the Orange Bowl was televised for
the first time and played host to its first two topranked teams and national championship games
while enjoying a five-year agreement to match
Atlantic Coast Conference and Big Seven
Conference schools against each other.
CBS televised in the 1953 Orange Bowl, in
which Alabama piled up 596 yards in a 61-6 win
against Syracuse, in what is still the Classic’s
largest margin of victory.
Jim Tatum’s Maryland Terrapins and Bud
Wilkinson’s Oklahoma Sooners met for the
national championship in both the 1954 and 1956
Orange Bowls. In 1954, No. 4 Oklahoma beat No.
1 Maryland, 7-0, claiming the national title and
shutting out the Terps for the first time in 51
games. Two years later, No. 1 Oklahoma scored
14 third-quarter points to beat No. 3 Maryland
again, 20-6. The Sooners would go on to win two
more Orange Bowls during the decade, claiming
back-to-back victories over Duke, 48-21 in 1958,
and Syracuse, 21-6 in 1959.
Other notable games included Paul “Bear”
Bryant’s introduction to the Orange Bowl as
Kentucky’s coach in 1950, which saw Santa Clara
defeat the Wildcats, 21-13. In 1952, a gamewinning field goal from Pepper Rodgers, who
would later coach Kansas in the 1969 Orange
Bowl, sent Georgia Tech to a 17-14 victory over
Baylor.
President John F. Kennedy in 1963
Alabama’s Joe Namath
JFK VISITS ORANGE BOWL;
NIGHTIME TELEVISION BEGINS
The 1960s saw the Orange Bowl host a
“Who’s Who” of college and professional football,
with the likes of Georgia’s Fran Tarkenton (1960),
Missouri head coach Dan Devine (1960-61), Navy’s
Heisman Trophy winner Joe Bellino (1961),
Alabama’s Lee Roy Jordan (1963), Joe Namath
(1963, 1965), Ray Perkins (1965-66), and Steve Sloan
(1965-66), Florida’s Heisman Trophy winner Steve
Spurrier and Larry Smith (1967), Penn State’s Joe
Paterno (1969) and Kansas’ John Riggins (1969).
In 1963, President John F. Kennedy was one
of 73,380 fans who saw Namath complete nine-of17 passes for 86 yards and a touchdown and
Jordan record an Orange Bowl-record 31 tackles
in a 17-0 shutout of Oklahoma in Paul “Bear”
Bryant’s first Orange Bowl win as the Crimson Tide
coach. Alabama continued to appear in the
Classic, as the Orange Bowl hosted its third and
fourth national championships in 1965 and ’66, with
Texas defeating the Tide, 21-17 in ’65, and Alabama
coming back to beat Nebraska, 39-28 in ’66.
The Crimson Tide’s ’65 match-up with Texas
marked the first Orange Bowl to be played at
night, as well was the first of 31 consecutive
telecasts by NBC. Texas raced out to a 21-7
halftime lead, but Namath rallied his troops by
completing 18 of 37 passes for 255 yards and two
touchdowns. Despite being stopped by Texas’
Frank Bedrick and Tommy Nobis on a
quarterback sneak on a crucial fourth-and-one
from the one-yard line, Namath was named the
game’s first Most Outstanding Player. Alabama
won the national championship the following
year on the strength of Steve Sloan’s 20-of-28
passing for 296 yards and two touchdowns.
Smith carried Florida to a 27-12 win over
Georgia Tech in 1967, rushing for a then-Orange
Oklahoma Head Coach Bud Wilkinson
Bowl record 187 yards, including an all-time long
94-yard touchdown run.
Kansas and Penn State battled to a wild
finish in 1969. After a Penn State touchdown that
brought the Nittany Lions to within one point at
14-13, a young Joe Paterno elected for a twopoint conversion attempt, but Chuck Burkhart’s
pass failed. However, referee Foster Grose
whistled Kansas for having 12 men on the field
and Penn State’s Bob Campbell plunged into the
endzone to clinch a 15-14 win.
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ORANGE BOWL HISTORY
NEBRASKA WINS BACK-TO-BACK NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIPS
In the 1970s, the Orange Bowl saw some of
the game’s greatest coaches on its sidelines:
Bryant, Paterno, Devine, Parseghian, McClendon,
Schembechler, Hayes, Holtz and Switzer each led
their teams to Orange Bowl appearances, but the
decade truly belonged to Nebraska’s Bob
Devaney.
Nebraska won a pair of national championships in 1971 and ’72 over LSU and Alabama,
respectively. Jerry Tagge’s quarterback sneak
on fourth-and-one from the one-yard line was
initially stopped by the Tiger defense, but Tagge
stretched the ball over the goal line for a 17-12
victory. The Cornhuskers’ 38-6 win over the
Crimson Tide was keyed in the first quarter when
Johnny Rodgers broke a 77-yard punt return for a
touchdown.
Devaney’s final game on the Nebraska
sidelines ended in a third straight Orange Bowl
victory, this time a 40-6 win against Notre Dame
in 1973. This time Devaney moved Rodgers from
his usual wingback position to I-Back and the
Heisman Trophy winner closed out his collegiate
career with arguably the greatest individual
performance in Orange Bowl history, scoring four
touchdowns and passing for another. His fourth
touchdown of the day came on a 50-yard pass
reception in the third quarter—and then he sat
out the rest of the game.
The Orange Bowl Committee hosted its third
national championship game of the decade on New
Year’s Day ’76 when Oklahoma beat Michigan, 14-6.
Barry Switzer coached the Sooners in the first of
his nine Orange Bowl appearances against the
legendary Bo Schembechler.
Miami’s Bernie Kosar
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Other memories of the decade included Joe
Paterno’s undefeated Nittany Lions of 1970 and
’74, Ara Parseghian’s retirement following Notre
Dame’s 13-11 win over Alabama in 1975, and
Arkansas’ 31-6 upset of Oklahoma in 1978 after
Lou Holtz suspended his top two running backs.
Penn State’s Franco Harris (1970) and
Heisman Trophy winner John Cappelletti (1974)
and Nebraska’s Rich Glover (1971, ’72 and ’73)
were among those who roamed the Orange Bowl
turf during the decade.
THE ‘80s: HOME OF THE
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
After hosting three national championship
games in the 1970s, the Orange Bowl staged four
such games in the ‘80s, due in large part to the
prestige of and the Orange Bowl’s agreement
with the Big Eight Conference, as well as the
emergence of the University of Miami on the
national scene. Big Eight teams Oklahoma or
Nebraska played in each Orange Bowl during the
decade, including a pair of national championship game appearances by each.
Led by quarterback Homer Jordan and
defensemen Terry Kinard, Jeff Davis, and William
“Refridgerator” Perry, Clemson capped a 12-0
season and won the national championship with
a 22-15 win over Nebraska in the 1982 Orange
Bowl.
The 50th Orange Bowl in 1984 provided a
perfect setting for one of the finest, and most
exciting, games in college football history. Miami
won the school’s first of five national titles in a
31-30 win over Nebraska in arguably the greatest
college football game of all time. Howard
Schnellenberger’s Hurricanes raced to a 17-0
Nebraska’s Johnny Rodgers
Oklahoma’s J.C. Watts
Nebraska Head Coach Bob Devaney
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Miami Head Coach Howard Schnellenberger
lead before the end of the first quarter, but the
Cornhuskers answered with 14 points in the
second frame, including a 19-yard touchdown
run by All-American guard Dean Steinkuhler in
the now-famous “Fumblerooski” play. Nebraska
out-scored Miami in the second half, 16-14, but
freshman quarterback Bernie Kosar’s 300
passing yards and Ken Calhoun’s batted pass
thwarted a last second two-point conversion and
a ‘Husker comeback.
Oklahoma made four straight Orange Bowl
appearances from 1985-88 and earned a national
title in ‘86 after defeating Penn State, 25-10. The
Sooners competed for the national title again in
’88—the Orange Bowl’s fourth national title game
of the decade—but it was Jimmy Johnson’s
Miami team that earned its second national
championship.
The ‘80s also showcased the Big Eight’s
best running backs and Miami’s best quarterbacks, as two Heisman Trophy
winners–Oklahoma’s Billy Sims and Nebraska’s
Mike Rozier–both Heisman Trophy winners,
played in three Orange Bowls apiece. Sims
totaled 305 yards and three touchdowns and was
instrumental in Sooner wins over Florida State in
’80 and ’81. Rozier rushed for an Orange Bowlrecord 340 yards from 1982-84.
Kosar’s 300 passing yards as a freshman in
the 1984 Orange Bowl and Steve Walsh’s record
486 yards in wins over Oklahoma and Nebraska
in ’88 and ’89 cemented Miami’s growth into a
dynasty.
Penn State Head Coach Joe Paterno and
Oklahoma Head Coach Barry Switzer
FedEx BECOMES FIRST TITLE SPONSOR;
MORE NATIONAL TITLES IN THE ‘90s
In 1990, FedEx, then known as Federal
Express, became the first title sponsor of the
Orange Bowl, beginning a 21-year partnership
that would become the longest-standing title
sponsor relationship of any college bowl game.
During the 1990s, the Orange Bowl set an all-time
record by hosting five national championship
games, including four in the five years spanning
1991-95.
The first two “FedEx” Orange Bowls pitted
national newcomer Colorado against traditionrich Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish knocked off
the top-ranked Buffaloes in 1990, but Colorado
earned a national championship with a thrilling,
10-9 win in 1991 that went straight to the highlight
reel. Trailing, 10-9, with 43 seconds left to play,
Notre Dame’s Raghib “Rocket” Ismail returned a
punt 91 yards for a would-be touchdown, but a
clipping penalty nullified the play. The 1992
Colorado’s Charles Johnson
Orange Bowl pitted Miami and Nebraska against
each other for the third time in nine years, with
the Hurricanes winning their fourth national
title—Dennis Erickson’s second with Miami—
since 1983.
The early ‘90s brought about another
change in the college football landscape, as the
Orange Bowl Committee led the way to the
formation of the Bowl Coalition, which was introduced as a means of providing order to the bowl
selection process. The Orange Bowl became
one of four “Tier 1” bowls included under the
Coalition, and hosted nationally prominent teams
Florida State, Miami, or Nebraska in the seven
years from 1992-98.
Under legendary coach Bobby Bowden,
Florida State won its first two Orange Bowls—
including the 1993 national championship—with
27-14 and 18-16 wins over the Cornhuskers in ’93
and ’94, respectively. The 1994 Nebraska-Florida
State match-up was especially memorable, as
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college football witnessed only the 11th meeting
between No. 1 and No. 2-ranked teams.
Facing a 16-15 deficit in the fourth quarter
after Byron Bennett’s 27-yard field goal at the
1:16 mark, Heisman Trophy winning quarterback
Charlie Ward directed Florida State’s “Fast Break
Offense” into position for Scott Bentley’s goahead 22-yard field goal with 21 seconds on the
clock. However, Nebraska quarterback Tommie
Frazier moved the Cornhuskers to the Seminoles’
28-yard line with one second to play, but Bennett
missed the game-winner.
In 1994, the Orange Bowl Committee voted
to relocate its game to Pro Player Stadium (now
Sun Life Stadium) as a condition of its inclusion
in the Bowl Alliance, a successor to the
Coalition. With the first Bowl Alliance game in
1996 came the end of long standing relationships
Florida State Head Coach Bobby Bowden
with the Big Eight Conference and NBC. The
three-year Bowl Alliance arrangement, which
included the Fiesta Bowl and Sugar Bowl, was
televised on CBS.
In 1995, Nebraska joined Oklahoma teams
of 1978-81 and 1985-88 to play in four straight
Orange Bowls, this time getting the better of
Miami, 24-17, as Tom Osborne won his first
national title.
A new era began on New Year’s Eve 1996
when Nebraska and Virginia Tech met in the 63rd
Orange Bowl: it was the first Orange Bowl played
at Pro Player Stadium and the first to be played
before January 1. The Cornhuskers won their
second of three Classics in the four year span of
1995-98 by defeating the Hokies, 41-21, and,
behind Ahman Green’s Orange Bowl-record 206
rushing yards, would go on to beat a Peyton
Florida’s Travis Taylor
Nebraska Head Coach Tom Osborne
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Manning-led Tennessee team in 1998 to claim the
Cornhuskers’ fifth national championship in Tom
Osborne’s final game.
The 1999 Orange Bowl signified both an end
and a new beginning: the Classic returned to
Orange Bowl Stadium for a one-year reprieve
and was played for the first time as part of the
newly formed Bowl Championship Series.
Florida and Syracuse combined for 762 yards of
total offense in a 31-10 Gator victory.
2000’s: ORANGE BOWL RECORDS FALL
IN THE NEW MILLENIUM
The first decade of the 21st century turned
into a glorious one for the Orange Bowl when it
hosted its first BCS National Championship
Games, two of college football’s most legendary
coaches, and a total of seven Heisman Trophy
winners.
Michigan’s Tom Brady kicked off the
decade in 2000 by passing for an Orange Bowlrecord 369 yards as the Wolverines defeated
Alabama, 35-34, in the first overtime game in the
Classic’s history. Three years later, 2002
Heisman Trophy winner Carson Palmer guided
Southern California to five scoring drives of at
least 61 yards in a 38-17 win over Iowa in the first
of a record seven consecutive BCS appearances
for the Trojans.
The four Bowl Championship Series
games—the Orange, Fiesta, Rose, and Sugar
Bowls—rotated as the site of the national
championship game every season in the first
eight years of the arrangement and 2001’s matchup between underdog Oklahoma and top-ranked
Florida State landed in South Florida. The
Sooners claimed their seventh national title by
Florida State’s Charlie Ward
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upsetting Heisman Trophy winner Chris Weinke’s
Seminoles, 13-2. Additionally, Florida State, who
made its third straight national title game
appearance, remains as the only team to play in
three consecutive BCS title games.
High-powered aerial attacks from Florida
and Maryland in 2002 broke several Orange Bowl
records, as both teams combined for 56 pass
completions and 713 yards through the air, 1,019
total yards, 11 touchdowns, and 79 points. The
Gators, which won, 56-23, set single-team
records with 659 total yards and 456 passing
yards in Steve Spurrier’s final game as the
Florida head coach. MOP Taylor Jacobs was on
the receiving end for 170 of Florida’s 456 passing
yards and caught 10 passes—also Orange Bowl
records—in addition to scoring two touchdowns.
In 2004, two in-state teams met in the
Orange Bowl for the first time, as Miami went on
to defeat arch-rival Florida State, 16-14, but the
Seminoles would return just two seasons later.
The 2006 Classic was of historic proportions, as
Joe Paterno mixed his Penn State team with
Bobby Bowden’s Florida State squad and the
longtime friends provided plenty of excitement in
the 2006 game. In a contest that saw a punt
return touchdown, safety, five lead changes or
ties, and three overtimes over an Orange Bowlrecord four hours and 45 minutes, Kevin Kelly’s
29-yard field goal netted Penn State a 26-23 win.
Despite the loss, Seminole receiver Willie Reid
tallied an Orange Bowl record 180 punt return
yards, breaking Nebraska’s Johnny Rodgers’ 33year old record.
Southern California and Oklahoma’s 2005
match-up proved to be a special event for the
Orange Bowl, which hosted the BCS National
Championship Game for the second time and
assembled two Heisman Trophy winning quarterbacks against each other. Matt Leinart, the 2004
recipient made easy work of the Sooners and
2003 Heisman winner Jason White, winning 55-19.
As part of a new BCS agreement prior to
the 2006-07 bowl season, the four BCS sites
would rotate a BCS National Championship
Game in addition to their traditional bowl.
Unlikely participants Wake Forest and Louisville
met in 2007, with the Cardinals taking a 24-13
victory from the Demon Deacons. Virginia Tech
became the first team to play in two consecutive
Orange Bowls since Nebraska in 1998, losing to
Kansas, 24-21 in 2008, and defeating Cincinnati,
20-7 in 2009.
It was the Orange Bowl’s turn to host the
BCS National Championship Game again in 2009
and it would host multiple Heisman winners
competing for a national title for the second time.
Florida’s 2007 winner Tim Tebow and 2008 winner
Sam Bradford of Oklahoma squared off in what
would turn into a 24-14 Gator win, their second
national championship in three seasons.
Once again, the Orange Bowl has moved
into a new decade, but this one promises to be
as fruitful as the eight that preceded it. Georgia
Tech’s Anthony Allen, who caught a touchdown
pass for Louisville in the 2007 Orange Bowl,
scored on a one-yard touchdown run in the 2010
game, but the Yellow Jackets fell to Iowa, 24-14,
in the coldest Orange Bowl in history.
Despite its 77th game in 2010, the Orange
Bowl will have new beginnings. For the first time,
ESPN will telecast the Orange Bowl, as well as
the other four BCS games and the Orange Bowl
will partner with Discover as its title sponsor,
only the second title sponsor in its history. The
Orange Bowl’s new beginnings and old traditions
promise to bring the excitement of college
football to South Florida for another 77 years.
USC Head Coach Pete Carroll
Michigan’s Tom Brady
Florida Head Coach Urban Meyer
Oklahoma Head Coach Bob Stoops
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n 2009-10, 34 bowl games distributed more
than $210 million to NCAA schools. More
than $900 million has been paid out in just the
past six years and the bowls will conservatively
payout more than $2.2 billion over the next ten
years.
While there has been an increase in the number
of bowl games, half of the bowls have been
around for at least 15 years and 12 of these
have been in existence for 25 or more years.
I
There have been articles on how teams don't
profit from playing in a bowl and in fact some
even lose money. This is rarely true. While
some schools may elect to spend all of the
allotted portion of their payout on bowl travel
expenses, most teams participating in bowls
make money after all revenue sharing is
distributed. In fact, conferences share most
bowl revenue with all schools in their league,
thus spreading the wealth with schools that
don't even qualify for a bowl.
While it is true that some teams in conferences
that don't send multiple teams to bowls don't
receive as much revenue, that is a key reason
additional bowls have been added recently—to
provide more opportunities for those
conference members and increase their
revenue. Indeed some bowls have been setup
with the help of conferences to provide all the
other benefits of a bowl.
Bowl Games Are Tradition...
Bowl games have been a part of college football
for more than 90 years. They have provided
some of the greatest moments in college
football history and add to the pageantry, color,
and excitement of the game. Bowl games are
as much a part of the tradition of college
football as any other aspect of the game.
Rose Bowl Game presented by
VIZIO (Pasadena, Calif.)
Jan. 2 or 3
Allstate Sugar Bowl
(New Orleans, La.)
Jan. 3 of 4
Discover Orange Bowl
(Miami Gardens, Fla.)
College football bowl games offer these people
memories that can last a lifetime. Last season
about 6,200 student-athletes, 12,500 band
members, 1,200 cheerleaders, 50,000 - 100,000
performers, and millions of fans and community
members were a part of this experience.
Jan. 4 or 5
Tostitos Fiesta Bowl
(Glendale, Ariz.)
Jan. 9
Allstate BCS National
Championship Game
(New Orleans, La.)
No other intercollegiate sport plays as few
regular season games as football and every
game means something, conference championships mean something. (This is different from
basketball where you can lose a dozen games
as long as you win in your conference
tournament).
2013
Bowl Games Are Popular...
Total attendance for the upcoming bowl season
is expected to be 1.6 million fans. The average
capacity-filled of the bowl stadiums last season
was 85.7 percent. Thirteen bowls were at least
92% filled. Ten bowls were sold out. The
combined TV audience for the 28 bowls was a
record average of 125 million households.
Bowls Benefit Communities...
Bowl games generate an estimated $1.3 billion
dollars of economic impact for their host
communities each year. This does not include
the value of exposure.
2011 BCS GAMES
#3 TCU vs.
#5 Wisconsin
Jan. 1, 2011 • 5:10 p.m. ET
Pasadena, Calif.
Connecticut vs.
#7 Oklahoma
Jan. 1, 2011 • 8:30 p.m. ET
Glendale, Ariz.
#13 Virginia Tech vs.
#4 Stanford
Jan. 3, 2011 • 8:30 p.m. ET
Miami, Fla.
#8 Arkansas vs.
#6 Ohio State
Jan. 4, 2011 • 8:30 p.m. ET
New Orleans, La.
#1 Auburn vs.
#2 Oregon
Jan. 10, 2011 • 8:30 p.m. ET
Glendale, Ariz.
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Jan. 2
The addition of bowl games has provided opportunities for more schools to participate in the
bowl experience. That means more student
athletes, coaches, cheerleaders, band
members, halftime performers, administrators,
alumni, college football fans, and communities
can be a part of this unforgettable experience.
Almost all bowl games are non-profit organizations. The more revenue the bowl brings in
through ticket sales, sponsors, etc., the more
money can be paid to NCAA schools.
FUTURE BCS SCHEDULES
Jan. 1
Rose Bowl Game presented by
VIZIO (Pasadena, Calif.)
Jan. 1
Discover Orange Bowl
(Miami Gardens, Fla.)
Jan. 2
Allstate Sugar Bowl
(New Orleans, La.)
Jan. 3
Tostitos Fiesta Bowl
(Glendale, Ariz.)
Jan. 7
Discover BCS National
Championship Game
(Miami Gardens, Fla.)
2014
Jan. 1
Rose Bowl Game presented by
VIZIO (Pasadena, Calif.)
Jan. 1
Tostitos Fiesta Bowl
(Glendale, Ariz.)
Jan. 2
Allstate Sugar Bowl
(New Orleans, La.)
Jan. 3 or 4
Discover Orange Bowl
(Miami Gardens, Fla.)
Jan. 7
VIZIO BCS National
Championship Game
(Pasadena, Calif.)
TEAM SELECTION ORDER
2011
Sugar, Orange, Fiesta
2012
Fiesta, Sugar, Orange
2013
Fiesta, Sugar, Orange
2014
Orange, Sugar, Fiesta
BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
The 2010-11 season will be the 13th year for the
Bowl Championship Series (BCS), which is a fivegame arrangement for postseason college
football that is designed to match the two toprated teams in a National Championship Game
and to create exciting and competitive matchups
among eight other highly regarded teams in four
other games.
The five bowl games are the Discover Orange
Bowl, Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, the Rose Bowl Game
presented by Vizio, the Allstate Sugar Bowl, and
the BCS National Championship Game that is
played at one of the bowl sites. The 2011 Tostitos
BCS National Championship Game will be played
at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale,
Ariz.
The BCS enhances the importance of the regular
season and maintains the bowl system for the
benefit of the game. It has been undeniably
successful in achieving those goals; college
football has never been more popular, and the
BCS is a significant reason for that. Additionally,
it has provided more access to the major bowls,
more television exposure, and more postseason
revenue than ever before.
The BCS is not an entity. Instead, it is an event
managed by the 11 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision conferences—all of them "BCS Confer-
bowl games provide meaningful season-ending
opportunities to teams.
This robust system of many postseason bowl
games offers rewards for teams and places a
great premium on the regular season. Football
weekends are an important ingredient in the
overall college experience—going well beyond
simply what occurs in the athletics department.
ences"—and the University of Notre Dame through
a series of contracts among bowls and television
networks. The conferences are the Atlantic Coast,
Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Conference USA, MidAmerican, Mountain West, Sun Belt, Pacific-10,
Southeastern and Western Athletic.
Representing their constituents, the conference
commissioners and the Notre Dame athletics
director make decisions regarding all BCS
matters, in consultation with an athletics directors
advisory group and subject to the approval of a
presidential oversight committee whose members
represent all 120 Football Bowl Subdivision
(formerly known as Division I-A) programs.
The BCS games are operated by communitybased organizations in each of the host cities. In
addition, there are 29 other postseason bowls,
which are managed independently by entities in
26 cities around the nation and in Canada. All
For many institutions, a significant amount of the
revenue that supports all athletic programs is
generated by regular-season football. Regularseason football weekends also permit universities, alumni, and other supporters of higher
education to build and maintain close and lasting
relationships. A thriving bowl structure helps
ensure that the regular season remains strong
and vibrant.
While seeking to preserve and enhance college
football's unique traditions, the BCS arrangement
aims to bring some sense of finality to each
season by pairing the top two teams in a National
Championship Game. The top two teams were
matched in bowl games infrequently before the
BCS, when conferences were contractually
obligated to certain games and there was no
flexibility to attempt to match the top teams.
CONFERENCE COMMISSIONERS AND BCS ADMINISTRATION
Atlantic Coast:
John Swofford
Big East:
John Marinatto
Big Ten:
Jim Delany
Big 12:
Dan Beebe
Conference USA:
Britton Banowsky
Media Contact: Mike Finn
Media Contact: Chuck Sullivan
Media Contact: Scott Chipman
Media Contact: Bob Burda
Media Contact: Russell Anderson
Media Contact: Ken Mather
Mountain West:
Craig Thompson
Pacific-10:
Larry Scott
Southeastern:
Mike Slive
Sun Belt:
Wright Waters
Western Athletic:
Karl Benson
Notre Dame:
Jack Swarbrick
Media Contact: Javan Hedlund
Media Contact: Dave Hirsch
Media Contact: Charles Bloom
Media Contact: John McElwain
Media Contact: Dave Chaffin
Media Contact: Brian Hardin
Mid-American:
Jon Steinbrecher
PRESIDENTIAL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
Scott Cowen, President (Tulane)
Rev. John Jenkins, President (Notre Dame)
Mark Nordenberg, Chancellor (Pittsburgh)
John G. Peters, President (Northern Illinois)
Bill Powers, President (Texas)
Gary Ransdell, President (Western Kentucky)
Robert Shelton, President (Arizona)
Graham Spanier, President (Penn State)
Charles W. Steger, President (Virginia Tech)
John Welty, President (Fresno State)
Robert Witt, President (Alabama)
Victor Boschini, Chancellor (TCU)
ATHLETIC DIRECTORS ADVISORY GROUP
BCS Executive Director:
Bill Hancock
ACC: Gene DeFilippo (Boston College)
Big East: Tom Jurich (Louisville)
Big Ten: Ronald Guenther (Illinois)
Big 12: Joe Castiglione (Oklahoma)
C-USA: Keith Tribble (UCF)
MAC: Mike O’Brien (Toledo)
MWC: Jim Livengood (UNLV)
Pac-10: Pat Haden (USC)
SEC: Jeremy Foley (Florida)
Sun Belt: Dean Lee (Arkansas State)
WAC: Gene Bleymaier (Boise State)
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THE ORANGE BOWL HALL OF FAME
Name
Joe Bellino
Bobby Bowden
Melvin Bratton
Bob Brown
Frank Broyles
Bear Bryant
Steve Van Buren
Jimmy Burns
Wally Butts
George Cafego
John Cappelletti
Tommy Casanova
Gene Corrigan
Al Davis
Jeff Davis
Steve Davis
Bob Devaney
Dan Devine
Bobby Dodd
Dick Ebersol
Dennis Erickson
Ray Evans
Don Faurot
FedEx Express
Tommie Frazier
Irving Fryar
Prentice Gautt
Turner Gill
Rich Glover
Ray Graves
John Hannah
Jack Harding
Franco Harris
Status
Inducted
Player
1992
Coach
2003
Player
2004
Player
1994
Player
1991
Coach
1981
Player
1976
Contributor
1988
Coach
1982
Player
1984
Player
2005
Player
1990
Contributor
2000
Contributor
2000
Player
2009
Player
2007
Coach
1976
Coach
1993
Coach
1976
Contributor
1996
Coach
2006
Player
1988
Coach
1989
Contributor
2007
Player
2002
Player
2001
Player
1986
Player
2006
Player
1990
Coach
2001
Player
2007
Coach
1980
Player
1989
Name
Alonzo Highsmith
Mike Holovak
Lou Holtz
Frank Howard
Weldon Humble
E. “Ted” Husing
Al Hudson
Hootie Ingram
Raghib Ismail
Keith Jackson
Carl James
Don James
Sonny Jurgensen
Jimmy Johnson
Marvin Jones
Leroy Jordan
Bruiser Kinard
Bernie Kosar
Roy Kramer
Tom Landry
Bill McCartney
Tommy McDonald
Mike McGee
Joe Namath
Ozzie Newsome
Robert Neyland
Tommy Nobis
Tom Obsborne
OBC Founders
Steve Owens
Ara Parseghian
Joe Paterno
Charlie Pittman
Status
Inducted
Player
2005
Player
1983
Coach
1998
Coach
1981
Player
1986
Contributor
1984
Player
1980
Player
1999
Player
2003
Player
1999
Contributor
1997
Coach
1997
Player
2003
Coach
2000
Player
2006
Player
1984
Player
1969
Player
1997
Contributor
2004
Player
1990
Coach
1995
Player
1981
Player
1994
Player
1979
Player
2002
Coach
1969
Player
1979
Coach
1991
Contributor
2008
Player
1992
Coach
1980
Coach
1987
Player
1991
Name
Edwin Pope
George Poschner
Mike Reid
Eddie Robinson
Johnny Rodgers
Pepper Rodgers
Joe Romig
Darrell Royal
Mike Rozier
Howard Schnellenberger
Earnest E. Seiler
Lee Roy Selmon
Ron Simmons
Billy Sims
Frank Sinkwich
Steve Sloan
Larry Smith
Steve Spurrier
Bart Starr
Robert Suffridge
Barry Switzer
Jerry Tagge
Jim Tatum
Gino Torretta
Steve Walsh
Charlie Ward
J.C. Watts
Donald Whitmire
Bud Wilkinson
Chris Zorich
Status
Inducted
Contributor
2002
Player
1985
Player
1987
Contributor
1998
Player
1996
Player/Coach 2003
Player
1987
Coach
1984
Player
1995
Coach
1993
Contributor
1970
Player
1983
Player
2005
Player
1988
Player
1969
Player
1982
Player
1983
Player/Coach 2004
Player
1986
Player
1982
Coach
1987
Player
1989
Coach
2003
Player
1998
Player
2001
Player
2009
Player
1991
Player
1985
Coach
1978
Player
2009
ORANGE BOWL 2011 HALL OF FAME CLASS
BENNIE BLADES
DERRICK BROOKS
DAVE RIMINGTON
Free Safety
Miami
Linebacker
Florida State
Center
Nebraska
Orange Bowls: 1988
Orange Bowls: 1993, ’94
Orange Bowls: 1982, ’83
lades was a three-year starter at Miami
from 1984-87 and led the Hurricanes to the
1987 national championship with a win over
Oklahoma in the 1988 Orange Bowl. He recorded
three tackles and a pass break-up against the
Sooners, who were limited to just 76 yards on five
completions through the air. The Ft. Lauderdale,
Fla. native was a Thorpe Award winner and AllAmerican at Miami and was described by former
Hurricanes coach Jimmy Johnson as "the best
player at his position that I ever coached."
Blades was drafted third overall by the Detroit
Lions in the 1988 NFL Draft and went to play 11
seasons with Detroit and Seattle. He was
inducted into the National Football Foundation
College Hall of Fame in 2006.
B
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rooks was a three-year starter at
linebacker between 1991-94 and won the
1993 and 1994 Orange Bowls with Florida
State. The Brooks-led defense gave Nebraska
just 23 minutes on the field in the 1993 Orange
Bowl, while he tallied five tackles. The
Pensacola, Fla. native led the way on defense as
the Seminoles captured their first national
championship in the 1994 game. Brooks went on
to a 14-year NFL career with the Tampa Bay
Buccaneers, was an 11-time Pro Bowl selection
and NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 2002
when he led the Bucs to a win in Super Bowl
XXXVII.
B
imington was a three-year starter at center for
Nebraska between 1979-82 and led the
’Huskers to Orange Bowl berths in 1982 and
1983, competing for a national championship against
Clemson in the former year. In his two Orange Bowl
appearances, the Omaha, Neb. native anchored an
offensive line that helped produce 430 rushing yards,
including 237 in Nebraska’s 1983 win over LSU.
Rimington was named Most Outstanding Player in
the 1983 game, the only offensive lineman to accomplish the feat since the Orange Bowl began naming a
MOP in 1965. A Lombardi Award winner and twotime Outland Trophy recipient and All-American,
Rimington went on to a seven-year NFL career with
Cincinnati and Philadelphia. Often regarded as
college football’s best center, he is the namesake of
the Rimington Trophy, annually awarded to college
football’s most outstanding center. Rimington was
inducted into the National Football Foundation
College Hall of Fame in 1997.
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ORANGE BOWL HALL OF FAME
FRANK "BRUISER" KINARD (1969): A
standout tackle for Mississippi from
1935-37, Kinard played his heart out in a
losing cause against Catholic University
(20-19) in the second annual Orange
Bowl Classic (1936). Kinard provided
the last block for a 67-yard Ned Peters' run on the
Rebels' first score. The Ole Miss All-American was
also among the first for enshrinement into the National
Football Foundation College Hall of Fame in 1951.
FRANK SINKWICH (1969): Sinkwich,
despite a broken jaw, totaled 354 yards
(242 passing, 112 rushing) as Georgia
beat TCU, 40-26, in the 1942 Classic.
"Fireball Frankie," a legendary Bulldog
halfback and 1942 Heisman Trophy
winner, passed for touchdowns of 61, 60 and 15 yards
and ran 43 yards for another score against the Horned
Frogs. He was inducted into the National Football
Foundation College Hall of Fame in 1954.
ROBERT NEYLAND (1969): The
legendary head coach at Tennessee
from 1926-52, "The General" is credited
with establishing the Orange Bowl as a
major bowl when his undefeated
Volunteers beat a previously
undefeated Oklahoma squad in the '39 Classic.
Neyland's career coaching mark was a sterling 17332-12 and included trips to seven "Big Four" bowls. He
was inducted into the National Football Foundation
College Hall of Fame in 1956.
EARNEST E. SEILER (1970): The grand
old man of the Orange Bowl, he gave
more than 40 years of his life to the
making of the game, the parade and
Festival. He was the founder of the
Bowl and its first business manager
and executive director. It was Seiler, who in the early
1930’s, assembled the necessary staffing to stage that
first Palm Festival and future Orange Bowl Classic.
BOB DEVANEY (1976): Three consecutive Orange Bowl appearances, two
national championships and a Heisman
Trophy winner mark Devaney's association with the Orange Bowl. Devaney
coached Nebraska in a total of five OB
Classics, compiled a 101-20-2 record and won eight Big
Eight Conference titles. Devaney, who also served as
head coach at Wyoming, was inducted into the National
Football Foundation College Hall of Fame in 1981.
BOBBY DODD (1976): Dodd's 57-year
association with Georgia Tech as a
coach and administrator included
three appearances in the Orange Bowl
Classic. His Rambling Wreck beat
Kansas (20-14) in 1948, Baylor (17-14) in
1952 and lost to Florida (27-12) in 1967, Dodd's last
game as a coach. "In Dodd We Trust" led Tech to a
165-64-8 record and 13 bowl appearances. He was
twice inducted into the National Football Foundation
College Hall of Fame, as a player in 1959 and as a
coach in 1993.
STEVE VAN BUREN (1976): Van Buren
accounted for 172 yards of offense,
scored two touchdowns and threw for
another as LSU beat Texas A&M in the
1944 Orange Bowl. His interception on
defense preserved a 19-14 victory for
the Tigers. Despite playing with a sore ankle, Van
Buren also kicked off, punted and kicked a PAT. His
career continued in the NFL where he was a premier
running back for the Philadelphia Eagles.
BUD WILKINSON (1978): Wilkinson put
Oklahoma on the map in the 1950’s with
four Orange Bowl appearances and
three national titles. His 1954 squad
shut out No. 1 Maryland, 7-0, while his
top-ranked 1956 team defeated the
Terrapins, 20-6, securing a Sooner national championship in each season. Wilkinson's Sooners also
recorded Orange Bowl wins over Duke in 1958 and
Syracuse in 1959. Wilkinson led the Oklahoma program
from 1947-63 and was inducted into the National
Football Foundation College Hall of Fame in 1969.
JOE NAMATH (1979): All-American
Namath won the Orange Bowl's first
MVP award although his Alabama
team lost, 21-17, to Texas in the '65
Classic. His second-half performance
brought the Crimson Tide to within one
yard of a national championship, but his quarterback
sneak on a fourth-and-one failed. Namath also
quarterbacked the Tide to a 17-0 win in the 1963
Orange Bowl.
TOMMY NOBIS (1979): Nobis was the
outstanding linebacker on the 1965
Texas squad that beat top-ranked
Alabama, 21-17, in the Orange Bowl.
He rallied the Longhorns' defense in a
goal line stand, refusing to let
quarterback Joe Namath into the end zone for what
would be the winning points. A Longhorn from 196365, Nobis was inducted into the National Football
Foundation College Hall of Fame in 1981.
JACK HARDING (1980): The University
of Miami's legendary head football
coach from 1937-42, 1945-47 and
longtime athletic director from 1948-63,
Harding was chiefly responsible for
taking the program from small-time into
major college status. His 1945 club went 9-1-1 and
defeated Holy Cross, 13-6, in the 1946 Orange Bowl.
With the score deadlocked at 6-6, an 89-yard interception return by Al Hudson gave Harding's team the
victory on the final play. Harding was also inducted into
the National Football Foundation College Hall of Fame in
1980, as well as the Florida Sports Hall of Fame.
AL HUDSON (1980): It was Hudson's
89-yard interception return on the
game's final play that gave the
University of Miami (FL) a thrilling 13-6
win over Holy Cross in the 1946 Orange
Bowl Classic. Seconds before the final
gun sounded ending the game, the Crusaders came up
with a long, desperation pass attempt thrown by
halfback Gene DeFillippo. Holy Cross end Frank
Parker, open downfield, reached into the air but the
ball bounced off his hands into the waiting left hand of
Hurricane halfback Al Hudson. Hudson juggled the
pigskin momentarily, and then raced the down sideline
as the remaining seconds ticked away. The game
ended with Hudson galloping past the Holy Cross 35yard-line and into the endzone.
ARA PARSEGHIAN (1980): The 11-year
head coach of Notre Dame led his
team to two Orange Bowl appearances. After losing to Nebraska, 40-6,
in the 1973 Orange, Parseghian's 1975
squad upset Alabama's national title
hopes with a 13-11 victory in the coach's last game
with the Fighting Irish. That final game pitted
Parseghian against legendary Crimson Tide coach
Paul "Bear" Bryant. Parseghian, a 1980 inductee into
the National Football Foundation College Hall of Fame,
also coached at Miami (OH) and Northwestern before
etching his name into the annals of college football
history with the Irish.
PAUL "BEAR" BRYANT (1981): Recently
surpassed on the all-time coaching
lists, by Joe Paterno and Bobby
Bowden, Bryant remains as one of the
all-time winners in college football
history. Bryant brought his squads to
the Orange Bowl more than any other non-Big Eight
coach. Six of his teams played in Miami, including five
trips by Alabama (1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975) and one
by Kentucky (1950). Bryant's '66 OB team defeated
Nebraska, 39-28, to clinch its second national championship. Bryant, who also coached at Maryland and
Texas A&M, was inducted into the National Football
Foundation College Hall of Fame in 1986.
TOMMY McDONALD (1981): "Shoo Fly"
McDonald's running and passing were
instrumental in Oklahoma's 20-6 victory
over Maryland in the 1956 Orange Bowl
Classic. Trailing 6-0 in the third, the
halfback passed the Sooners inside the
10-yard line and then ran for a 4-yard touchdown as his
squad went on to the national championship. A Sooner
from 1954-56, McDonald was inducted into the National
Football Foundation College Hall of Fame in 1985.
FRANK HOWARD (1981): Howard, the
legendary Clemson head coach,
brought his Tigers to Orange Bowl
Classics in 1951 and 1957. Against
Miami (FL) in '51, Clemson won 15-14
on a safety in the game's closing
minutes; in '57 his Tiger squad lost a heartbreaker to
Colorado, 27-21. Clemson trailed 20-0 at the half and
rallied to take a 21-20 lead before Colorado scored to
win. Howard led Clemson to six bowls and six
conference titles during his 30 years as head coach
from 1940-69. Howard is a member of the National
Football Foundation College Hall of Fame since 1989.
STEVE SLOAN (1982): Sloan, an AllAmerican and Southeastern
Conference MVP, directed the Crimson
Tide to a national championship in the
1966 Orange Bowl Classic, completing
a then-Orange Bowl record 20 passes
for 296 yards. The Alabama team equaled or bettered
six Orange Bowl records in a 39-28 win over
Nebraska. His Alabama teams had a combined 28-4-1
record with two SEC championships, two berths into
the Orange Bowl and one Sugar Bowl. Following his
playing career, Sloan went on to coach at Vanderbilt
and Texas Tech, where he was named SEC and
Southwest Conference Coach of the Year during his
respective stints.
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JAMES WALLACE "WALLY" BUTTS
(1982): The head coach of the Georgia
Bulldogs made three trips to the
Orange Bowl (1942, 1949, 1960), beating
Texas Christian (40-26) in '42 and
Missouri (14-0) in '60, while falling to
the Texas Longhorns, 41-28, in '49. As head coach of
the Bulldogs from 1939-60, he won four SEC Championships, played in eight bowl games and retired with a
140-86-9 record. He was a 1997 inductee into the
National Football Foundation College Hall of Fame.
ROBERT L. SUFFRIDGE (1982):
Tennessee's legendary coach General
Robert Neyland described "Suff" as "the
greatest lineman I ever saw." Suffridge
played offensive and defensive guard
for the 1939 Orange Bowl champions,
helping to establish the Orange as a "major" bowl. The
Volunteers beat Oklahoma, which was also
undefeated, 17-0. He was a 1961 inductee into the
NFFCollege Hall of Fame.
MIKE HOLOVAK (1983): In Boston
College's only appearance in the OB,
Holovak rushed for 141 yards in the
1943 game and set a record for the
highest average per play (15.8).
Although his team lost to Alabama, 3721, Holovak kept his team in the game with touchdown
runs of 65, 35 and 2 yards. After starring from 1940-42,
Holovak eventually went on to get inducted into the
NFF College Hall of Fame in 1985.
LARRY SMITH (1983): The University of
Florida rode the arm of Heisman Trophy
winner Steve Spurrier to the 1967
Orange Bowl, but it was the legs and
hands of Larry Smith that gave it a 2712 win over Georgia Tech. Smith
rushed for 187 yards and caught two passes for 35
yards. His 94-yard touchdown run is still the longest in
OB history.
LEE ROY SELMON (1983): One of
Oklahoma's finest, All-American
defensive tackle Lee Roy Selmon
helped key the Sooners' 1976 national
championship with nine tackles in a 146 win over Michigan in the Orange
Bowl Classic. He won the Vince Lombardi Award and
Outland Trophy that year, symbolizing the nation's best
lineman. He went on to star for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, earning several Pro Bowl honors. He is a
member of both the National Football League and
National Football Foundation College Hall of Fame
since 1988.
GEORGE CAFEGO (1984): "Bad News"
Cafego rushed for 114 yards as his
Tennessee team stopped the Oklahoma
Sooners, 17-0, in the 1939 Classic. He
also punted and threw six passes in
the game that was the Orange Bowl's
first major match-up. Cafego starred for the Volunteers from 1937-39 and was a 1961 inductee into the
National Football Foundation College Hall of Fame.
LEROY JORDAN (1984): Jordan’s
Orange Bowl-record 31 tackles in 1963
led Alabama to a 17-0 shutout of
Oklahoma, a team which outscored its
opponents by a 247-19 margin during
the season. Jordan, an All-American,
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enjoyed 13 seasons with the Dallas Cowboys and was
inducted into the National Football Foundation College
Hall of Fame in 1983.
DARRELL ROYAL (1984): Royal led
Texas to a 21-17 upset of No. 1
Alabama in the 1965 Orange Bowl, as
the Longhorn defense stopped Joe
Namath’s quarterback sneak on a
fourth-and-one from the one-yard line
late in the fourth quarter. Royal, Texas’ winningest
coach, compiled a 167-47-5 record over 20 years in
Austin. He was inducted into the National Football
Foundation College Hall of Fame in 1983.
EDWARD "TED" HUSING (1984):
Perhaps the foremost play-by-play
announcer in America's sports casting
history, Ted Husing was largely responsible for play-play broadcasting as we
know it. His unique ability to capture
the drama of sports as it was played out on the field,
and to effectively communicate that drama to the
listening audience helped advance sports casting to
the exciting medium that it is today. After one visit to
the Orange Bowl with CBS Radio, Husing became so
enamored with the game that he became its most
prolific promoter. Husing used airtime during baseball
games and other sporting events to call attention to
the Orange Bowl and its attractions and festivities. He
also has been inducted into the American Sportscasters Hall of Fame.
GEORGE POSCHNER (1985): Poschner,
and All-Southeastern Conference
offensive and defensive end helped
Georgia knock off TCU, 40-26, in the
1942 Orange Bowl, alongside high
school and college teammate and
fellow Orange Bowl Hall of Fame inductee Frank
Sinkwich. Poschner was an All-American and was
later awarded a Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and Distinguished Service Cross for his service in the Army
during World War II.
DONALD B. WHITMIRE (1985): An AllAmerican tackle and soldier, Don
Whitmire attended the University of
Alabama from 1939 to 1942. He was
named to the Crimson Tide all-time
Cotton and Orange Bowl teams. He
enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1942 then was ordered
to the Naval Academy the following year. At the Naval
Academy he was an All-American again and won the
many accolades. Whitmire played in the 1943 Orange
Bowl when the Crimson Tide defeated Boston College
37-21. A 1946 graduate of the United States Naval
Academy, he served two tours in Vietnamese waters.
In 1956 he was elected to the collegiate National
Football Foundation College Hall of Fame.
BART STARR (1986): Bart Starr punted
for the Alabama Crimson Tide in the
1953 Orange Bowl Classic and was
also the team's reserve quarterback.
Alabama broke the Orange Bowl
scoring record that day with 61 points
following Starr's fourth-quarter 22-yard TD pass. After
completing four years in Tuscaloosa, Starr played 22
years with the Green Bay Packers and was selected
to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1977. During his
NFL career, Starr led Green Bay to five NFL titles and
two Super Bowl wins.
WELDON HUMBLE (1986): Weldon
Humble was the top guard on Rice'
1947 Orange Bowl winning team that
defeated Tennessee 8-0. Humble,
playing both offense and defense,
helped to pave the way for the game's
lone touchdown in the first quarter while assisting in
shutting out the seventh-ranked Volunteers. One of
the Southwest Conference' top players all-time and a
National Football Foundation College Hall of Fame
inductee in 1961, Humble played on four title teams for
the Cleveland Browns. Humble was also awarded the
Bronze Star for combat service on Okinawa and
Saipan during World War II with the Marines. In the
middle of his professional football career, Humble
served on active duty in the Korean War.
PRENTICE GAUTT (1986): Prentice
Gautt played in the backfield for the
1958 and 1959 Orange Bowl champion
Oklahoma Sooners squads that
defeated Duke and Syracuse, respectively. Among his Orange Bowl
highlights was rushing for 94 yards in the 1959 classic
with a 42-yard touchdown run that opened up game
scoring. He was a two-time All-Big Eight honoree and
was the MVP of that 1959 Orange Bowl win over
Syracuse. Gautt went on to play professionally for the
St. Louis Browns in 1960 and then the St. Louis
Cardinals. He played in the first integrated highschool football game in Oklahoma and also became
the first African-American to play in the state all-star
game as well as with the Sooners.
JOE PATERNO (1987): Paterno—
Division I FBS’ winningest coach—
owns a 4-1 record in the Orange Bowl,
with the first wins coming in 1969 and
’70 against Kansas and Missouri,
respectively. The Nittany Lions
downed LSU in ’74 and beat Florida State in ‘06 in triple
overtime in the longest game in Orange Bowl history.
Paterno was inducted into the National Football
Foundation College Hall of Fame in 2007.
MIKE REID (1987): Mike Reid was cocaptain of a Penn State force that
reeled off a 22-game winning streak and
two Orange Bowl victories, including
the incredible last-second come-frombehind 15-14 win over Kansas in 1969.
Reid recorded two quarterback sacks on Kansas' final
series, enabling State to drive for the winning TD and
two-point conversion. A 1987 inductee into the National
Football Foundation College Hall of Fame, Reid played at
Penn State from 1966-69 and went on to play five
seasons for the Cincinnati Bengals. Following his NFL
days, Reid went on to become a Grammy-winning
songwriter for such legends as Kenny Rogers, Willie
Nelson and Bette Midler.
JOE ROMIG (1987): Joe Romig, a
linebacker and offensive guard at
Colorado from 1959-61, led the
Buffaloes to the 1962 Orange Bowl
where they played against LSU. The
All-Big Eight and two-time AllAmerican had a standout career at Colorado on the
field, but also made a name for him off the field where
he graduated as the Valedictorian at CU and went on
to be a Rhodes Scholar. Romig was named National
Lineman of the Year in 1961 and finished sixth in the
Heisman Trophy balloting. In 1984, Romig was
inducted into the National Football Foundation College
Hall of Fame.
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BARRY SWITZER (1987): Switzer set a
record when he coached Oklahoma in
his ninth Orange Bowl in 1988 and
guided the Sooners to a 6-3 record in
the Classic. Two of his Orange Bowl
teams won national championships
with wins over Michigan in 1976 and Penn State in ’86.
Oklahoma’s winningest coach, Switzer posted a 15729-4 record and an .837 winning percentage in 16
seasons, which ranks fourth best in NCAA Division I
FBS history. He was inducted into the National
Football Foundation College of Fame in 2001.
JIMMY BURNS (1988): As sports editor
of The Miami Herald for 23 years,
Jimmy Burns was devoted to
promoting the Orange Bowl and
college football in South Florida. Many
credit Burns with helping the
University of Miami secure a spot in the 1946 game
against Holy Cross; Burns later aided the Orange Bowl
stadium expansion cause with his writings.
RAY EVANS (1988): Ray Evans scored
both Kansas touchdowns (a 12-yard
run and a 13-yard catch), but his team
lost a heartbreaker to Georgia Tech in
the 1948 Orange Bowl Classic, 20-14.
With less than a minute to play, the
Jayhawks fumbled on the Georgia Tech one-yard line
and their comeback was thwarted. All-American in
two sports, Evans was one of the first two football AllAmericans at Kansas (1947) and a two-time Helms
Foundation basketball All-American (1942 and 1943).
He was inducted into the National Football Foundation
College Hall of Fame in 1964.
BILLY SIMS (1988): Heisman Trophy
winner Billy Sims led Oklahoma past
Florida State as a senior in the 1980
Orange Bowl (24-7) with his 134-yard,
two-touchdown performance. The
following season Sims' Sooners beat
the Seminoles again (18-17) as the senior rushed for
164 yards and a touchdown. Sims also played in the
1978 Orange Bowl. He rushed for 305 yards on 55
carries in the three games. The first pick of the Detroit
Lions in the 1980 draft, Sims was the NFL Rookie of the
Year in 1980 and was inducted into the National
Football Foundation College Hall of Fame in 1995.
DON FAUROT (1989): Faurot, "Father of
the Split T" formation, led Missouri to
its first appearance in a major bowl at
the 1940 Orange Bowl, the first of five
bowl appearances for Faurot's squads.
He spent 19 years as head football
coach and 30 years as Athletic Director at Missouri,
for which the football stadium (Faurot Field) bears his
name. He was inducted into the National Football
Foundation College Hall of Fame in 1961.
FRANCO HARRIS (1989): Franco Harris,
who starred at Penn State from 196971, assisted his Nittany Lions to a 10-3
victory over Missouri in the 1970
Orange Bowl Classic. In the game,
Harris had 17 rushes for 46, including a
team-high 16-yard scamper. In the game, Harris also
caught one pass for six yards and returned a kickoff
for 19 yards. After his collegiate career, Harris went
on to become the 13th overall selection by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1972 draft. His professional
career included eight Pro Bowl selections, four Super
Bowl titles, the NFL Man of the Year Award in 1976 and
induction into the National Football League Hall of
Fame in 1990.
JERRY TAGGE (1989): Jerry Tagge
quarterbacked the Nebraska
Cornhuskers to national championships in the 1971 and 1972 Orange
Bowls, becoming one of only two
players to be named the bowl's MVP
twice. The titles were the first two for the Nebraska
program and the first under legendary head coach
Bob Devaney. His one-yard plunge gave Nebraska a
17-12 win over LSU in the 1971 game, and the 1972
'Huskers defeated Alabama, 38-6. Following his collegiate career, Tagge played three seasons with his
hometown Green Bay Packers.
TOM LANDRY (1990): Thomas Wade
Landry attended the University of Texas
as a freshman then immediately left to
serve on a B-17 bomber crew during
World War II, flying 30 missions and
surviving a crash in Belgium. Upon his
return to the Longhorn football program the
fullback/defensive back led the Longhorns to victories
in the 1948 Sugar Bowl and the 1949 Orange Bowl. UT
defeated Georgia in that 1949 game with Landry
gaining a game-high 117 yards on the day. He then
went on play professionally for the AAFC's New York
Yankees and NFL's New York Giants, 1949-55. After
serving as an assistant coach for the Giants, Landry
was named the head coach for the expansion Dallas
Cowboys in 1960. His 29-year reign in Dallas included
Super Bowl titles in 1971 and 1977. He was inducted
into the National Football League Hall of Fame in 1990.
RICH GLOVER (1990): Glover, the 1973
Outland and Lombardi trophy winner,
helped Nebraska to two national titles
after consecutive Orange Bowl victories
in 1971 against LSU and ’72 over
Alabama, as well as a victory over
Notre Dame in ’73. He was the named MOP in the ’72
and ’73 contests. Glover was inducted into the National
Football Foundation College Hall of Fame in 1995.
TOMMY CASANOVA (1990): Although
his LSU team lost to national champion
Nebraska in the 1971 Orange Bowl
Classic, All-American Tommy
Casanova was a described "all-everything" player for the Tigers from 1969-71
holding down roles as a safety, running back and kickreturner. Casanova is widely considered the first
player to be able to play in all three phases with equal
ability since college football teams started platooning.
In his career, LSU was 27-7 winning two bowls and the
SEC Championship in 1970. His would later be named
one of College Football's top 100 players of all-time
and was inducted into the National Football
Foundation College Hall of Fame in 1995.
FRANK BROYLES (1991): Frank Broyles'
Georgia Tech squad fell to Tulsa, 26-12,
in the 1945 Orange Bowl Classic. He
stood out in the game, though, passing
for 304 yards as the Yellow Jackets star
quarterback. Broyles passing yards
stood as the Orange Bowl record for 55 years when
Michigan's Tom Brady passed the mark in 2000.
Broyles would later gain fame as the head coach of the
Arkansas Razorbacks from 1958-76. Broyles' record at
Arkansas was 144-58-5, including the 1964 national
championship. His teams won seven Southwest
Conference titles and played in 10 bowl games.
CHARLIE PITTMAN (1991): Charlie
Pittman's late fourth-quarter 13-yard
touchdown run gave the Nittany Lions
the opportunity to upset Kansas, 15-14,
in the now-infamous 12th man game.
Pittman rushed for 141 yards, caught
four passes and returned punts and kickoffs in two
consecutive Orange Bowl victories (1969, 1970). His
1970 Nittany Lions capped a 12-0 season with their
Orange Bowl victory. Pittman went on to play two
seasons in the NFL with the St. Louis Cardinals and
Baltimore Colts in 1971 and 1972, respectively.
J.C. WATTS (1991): Watts, a two-time
Orange Bowl MOP, led Oklahoma with
127 rushing yards, including a 61-yard
touchdown, in a 24-7 win over Florida
State in 1980 and on a 78-yard drive
late in the ’81 Classic ended with an 11yard touchdown pass and two-point conversion,
giving the Sooners an 18-17 win against the
Seminoles. Following a professional career in the CFL,
Watts was a Baptist minister, was elected to Congress
in 1994, and later was named chair of the House
Republican Conference.
TOM OSBORNE (1991): The nation's
winningest active coach when he
retired in 1997, Dr. Tom Osborne took
his Cornhuskers to the Orange Bowl 11
times in 25 years, winning two of his
three national championships in the
1995 and 1998 Orange Bowls. His 836 winning
percentage was fifth on the all-time Division I-A
Coaches list and his 255 wins were seventh, and the
Huskers played in 25 major bowls. Osborne was
elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2001,
as well as inducted into the National Football
Foundation College Hall of Fame in 1998.
JOE BELLINO (1992): Bellino, Navy’s
1960 Heisman Trophy winner, caught a
27-yard touchdown pass with arguably
the greatest catch in the Orange Bowl
history in a 21-14 loss to Missouri in the
1961 Classic. He caught three passes
for 37 yards, punted, returned punts and kickoffs, and
tallied several tackles. After spending four years in
the military, Bellino joined the AFL's Boston Patriots in
1965. He was inducted into the National Football
Foundation College Hall of Fame in 1977.
STEVE OWENS (1992): Steve Owens,
the 1969 Heisman Trophy winner,
rushed for 61 yards on 17 carries and
scored a touchdown in leading
Oklahoma to a down-to-the wire 26-24
victory over Tennessee a year earlier in
the 1968 Orange Bowl. While playing football at
Oklahoma, Owens was All-American for two years; All
Big Eight conference in 1967, 1968 and 1969; and Big 8
Player of the Year in 1968 and 1969. He was inducted
into the NFF College Hall of Fame in 1991.
HOWARD SCHNELLENBERGER (1993):
As the architect of arguably the
greatest postseason college football
game ever played - the 1984 Orange
Bowl - Howard Schnellenberger led
the Miami Hurricanes to their first ever
national championship. In five years at Miami,
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Schnellenberger compiled a 41-16 record after the
previous 10-year period had yielded a 46-72 mark.
Schnellenberger most recently founded the FAU
program that is currently playing at the FBS level.
After leaving UM, he went on to coach at Louisville for
10 years, leading that program to newfound success.
DAN DEVINE (1993): Among Dan
Devine's impressive coaching career,
was a National Championship with
Notre Dame in 1977 along with three
Orange Bowl Classic appearances
with the Missouri Tigers. Overall,
Devine went 172-57-9 (a .742 winning percentage) over
22 seasons at Notre Dame, Missouri and Arizona
State. As a college head coach, he had just one losing
season. He also coached the Green Bay Packers for
four seasons, going 25-27-4. Devine was elected to the
National Football Foundation's College Football Hall of
Fame in 1985, the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, and is
a winner of the prestigious John F. Kennedy Award.
BOB BROWN (1994): Bob Brown was a
big man for his time in college football,
the early 1960's. In his junior year, 1962,
he was named All-Conference guard.
In his senior season, 1963, made
unanimous All-America at this position.
Nebraska had a 10-1 season and won its first
conference championship since 1940. In the Orange
Bowl against Auburn, Brown's crushing block, which
carried his man eight yards down field, opened the
way for Dennis Claridge to go 68 yards for a
touchdown. This was the second play of the game and
helped Nebraska to a 13-7 victory. Brown was an NFL
All-Pro seven times, having played with the
Philadelphia Eagles, Los Angles Rams and Oakland
Raiders and is now a member of the NFL Hall of Fame
and National Football Foundation's College Football
Hall of Fame since 1993.
MIKE McGEE (1994): Mike McGee was
big and fast and was the starting right
guard on Duke's 1958 Orange Bowl
team that lost a 48-21 decision to
Oklahoma. The sophomore anchored
an offensive line that totaled 328 yards
of offense in the game. He was an All-America, ACC
Player of the Year and the Outland Trophy winner in
1959 as a senior and played three years in the NFL
with the St. Louis Cardinals before a neck injury ended
his career. He first worked as an assistant coach at
Duke, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, then head coach at
East Carolina and Duke. He was director of athletics at
the University of Cincinnati and Southern California.
McGee was elected to the National Football
Foundation's College Football Hall of Fame in 1990.
BILL McCARTNEY (1995): Coach Bill
McCartney turned around a moribund
Colorado program and brought his 11-0
Buffaloes to the 1990 Orange Bowl
Classic with the nation's top ranking.
Although Notre Dame won 21-6, the
following year his 10-1-1 team beat the Fighting Irish,
10-9, in the Orange Bowl to win the school's first
National Championship. In turn, he was named 1989
National and Big Eight "Coach of the Year" and was
conference Coach of the Year three times in his 13
seasons in Boulder where he led the Buffs to a 92-55-5
record.
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MIKE ROZIER (1995): Mike Rozier
played in three Orange Bowls, 1982
through 1984, rushing for more yards
(340) than any runner in Classic history.
The Nebraska tailback caught the
winning touchdown pass in a 21-20 win
over Louisiana State in the 1983 Orange Bowl and
rushed for 147 yards in the 1984 thriller, arguably the
greatest postseason game in college football history.
He was named the Heisman Trophy winner that 1983
season. The Houston Oilers chose Mike in the supplemental draft in 1984 where he played for seven years.
He finished his NFL career with the Falcons in 1991.
JOHNNY RODGERS (1996): Johnny
Rodgers played three years at
wingback in Bob Devaney's Nebraska
offense and won three Big 8
Conference titles, including the 1970
and 1971 National Championships won
in the Orange Bowl. The 1972 Heisman winner,
Rodgers was all-conference three times, consensus
All-America in 1971 and unanimous All-America in
1972. After the 1971 season, Nebraska was in the
Orange Bowl against Alabama. Rodgers had a 77-yard
punt return. After the 1972 season Nebraska beat
Notre Dame 40-6 in the Orange Bowl. Rodgers scored
an Orange Bowl-record four touchdowns and passed
for a fifth. He played pro with Montreal in the
Canadian Football League 1973-76 and San Diego in
the NFL 1977-78.
DICK EBERSOL (1996): Under the
guidance of Dick Ebersol, a protégé of
ABC Sports czar Roone Arledge, NBC
televised four Orange Bowl National
Championship games between 1989
and 1995. Ebersol began his career at
NBC as the director of weekend late-night
programming where he helped conceive the landmark
comedy show "Saturday Night Live." He became
NBC's youngest vice president in history when was
named V.P. of late night programming at age 28. He
became president of NBC Sports in 1989.
BERNIE KOSAR (1997): Bernie Kosar
was instrumental in the University of
Miami (FL) becoming known as
"Quarterback U." As a freshman, Kosar
guided the Hurricanes to their firstever National Championship with a 3130 upset win over Nebraska in the 1984 Orange Bowl.
In the game, Kosar threw for 300 yards. His efforts
earned him MVP honors in the 50th Anniversary of the
Orange Bowl Classic. Among the greatest passers in
UM history, Kosar went on to play 12 seasons in the
NFL with the Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys and
Miami Dolphins. He is currently a member of the
GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame.
DON JAMES (1997): Coach Don James
compiled a 153-57-2 record at the
University of Washington from 1975-92
to become the Huskies all-time leader
in wins. He brought Washington to the
1985 Orange Bowl, becoming the first
Pac-10 team to play in the 51-year history of the Bowl
game. Not only were they the first Pac-10 team in an
Orange Bowl game, but the No. 4 Huskies upset No. 2
Oklahoma 28-17 to finish second in the country. A year
before his retirement, Washington won a share of the
National Championship in 1991 - with the Miami Hurricanes - James' college alma mater. Inducted in the
National Football Foundation College Football Hall of
Fame in 1998, James compiled a career record of 17876-3 after spending his early years at Kent State.
CARL JAMES (1997): James legacy will
always resonate at the Orange Bowl
Classic. The Big Eight Conference
Commissioner from 1980 until his
retirement in 1996, James had a strong
relationship with the Orange Bowl, as
three Big Eight teams—Oklahoma (1988), Colorado
(1991), and Nebraska (1995)—won national championships during his tenure. James’ Big Eight also saw
the addition of four Texas schools, creating what is
now known as the Big 12 Conference.
LOU HOLTZ (1998): Only seven other
coaches have coached as many
Orange Bowl Classics as Lou Holtz.
Those names include Bear Bryant, Bud
Wilkinson, Bob Devaney, Tom Osborne,
Barry Switzer, Bobby Bowden and Joe
Paterno. His first appearance was a shocker as Holtz'
Arkansas Razorbacks derailed No. 2 Oklahoma in
what may be the biggest upset in Orange Bowl history.
In back-to-back games against Colorado in 1990 and
1991, Holtz went 1-1 with the Notre Dame Fighting
Irish. The first meeting saw the Irish upset the No. 1
Buffaloes 21-6. CU exacted revenge the next year
winning 10-9 for the national title. In his final
appearance Holtz took on Bowden and the Seminoles
with the Irish fighting all the way to late fourth quarter
in a 31-26 loss to the Seminoles.
EDDIE ROBINSON (1998): Eddie
Robinson coached Grambling State
University 55 years and went an
impressive 408-165-15. The 408 games
won set a record for a college football
coach. Among other achievements
were these: 17 championships in the Southwestern
Athletic Conference, nine Black College National
Championships, a streak of 27 consecutive winning
seasons 1960-86. In 1976 Grambling played Morgan
State in Tokyo; this was the first time a regular season
college game had been played on foreign soil. The
National Football Foundation gave him its award for
Contribution to Amateur Football in 1992 and named
him to College Football Hall of Fame in 1997.
GINO TORRETTA (1998): Miami's
second Heisman Trophy winner in 1992,
Gino Torretta had an illustrious collegiate career with the Hurricanes
amassing 7,690 passing yards, 555
completions and 7,722 yards in total
offense. Like Miami's first Heisman Trophy winner,
Vinny Testaverde, Torretta made the most of his opportunity to star during his junior season and set up a
Heisman run with a spectacular campaign. Torretta
took every award available to him in '92: the Maxwell
Award (best overall player), Davey O'Brien Award (top
quarterback), Unitas Award (top senior quarterback),
consensus All-American, and every Player of the Year
Award. In winning the 1992 FedEx Orange Bowl for the
Hurricanes fourth National Championship, Toretta
completed 19-of-41 passes for 257 yards and the
game's first touchdown.
KEITH JACKSON (1999): University of
Oklahoma All-America tight end Keith
Jackson is only one of three players in
the history of the Orange Bowl Classic
to have started in four straight Orange
Bowl games. During his tenure at OU,
his Big Eight champion Sooners played Washington,
Penn State, Arkansas and Miami (FL) in consecutive
Orange Bowls from 1985-88. The 1986 Classic against
Penn State resulted in the National Championship. In
ORANGE BOWL HALL OF FAME
the game, it was Jackson's 71-yard touchdown
reception in the second quarter that gave the Sooners
the lead and opened up the onslaught in a 25-10 win
over the Nittany Lions. He won an NCAA top six
award for academics. Jackson played pro football
with the Philadelphia Eagles, Miami Dolphins, and
Green Bay Packers. He was inducted into the NFF
College Football Hall of Fame in 2001.
C.W. "HOOTIE" INGRAM (1999): Cecil
"Hootie" Ingram earned All-SEC honors
as a sophomore after leading the
nation in interceptions with 10. He
holds the record for the longest punt
return in Orange Bowl history-an 80yarder for a touchdown that helped Alabama crush
Syracuse 61-6. Ingram was an assistant coach at
Arkansas, 1967-69, then head coach at Clemson, 197072, before moving to the Southeastern Conference as
an assistant commissioner in 1973. He was Florida
State's director of athletics from 1989 until his
retirement in 1996.
JIMMY JOHNSON (2000): Jimmy
Johnson is the first, and now one of
two head coaches in football history, to
win both a championship in college
and the NFL. Johnson coached the
University of Miami (FL) for five
seasons, 1984-88, and amassed a 52-9 record. His final
two seasons at UM saw the Hurricanes appear in
back-to-back Orange Bowls in 1988 and 1989. After
three seasons of building UM towards the next level
following a prosperous Schnellenberger era, Johnson
won the National Championship with a 20-14 win over
Oklahoma. The next season, Miami (FL) beat
Nebraska, 23-3, in his final collegiate game before
leaving for the NFL. Johnson would later coach the
Dallas Cowboys and Miami Dolphins, winning 1992
and 1993 Super Bowls.
AL DAVIS (2000): The principal owner
of the Oakland Raiders is the only man
in modern professional history to have
served as an assistant coach, head
coach, general manager, league
commissioner and team owner. Prior
to this most recent induction, Davis was tabbed to the
NFL Hall of Fame in 1992. He went from assistant
coach of the Los Angeles, then San Diego Chargers, to
head coach and general manager of the Raiders, to
Commissioner of the American Football League and to
principal owner and chief executive officer of the
Raiders, transforming a failing franchise into pro
football's winningest team.
GENE CORRIGAN (2000): The Atlantic
Coast Conference won two National
Championships during Gene Corrigan's
decade as commissioner from 1987-97,
including new addition Florida State's
first title in 1993. A former Athletic
Director at Notre Dame and Virginia, Corrigan landed
the ACC Commissioner position following the
retirement of Bob James. He would become one of
the driving forces behind the formation of the Football
Bowl Alliance, the postseason structure in place
between 1995 and 1997, which included the ACC, Big
East, Big 12 and the SEC along with the Fiesta, Orange
and Sugar Bowls. Corrigan also served a two-year
term (1995-1997) as president of the NCAA and served
on the board of directors of the National Football
Foundation and Hall of Fame.
STEVE WALSH (2001): For two years,
All-American Steve Walsh led the
Hurricanes to a 23-1 record, including
the 1987 National Championship with a
20-14 win over Oklahoma in the 1988
Orange Bowl Classic. In the game,
Walsh connected on two touchdown passes, a 30yard pass to Melvin Bratton to open scoring and a 23yard pass to Michael Irvin to finish it. In his career, he
completed 410-of-690 for 5,369 yards and 48 touchdowns. Walsh passed up his senior season with
Miami (FL) and was chosen by Jimmy Johnson and
the Dallas Cowboys in the supplemental draft and
would go on to play for a total of six teams over a 10year career.
IRVING FRYAR (2001): Nebraska AllAmerica receiver Irving Fryar, the 1984
No. 1 overall draft pick by the New
England Patriots, starred in back-toback Orange Bowl Classics in 1983 and
1984. The Huskers defeated the LSU
Tigers, 21-20, in the 1983 to finish No. 3 for the year.
After going 12-0 the next season, NU would eventually
fall to the Miami Hurricanes, 31-30, in one of the most
memorable college football games of all time. After
being tabbed at the top of the ensuing draft, Fryar
would spend the next 17 seasons in the NFL playing
with the Patriots, Miami Dolphins, Philadelphia Eagles
and Washington Redskins.
RAY GRAVES (2001): Graves appeared
in three separate Orange Bowls as a
player, assistant coach, and head
coach. His Tennessee team beat
undefeated Oklahoma, 17-0, in 1939; he
assisted the legendary Bobby Dodds in
Georgia Tech’s victory over Baylor, 17-14, in 1952; and
he coached Florida to a 27-17 win over the Yellow
Jackets in 1967. Graves compiled a 70-31-4 record as
the Gator head coach before serving as Florida’s
athletic director for 19 years.
TOMMIE FRAZIER (2002): Two-time
Orange Bowl MVP Frazier quarterbacked Nebraska to two national titles,
including the first for Coach Tom
Osborne in the 1995 FedEx Orange
Bowl. After sitting out most of the
regular season with a blood clot in his leg, Frazier led
the Huskers to a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns in
a 24-17 win over Miami (FL). He also won MVP honors
in 1994 in a seesaw 18-16 national championship
defeat to Florida State. Frazier is currently an
assistant football coach at Baylor University.
OZZIE NEWSOME (2002): Newsome
caught six passes for 68 yards for
Alabama in the 1975 OB, but the topranked Tide suffered a 13-11 loss at the
hands of Notre Dame. Newsome, a
tight end, was drafted by the Cleveland
Browns and played in the NFL from 1978-90. He was
elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1999 and, as the
Baltimore Ravens' General Manager, won a Super
Bowl ring in 2001.
EDWIN POPE (2002): Miami Herald
columnist Pope has been writing about
South Florida sports for more than 50
years and has covered college football
since he was a 15 year-old sports
editor in Athens, Ga. - the youngest in
the nation. His first story was written at the age of 11.
Pope listened to Hall of Fame broadcaster Ted Husing
call Georgia Tech's 21-7 victory over Missouri in the
'40 Orange Bowl. He kept a running account of the
game and after delivering his story to the Athens
Banner Herald, was give a full-time job. Pope is a
member of the NFL Hall of Fame, the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Hall of Fame and the Florida
Sports Hall of Fame.
RAGHIB ISMAIL (2003): "The Rocket"
won the Notre Dame MVP in a 21-6
victory over Colorado in the 1990 OB.
He rushed 16 times for 108 yards and a
touchdown. He also returned a kickoff
17 yards in that game. In 1991, he
caught six passes for 57 yards and served as the kick
and punt returner. It was his 91-yard punt return with
43 seconds on the clock that many remember. The
return was called back and Colorado held on for a 109 victory and a national title. Ismail currently plays for
the NFL's Dallas Cowboys.
SONNY JURGENSEN (2003):
Jurgensen quarterbacked Duke to a 347 win over Nebraska in the 1955 Orange
Bowl in addition to a pair of ACC
championships. He led the NFL in
passing three times and was a five-time
All-Pro with the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington
Redskins, passing for 32,224 yards and 255 touchdowns, before Sports Illustrated named him the ninth
greatest sports figure from North Carolina. He was
inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1983.
JIM TATUM (2003): Jim Tatum,
Maryland's head football coach from
1947-55, guided the Terrapins to a
record of 73-15-4 with a 2-2-1 mark in
bowl games. From 1950-55, Tatum's
teams were a combined 51-8-2, with a
perfect 10-0 record. In a nine-season stretch under
Tatum, the Terrapins finished unbeaten in the regular
season three times, winning a national title in 1953.
That same year he was named national coach of the
year. He was a two-time ACC coach of the year and
led his team to the Orange Bowl twice.
BOBBY BOWDEN (2003): There are not
many programs that can match the
dynasty that coach Bowden has
created in Tallahassee as his Seminoles
had an unprecedented run of 14 straight
Top Five finishes, winning 10 or more
games within that span. In those 14 seasons, Bowden
led his squad to five national title games in eight years,
winning two of them. Bowden and another legendary
coach, Penn State's Joe Paterno, and are the FBS’s alltime winningest coach’s.
PEPPER RODGERS (2003): In the 1952
Orange Bowl, Pepper Rodgers kicked
the winning field goal in the final
minutes of play that propelled Georgia
Tech over Baylor 17-14. All told, as a
player Rodgers helped lead Georgia
Tech to two SEC championships (1951 and 1952) and
three bowl victories (Orange Bowl: 1952; Sugar Bowl:
1953 and 1954). Later, Rodgers got his first head
coaching job at the University of Kansas, where he led
his first Jayhawks team to the 1969 Orange Bowl.
Penn State squeaked by with a 15-14 win.
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ROY KRAMER (2004): Kramer was the
Southeastern Conference Commissioner from 1990-2002, during which
time SEC teams played four Orange
Bowls. Within seven months of his
appointment, the conference added
Arkansas and South Carolina, which led to the first
FBS conference football championship game in 1991.
Regarded as the architect for the BCS, Kramer served
as its coordinator for the first two years. During the
’90s, the SEC won 81 national championships, the most
ever in a decade by the league.
STEVE SPURRIER (2004): Joined former
coach Ray Graves as one of the few
individuals in the history of the sport
who have played for and coached the
same team in a Major Bowl Game while never losing an appearance. A
Heisman Trophy winning Spurrier led the Gators to
triumph in the 1967 Orange Bowl Classic, 27-12, over
Georgia Tech. He completed 14 of 30 passes for 160
yards. Thirty-two years later the Gators returned with
Spurrier as coach. In the final Bowl at the historic
Orange Bowl Stadium, Spurrier's Gators dispatched
Syracuse 31-10.
MELVIN BRATTON (2004): Bratton lead
UM to the 1987 National Championship
over Oklahoma in the 1988 Orange
Bowl Classic. Bratton first came to
Miami (FL) in 1983 from nearby Northwestern High School and was a key
member of the Hurricanes' scout team on a team that
won the schools' first national title over Nebraska in
the 1984 Orange Bowl Classic.
JOHN CAPPELLETTI (2005): Cappelletti
rushed for 50 yards and a secondquarter touchdown that proved to be
the difference in Penn State’s 16-9 win
over LSU in the 1974 Orange Bowl. He
tallied 1,522 rushing yards during the ‘73
regular season en route to the Heisman Trophy. Over
the two-year span of 1972-73, Cappelletti rushed for
2,639 yards and 29 touchdowns for the Nittany Lions.
ALONZO HIGHSMITH (2005): A fourtime letterman for Miami (FL),
Highsmith was a member of the 1983
Hurricanes squad which captured the
collegiate national championship with
a 31-30 triumph over Nebraska in the
Orange Bowl. Highsmith was the 1982 Florida high
school 'Defensive Player of the Year' as a linebacker
at Christopher Columbus in Miami, where he was a
teammate of former Alabama head coach Mike Shula.
RON SIMMONS (2005): Simmons led
the Florida State defense to Orange
Bowl appearances against Oklahoma
in 1980 and ’81. Midway through
Simmons’ freshman season, legendary
coach Bobby Bowden said, “Simmons
is turning the program around,” and the star lineman
went on to become a two-time All-American and
guided the Seminoles to four straight victories over
arch-rival Florida. He was inducted into the National
Football Foundation Hall of Fame in 2008
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DENNIS ERICKSON (2006): Dennis
Erickson built his reputation as an
offensive innovator highlighted by his
six seasons as the head coach of the
University of Miami (FL). During that
time, his Hurricanes teams played for
four National Titles, two of which were played at the
FedEx Orange Bowl (1991, ‘95). Erickson coached one
Heisman Trophy Winner (Gino Torretta, '92), three
consensus All-Americans (Carlos Huerta, Darryl
Williams, and Warren Sapp), and 13 NFL first round
picks (including Russell Maryland, Cortez Kennedy,
Ray Lewis and Sapp).
TURNER GILL (2006): Turner Gill has
reached the pinnacle of college
football as both a player and a coach.
As a three-year starting quarterback
for the Cornhuskers, Gill led the team
to a 28-2 record, including a 20-0
conference mark, in 1983 was a Heisman Trophy
finalist, finishing fourth and played in three Orange
Bowls in 1982-84. As a three-year starting
quarterback for the Cornhuskers, Gill led the team to a
28-2 record, including a 20-0 conference mark, in 1983
was a Heisman Trophy finalist, finishing fourth and
played in three Orange Bowls in 1982-84.
MARVIN JONES (2006): Marvin Jones
is one of the finest linebackers in the
history of college football. Marvin
became the first Florida State
University player to capture two
national awards in the same year when
he earned both the Butkus Award as the nation's top
linebacker and the Lombardi Award as the nation's
top linemen and went on to become a 3-time all
American and Heisman candidate while leading his
team to an amazing record of 32-5.
STEVE DAVIS (2007): A three-year
starter at Oklahoma, Davis led the
Sooners to 28 consecutive victories
and led the second-ranked Sooners
against the Michigan Wolverines in the
1976 Orange Bowl. Oklahoma was
protecting a 7-0 lead entering the fourth quarter when
Davis scored on a 10-yard scamper to increase the
Sooners lead to 14-0. Oklahoma would beat Michigan,
14-6, for its fifth national championship and Davis was
named the Orange Bowl’s Offensive MVP. He
accumulated 4,160 yards of total offense, with 2,124
yards coming on the ground and 2,036 yards from the
air. Davis left with a career record of 32-1-1, three Big
8 Championships and two national championships.
JOHN HANNAH (2007): One of the
greatest linemen in football history,
John Hannah was a two-time AllAmerican under Paul “Bear” Bryant at
the University of Alabama from 19701972. Hannah’s number two ranked
Crimson Tide fell to number one ranked Nebraska for
the National Championship in the 1972 Orange Bowl.
Hannah was the fourth player selected in the 1973
draft by the New England Patriots. He was named AllAFC and All-Pro 10 times each. He was part of an AFC
Championship team and played in Super Bowl XX. He
was inducted into the National Football Foundation
College Football Hall of Fame in 1999 and in 1991 he
became the first New England Patriot player, coach or
administrator to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall
of Fame.
FEDEX EXPRESS (2007): FedEx has
been the title sponsor of the Orange
Bowl for 21 consecutive years, making
it the longest running title sponsor
among college bowl games. 1990
marked the first Orange Bowl game
sponsored by FedEx that saw Notre Dame defeat
Colorado 21-6. Founded in 1971 by Fred Smith, today’s
FedEx is a network of companies led by FedEx Corporation, which provides strategic direction and consolidate financial reporting for the operating companies
that compete collectively under the FedEx name
worldwide. FedEx handles more than 6.5 million
shipments each business day. Much in the same way
that the best college football teams need to move the
ball both on the ground and through the air, FedEx has
the ultimate air and ground game with FedEx Express
and FedEx Ground.
ORANGE BOWL FOUNDERS (2008): On
January 2, 1933, Manhattan College,
then an Eastern football powerhouse,
traveled to South Florida to play the
University of Miami (FL) in the
inaugural “Palm Festival.” On that day
no one knew the foundation had been laid for a
college football and South Florida tradition known as
the Orange Bowl. To properly salute the proud and
rich history, the founding members of the Orange Bowl
Committee were honored during the 75th Anniversary
celebration by recognizing the 25 founding members
during the 2008-09 Orange Bowl Festival.
JEFF DAVIS (2009): Davis anchored a
Clemson team that began the 1981
season unranked, but defeated
Nebraska, 22-15, for the national
championship in the ’82 Orange Bowl.
In addition to earning MOP honors with
24 tackles, “The Judge,” was the ACC’s Player of the
Year and an All-American in ’81. Davis was inducted
into the National Football Foundation College Hall of
Fame in 2007.
CHARLIE WARD (2009): Ward led
Florida State to back-to-back Orange
Bowl wins against Nebraska, a 27-14
triumph in 1993 and 16-14 in ’94 for the
national championship. He was the
MOP in both games, combining for 473
passing yards and two touchdowns. Following the ’93
season, Ward captured the Heisman Trophy and the
Maxwell, Walter Camp, and Davey O’Brien Awards.
Ward enjoyed 11 seasons in the NBA and was
inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2006.
CHRIS ZORICH (2009): Zorich played in
two straight Orange Bowls for Notre
Dame, defeating Colorado, 21-6, in 1990,
but losing the national championship to
the Buffaloes, 10-9, in ’91. He tallied 14
tackles in two games and MOP honors
in ’91. A three-time All-American, Zorich earned
Lombardi Award honors following the ‘90 season and
went on to play in the NFL with the Chicago Bears and
Washington Redskins. He was inducted into the
National Football Foundation College Hall of Fame in
2007.
ORANGE BOWL GAME RESULTS
Year
2010
(Jan. 5)
Score
Iowa 24
Georgia Tech 14
Head Coach
Kirk Ferentz
Paul Johnson
Most Outstanding Player
Adrian Clayborn (Iowa)
Record
11-2
11-3
Rank
10/7/7
9/13/13
Attendance
66,131
Payout
18.5 million
Hi-Lo-Rain
61-43-.00
2009
(Jan. 8)
Florida 24
Oklahoma 14
Urban Meyer
Bob Stoops
Tim Tebow (Florida)
Carlos Dunlap (Florida)
13-1
11-2
1/1
5/5
78,468
$18.5 million
86-60-.00
2009
(Jan. 1)
Virginia Tech 20
Cincinnati 7
Frank Beamer
Brian Kelly
Darren Evans (Virginia Tech)
10-4
11-3
15/14
17/17
73,602
$18.5 million
79-61-.00
2008
(Jan. 3)
Kansas 24
Virginia Tech 21
Mark Mangino
Frank Beamer
Aqib Talib (Kansas)
12-1
11-3
7/7
9/9
74,111
$18 million
59-37-.00
2007
(Jan. 2)
Louisville 24
Wake Forest 13
Bobby Petrino
Jim Grobe
Brian Brohm (Louisville)
12-1
11-3
7/6
17/18
74,470
$14-17 million
73-62-.94
2006
(Jan. 3)
Penn State 26
Florida St. 23 (3OT)
Joe Paterno
Bobby Bowden
Willie Reid (Florida State)
12-1
8-5
3/3
22/23
77,912
$14-17 million
79-66-00
2005
(Jan. 4)
USC 55
Oklahoma 19
Pete Carroll
Bob Stoops
Matt Leinart (USC)
13-0
12-1
1/1
2/3
77,912
$14-17 million
79-66-00
2004
(Jan. 1)
Miami 16
Florida State 14
Larry Coker
Bobby Bowden
Jarrett Payton (Miami)
11-2
10-3
9/5
7/11
76,739
$14-17 million
73-62-.00
2003
(Jan. 2)
USC 38
Iowa 17
Pete Carroll
Kirk Ferentz
Carson Palmer (USC)
11-2
11-2
5/4
3/8
75,971
$14-17 million
84-67-.00
2002
(Jan. 2)
Florida 56
Maryland 23
Steve Spurrier
Ralph Friedgen
Taylor Jacobs (Florida)
10-2
10-2
5/3
6/11
73,640
$12 million
71-60-.08
2001
(Jan. 3)
Oklahoma 13
Florida State 2
Bob Stoops
Bobby Bowden
Torrence Marshall (Oklahoma)
13-0
10-2
1/1
3/3
76,835
$12 million
65-51.19
2000
(Jan. 2)
Michigan 35
Alabama 34 (OT)
Lloyd Carr
Mike Dubose
David Terrell (Michigan)
10-3
10-2
5/5
8/8
70,461
$12 million
82-70-.00
1999
(Jan. 2)
Florida 31
Syracuse 10
Steve Spurrier
Paul Pasqualoni
Travis Taylor (Florida)
10-2
8-4
8/5
18/25
67,919
$12 million
80-73-.16
1998
(Jan. 2)
Nebraska 42
Tennessee 17
Tom Osborne
Phillip Fulmer
Ahman Green (Nebraska)
Jamal Lewis (Tennessee)
13-0
11-2
2/1
3/8
74,002
$11.5 million
77-66-.00
1996
(Dec. 31)
Nebraska 41
Virginia Tech 21
Tom Osborne
Frank Beamer
Damon Benning (Nebraska)
Ken Oxendine (Virginia Tech)
11-2
10-2
6/6
10/12
63,297
$11.5 million
83-72-.01
1996
(Jan. 1)
Florida State 31
Notre Dame 26
Bobby Bowden
Lou Holtz
Andre Cooper (Florida State)
Derrick Mayes (Notre Dame)
10-2
9-3
8/4
6/11
72,198
$11.5 million
84-71-.00
1995
(Jan. 1)
Nebraska 24
Miami 17
Tom Osborne
Dennis Erickson
Tommie Frazier (Nebraska)
Chris T. Jones (Miami)
13-0
10-2
1/1
3/6
81,753
$4,641,033
82-65-.00
1994
(Jan. 1)
Florida State 18
Nebraska 16
Bobby Bowden
Tom Osborne
Charlie Ward (Florida State)
Tommie Frazier (Nebraska)
12-1-0
12-1-0
2/1
1/3
81,536
$4,281,924
81-76-.19
1993
(Jan. 1)
Florida State 27
Nebraska 14
Bobby Bowden
Tom Osborne
Charlie Ward (Florida State)
Corey Dixon (Nebraska)
12-1-0
9-3-0
3/2
11/14
57,324
$4,187,500
80-67-5.04
1992
(Jan. 1)
Miami 22
Nebraska 0
Dennis Erickson
Tom Osborne
Larry Jones (Miami)
Tyrone Legette (Nebraska)
12-0
9-2-1
1/1
11/15
77,747
$4,168,001
75-63-.09
1991
(Jan. 1)
Colorado 10
Notre Dame 9
Bill McCartney
Lou Holtz
Charles Johnson (Colorado)
Chris Zorich (Notre Dame)
11-1-1
9-3
1/1
5/6
77,062
$4,187,959
81-68-.00
1990
(Jan. 1)
Notre Dame 21
Colorado 6
Lou Holtz
Bill McCartney
Raghib Ismail (Notre Dame)
Darian Hagan (Colorado)
12-1
11-1
4/2
1/4
81, 191
$4,170,730
85-68-.00
1989
(Jan. 2)
Miami 23
Nebraska 3
Jimmy Johnson
Tom Osborne
Steve Walsh (Miami)
Charles Fryar (Nebraska)
11-1
11-2
2/2
6/10
79,480
$2,735,616
85-64-.00
1988
(Jan. 1)
Miami 20
Oklahoma 14
Jimmy Johnson
Barry Switzer
Bernard Clark (Miami)
Darrell Reed (Oklahoma)
12-0
11-1
2/1
1/3
74,760
$2,591,654
73-68-.00
1987
(Jan. 1)
Oklahoma 42
Arkansas 8
Barry Switzer
Ken Hatfield
Dante Jones (Oklahoma)
Spencer Tillman (Oklahoma)
11-1
9-3
3/3
9/15
52,717
$2,210,763
75-62-.00
1986
(Jan. 1)
Oklahoma 25
Penn State 10
Barry Switzer
Joe Paterno
Sonny Brown (Oklahoma)
Tim Lashar (Oklahoma)
11-1
11-1
3/1
1/3
74,178
$2,329,780
79-72-.00
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26
Year
1985
(Jan. 1)
Score
Washington 28
Oklahoma 17
Head Coach
Don James
Barry Switzer
Most Outstanding Player
Jacque Robinson (Washington)
Ron Holmes (Washington)
Record
11-1
9-2-1
Rank
4/2
2/6
Attendance
56,294
Payout
$2,016,000
Hi-Lo-Rain
82-71-.00
1984
(Jan. 2)
Miami 31
Nebraska 30
H. Schnellenberger
Tom Osborne
Bernie Kosar (Miami)
Jack Fernandez (Miami)
11-1
12-1
5/1
1/2
72,549
$1,839,540
70-62-.00
1983
(Jan. 1)
Nebraska 21
LSU 20
Tom Osborne
Jerry Stovall
Turner Gill (Nebraska)
Dave Rimington (Nebraska)
12-1
8-3-1
3/3
13/11
54,407
$1,658,336
77-72-.00
1982
(Jan. 1)
Clemson 22
Nebraska 15
Danny Ford
Tom Osborne
Homer Jordan (Clemson)
Jeff Davis (Clemson)
12-0
9-3
1/1
4/11
72,748
$1,538,424
77-73-.00
1981
(Jan. 1)
Oklahoma 18
Florida State 17
Barry Switzer
Bobby Bowden
J.C. Watts (Oklahoma)
Jarvis Coursey (Florida State)
10-2
10-2
4/3
2/5
71,043
$1,523,886
70-62-.00
1980
(Jan. 1)
Oklahoma 24
Florida State 7
Barry Switzer
Bobby Bowden
J.C. Watts (Oklahoma)
Bud Herbet (Oklahoma)
11-1
11-1
5/3
4/6
66,714
$1,295,398
62-58-.00
1979
(Jan. 1)
Oklahoma 31
Nebraska 24
Barry Switzer
Tom Osborne
Billy Sims (Oklahoma)
Reggie Kinlaw (Oklahoma)
11-1
9-3
4/3
6/8
66,365
$1,128,076
86-72-.04
1978
(Jan. 2)
Arkansas 31
Oklahoma 6
Lou Holtz
Barry Switzer
Roland Sales (Arkansas)
Reggie Freeman (Arkansas)
10-2
11-1
6/3
2/7
60,987
$996,655
87-71.00
1977
(Jan. 1)
Ohio State 27
Colorado 10
Woody Hayes
Bill Mallory
Rod Gerald (Ohio State)
Tom Cousineau (Ohio State)
9-2-1
8-4
11/6
12/16
65,537
$900,800
68-64-.00
1976
(Jan. 1)
Oklahoma 14
Michigan 6
Barry Switzer
Bo Schembechler
Steve Davis (Oklahoma)
Lee Roy Selmon (Oklahoma)
11-1
8-2-2
3/1
5/8
80,307
$698,444
66-64-.00
1975
(Jan. 1)
Notre Dame 13
Alabama 11
Ara Parseghian
Paul “Bear” Bryant
Wayne Bullock (Notre Dame)
Lee Roy Cook (Alabama)
11-1
10-2
9/6
1/5
71,801
$630,231
73-70-.00
1974
(Jan. 1)
Penn State 16
LSU 9
Joe Paterno
Charlie McClendon
Tom Shuman (Penn State)
Randy Crowder (Penn State)
12-0
9-3
6/5
13/13
60,477
$584,080
76-72-.00
1973
(Jan. 1)
Nebraska 40
Notre Dame 6
Bob Devaney
Ara Parseghian
Johnny Rodgers (Nebraska)
Rich Glover (Nebraska)
9-2-1
8-3
9/4
12/14
80,010
$562,087
74-70-.00
1972
(Jan. 1)
Nebraska 38
Alabama 6
Bob Devaney
Paul “Bear” Bryant
Jerry Tagge (Nebraska)
Rich Glover (Nebraska)
13-0
11-1
1/1
2/4
78,151
$497,439
73-66-.00
1971
(Jan. 1)
Nebraska 17
LSU 12
Bob Devaney
Charlie McClendon
Jerry Tagge (Nebraska)
Willie Harper (Nebraska)
11-0-1
9-3
3/1
5/7
80,699
$451,513
67-57-.00
1970
(Jan. 1)
Penn State 10
Missouri 3
Joe Paterno
Dan Devine
Chuck Burkhart (Penn State)
Mike Reid (Penn State)
11-0
9-2
2/2
6/6
78,282
$411,282
80-62-.04
1969
(Jan. 1)
Penn State 15
Kansas 14
Joe Paterno
Pepper Rodgers
Donnie Shanklin (Kansas)
11-0
9-2
2/2
6/7
77,719
$353,120
78-65-.00
1968
(Jan. 1)
Oklahoma 26
Tennessee 24
Chuck Fairbanks
Doug Dickey
Bob Warmack (Oklahoma)
10-1
9-2
3
2
77,993
$334,832
79-70-.00
1967
(Jan. 1)
Florida 27
Georgia Tech 12
Ray Graves
Bobby Dodd
Larry Smith (Florida)
9-2
9-2
8
72,426
$259,824
84-70-.00
1966
(Jan. 1)
Alabama 39
Nebraska 28
Paul “Bear” Bryant
Bob Devaney
Steve Sloan (Alabama)
9-1-1
10-1
4/1
3/5
72,214
$219,323
79-69-.00
1965
(Jan. 1)
Texas 21
Alabama 17
Darrell Royal
Paul “Bear” Bryant
Joe Namath (Alabama)
10-1
10-1
5
1
72,647
$208,943
79-75-.03
1964
(Jan. 1)
Nebraska 13
Auburn 7
Bob Devaney
Ralph “Shug” Jordan
9-2
9-2
5
6
72,647
$197,677
68-56-.00
1963
(Jan. 1)
Alabama 17
Oklahoma 0
Paul “Bear” Bryant
Bud Wilkinson
9-2
8-3
5
8
72,880
$192,067
72-69-.00
1962
(Jan. 1)
LSU 25
Colorado 7
Paul Dietzel
Sonny Grandelius
10-1
9-2
4
7
68,150
$177,252
69-54-.15
1961
(Jan. 2)
Missouri 21
Navy 14
Dan Devine
Wayne Hardin
11-0
9-1
5
4
72,212
$183,653
80-67-.00
1960
(Jan. 1)
Georgia 14
Missouri 0
Wallace “Wally” Butts
Dan Devine
10-1
6-5
5
18
72,186
$185,962
77-58-.00
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Year
1959
(Jan. 1)
Score
Oklahoma 21
Syracuse 6
Head Coach
Bud Wilkinson
Ben Schwartzwalder
1958
(Jan. 1)
Oklahoma 48
Duke 21
1957
(Jan. 1)
Most Outstanding Player
Record
10-1
8-2
Rank
5
9
Attendance
75,281
Payout
$185,280
Hi-Lo-Rain
79-72-.00
Bud Wilkinson
Bill Murray
10-1
6-3-2
4
16
76,318
$224,314
74-70-.00
Colorado 27
Clemson 21
Dallas Ward
Frank Howard
7-2-2
8-2-1
20
19
73,280
$218,993
73-57-.00
1956
(Jan. 2)
Oklahoma 20
Maryland 6
Bud Wilkinson
Jim Tatum
11-0
10-1
1
3
76,561
$226,146
75-70-.00
1955
(Jan. 1)
Duke 34
Nebraska 7
Bill Murray
Bill Glassford
8-2-1
3-6-1
14
-
68,750
$137,991
76-70-.00
1954
(Jan. 1)
Oklahoma 7
Maryland 0
Bud Wilkinson
Jim Tatum
9-1-1
10-1
4
1
68,640
$121,308
73-60-.00
1953
(Jan. 1)
Alabama 61
Syracuse 6
Harold "Red" Drew
Ben Schwartzwalder
10-2
7-3
9
14
66,280
$104,990
67-55-.00
1952
(Jan. 1)
Georgia Tech 17
Baylor 14
Bobby Dodd
George Sauer
11-0-1
8-2-1
5
9
65,839
$92,980
79-73-.00
1951
(Jan. 1)
Clemson 15
Miami 14
Frank Howard
Andy Gustafson
9-0-1
9-1-1
10
15
65,181
-
70-50-.00
1950
(Jan. 1)
Santa Clara 21
Kentucky 13
Len Casanova
Paul “Bear” Bryant
9-3
9-3
15
11
64,816
-
74-68-.00
1949
(Jan. 1)
Texas 41
Georgia 28
Blair Cheery
Wallace “Wally” Butts
9-2
7-3-1
8
60,523
-
61-42-.00
1948
(Jan. 1)
Georgia Tech 20
Kansas 14
Bobby Dodd
George Sauer
10-1
8-1-2
10
12
59,578
-
77-73-.00
1947
(Jan. 1)
Rice 8
Tennessee 0
Jess Neely
Gen. Robert Neyland
9-2
9-2
10
7
36,152
-
77-74-.00
1946
(Jan. 1)
Miami 13
Holy Cross 6
Jack Harding
John DaGrosa
9-1-1
8-2
16
35,709
-
60-48-.00
1945
(Jan. 1)
Tulsa 26
Georgia Tech 12
Henry Frnka
William Alexander
8-3
8-2
13
23,279
-
78-60-.00
1944
(Jan. 1)
LSU 19
Texas A&M 14
Bernie Moore
Homer Norton
7-2-1
6-3
-
25,203
-
72-58-.00
1943
(Jan. 1)
Alabama 37
Boston College 21
Frank Thomas
Dennis Myers
8-3
8-2
10
8
25,166
-
77-60-.00
1942
(Jan. 1)
Georgia 40
Texas Christian 26
Wallace "Wally" Butts
Leo "Dutch" Meyer
9-1-1
7-3-1
14
-
35,786
-
77-72-.00
1941
(Jan. 1)
Mississippi State 14
Georgetown 7
Allyn McKeen
Jack Haggerty
10-0-1
8-2
9
13
29,554
-
77-70-.00
1940
(Jan. 1)
Georgia Tech 21
Missouri 7
William Alexander
Don Faurot
8-2
8-2
16
6
29,278
-
74-56-.00
1939
(Jan. 2)
Tennessee 17
Oklahoma 0
Gen. Robert Neyland
Tom Stidham
11-0
10-1
2
4
32,191
-
78-67-.00
1938
(Jan. 1)
Auburn 6
Michigan State 0
Jack Meagher
Charlie Bachman
6-2-3
8-2
-
18,972
-
78-73-.00
1937
(Jan. 1)
Duquesne 13
Mississippi State 12
Jack Smith
“Major” Ralph Sasse
8-2
7-3-1
14
-
9,210
-
77-73-.00
1936
(Jan. 1)
Catholic 20
Mississippi 19
A.J. Bergman
Ed Walker
8-1
9-2
-
6,568
-
74-70-.00
1935
(Jan. 1)
Bucknell 26
Miami 0
Edward “Hook” Mylin
Tom McCann
7-2-2
5-3-1
-
5,134
-
79-69-.09
Prior to the 1996 Orange Bowl, payouts were made to individual teams. Beginning with the 1996 Orange Bowl, payouts were made to the conference of the participating team.
Note: Rankings are from Associated Press poll before and after the game. Beginning in 1999, BCS Standings precedes ranking (BCS/AP pregame/postgame)
No Most Outstanding Player Selected from 1935 - 1964 • Bold: Indicates National Championship Games
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GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS
1935
Bucknell
Miami
1936
26
0
Catholic
Mississippi
1937
20
19
13
12
January 1, 1935 - Miami Stadium
January 1, 1936 - Miami Stadium
January 1, 1937 - Miami Stadium
Bison Capture First Orange Bowl
Catholic Holds Off Late Rally
Desperation Pass Upsets Maroons
Bucknell, champion of the smaller
Eastern colleges, was the first
team invited to the Orange Bowl
Classic, which had been called
the Palm Festival for the previous
two years.
Bison head coach Hook
Mylin and his staff took several days to decide on
accepting the invitation to bring his team to
Miami. They finally said yes, but not without
precautions—280 gallons of their own water
supply from Pennsylvania to combat the heat.
Bucknell back Bill Wilkinson scored the first
touchdown, and the Bison defense held Miami to
just four first downs and 28 yards of total offense
en route to the inaugural 26-0 victory.
Another famous sidelight from the 1935
Classic was the transmission of the first wire photo
across the United States by the Associated Press.
The 1936 Orange Bowl featured
out-of-state schools Catholic
University and the University of
Mississippi, with Catholic
prevailing 20-19.
The Cardinals jumped out to
a 13-0 lead before Ole Miss' Ned
Peters broke free on a 67-yard touchdown run,
the first long touchdown in the Orange Bowl.
Catholic safety Paul Rydewski scampered 24
yards with a blocked punt to give the Cardinals a
20-6 lead going into the final quarter.
The Rebels recorded two fourth-quarter
touchdowns, but a missed extra point kept them
one point shy. There has never been a tie in
Orange Bowl history.
With Bill Munday of CBS handling the playby-play, the game was the first Orange Bowl to
be broadcast on radio. Legendary sports writer
Grantland Rice was also in the press box.
A desperation 72-yard touchdown
pass from tailback Boyd
Brumbaugh to Ernie Hefferle
spelled an end to Mississippi
State’s upset hopes as Duquesne
edged the Bulldogs, 13-12.
The Maroons scored first on
a 10-yard run by Ike Pickle. Following a
Brumbaugh 1-yard run, Mississippi State edged
on top once again when Pee Wee Armstrong hit
Fred Walters from 40 yards out to make it 12-7.
Then in the fourth period, the Brumbaughto-Hefferle pass gave the Dukes the win. Missed
extra points on both first-half touchdowns came
back to haunt Mississippi State as the final
margin was one point.
CBS Radio once again broadcasted the
game nationwide with Orange Bowl Hall of Fame
inductee Ted Husing calling the action.
First Downs
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punts/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Bucknell
0
7
Miami
0
0
BUCK
12
215
13
3
1
63
278
6/41
2/1
4/30
6
0
MIAMI
8
15
14
3
5
13
28
13/29
4/1
1/15
13
0
-
26
0
SCORING SUMMARY
BUCK: B. Wilkinson 23-yard pass from Jenkins
(Dobie kick); BUCK: Miller 4-yard run (kick failed);
BUCK: S. Smith 8-yard run (Dobie kick); BUCK:
Reznichak 10-yard run (kick failed).
Bucknell Head Coach: Hook Mylin
Miami Head Coach: Tom McCann
First Downs
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Catholic
7
6
Mississippi 0
6
CU
4
131
3
1
2
48
179
13/41
1/1
1/10
7
0
MISS
12
228
15
4
4
74
302
11/34
3/2
1/10
0
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SCORING SUMMARY
CU: Adamaitis 1-yard pass from Draginis
(Milligan kick); CU: Foley 52-yard pass from
Adamaitis (kick failed); MISS: Peters 67-yard run
(kick failed); CU: Rydewski 24-yard run on
blocked kick (Makofske kick); MISS: Bernard 3yard run (kick failed); MISS: Poole 24-yard pass
from Baumstein (Richardson kick)
Catholic Head Coach: A.J. Bergman
Mississippi Head Coach: Ed Walker
28
Duquesne
Miss. State
First Downs
Rushing Plays
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Duquesne
0
7
Miss. State 6
6
DUQ
14
56
184
13
3
0
98
282
9/24.7
0/0
1/5
0
0
MISS ST.
12
28
133
18
5
4
150
288
6/43
0/0
1/5
6
0
-
13
12
SCORING SUMMARY
MISS ST: Pickle 8-yard run (kick failed); DUQ:
Brumbaugh 1-yard run (Brumbaugh kick); MISS
ST: Walters 40-yard pass from Armstrong (kick
failed); DUQ: Hefferle 72-yard pass from
Brumbaugh (kick failed)
Duquesne Head Coach: Jack Smith
Mississippi State Head Coach: Major Ralph Sasse
GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS
1938
1939
Auburn
6
Michigan State 0
Tennessee
Oklahoma
1940
17
0
Georgia Tech
Missouri
21
7
January 1, 1938 - Orange Bowl Stadium
January 2, 1939 - Orange Bowl Stadium
January 1, 1940 - Orange Bowl Stadium
Auburn Squeaks by Spartans
Orange Bowl Declared “Major Bowl”
Georgia Tech Upsets Missouri
In the lowest scoring game in
Orange Bowl history, Auburn won,
6-0, while Michigan State’s
offense sputtered the entire day.
Not until the fourth quarter
did the Spartans make a first
down and they totaled only two
for the game—to go along with 57 yards of total
offense. Although the Auburn offense seemed to
move at will, it could score only once—and then
missed the extra point.
Ralph O’Gwynne set up his two-yard
touchdown run with a 45-yard pass from George
Kenmore in the second quarter. He was run out
of bounds at the Spartan five. After three
attempts which netted two yards, O’Gwynne’s
fourth-down skirt over the left side proved the
difference.
The Tigers participated in the Orange Bowl
after the Southeastern Conference officials
voted, 7-6, lifting a ban which forbade SEC teams
from playing postseason games in bowls other
than the Rose and Sugar Bowls.
A sellout crowd of nearly 19,000 attended
the game at Miami's brand-new $360,000 Orange
Bowl Stadium.
A match-up of undefeated
Tennessee and Oklahoma
propelled the Orange Bowl into
the "major bowl" arena in 1939.
It took some marketing and
public relations moves by the
OBC's Ernie Seiler to bring the
Sooners to South Florida. Seiler went to Norman
and covered the campus with posters of palm
trees, beaches, and Miami's young women.
After a stirring pep talk to the OU squad, the
Sooners voted to accept the Orange Bowl offer
over more lucrative ones from the Cotton, Rose,
and Sugar Bowls.
Seiler then asked Oklahoma head coach
Tom Stidham to call his friend, head coach Bob
Neyland at Tennessee, to set up the match-up.
When Neyland accepted, the Orange Bowl had
the game of the year. Oklahoma had recorded
eight shutouts in its 10-0 season, while the Volunteers had seven in their 10-0 campaign.
Tennessee dominated the game, racking up
268 yards of offense and limiting the Sooners to
81. Play was rough in this contest as the teams
racked up a total of 242 yards in penalties, and
several players were ejected from the game.
The Yellow Jackets made their
first of six trips to the Orange
Bowl a successful one,
defeating Big Six champion
Missouri, 21-7, behind the
heroics of 147-pound Johnny
Bosch, who outran and outpassed the Tigers' All-American “Passin’ ” Paul
Christman.
After Christman scored for the Tigers,
Howard Ector's one-yard touchdown plunge
completed Tech's 63-yard drive to knot the score
at 7-7. Rob Ison raced 59 yards for a secondquarter Tech touchdown to give the Jackets the
lead for good. In the third quarter, Tech fumbled
at the Missouri one-yard line but forced the
Tigers to punt. Bosch returned the punt 14 yards
to the 34, and Early Wheby raced 34 yards for the
score.
Missouri drove once to the Jackets' oneyard line in the fourth quarter, but Tech held and
finished its season with an 8-2 record and a No.
16 national ranking by the Associated Press.
First Downs
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Yards Penalized
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Auburn
0
0
Mich. State 0
0
AUB
13
233
10
4
2
79
312
10/33.7
0/0
50
6
0
MICH ST.
2
32
12
2
3
25
57
12/35.2
0/0
35
0
0
-
6
0
SCORING SUMMARY
AUB: O’Gwynne 2-yard run (kick failed)
Auburn Head Coach: Jack Meagher
Michigan State Head Coach: Charlie Bachman
First Downs
Rushing Plays
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Tennessee
7
3
Oklahoma
0
0
TENN
16
48
217
16
5
0
51
268
12/37.1
2/2
17/157
6
0
OKLA
5
15
25
26
9
1
56
81
13/40.6
2/2
9/85
7
0
-
17
0
SCORING SUMMARY
TENN: Foxx 8-yard run (Wyatt kick); TENN: Watt
22-yard FG; TENN: B. Wood 19-yard run on
reverse (Foxx kick)
First Downs
Rushing Attempts
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Yards Penalized
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Georgia Tech 7
7
Missouri
7
0
GT
12
47
243
12
6
1
67
310
7/27.1
6/3
6/87
7
0
MIZZ
14
43
163
27
8
1
63
226
7/37
2/1
3/15
0
0
-
21
7
SCORING SUMMARY
MIZZ: Christman 1-yard run (Cunningham kick);
GT: Ector 1-yard run (Goree kick); GT: Ison 31yard run (Goree kick); GT: Wheby 59-yard run
(Goree kick)
Georgia Tech Head Coach: W.A. Alexander
Missouri Head Coach: Don Faurot
Tennessee Head Coach: General Robert Neyland
Oklahoma Head Coach: Tom Stidham
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GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS
1941
1942
1943
Georgia
40
Texas Christian 26
Alabama
37
Boston College 21
January 1, 1941 - Orange Bowl Stadium
January 1, 1942 - Orange Bowl Stadium
January 1, 1943 - Orange Bowl Stadium
Special Teams Saves State
Bulldog Star Sinks TCU
Solo-Soaring Eagle Not Enough
Augie Lio thought the Hoyas were
victims of Southern officiating in
the 1941 game, as Mississippi
State won a defensive struggle
with Eastern power Georgetown,
14-7, to earn its first bowl victory
in history.
It was a scoreless game late in the first
period when Georgetown’s Jim Daniels dropped
into his end zone to punt the ball. State’s Hunter
Corhern broke through to block the kick and giant
Bulldog tackle John Tripson recovered in the
endzone for a touchdown.
The Maroons added a second-quarter
score and held the Hoyas to just one touchdown
in the second half. State was held to only 119
yards of total offense and eight first downs, and
Georgetown registered 221 yards of offense.
With MSU leading, 7-0, Georgetown’s Julius
Koshlap hit Arthur Lenski for 46 yards to the
Mississippi State four yard-line. However, the
referee called it back when he said Koshlap was
not five yards behind the line when he launched
the ball, a rule at that time.
Georgia All-American
quarterback Frankie Sinkwich,
playing with an oversized chin
mask to protect a broken jaw, put
on an offensive display still
considered by many as the
greatest in any bowl game as he
led his Bulldogs to a 40-26 win over TCU.
Sinkwich, a future Heisman Trophy winner
and Orange Bowl Hall-of-Fame member, passed
for touchdowns of 61, 60 and 15 yards and raced
43 yards on a quarterback draw for another
score. He completed nine-of-13 passes for 243
yards and chalked up 355 yards of total offense,
an Orange Bowl record that still stands.
Georgia led at halftime, 33-7, and held a 407 lead through the third period before Texas
Christian mounted a late three-touchdown effort.
Stung by two first-quarter Boston
College touchdowns, Alabama
regrouped to score 22 secondquarter points en route to a 37-21
victory in its first Orange Bowl
appearance.
Mike Holovak, the Eagles’
swift right halfback, scored on runs of 65 and 35
yards to put Boston College on top early. Then
‘Bama went to work, scoring on two pass plays
and getting a 40-yard run from Bobby Tom
Jenkins to take a 19-14 lead.
Following a third Holovak touchdown,
Alabama's George Hecht booted a 25-yard field
goal to take a 22-21 halftime advantage. The Tide
scored 15 unanswered points in the second half
on a pair of touchdowns and a safety to finish off
the Eagles.
Miss. State
Georgetown
First Downs
Rushing Plays
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
14
7
MISS ST.
8
33
69
11
5
3
50
119
11/36.8
2/2
11/75
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Miss.State
7
7
Georgetown 0
0
0
7
0
0
G’TOWN
14
46
117
22
9
0
104
221
8/28.2
1/1
8/75
-
14
7
SCORING SUMMARY
MISS ST: Tripson blocked punt recovery (Dees
kick); MISS ST: Jefferson 2-yard run (Burke kick);
G’TOWN: Castiglia 2-yard run (Lio kick)
Mississippi State Head Coach: Allyn McKeen
Georgetown Head Coach: Jack Haggerty
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MEDIA GUIDE
First Downs
Rushing Attempts
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Georgia
19 14
TCU
7
0
UGA
12
46
218
24
12
4
281
499
4/22.2
3/3
7/54
7
7
TCU
8
31
71
24
9
6
137
208
7/37
1/0
2/24
0
12
-
40
26
SCORING SUMMARY
UGA: Keuper 2-yard run (Costa kick); UGA:
Conger 61-yard pass from Sinkwich (kick failed);
UGA: Kimsey 60-yard pass from Sinkwich (kick
failed); TCU: Gillespie 4-yard run (Medanich kick);
UGA: Davis 15-yard pass from Sinkwich (Costa
kick); UGA: Davis 23-yard pass from Todd (Costa
kick); UGA: Sinkwich 43-yard run (Costa kick);
TCU: Alford 20-yard pass from Nix (Roach kick);
TCU: Alford 15-yard pass from Nix (run failed);
TCU: Kring 53-yard pass from Gillespie (run
failed)
Georgia Head Coach: Wallace Butts
Texas Christian Head Coach: Leo R. Meyer
First Downs
Rushing Plays
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Alabama
0
Boston College
14
ALA
13
51
248
14
8
1
94
342
5/42.8
1/0
4/20
22
7
BC
13
35
237
22
12
2
157
394
4/33.7
5/2
3/11
6
0
9
0
-
37
21
SCORING SUMMARY
BC: Holovak 65-yard run, lateral from Doherty
(Connolly kick); BC: Holovak 35-yard run
(Connolly kick); ALA: Leeth 14-yard pass from
Mosley (Hecht kick); ALA: Cook 18-yard pass
from August (kick failed); ALA: Jenkins 40-yard
run (kick failed); BC: Holovak 2-yard run (Connolly
kick); ALA: Hecht 25-yard FG; ALA: August 15yard run (kick failed); ALA: Jenkins 1-yard run
(Hecht kick); ALA: Domnanovich safety
Alabama Head Coach: Frank Thomas
Boston College Head Coach: Dennis Myers
GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS
1944
LSU
Texas A&M
1945
Tulsa
Georgia Tech
19
14
1946
26
12
Miami
Holy Cross
13
6
January 1, 1944 - Orange Bowl Stadium
January 1, 1945 - Orange Bowl Stadium
January 1, 1946 - Orange Bowl Stadium
Van Buren Steals Show in Win
Tulsa Gains Revenge On Tech
Hurricanes Feeling Right at Home
Steve Van Buren ran and passed
for two first-quarter touchdowns
and then sewed up the victory
with a 63-yard scoring run in the
third quarter as Louisiana State
University beat Texas A&M, 1914, in a war-time game.
Despite coming into the game with a
sprained ankle, Van Buren ran for 172 yards,
kicked off, punted, and kicked an extra point in
the 10th annual Classic. Louisiana State had
been beaten by the Aggies earlier in the season.
World War II was raging and virtually every
able-bodied male was in the Armed Forces.
Some schools brought in servicemen who had
attended the school prior to being drafted and let
them play on weekends. They were referred to
as the “V-12” schools and the others were called
“civilian” schools. The OBC’s policy was to
select its team from the “civilian” schools.
Quarterback Frank Broyles’
Orange Bowl-record 304-yard
passing attack was not enough
for Georgia Tech as Tulsa
avenged a 20-18 loss in the 1944
Sugar Bowl with a 26-12 win over
the Yellow Jackets.
Tulsa jumped out to a 20-0 lead behind a pair
of Ed Shedlosky touchdowns. On Tulsa's first play
of the third quarter, the Hurricane used some
razzle-dazzle as Perry Moss threw to Nip
Goodnight at the 35-yard line, who then lateraled
to Barney White, who sped straight down the
north sideline for six points, making the score 20-0.
Tech came back with six points of its own in
the third period. Tulsa's Camp Wilson quickly
quieted the crowd, taking the Tech kickoff on the
10-yard line and racing 90 yards for a 26-6 Tulsa
lead. Georgia Tech added six points in the final
quarter to pull within 14 points of the victorious
Hurricane.
While the rest of the state
celebrated its centennial
anniversary, a capacity crowd
saw what was probably the most
exciting finish in Orange Bowl
history, as Miami's Al Hudson
intercepted a pass and returned
it 89 yards for the winning touchdown with no
time remaining on the clock to defeat a shocked
Holy Cross squad, 13-6.
The home crowd held its breath as the
Crusaders had a last-second chance to break a
6-6 tie. Only 10 seconds remained when Holy
Cross quarterback Gene DeFilippo's pass was
released toward intended receiver Bob Conway.
Downfield, the ball was batted into the air
by Hurricanes’ linebacker Bill Krasnai at the
Miami 11 and into the hands of Hudson. The
former state high school track champion had
only one man to beat and he crossed the 35
when the game's ending gun sounded. Moments
later he crossed the goal line. It was the first
bowl game to be decided after time had expired.
First Downs
Rushing Attempts
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
LSU
12
0
Texas A&M 7
0
LSU
7
48
207
12
4
0
92
299
10/40.3
3/3
7/81
7
7
TAMU
9
24
4
32
13
5
171
175
9/41.8
5/2
4/35
0
0
-
19
14
SCORING SUMMARY
LSU: Van Buren 11-yard run reverse (kick failed);
LSU: Goode 24-yard pass from Van Buren (kick
failed); TAMU: Burditt 21-yard pass from Hallmark
(Burditt kick); LSU: Van Buren 63-yard run (Van
Buren kick); TAMU: Settegast 18-yard pass from
Hallmark (Burditt kick)
LSU Head Coach: Bernie Moore
Texas A&M Head Coach: Homer Norton
First Downs
Rushing Plays
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Tulsa
14
0
Georgia Tech 0
0
TULSA
14
42
188
16
6
0
131
319
6/38.8
2/1
4/41
12
6
GT
17
28
40
36
19
2
309
349
4/25.7
6/3
1/15
0
6
-
26
12
SCORING SUMMARY
TULSA: Shedlosky 14-yard pass from Moss
(Moss kick); TULSA: Shedlosky 3-yard reverse
run (Moss kick); TULSA: White 65-yard pass from
Moss to Shedlosky, lateral to White (kick failed);
GT: McIntosh 51-yard pass from Broyles (kick
failed); TULSA: Wilson 90-yard kickoff return (kick
failed); GT: Taylor 2-yard run (kick failed)
First Downs
Rushing Attempts
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Miami
0
6
Holy Cross
6
0
MIAMI
7
47
202
10
0
3
0
202
10/36.4
0/0
7/41
0
0
HC
13
37
207
24
8
4
62
269
9/38.5
1/1
1/5
7
0
-
13
6
SCORING SUMMARY
MIAMI: Krull 1-yard run (kick failed); HC: Brennan
16-yard pass from Koslowski (kick failed); MIAMI:
Hudson 89-yard pass interception return (Ghaul kick)
Miami Head Coach: Jack Harding
Holy Cross Head Coach: John DaGrosa
Tulsa Head Coach: Henry Frank
Georgia Tech Head Coach: W.A. Alexander
MEDIA GUIDE
31
GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS
1947
Rice
Tennessee
1948
8
0
Georgia Tech
Kansas
Texas
Georgia
20
14
41
28
January 1, 1947 - Orange Bowl Stadium
January 1, 1948 - Orange Bowl Stadium
January 1, 1949 - Orange Bowl Stadium
Blocked Punts Bring Down Vols
Jackets Hold Off Jayhawks
Late TDs Key Longhorn Win
Eight first-quarter points,
including a safety off of a blocked
punt, paved the way for an 8-0
upset of Tennessee by Rice.
Rice blocked and tackled
better than Tennessee, and it outdefended and out-kicked the team
whose coach wrote the book on winning by
kicking. There was a record 28 punts, including
the Owls' Huey Keeney's 13. Rice Coach Jess
Neely began to play Robert Neyland's game,
matching quick-kick for quick-kick.
The Owls' lone touchdown came on their
second series on an 83-yard drive. At midfield on
second down, fullback Carl Russ popped through
a hole and headed downfield where he was
encircled at the Tennessee 15. He pitched a
lateral to Keeney trailing the play, and Keeney
sprinted untouched to the end zone to make it 6-0.
Soon after, the Vols punted on third down
and freshman James Williams blocked the punt
from the outside. The ball rolled to the Tennessee
1-yard line where the Volunteers recovered. They
still had a down to work with. Rice's Ralph
Murphy, another freshman, got through to the
kicker again and knocked it out of the end zone for
the safety.
Georgia Tech held off a furious
late rally from Kansas that
included a goal line fumble in the
game's final seconds to defeat
the Jayhawks by a 20-14 score.
The Jayhawks were a twotouchdown underdog to Bobby
Dodd's powerful Yellow Jackets, but the game
was tied at 7-7 heading into halftime.
Tech then roared to two third-quarter
touchdowns to take a 20-7 lead. Kansas' Ray
Evans scored his second touchdown of the game
to cut the lead to 20-14 in the fourth quarter.
Kansas drove to the Tech 1-yard line with 37
seconds left before Lynn McNutt fumbled on a
quarterback sneak and Tech's Rollo Phillips
recovered to seal the victory.
The Texas Longhorns came out
on top in this high-scoring affair
and the lead changed hands six
times before Coach Blair
Cherry's squad handed Georgia a
41-28 setback.
The combined 69 points set
an Orange Bowl record.
The Bulldogs held a 28-27 lead early in the
fourth before Texas, led by Tom Landry, moved
from its own 31 to the Georgia 2. Halfback
Randall Clay scored the go-ahead touchdown.
Landry rushed for 117 yards and scored the
second Texas touchdown on a 14-yard run.
After stopping a Georgia drive, the Longhorns
tacked on an insurance score for the 41-28 final
margin. Johnny Rauch stood out in defeat for
Georgia, completing 11 of 17 passes for 161 yards
and a touchdown.
First Downs
Rushing Plays
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Rice
8
0
Tennessee
0
0
RICE
9
55
227
6
0
2
(-17)
210
13/44
4/3
4/41
0
0
TENN
5
36
104
19
4
4
32
136
15/38.8
3/0
6/62
0
0
-
8
0
SCORING SUMMARY
RICE: Rowan safety, recovered blocked kick;
RICE: Keeney 50-yard run (kick failed)
Rice Head Coach: Jess Neely
Tennessee Head Coach: Gen. Robert Neyland
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1949
MEDIA GUIDE
First Downs
Rushing Plays
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Georgia Tech 0
7
Kansas
0
7
GT
9
39
99
19
10
0
109
208
9/41.4
1/1
10/68
13
0
KU
14
39
93
20
10
1
148
241
7/35.8
4/1
5/38
0
7
-
20
14
SCORING SUMMARY
KU: Evans 12-yard run (Fambrough kick); GT:
Patton 24-yard pass from Still (Bowen kick); GT:
Queen 15-yard pass from Still (kick failed); GT:
Patton 5-yard pass from Still (Bowen kick); KU:
Evans 13-yard pass from Hogan (Fambrough kick)
Georgia Tech Head Coach: Bobby Dodd
Kansas Head Coach: George Sauer
First Downs
Rushing Plays
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Texas
13
7
Georgia
7
7
TEXAS
19
58
343
9
4
2
56
399
5/44
2/1
5/49
7
7
UGA
9
33
76
20
11
2
140
216
5/41.2
1/1
6/59
14
7
-
41
28
SCORING SUMMARY
UGA: Bodine 71-yard interception return (Geri
kick); TEXAS: Borneman 4-yard run (Clay kick);
TEXAS: Landry 14-yard run (kick failed); UGA:
Geri 1-yard run (Geri kick); TEXAS: Samuels 21yard run (Clay kick); TEXAS: Proctor 24-yard
pass from Campbell (Clay kick); UGA: Geri 6-yard
run (Geri kick); UGA: Walston 37-yard pass from
Rauch (Geri kick); TEXAS: Clay 2-yard run (Clay
kick); TEXAS: Clay 4-yard run (Clay kick)
Texas Head Coach: Blair Cherry
Georgia Head Coach: Wallace Butts
GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS
1950
Santa Clara
Kentucky
1951
Clemson
Miami
21
13
1952
15
14
Georgia Tech
Baylor
17
14
January 2, 1950 - Orange Bowl Stadium
January 1, 1951 - Orange Bowl Stadium
January 1, 1952 - Orange Bowl Stadium
Longshot Santa Clara Upsets ‘Cats
Miami Loses On Safety
Late Field Goal Beats Baylor
Underdog Santa Clara scored 14
third-quarter points and
withstood the challenge of
Kentucky quarterback Babe
Parilli to gain a 21-13 win.
Kentucky seemed in charge
in the opening half, leading 7-0 on
a 1-yard Wilbur Jamerson run. Santa Clara
punter Hall Haynes contributed on offense
scoring the second of two Santa Clara touchdowns in the third period to take a 14-7 lead.
Kentucky pulled within one, 14-13, in the
fourth when Parilli hooked up with Emery Clark
on a 52-yard pass play. The Californians gambled
on a wide pitch-out to Bernie Vogel as the clock
ran down and Vogel took it 16 yards to make the
final score 21-13.
It was Bear Bryant and Kentucky's first
major bowl appearance. Santa Clara's 3,300mile, four-day trip by train to Miami marked its
only appearance in the Orange Bowl.
Clemson backup defensive guard
Sterling Smith nailed Miami
halfback Frank Smith for a safety
late in the game to give the Tigers
a 15-14 win over the Hurricanes.
The hometown 'Canes were
protecting a 14-13 lead with six
minutes to go when Harry Mallios
returned a punt 79 yards for an apparent score.
But penalties moved Miami into a deep hole and
on the next play, F. Smith took a pitchout and was
dropped by S. Smith for a safety.
Both teams had come into the Orange Bowl
with only a tie blemishing their record.
Clemson led at half, 7-0, thanks to a 76-yard
first-quarter march, meanwhile, the 'Canes
managed only one first down through two
quarters of play.
Clemson took the second half kickoff and
used six plays to get Glenn Smith into the end
zone with a pass from quarterback Billy Hair. The
conversion was blocked and Clemson led, 13-0.
The third period, however, would belong to
Miami. Mallios scored the Hurricanes' first
points on a 5-yard pitch-out play after a 45-yard
Smith run. Following an interception, Miami
quarterback Bob Schneidenback and receiver Ed
Cuter teamed up on a 79-yard pass-and-run play
and the Hurricanes suddenly found themselves
on top, 14-13
Georgia Tech broke a 14-14 tie
late in the fourth quarter on a 22yard Pepper Rodgers field goal to
beat Baylor 17-14 on a hot,
muggy day in Miami.
Undefeated and once-tied
Georgia Tech came into the game
as co-champion of the Southeastern Conference
while Baylor was the Southwest Conference's
runner-up. The Bears dominated the first half
and led 14-7 at the intermission.
With 6:53 left in the game, the Yellow
Jackets knotted the score at 14 on a 22-yard
touchdown pass from Darrell Crawford to Buck
Martin.
Three minutes later, Tech's Pete Ferris
picked off a Larry Isbell pass at midfield and
returned it to the Baylor 9. Crawford tried right
tackle for no gain. Leon Hardeman, who had
scored his team's first touchdown, got three at
left guard but a pass intended for Jeff Knox fell
incomplete and Tech faced fourth down. Head
coach Bobby Dodd sent second-team
quarterback Franklin “Pepper” Rodgers to kick
the field goal. Rodgers, a sophomore who would
later coach in the 1969 Orange Bowl for Kansas,
then split the uprights.
First Downs
Rushing Plays
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Santa Clara 0
0
Kentucky
0
7
SC
8
41
144
12
3
1
79
223
7/41.2
2/2
4/30
14
0
UK
18
60
184
11
6
2
122
306
9/38.9
1/1
4/23
7
6
-
21
13
SCORING SUMMARY
UK: Jamerson 2-yard run (Brooks kick); SC:
Pasco 2-yard run (Vargas kick); SC: Haynes 2yard run (Vargas kick); UK: Clark 52-yard pass
from Parilli (kick failed); SC: Vogel 16-yard run
(Vargas kick)
Santa Clara Head Coach: Len Casanova
Kentucky Head Coach: Paul “Bear” Bryant
First Downs
Rushing Plays
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Clemson
0
7
Miami
0
0
CLEM
7
32
122
15
5
2
103
125
5/40.4
0/0
4/55
6
14
MIAMI
19
50
175
18
9
2
179
354
5/29.4
3/1
2/20
2
0
-
15
14
SCORING SUMMARY
CLEM: Cone 1-yard run (Radcliff kick); CLEM:
Smith 21-yard pass from Hair (kick failed);
MIAMI: Mallios 5-yard run (Watson kick); MIAMI:
F. Smith 17-yard pass from Hackett (Watson kick);
CLEM: Safety, Smith tackled in endzone by Smith
First Downs
Rushing Attempts
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Georgia Tech 7
0
Baylor
7
7
GT
9
33
124
17
6
1
68
192
7/38.1
1/1
6/59
0
0
BAY
17
57
215
20
8
3
74
289
6/38
3/0
7/81
10
0
-
17
14
SCORING SUMMARY
GT: Hardeman 3-yard run (Rodgers kick); BAY: Parma
1-yard run (Brocato kick); BAY: Coody 4-yard run
(Brocato kick); GT: Martin 22-yard pass from
Crawford (Rodgers kick); GT: Rodgers 16-yard FG
Georgia Tech Head Coach: Bobby Dodd
Baylor Head Coach: George Sauer
Clemson Head Coach: Frank Howard
Miami Head Coach: Andy Gustafson
MEDIA GUIDE
33
GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS
1953
Alabama
Syracuse
1954
61
6
Oklahoma
Maryland
Duke
Nebraska
7
0
34
7
January 1, 1953 - Orange Bowl Stadium
January 1, 1954 - Orange Bowl Stadium
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
January 1, 1955 - Orange Bowl Stadium
Orange Bowl Televised for First Time
Sooner Defense Shuts Down No. 1
Duke Turns Nebraska Blue
Heavily-favored Alabama
dominated Syracuse in the most
lopsided Orange Bowl Classic in
history. The Crimson Tide held a
21-6 halftime advantage and
tacked on 20 points in each of the
final quarters to embarrass the
Orangemen, 61-6.
Seven Orange Bowl records fell and four
others were equaled as the Tide rolled up 586
yards of total offense out of its split T attack. Big
plays marked its advances, including a 50-yard
pass to Corky Tharp from Clell Hobson in the
second period, and an 80-yard Cecil Ingram punt
return and Buster Hill's 60-yard interception
return in the fourth.
Even backup quarterback Bart Starr got in
on the action; Starr's 22-yard pass to Joe
Cummings gave the Crimson Tide the OBC record
for most points in the Classic.
A national television audience saw the
Orange Bowl for the first time in history—CBS
provided the coverage.
Top-ranked University of
Maryland, minus All-America
quarterback Bernie Faloney, was
shut out for the first time in 51
games by fourth-ranked
Oklahoma, 7-0, in the 20th Orange
Bowl Classic.
The Terrapins, champions of the new
Atlantic Coast Conference, were college
football's dynasty. During the regular season, the
Maryland defense had allowed a mere 84 rushing
yards per game.
Despite losing Faloney to a knee injury early
in the week, the Maryland offense came out
smoking. Behind backup Charlie Boxold, the
Terrapins rolled to a first down at the Sooner 4yard line on the game's second drive. But the
Big Seven champions held as Ralph Felton's
plunge on fourth down came up six inches short.
Maryland continued to knock: eight times
inside Sooner territory, but came away empty.
While Terp kickers failed to connect on two field
goals, Oklahoma's Larry Griggs took an option
pitch 28 yards for the game's only score.
The Sooner offense dominated the
Maryland defense, collecting 217 yards.
The match-up was the first of five straight
Atlantic Coast Conference-Big Seven clashes.
Duke won the Atlantic Coast
Conference in 1954 and
Oklahoma won the Big Seven, but
the Sooners stayed home
because of a conference rule
that prohibited consecutive
Orange Bowl appearances.
This allowed runner-up Nebraska to enter
the game, which it lost to the Blue Devils, 34-7.
The Blue Devils controlled the ball
throughout the game. They dominated every
statistical category, including plays (76 to 54),
first downs (23 to 6) and yards (361 to 105).
Duke scored first on Bob Pascal’s seven-yard run
in the second quarter and Jerry Barger threw
five yards to Jerry Kocourek for a 14-0 halftime
lead.
Nebraska got on the board with Don
Comstock’s three-yard run over the left tackle in
the third quarter, but Barger’s second touchdown
pass to Sonny Sorrell for five yards, made it 20-6.
Duke’s final touchdowns were on a one-yard run
by Nick McKeithan and a three-yarder by Sam
Eberdt.
First Downs
Rushing Plays
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Alabama
7
14
Syracuse
6
0
ALA
25
44
296
33
22
2
300
596
3/29
3/2
5/45
20
0
SYRA
15
30
105
35
17
5
126
231
8/36
0/0
5/42
20
0
-
61
6
SCORING SUMMARY
ALA: Luna 28-yard pass from Hobson (Luna kick);
SU: Szonbathy 15-yard pass from Stark (kick
failed); ALA: Marlow 2-yard run (Luna kick); ALA:
Tharp 50-yard pass from Hobson (Luna kick);
ALA: Luna 38-yard run (Luna kick); ALA: Lewis 4yard run (Luna kick); ALA: Lewis 30-yard run (kick
failed); ALA: Cummings 22-yard pass from Starr
(kick failed); ALA: Ingram 80-yard punt return
(Luna kick); ALA: Hill 60-yard interception return
(Luna kick)
Alabama Head Coach: Harold “Red” Drew
Syracuse Head Coach: Ben Schwartzwalder
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1955
MEDIA GUIDE
First Downs
Rushing Attempts
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Oklahoma
0
7
Maryland
0
0
OKLA
10
44
217
7
4
0
6
223
7/31
2/2
7/44
0
0
UMD
13
53
187
15
4
1
24
213
5/28.4
2/1
2/10
0
0
-
SCORING SUMMARY
OKLA: Griggs 25 run (Leake kick)
Oklahoma Head Coach: Bud Wilkinson
Maryland Head Coach: Jim Tatum
7
0
First Downs
Rushing Plays
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Duke
0
14
Nebraska
0
0
DUKE
23
64
280
12
6
0
81
361
5/18.4
2/1
2/30
6
7
NEB
6
34
79
10
1
2
26
105
7/29.3
0/0
2/20
14
0
-
34
7
SCORING SUMMARY
DUKE: Pascal 7 run (Nelson kick); DUKE:
Kocourek 5 pass from Barger (Nelson kick);
DUKE: Sorrell 5 pass from Barger (kick failed);
NEB: Comstock 3 run (B. Smith kick); DUKE:
McKeithan 1 run (Nelson kick); DUKE: Eberdt 3
run (Nelson kick)
Duke Head Coach: Bill Murray
Nebraska Head Coach: Bill Glassford
GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS
1956
Oklahoma
Maryland
1957
20
6
Colorado
Clemson
1958
27
21
Oklahoma
Duke
48
21
January 2, 1956 - Orange Bowl Stadium
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
January 1, 1957 - Orange Bowl Stadium
January 1, 1958 - Orange Bowl Stadium
#1 Oklahoma Keeps Streaking
Comeback for Tigers Falls Short
Sooners Flurry Breaks Open Game
Oklahoma's 30-game winning
streak remained intact as it
swept by a strong Maryland
squad, 20-6, in a rematch of the
1954 Orange Bowl.
Oklahoma's streak had been
kept alive since it beat Maryland,
7-0, in that contest. The Terrapins came into this
game riding their own 15-game streak.
A slow first half produced only a Maryland
touchdown, but the explosive speed of Bud
Wilkinson's number one-ranked team slowly
wore down the Terrapins.
The Sooners took command in the third
quarter. Quarterback Tommy McDonald's 32yard punt return before Oklahoma's first
offensive series put the ball at the Maryland 46.
A seven-play drive ensued in which the Sooners
raced from one play to the next in a speedup
offense that confused the Terrapins. During one
span, Oklahoma ran three plays in 38 actual
seconds.
McDonald scored the touchdown on a 4yard run. On the next series, Oklahoma utilized
the hurry-up offense once again. The 16-play
drive ended with a 1-yard sneak by Jay O'Neal
and a 14-6 lead.
The Terrapins threatened soon after, but a
Jerry Tubbs interception stopped them at the
Sooner 26. Maryland came right back and had a
first down at the Oklahoma 30, but Carl Dodd
intercepted a Lynn Beightol pass and raced 82
yards for the touchdown.
Clemson mounted one of the
greatest comebacks in Orange
Bowl history, but fell short when
Colorado intercepted a pass deep
in its territory on the last play of
the game.
In that final series,
Clemson's Willie Smith recovered a Buffalo fumble
at the Colorado 27 with his team trailing 27-21. But
the Buff’s Bob Stransky intercepted quarterback
Charlie Bussey's pass to save the game.
After a scoreless first period, Colorado
stormed to three quick touchdowns. The
Buffaloes narrowly missed a fourth touchdown
and went into the locker room with a 20-0 cushion.
An inspiring speech by Clemson head coach
Frank Howard, in which he threatened to resign if
he didn't get a better effort from his team,
followed. His squad responded with three
second-half scores on a pair of runs by Joel Wells
and another by Bob Spooner. A shocked Colorado
squad saw the Tigers take a 21-20 lead with 11:22
to go.
Although leading, Clemson attempted an
onside kick, but Colorado recovered. The
Buffaloes marched 53 yards in eight plays and
went ahead for good on Bayuk's second
touchdown of the day.
Fourth-ranked Oklahoma
unleashed a furious attack in the
fourth quarter, scoring 27
unanswered points to break open
a close game with Duke.
With the score 21-14,
Oklahoma capitalized on three
Duke miscues, scoring three times in the next
3:23 and turning this one into a 48-21 rout. A
crowd of 76,561 was on hand.
Following a Duke fumble and blocked kick,
the Sooners used the combination of Brewster
Hobby to David Baker and Baker to Hobby for
two more scores.
In the first quarter, Baker's 94-yard interception return of a Bob Brodhead pass gave the
Sooners a 7-0 lead and marked the longest such
return in Orange Bowl history. The night's
scoring ended on a similar play, a 68-yard interception return and lateral to Dick Carpenter at
the Duke 30.
Although Oklahoma was penalized 150
yards and turned the ball over four times, it was
never a factor in the game. Duke could not
capitalize on three Sooner interceptions by
turning the ball over four times.
First Downs
Rushing Attempts
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Oklahoma
0
0
Maryland
0
6
OKLA
16
67
223
9
3
1
31
254
8/37.1
2/1
2/15
14
0
UMD
9
48
210
9
2
3
35
245
7/43.5
3/2
6/37
6
0
-
20
6
SCORING SUMMARY
UMD: Vereb 15-yard run (kick failed); OKLA:
McDonald 4-yard run (Pricer kick); OKLA: O’Neal
1-yard run (Pricer kick); OKLA: Dodd 82-yard
interception return (kick failed)
Oklahoma Head Coach: Bud Wilkinson
Maryland Head Coach: Jim Tatum
First Downs
Rushing Plays
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Colorado
0
20
Clemson
0
0
COLO
16
52
279
4
2
0
27
306
5/36.6
8/3
5/55
0
14
CLEM
14
60
217
8
3
2
25
242
7/37.9
0/0
4/40
7
7
-
27
21
SCORING SUMMARY
COLO: Bayuk 2-yard run (Indorf kick); COLO:
Dowler 6-yard run (Cook kick); COLO: Cook 26yard run (kick failed); CLEM: Wells 3-yard run
(Bussey kick); CLEM: Wells 58-yard run (Bussey
kick); CLEM: Spooner 1-yard run (Bussey kick);
COLO: Bayuk 1-yard run (Indorf kick)
Colorado Head Coach: Dallas Ward
Clemson Head Coach: Frank Howard
First Downs
Rushing Attempts
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Oklahoma
7
7
Duke
0
7
OKLA
11
44
165
18
9
3
114
279
7/34.7
2/1
12/150
7
7
DUKE
16
69
231
13
8
2
97
328
10/28.1
3/2
3/25
27
7
-
48
21
SCORING SUMMARY
OKLA: Baker 94-yard pass interception (Dodd
kick); OKLA: Thomas 13-yard run (Dodd kick);
DUKE: McElhaney 1-yard run (Carlton kick);
OKLA: Dodd 1-yard run (Dodd kick); DUKE:
Dutrow 8-yard run (Carlton kick); OKLA: Sandefer
4-yard run (Dodd kick); OKLA: Baker 29-yard pass
from Hobby (Boyd kick); OKLA: Hobby 9-yard
pass from Baker (kick failed); DUKE: McElhaney
4-yard run (Carlton kick); OKLA: Carpenter 73yard intercepted lateral return (McDaniel kick)
Oklahoma Head Coach: Bud Wilkinson
Duke Head Coach: Bill Murray
MEDIA GUIDE
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GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS
1959
Oklahoma
Syracuse
1960
21
6
Georgia
Missouri
1961
Missouri
Navy
14
0
21
14
January 1, 1959 - Orange Bowl Stadium
January 1, 1960 - Orange Bowl Stadium
January 2, 1961 - Orange Bowl Stadium
Big Plays Propel Sooners
Tarkenton Rallies Georgia
Navy’s Weapon Silenced
Oklahoma hit Syracuse with three
"home run" plays, and was
fortunate to escape the Silver
Anniversary Orange Bowl with a
21-6 win. Syracuse dominated the
Sooners in every category,
including total yardage.
Oklahoma utilized its team speed and scored
before the game was yet three minutes old.
Fullback Prentice Gautt took a pitchout and went
42 yards around left end for the score. A more
spectacular long play came with 2:56 remaining in
the initial quarter. Following a Syracuse fumble
deep in Sooner territory, right halfback Brewster
Hobby took a lateral and passed to Ross Coyle in
the flat. Coyle took off on a 79-yard touchdown
sprint and the Sooners had a 14-0 lead.
Each team's defense frustrated the other's
offense. Late in the third, Hobby got through
Syracuse's punt coverage and returned the
football 40 yards for a 21-0 lead. Syracuse scored
its only points in the fourth on a 69-yard drive that
ended in Mark Weber's 15-yard run.
The nation was first introduced to
quarterback Fran Tarkenton in
the 1960 Orange Bowl Classic, as
the Georgia senior used his
scrambling ability to lead his
team to a 14-0 win over Missouri.
Tarkenton threw for two touchdowns on broken plays and completed nine of 16
passes for 131 yards.
In the first quarter he threw 29 yards to
sophomore halfback Bill McKenney for a 7-0
Georgia lead, and in the third, he scrambled free
again and found end Aaron Box open on a 33yard scoring strike.
Missouri Coach Dan Devine praised
Tarkenton lavishly, but he also said the hardknocking Georgia defense was a big factor.
Missouri, which broke Oklahoma's grip on
the Big Seven championship, led in total yardage,
264 to 223, but couldn't get across the goal line
as three interceptions stopped potential scoring
drives.
Georgia head coach Wally Butts coached
his last Bulldog game.
Missouri held Navy Heisman
Trophy and Maxwell Award
winner Joe Bellino to just four
yards rushing and came away a
21-14 winner on a day of big
plays.
Bellino, however, made one
play that left his impact on the Orange Bowl.
With the Tigers leading 21-6 in the fourth quarter,
the senior snatched a 27-yard Harold Spooner
pass that "simply was out of his reach." Missouri
coach Dan Devine later called it the greatest
catch he had ever seen.
Navy defensive back Greg Mather set the
"big play" tone in the opening quarter on a 98yard return of a picked off lateral that Missouri
halfback Donnie Smith had tried to direct to
quarterback Ron Taylor.
The Middies recovered a fumble on the next
series, but Norm Beal's 90-yard interception
return of a Spooner pass made it 7-6.
Missouri avenged a 1960 Orange Bowl loss
and would have finished the season as national
champion had it not been for a regular seasonending loss to Kansas.
First Downs
Rushing Plays
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Oklahoma
14
0
Syracuse
0
0
OKLA
12
44
152
4
3
0
93
245
8/37.0
2/1
3/35
7
0
SYRA
18
56
239
25
10
2
72
311
8/31.2
2/2
4/20
0
6
-
21
6
First Downs
Rushing Attempts
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Georgia
7
7
Missouri
0
0
UGA
14
41
95
21
9
2
128
223
7/46.9
1/0
7/65
0
0
MIZZ
16
38
85
24
14
3
179
264
6/38.7
3/0
7/72
0
0
-
14
0
SCORING SUMMARY
OKLA: Gautt 42-yard run (run failed); OKLA: Coyle
79-yard pass from Hobby (Sandefer to Hobby);
OKLA: Hobby 40-yard punt return (Boyd kick); SU:
Weber 15-yard run (run failed)
SCORING SUMMARY
UGA: McKenny 29-yard pass from Tarkenton
(Pennington kick); UGA: Box 33-yard pass from
Tarkenton (Pennington kick)
Oklahoma Head Coach: Bud Wilkinson
Syracuse Head Coach: Ben Schwartzwalder
Georgia Head Coach: Wallace Butts
Missouri Head Coach: Dan Devine
First Downs
Rushing Attempts
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Missouri
7
7
Navy
6
0
MIZZ
19
66
296
6
1
0
5
301
4/30.5
5/3
1/15
0
0
NAVY
9
24
(-8)
23
13
4
176
168
7/35.4
2/0
1/4
7
8
MEDIA GUIDE
21
14
SCORING SUMMARY
NAVY: Mather 98-yard fumble return (kick failed);
MIZZ: Beal 90-yard interception return (Tobin
kick); MIZZ: D. Smith 4-yard run (Tobin kick);
MIZZ: Taylor 1-yard run (Tobin kick); NAVY:
Bellino 27-yard pass from Spooner (Luper pass
from Spooner)
Missouri Head Coach: Dan Devine
Navy Head Coach: Wayne Hardin
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GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS
1962
LSU
Colorado
1963
25
7
Alabama
Oklahoma
1964
17
0
Nebraska
Auburn
13
7
January 1, 1962 - Orange Bowl Stadium
January 1, 1963 - Orange Bowl Stadium
January 1, 1964 - Orange Bowl Stadium
Blocked Punts Propel Tigers
JFK Watches ‘Bama’s Show
Nebraska Holds Off Late Rally
LSU's Paul Dietzel, coaching his
last game for the Tigers, watched
while his team turned Colorado
punts into scores in a 25-7
triumph over the Big Seven
opponent.
Dietzel noticed a quirk in the
Colorado center's snaps and used it to his team's
advantage in this battle of top-10, once-beaten
teams.
In the early going, Wendell Harris' 30-yard
field goal gave LSU a 3-0 lead. Then, the Tigers
blocked a Charlie McBride punt into the endzone
for a safety.
Colorado's Loren Schweiniger went 59
yards with an interception return that gave the
Buffaloes a 7-5 lead, but LSU came back before
the half with an 82-yard scoring march that made
it 11-7.
In the third period, the Tigers put 14 points on
the scoreboard on Jimmy Field's run from the 9 and
a Gene Sykes recovery of his own blocked punt.
President John F. Kennedy was
one of 73,380 fans to witness
Alabama linebacker Lee Roy
Jordan single-handedly turn back
Oklahoma, 17-0.
Jordan, who met Kennedy
during the coin toss, recorded 31
tackles as a defensive battle took shape right
from the start. The tough Alabama defense had
allowed only 39 points all season and had not
been scored upon twice in any game.
After ‘Bama had taken a 7-0 lead on a 25yard pass from sophomore Joe Namath to
Richard Williams, Oklahoma botched its best
scoring opportunity. The Sooners lost a fumble
on the Alabama 7-yard line, after a 56-yard Ron
Fletcher-to-Allen Bumgardner pass led them
down the field.
In the second period, a 15-yard Cotton Clark
run stretched the 'Bama lead to 14-0, and the Tide
extended that to 17-0 on Tim Davis' 19-yard FG.
Both teams compiled 260 yards of total
offense, but Oklahoma was unable to get into the
end zone. Despite his fumble, Grisham earned
107 tough yards on the ground for the Sooners.
Nebraska linebacker John Kirby
batted away an Auburn pass on
fourth down as the final seconds
ticked away in the 1964 Orange
Bowl, giving his team a 13-7 win.
Nebraska came into the
game ranked fifth and Auburn
sixth in the UPI poll. The AP poll figured it the
opposite way.
With the help of a Bob Brown block,
Nebraska quarterback Dennis Claridge ignited
the Big Red early, taking a bootleg 68 yards on
only the third play of the game.
Dave Theisen added a pair of field goals
and the Huskers led 13-0 at intermission.
Auburn quarterback Jimmy Sidle, one of the
top runners in Southeastern Conference history,
pulled his team within six, 13-7, on a 13-yard,
third-quarter run. In the closing minutes of the
game, Sidle had the Tigers in position to win, but
Kirby's pass breakup on a fourth-and-four play
prevented the score.
Claridge rushed for 108 yards on the
afternoon while Sidle racked up 96 yards for his
team. Nebraska head coach Bob Devaney made
his first appearance in the Orange Bowl.
First Downs
Rushing Attempts
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
LSU
5
6
Colorado
0
7
LSU
19
57
206
18
8
3
109
315
4/33.8
2/1
7/65
14
0
COLO
7
16
24
39
12
0
105
129
8/22.1
2/1
5/35
0
0
-
25
7
SCORING SUMMARY
LSU: Harris 30-yard FG; LSU: Kinchen safety on
blocked punt; COLO: Schweninger 59-yard interception return (Hillebrand kick); LSU: Cranford 1yard run (run failed); LSU: Field 9-yard run (Harris
kick); LSU: Sykes recovered blocked punt in
endzone (Harris kick)
LSU Head Coach: Paul Dietzel
Colorado Head Coach: Sonny Grandelius
First Downs
Rushing Plays
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Alabama
7
7
Oklahoma
0
0
ALA
15
50
175
17
9
0
85
259
9/40.5
1/1
1/12
3
0
OKLA
10
52
154
8
4
1
106
260
10/34.0
2/2
1/5
0
0
-
17
0
SCORING SUMMARY
ALA: Williamson 25-yard pass from Namath
(Davis kick); ALA: Clark 15-yard run (Davis kick);
ALA: Davis 19-yard FG
Alabama Head Coach: Paul “Bear” Bryant
Oklahoma Head Coach: Bud Wilkinson
First Downs
Rushing Attempts
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Yards Penalized
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Nebraska
10
3
Auburn
0
0
NEB
11
46
204
9
4
0
30
234
7/38.3
2/1
6/65
0
7
AUB
17
35
126
27
14
1
157
283
6/35.2
3/1
5/39
0
0
-
13
7
SCORING SUMMARY
NEB: Claridge 68-yard run (Theisen kick); NEB:
Theisen 31-yard FG; NEB: Theisen 26-yard FG; AUB:
Sidle 13-yard run (Woodall kick)
Nebraska Head Coach: Bob Devaney
Auburn Head Coach: Shug Jordan
MEDIA GUIDE
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GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS
1965
Texas
Alabama
1966
21
17
Alabama
Nebraska
Florida
Georgia Tech
39
28
27
12
January 1, 1965 - Orange Bowl Stadium
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
January 1, 1966 - Orange Bowl Stadium
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
January 2, 1967 - Orange Bowl Stadium
First Night Game a Classic
Sloan Passes Underdog Alabama
Smith Runs Over Georgia Tech
Texas upset No. 1 Alabama, 21-17,
in the first night game in Orange
Bowl history. The Longhorns
stopped Alabama quarterback Joe
Namath inches short of the goal
line on a crucial fourth-down play
late in the game that would have
given the Crimson Tide the lead.
The defeat overshadowed a heroic
performance by Namath, who didn't start the game
because of a knee injury. He completed 18 of 37
passes for 255 yards and two touchdowns and was
named the game's Most Outstanding Player.
The Longhorns' Ernie Koy ran for a 79 yard
for a touchdown on Texas’ first possession. Texas
went up 14-0 after quarterback Jim Hudson hit
George Sauer for a 69-yard score.
Alabama head coach Bear Bryant then sent in
Namath to replace starter Steve Sloan. He completed
10 passes on an 87 yard touchdown drive.
Koy gave Texas a 21-7 lead with 27 seconds
remaining in the half. Namath came out firing
after intermission, hitting Ray Perkins with a 20yard pass to close the gap to 21-14.
When Texas' Marvin Kristynik fumbled late in
the fourth quarter, Namath was at the controls
once again. Three plays later at the one-yard line,
Namath tried a quarterback sneak and Longhorn
left tackle Frank Bedrick and All-American
linebacker Tommy Nobis stopped him short of the
goal. Prior to the game, Alabama was named
national champions by both the UPI and AP polls.
Alabama coach Bear Bryant gave
quarterback Steve Sloan the
green light to throw on any down,
and Sloan set Orange Bowl
passing records in leading the
Tide to a 39-28 victory over powerhouse Nebraska.
Sloan completed 20 of 28
passes for 296 yards and two touchdowns. A fine
three-touchdown performance by Nebraska
quarterback Bob Churchich was not enough to
overcome four Nebraska fumbles and a 24-7
halftime deficit.
In his first offensive series, Sloan took the
Tide 69 yards in eight plays, concluding it with a 21yard scoring pass to Ray Perkins. Nebraska tied
the score at 7-7 when Churchich connected with
Tony Jeter for 33 yards.
Sloan put 'Bama on top, 21-7, by engineering
drives of 89 and 93 yards. Bryant elected to go
with an onside kick and Alabama recovered. Five
plays later, his team led 24-7 following an 18-yard
David Ray field goal.
The teams exchanged touchdowns in the third
period and early in the fourth. Churchich's 14-yard
pass to Jeter and the ensuing two-point conversion
closed the final margin to 39-28. The Tide's Perkins
caught an Orange Bowl-record nine passes for 159
yards, a mark that stood for 25 years.
Halfback Larry Smith rushed for 187
yards, including a third-quarter 94yard touchdown sprint, as Florida
rolled over eighth-ranked Georgia
Tech, 27-12.
Tech trailed 7-6 and was at
the Florida 6 in the third period
when Bobby Downs intercepted a pass from the
Yellow Jackets' Kim King. On the next play, Smith
took a handoff from Heisman winner Steve Spurrier
and went 94 yards to put the Gators up 14-6. Florida
went on to dominate after Smith's run. Graham
McKeel's second of his two one-yard touchdown
runs and Larry Good's 25-yard run in the fourth
quarter made it 27-6.
Tech scored the first touchdown of the day—a
10-yard pass from King to Craig Baynham—to take
the initial 6-0 lead. The Jackets didn't score again
until the 4th when Jack Coons gathered in a 5-yard
Harmon Wages' aerial. The Yellow Jackets' Lenny
Snow was a bright spot, rushing for 110 yards and
hauling in a 52-yard pass reception.
The 1967 Orange Bowl marked legendary
Bobby Dodd's last appearance as head coach at
Georgia Tech. Florida head coach Ray Graves had
been Dodd's assistant at Georgia Tech for 14 years.
First Downs
Rushing Plays
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Texas
7
14
Alabama
0
7
TEXAS
15
51
212
17
4
2
101
313
9/36.8
2/1
3/25
0
7
ALA
18
26
49
44
20
1
298
347
5/43.4
3/1
4/46
0
3
-
21
14
SCORING SUMMARY
TEXAS: Koy 79-yard run (Conway kick); TEXAS:
Sauer 69-yard pass from Hudson (Conway kick);
ALA: Trimble 7-yard pass from Namath (Ray kick);
TEXAS: Koy 1-yard run (Conway kick); ALA:
Perkins 20-yard pass from Namath (Ray kick); ALA:
Ray 24-yard FG MOP: Joe Namath (Alabama)
Texas Head Coach: Darrell Royal
Alabama Head Coach: Paul “Bear” Bryant
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MEDIA GUIDE
First Downs
Rushing Attempts
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Yards Penalized
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Alabama
7
17
Nebraska
0
7
ALA
29
57
222
29
20
2
296
518
5/31.2
0/0
8/62
8
6
NEB
17
24
145
19
12
1
232
377
3/41.7
4/4
8/86
7
15
-
39
28
SCORING SUMMARY
ALA: Perkins 32-yard pass from Sloan (Ray kick);
NEB: Jeter 33-yard pass from Churchich
(Wachholtz kick); ALA: Kelley 4-yard run (Ray
kick); ALA: Perkins 11-yard pass from Sloan (Ray
kick); ALA: Ray 18-yard FG; NEB: Gregory 49-yard
pass from Churchich (pass failed); ALA: Bowman 1yard run (Perkins pass from Sloan); NEB:
Churchich 1-yard run (Wachholtz kick); ALA:
Bowman 3-yard run (Ray kick); NEB: Jeter 14-yard
pass from Churchich (Gregory pass from
Churchich) MOP: Steve Sloan (Alabama)
Alabama Head Coach: Paul “Bear” Bryant
Nebraska Head Coach: Bob Devaney
First Downs
Rushing Plays
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Florida
0
7
Georgia Tech 6
0
FLA
22
48
289
32
15
1
165
454
7/36.1
1/1
4/32
7
0
GT
17
46
197
22
6
4
128
325
6/42.3
2/1
5/41
13
6
-
27
12
SCORING SUMMARY
GT: Baynham 10-yard pass from King (run failed);
FLA: McKeel 1-yard run (Barfield kick); FLA:
Smith 94-yard run (Barfield kick); FLA: McKeel 1yard run (Barfield kick); FLA: Good 25-yard run
(pass failed); GT: Coons 5-yard pass from Wages
(pass failed) MOP: Larry Smith (Florida)
Florida Head Coach: Ray Graves
Georgia Tech Head Coach: Bobby Dodd
GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS
1968
Oklahoma
Tennessee
1969
26
24
Penn State
Kansas
1970
15
14
Penn State
Missouri
10
3
January 1, 1968 - Orange Bowl Stadium
January 1, 1969 - Orange Bowl Stadium
January 1, 1970 - Orange Bowl Stadium
‘Vols Miss Game Winning FG
Late Penalty Gives PSU Win
PSU Finishes Undefeated, No. 2
A 43-yard field goal attempt by
Tennessee's Karl Kremser with
seven seconds left sailed wide
right, leaving Oklahoma with a
narrow 26-24 Orange Bowl victory
over Tennessee.
The miss saved Oklahoma
first-year coach Chuck Fairbanks
from being the game's goat after he made a
coaching miscue minutes earlier.
Facing fourth-and-one from his own 43-yard
line with 1:54 left, Fairbanks gambled and went for
the first down, but the Sooners were stopped. The
ball was given to tailback Steve Owens, who was
met by blitzing Vol linebacker Jack Reynolds
before he could take a step.
Tennessee, which scored all 24 of its points
in the second half, worked it into field goal range
before Kremser missed.
Oklahoma's offense came out steaming in
the first half, getting three touchdowns led by
Most Outstanding Player Bob Warmack.
Tennessee came alive in the third, ignited by
Jimmy Glover's 36-yard interception return for six
points. That was followed by a 5-yard Fulton
scoring run and a Kremser field goal that closed it
to 19-17.
Oklahoma's Bob Stephenson briefly broke
the momentum with a 25-yard interception return
that made it 26-17, but Tennessee countered with
a late 1-yard run by Dewey Warren.
Given a second try due to a
Kansas penalty, Penn State
scored on a late two-point
conversion to beat the Jayhawks,
15-14, in the 35th Orange Bowl.
Kansas held on the previous
attempt, but referee Foster Grose
noticed 12 men on the field and awarded a
second try to the Nittany Lions. Bob Campbell
swept over the left side of the line for the win.
This Kansas team, the only one ever to win
the Big Eight title, scored first on a Mike Reeves
2-yard run. Penn State running back Charlie
Pittman came back with a 13-yard touchdown to
even it up at halftime.
Following a scoreless third period, fullback
John Riggins' 1-yard run put the Jayhawks up 147. Kansas looked like it would score again but
head coach Pepper Rodgers elected to run the
ball on a fourth-and-one at the Penn State 14.
Instead of the sure three points, Riggins was
stopped for no gain by Penn State's Pete
Johnson.
With 1:16 to go and still trailing by seven,
Penn State partially blocked a Kansas punt, and
took over at midfield. Chuck Burkhart completed
deep to Campbell, who was knocked out at the 3.
Burkhart eventually scored on a 1-yard run that
made it Kansas 14, Penn State 13.
Second-ranked Penn State saw
its chances for a national title
expire when Texas finished its
season earlier in the day with a
Cotton Bowl title, but Joe
Paterno's squad still completed
an undefeated season with a 10-3
win over Missouri.
Penn State scored all 10 of its points in a 21second span during the first quarter. Following a
29-yard field goal, the Nittany Lions recovered a
Missouri fumble on the ensuing kickoff and
quarterback Chuck Burkhart hit Lydell Mitchell
with a 28-yard TD strike on the next play.
Missouri lost two fumbles and had an
Orange Bowl-record seven passes intercepted
by the Penn State defense. Penn State
sophomore Franco Harris had 17 carries for 46
yards in a game that featured 19 future National
Football League stars.
First Downs
Rushing Attempts
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
OKLA
18
50
203
18
9
2
107
310
5/47.0
0/0
2/10
TENN
18
44
172
24
12
3
160
332
2/32.0
1/1
4/27
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Oklahoma
7
12 0
7
26
Tennessee
0
0 14 10 24
SCORING SUMMARY
OKLA: Warmack 7-yard run (Vachon kick); OKLA:
Hinton 20-yard pass from Warmack (kick failed);
OKLA: Owens 1-yard run (run failed); TENN:
Glover 36-yard interception return (Kremser kick);
TENN: Fulton 5-yard run (Kremser kick); OKLA:
Stephenson 23-yard interception return (Vachon
kick); TENN: Kremser 26-yard FG; TENN: Warren
1-yard run (Kremser kick) MOP: Bob Warmack
(Oklahoma)
Oklahoma Head Coach: Chuck Fairbanks
Tennessee Head Coach: Doug Dickey
First Downs
Rushing Plays
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Penn State 0
7
Kansas
7
0
PSU
17
55
207
23
12
1
154
361
9/38.1
2/2
1/15
0
0
KU
16
59
76
18
9
2
165
241
10/38.3
2/0
2/10
8
7
-
15
14
First Downs
Rushing Attempts
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Penn State 10
0
Missouri
0
3
PSU
12
54
57
26
11
1
187
244
12/43.1
0/0
5/40
0
0
MIZZ
13
43
189
28
6
7
117
306
6/44.7
4/2
3/25
0
0
-
10
3
SCORING SUMMARY
PSU: Reitz 29-yard FG; PSU: Mitchell 28-yard pass
from Burkhart (Reitz kick); MIZZ: Brown 33-yard FG
MOP: Chuck Burkhart (Penn State),
Mike Reid (Penn State)
Penn State Head Coach: Joe Paterno
Missouri Head Coach: Dan Devine
SCORING SUMMARY
KU: Reeves 2-yard run (Bell kick); PSU: Pittman
13-yard run (Garthwaite kick); KU: Riggins 1-yard
run (Bell kick); PSU: Burkhart 3-yard run
(Campbell run) MOP: Donnie Shanklin (Kansas)
Penn State Head Coach: Joe Paterno
Kansas Head Coach: Pepper Rodgers
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GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS
1971
Nebraska
LSU
1972
17
12
Nebraska
Alabama
1973
Nebraska
Notre Dame
38
6
40
6
January 1, 1971 - Orange Bowl Stadium
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
January 1, 1972 - Orange Bowl Stadium
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
January 1, 1973 - Orange Bowl Stadium
Nebraska Downs LSU for Title
‘Huskers Win Second Straight Title
Devaney Goes Out on Top
Coach Bob Devaney's Nebraska
Cornhuskers won their first of two
consecutive national championships by virtue of a 17-12 win
over LSU.
Earlier in the day, top-ranked
Texas was upset by Notre Dame
in the Cotton Bowl and number two-ranked Ohio
State was shocked by Stanford and Jim Plunkett
in the Rose.
That left the door to the title wide open for
the third-ranked 'Huskers. They responded by
building a 10-0 first-quarter lead.
A pair of Mark Lumpkin field goals and a 31yard touchdown pass from Buddy Lee to Al Coffee
on the last play of the third quarter gave the
inspired Tigers a 12-10 lead.
Nebraska showed its grit by regaining the
lead with 8:50 left. On a fourth-and-one,
quarterback Jerry Tagge was stopped inches
short of the goal, but he stretched the ball over the
line for the national title.
A match-up between top-ranked
Nebraska and No. 2 Alabama
was billed as the "Game of the
Century II,” but the 'Huskers
proved to be far superior as they
handed Alabama and coach Paul
“Bear” Bryant a 38-6 defeat.
The game followed Nebraska’s 35-31 "Game
of the Century I" win over Oklahoma that earned
the Big Eight title and Orange Bowl berth.
Nebraska jumped to a 14-0 lead on a Jeff
Kinney two-yard run and then 'Husker AllAmerican Johnny Rodgers' 77 yard punt return
for a touchdown on the final play of the first
quarter. Two more 'Husker scores engineered by
Jerry Tagge in the second period gave Coach
Bob Devaney's team a comfortable 28-0 halftime
lead. Devaney notched his first win in three tries
over Bryant.
Heisman Trophy winner Johnny
Rodgers closed out his collegiate
career in style, scoring four touchdowns and passing for another as
Nebraska became the first team to
win three straight Orange Bowl titles
by romping over Notre Dame, 40-6.
The game also was the last for Nebraska Head
Coach Bob Devaney, as he closed out his illustrious
16-year coaching career with the best record in
college football (136-30-7).
Devaney moved Rodgers to I-back from his
usual wingback position, and on the game's first play,
the senior took a pitchout for a big gainer and a sign
of things to come. "Johnny R" capped his career by
scoring on runs of 8, 4 and 5 yards. He also caught
the Irish defense off guard by tossing a 52-yard
halfback touchdown pass to Frosty Anderson in the
second quarter. Rodgers scored the last of his
record 50 Nebraska touchdowns on a 50-yard pass
reception from quarterback David Humm in the third
quarter and then sat out the rest of the game.
First Downs
Rushing Attempts
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Nebraska
10
0
LSU
0
3
NEB
18
48
132
28
14
2
161
293
6/37.7
4/3
8/67
0
9
LSU
20
45
51
32
17
1
227
278
8/32.8
4/3
4/27
7
0
-
17
12
SCORING SUMMARY
NEB: Rogers 26-yard FG; NEB: Orduno 3-yard run
(Rogers kick); LSU: Lumpkin 36-yard FG; LSU:
Lumpkin 25-yard FG; LSU: Coffee 31-yard pass
from Lee (kick failed); NEB: Tagge 1-yard run
(Rogers kick) MOP: Jerry Tagge (Nebraska),
Willie Harper (Nebraska)
Nebraska Head Coach: Bob Devaney
LSU Head Coach: Charlie McClendon
First Downs
Rushing Plays
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Nebraska
14 14
Alabama
0
0
NEB
15
58
183
20
11
0
159
342
5/42.2
3/2
4/50
3
6
ALA
16
58
241
13
3
2
47
288
7/43.3
5/2
4/58
7
0
-
38
6
SCORING SUMMARY
NEB: Kinney 2-yard run (kick failed); NEB:
Rodgers 77-yard punt return (Damkroger pass
from Tagge); NEB: Tagge 1-yard run (Sanger
kick); NEB: Dixon 2-yard run (Sanger kick); ALA:
Davis 3-yard run (run failed); NEB: Sanger 21yard FG; NEB: Van Brownson 1-yard run (Sanger
kick) MOP: Jerry Tagge (Nebraska), Rich Glover
(Nebraska)
Nebraska Head Coach: Bob Devaney
Alabama Head Coach: Paul “Bear” Bryant
First Downs
Rushing Plays
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Nebraska
7
13
Notre Dame 0
0
NEB
30
61
301
26
17
1
260
561
4/38.3
1/1
5/68
20
0
ND
13
44
101
23
9
3
100
201
6/37.2
3/0
1/15
0
6
-
40
6
SCORING SUMMARY
NEB: Rodgers 8-yard run (Sanger kick); NEB:
Dixon 1-yard run (Sanger kick); NEB: Anderson
52-yard pass from Rodgers (kick blocked); NEB:
Rodgers 4-yard run (pass failed); NEB: Rodgers 5yard run (Sanger kick); NEB: Rodgers 50-yard
pass from Humm (Sanger kick); ND: Demmerle 5yard pass from Clements (pass failed)
MOP: Johnny Rodgers (Nebraska), Rich Glover
(Nebraska)
Nebraska Head Coach: Bob Devaney
Notre Dame Head Coach: Ara Parseghian
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GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS
1974
Penn State
LSU
1975
16
9
Notre Dame
Alabama
1976
13
11
Oklahoma
Michigan
14
6
January 1, 1974 - Orange Bowl Stadium
January 1, 1975 - Orange Bowl Stadium
January 1, 1976 - Orange Bowl Stadium
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Penn State Remains Unbeaten
Irish Spoil ‘Bama Title Hopes
Sooners Get Defensive for Title
Undefeated Penn State moved its
record to 12-0 on the season as it
took advantage of consistently
poor LSU field position to win 16-9.
LSU out-gained the Nittany
Lions 274 yards to 185 and held
Heisman Trophy winner John
Cappelletti to 50 yards.
Cappelletti did score the Nittany Lions’ final
touchdown on a one-yard plunge in the second
quarter, but the game’s big play was a spectacular
72-yard touchdown catch by Chuck Herd of a pass
from Tom Shuman early in that period.
LSU scored first on a three-yard run by Steve
Rogers, and Penn State retaliated with a 44-yard
field goal by Chris Bahr to make it 7-3 at the end of
the first period. Herd’s catch and Cappelletti’s
plunge put PSU ahead 16-7 at the half.
Although Penn State finished undefeated,
the polls still had the Nittany Lions ranked fifth.
Notre Dame players sent coach
Ara Parseghian out with a win,
upsetting number one-ranked
Alabama, 13-11, in an exciting
Orange Bowl contest that went
down to the wire.
With less than two minutes
remaining, Alabama needed just a field goal for
the win. Facing a second-and-two situation on
the Notre Dame 38, Alabama quarterback
Richard Todd was intercepted by Reggie Barnett.
Underdog Notre Dame led quickly in this
contest, 13-0, on a pair of touchdown runs by
Wayne Bullock and Mark McLane. Alabama cut
it to 13-3 at the half on a 21-yard field goal by
Danny Ridgeway.
In the fourth quarter, Todd hit Russ
Schamun on a 48-yard scoring strike and
followed it up with a two-point conversion pitch
to George Pugh to narrow the gap to 13-11. A
few more yards and the Tide would be in field
goal range, but Barnett stepped in front of
intended receiver.
Second-ranked Oklahoma
survived a defensive battle with
Big Ten runner-up and fourthranked Michigan, winning its
second national championship in
the Orange Bowl by a 14-6 count.
The Sooners, coming off of two
years of probation, controlled their own destiny
after UCLA upset No.1 Ohio State in the Rose
Bowl.
After three quarters of play, Oklahoma was
protecting a 7-0 lead. On the first play of the
fourth quarter, quarterback Steve Davis ran 10
yards to increase the Sooner lead to 14-0, but
Michigan recovered an Oklahoma fumble on the
Sooner 2 and Gordon Bell took it in to make it 146. The Sooner defense then took over, and the
Michigan offense never made it past midfield
again.
Oklahoma's defensive effort was led by Lee
Roy and Dewey Selmon (10 and 13 tackles,
respectively) and limited Michigan to 202 yards of
offense.
First Downs
Rushing Attempts
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Penn State 3
13
LSU
7
0
PSU
9
43
28
17
6
1
157
185
7/34.7
1/0
3/37
0
2
LSU
18
57
205
20
8
1
69
274
8/46.8
3/1
3/30
0
0
-
16
9
SCORING SUMMARY
LSU: Rogers 3-yard run (Jackson kick); PSU: C.
Bahr 44-yard FG; PSU: Herd 72-yard pass from
Shuman (C.Bahr kick); PS: Cappelletti 1-yard run
(kick failed); LSU: Team safety MOP: Tom Shuman
(Penn State), Randy Crowder (Penn State)
Penn State Head Coach: Joe Paterno
LSU Head Coach: Charlie McClendon
First Downs
Rushing Attempts
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Notre Dame 7
6
Alabama
0
3
ND
15
66
185
8
4
2
19
204
6/38
1/1
1/15
0
0
ALA
14
33
62
29
15
2
223
285
7/40
5/2
1/5
0
8
-
13
11
SCORING SUMMARY
ND: Bullock 4-yard run (Reeve kick); ND: McLane
9-yard run (kick failed); ALA: Ridgeway 21-yard
FG; ALA: Schamun 48-yard pass from Todd (Pugh
pass from Todd) MOP: Wayne Bullock (Notre
Dame), Leroy Cook (Alabama)
Notre Dame Head Coach: Ara Parseghian
Alabama Head Coach: Paul “Bear” Bryant
First Downs
Rushing Attempts
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Oklahoma
0
7
Michigan
0
0
OKLA
16
65
282
5
3
0
63
345
9/34.9
4/3
9/90
0
0
MICH
12
52
169
20
2
3
33
202
10/38.6
1/0
5/24
7
6
-
14
6
SCORING SUMMARY
OKLA: Brooks 39-yard run (DiRienzo kick); OKLA:
Davis 9-yard run (DiRienzo kick); MICH: Bell 2-yard
run (run failed) MOP: Steve Davis (Oklahoma), Lee
Roy Selmon (Oklahoma)
Oklahoma Head Coach: Barry Switzer
Michigan Head Coach: Bo Schembechler
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GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS
1977
Ohio State
Colorado
1978
27
10
Arkansas
Oklahoma
1979
Oklahoma
Nebraska
31
6
January 1, 1977 - Orange Bowl Stadium
January 2, 1978 - Orange Bowl Stadium
January 1, 1979 - Orange Bowl Stadium
Buckeyes Go to Bench for Offense
Arkansas Sales Pitch Works
OU Stings Nebraska in Big Eight Clash
The Ohio State offense, led by
second-team quarterback Rod
Gerald, came alive in the second
period as the Buckeyes went on
to beat co-Big Eight champion
Colorado, 27-10.
The Buffaloes jumped out to
a 10-0 lead in the initial period, but a broken ankle
suffered by middle guard Charlie Johnson turned
the momentum to Ohio State.
After Jeff Logan's 36-yard touchdown run at
the close of the first, Woody Hayes substituted the
fleet-footed Gerald at quarterback and the offense
came alive. The Buckeyes tied it at 10 on a Tom
Skladany field goal and then went ahead on a 3yard Pete Johnson run that capped a 99-yard drive.
The Buffs could not do anything offensively
in the second half as Ohio State added 10 more
points.
Reserve running back Roland
Sales set an Orange Bowl record
with 205 rushing yards on 22
carries and a pair of touchdowns
in Arkansas’ 31-6 upset over a
championship-minded Oklahoma.
With top-ranked Texas
losing earlier in the day in the Cotton, all
Oklahoma had to do was win to achieve the top
ranking. Also in the Sooners' corner was the
suspension of three Arkansas starters by Coach
Lou Holtz prior to the trip to Miami. But it was not
to be.
Barry Switzer went against his own
strategy by choosing to receive the opening
kickoff rather than play defense. Oklahoma
fumbled inside its own 10 on the third play of the
game and Arkansas immediately scored for a
lead it never relinquished.
The fumbles by Oklahoma backs Billy Sims
and Kenny King turned into touchdowns and it
was quickly a 14-0 Razorback lead. Arkansas
went nine yards in two plays for the first score, a
1-yard Sales run, and 58 yards in seven plays that
culminated in another 1-yard run—this one by
Ron Calcagni.
Oklahoma, with the help of a 17point third quarter, avenged a
regular-season loss to Nebraska
with a 31-24 win, thanks to two
touchdowns each by Billy Sims
and Thomas Lott.
Nebraska got off to a 7-0
start in this one but the Sooners came back with
24 unanswered points and held a 31-10 lead after
three periods. Nebraska rallied with 9:12 left in
the game, closing it to 31-17 on a Rick Berns 1yard run. Then, Oklahoma’s Lott fumbled at his
own 42, but the Huskers couldn't punch it in.
The Sooners, ranked No. 1 with one loss,
had lost a heartbreaker to the Cornhuskers, 1714, on a late fumble at the Nebraska three-yard
line. When the Huskers were upset the following
week by Missouri, producing a Big Eight Championship tie, the Orange Bowl officials came up
with the idea of a rematch. It was the first-ever
match-up of two Big Eight teams in a bowl game.
First Downs
Rushing Attempts
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Yards Penalized
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Ohio State 10 10
Colorado
7
0
OSU
21
71
307
7
2
0
59
366
3/42.2
4/4
4/37
3
0
COLO
12
40
146
23
8
2
137
283
7/35.2
0/1/0
8/60
7
0
-
27
10
SCORING SUMMARY
COLO: Zetterberg 26-yard FG; COLO: Moorehead
11-yard pass from Kapple (Zetterberg kick); OSU:
Logan 36-yard run (Skladany kick); OSU:
Skladany 28-yard FG; OSU: P. Johnson 3-yard run
(Skladany kick); OSU: Skladany 20-yard FG; OSU:
Gerald 4-yard run (Skladany kick) MOP: Rod
Gerald (Ohio State), Tom Cousineau (Ohio State)
Ohio State Head Coach: Woody Hayes
Colorado Head Coach: Bill Mallory
First Downs
Rushing Plays
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Arkansas
14
0
Oklahoma
0
0
ARK
21
60
317
12
7
1
90
407
4/40.5
2/1
7/50
10
0
OKLA
18
49
230
14
7
0
80
310
5/44.4
4/3
5/25
7
6
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6
SCORING SUMMARY
ARK: Sales 1-yard run (Little kick); ARK: Calcagni
1-yard run (Little kick); ARK: Little 32-yard FG;
ARK: Sales 4-yard run (Little kick); OKLA: Hicks 8yard pass from Blevins (run failed); ARK: White
20-yard run (Little kick) MOP: Roland Sales
(Arkansas), Reggie Freeman (Arkansas)
Arkansas Head Coach: Lou Holtz
Oklahoma Head Coach: Barry Switzer
42
31
24
First Downs
Rushing Attempts
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Yards Penalized
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Oklahoma
7
7
Nebraska
7
0
OKLA
17
53
292
3
2
0
47
339
3/39.3
1/1
6/50
17
3
NEB
27
54
217
31
18
2
220
437
2/37.5
0/0
8/96
0
14
-
31
24
SCORING SUMMARY
NEB: Smith 21-yard pass from Sorley (Todd kick);
OKLA: Sims 3-yard run (von Schamann kick);
OKLA: Lott 3-yard run (von Schamann kick); OKLA:
Sims 11-yard run (von Schamann kick); OKLA: von
Schamann 26-yard FG; NEB: Todd 31-yard FG; OU:
Lott 2-yard run (von Schamann kick); NEB: Berns
1-yard run (Todd kick); NEB: Miller 2-yard pass
from Sorley (Todd kick) MOP: Billy Sims
(Oklahoma), Reggie Kinlaw (Oklahoma)
Oklahoma Head Coach: Barry Switzer
Nebraska Head Coach: Tom Osborne
GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS
1980
Oklahoma
Florida State
1981
24
7
Oklahoma
Florida State
1982
18
17
Clemson
Nebraska
22
15
January 1, 1980 - Orange Bowl Stadium
January 1, 1981 - Orange Bowl Stadium
January 1, 1982 - Orange Bowl Stadium
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Sooners Spoil Seminole Uprising
Wishbone Watts Airs Out FSU
Clemson Perfect in Title Game
J.C. Watts and Billy Sims each
rushed for more than 100 yards
and a stingy Oklahoma defense
shut down undefeated and
fourth-ranked Florida State for a
24-7 victory.
For 17 minutes, it appeared
Florida State would realize its dream of a 12-0
season. Making its first appearance in the
Orange Bowl, Florida State took a 7-0 lead on a 1yard Mike Whiting run.
The Seminoles had a chance to double the
lead when Bobby Butler blocked a Sooner punt
and Florida State had the ball on the Oklahoma 17.
But a series of miscues, including a fumbled field
goal snap, left the Seminoles without a score.
Watts quickly quieted the biased Garnet &
Gold crowd with a 61-yard touchdown run, the
first of 24 unanswered points by Oklahoma.
Moments later, Bud Hebert intercepted a Jimmy
Jordan pass at the Seminole 10 and Stanley
Wilson cashed it in two plays later. A Mike
Keeling 24-yard field goal before the half made it
17-7.
Watts finished the day with 127 yards
rushing and Sims had 164.
Oklahoma wishbone quarterback
J.C. Watts went to the air in the
fourth quarter to defeat Florida
State, 18-17, in an exciting finish.
Florida State held a 17-10
lead with 3:19 remaining and
Watts, who had fumbled four
times and lost three, had been stymied by the
Seminoles' top-ranked defense.
But in the final minutes, he passed for 74
yards on a 78-yard Sooner drive, including a 1yard touchdown to split end Steve Rhodes at the
1:33 mark. With the Seminoles guessing rush,
Watts lofted a two-point conversion pass to tight
end Forrest Valora for the lead.
The Seminoles had one last shot to win, but
Bill Capece's 62-yard field goal attempt just missed.
Florida State, 10-1 coming into the game,
scored first when Ricky Williams culminated a 70yard drive with a 10-yard run. Oklahoma's Mike
Keeling made good on a 53-yard field goal attempt
right before the intermission to cut the lead to 7-3.
The Sooners took the second-half kickoff 78
yards, with David Overstreet scoring from the 4.
Florida State then evened it up at 10-10 at the end
of the third quarter on a 19-yard Capece field goal.
Four minutes into the fourth, a botched
Sooner punt snap was recovered in the endzone
by All-American cornerback Bobby Butler and the
Seminoles had a 17-10 lead.
Top-ranked Clemson won its first
national championship and
finished with its third perfect
season in its 88-year history with
a 22-15 win over Nebraska.
After Clemson took a 22-7
lead into the fourth quarter
behind three Donald Igwebuike field goals and a
Homer Jordan-to-Perry Tuttle score, Nebraska
engineered a final run at the Tigers. A 26-yard
touchdown by Roger Craig capped a 69-yard
drive and Craig's two-point conversion made it a
seven-point game with nine minutes to play.
But the Clemson defense, led by AllAmerican safety Terry Kinard and 295-pound
freshman middle guard William Perry, shut down
the Big Red on its final drive and the Tiger
offense held the ball for over five minutes as time
expired.
Craig and Mike Rozier rushed for 161 of
Nebraska's 193 yards. Rozier also passed 25
yards to Anthony Steels for a touchdown.
First Downs
Rushing Plays
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Oklahoma
0
17
Florida State 7
0
OKLA
23
35
411
4
2
0
36
447
4/25
5/4
3/27
0
0
FSU
12
35
82
27
8
3
100
182
9/42.2
1/0
4/20
7
0
-
24
7
SCORING SUMMARY
FSU: Whiting 1-yard run (Cappelen kick); OKLA:
Watts 61-yard run (Keeling kick); OKLA: Wilson 5yard run (Keeling kick); OKLA: Keeling 24-yard FG;
OKLA: Sims 22-yard run; OKLA: Watts 12-yard run
(Keeling kick) MOP: J.C. Watts (Oklahoma), Bob
Herbert (Oklahoma)
Oklahoma Head Coach: Barry Switzer
Florida State Head Coach: Bobby Bowden
First Downs
Rushing Attempts
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Oklahoma
0
3
Florida State 0
7
OKLA
18
55
155
12
7
0
128
284
2/37.0
7/5
4/32
7
3
FSU
23
60
212
15
11
0
51
263
4/42.5
1/0
5/58
8
7
-
18
17
SCORING SUMMARY
FSU: Williams 10-yard run (Capece kick); OKLA:
Keeling 53-yard FG; OKLA: Overstreet 4-yard run
(Keeling kick); FSU: Capece 19-yard FG; FSU:
Butler fumble recovery (Capece kick); OKLA:
Watts 11-yard pass to Rhodes (Watts pass to
Valora) MOP: J.C. Watts (Oklahoma), Jarvis
Coursey (Florida State)
First Downs
Rushing Plays
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Clemson
6
6
Nebraska
7
0
CLEM
17
52
155
22
11
1
134
289
4/18
3/0
7/57
10
0
NEB
13
40
193
17
6
0
17
256
6/43
3/2
8/64
0
8
-
22
15
SCORING SUMMARY
CLEM: Igwebuike 41-yard FG; NEB: Steels 25-yard
pass from Rozier (Seibel kick); CLEM: Igwebuike 37yard FG; CLEM: Austin 2-yard run (pass failed);
CLEM: Tuttle 13-yard pass from Jordan (Pauling
kick); CLEM: Igwebuike 36-yard FG; NEB: Craig 26yard run (Craig run) MOP: Homer Jordan (Clemson),
Jeff Davis (Clemson)
Clemson Head Coach: Danny Ford
Nebraska Head Coach: Tom Osborne
Oklahoma Head Coach: Barry Switzer
Florida State Head Coach: Bobby Bowden
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GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS
1983
Nebraska
LSU
1984
21
20
Miami
Nebraska
1985
Washington
Oklahoma
31
30
January 1, 1983 - Orange Bowl Stadium
January 2, 1984 - Orange Bowl Stadium
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
January 1, 1985 - Orange Bowl Stadium
Fumblin’ Nebraska Holds On
Golden Game for Hurricanes
Huskies Beat Sooners, Finish #2
LSU came within one point of
upsetting No. 3 Nebraska, but the
Huskers held on to win, 21-20.
Despite four fumbles and a
pair of interceptions, the Big Red
Machine was able to come back
from a 17-7 deficit to win. Two
Dalton Hilliard scores for LSU came as the result
of Nebraska fumbles and a third-quarter LSU field
goal was also the result of a fumble.
Finally, the ’Husker offense came alive,
scoring twice thanks to drives engineered by
quarterback Turner Gill. Gill found Mike Rozier
with an 11-yard pass and then scored the second
touchdown himself, giving the ’Huskers a 21-17
lead.
LSU cut it to one with a fourth-quarter field
goal by Juan Betanzos.
In arguably the greatest college
football bowl game ever played,
Miami won its first national
championship, 31-30, after
Nebraska missed a two-point
conversion attempt in the 50th
anniversary Orange Bowl Classic.
The ’Huskers had pulled
within one with 48 seconds to play, but Miami
strong safety Ken Calhoun stepped in front of a
Turner Gill attempted two-point conversion pass to
preserve the win. The 11-0 ’Huskers were the
favorites, but they quickly found themselves
behind, 17-0, after Miami freshman quarterback
Bernie Kosar threw two touchdowns to his tight
end Glenn Dennison.
The first ’Husker points came in a second
period on Dean Steinkuhler's controversial 19yard "fumblerooskie" play. The Huskers added a 1yard Gill run to close the gap to 17-14.
A Nebraska field goal tied it at 17 in the third,
but Alonzo Highsmith and Albert Bentley scored
touchdowns at the end of long Kosar-led drives.
Nebraska responded at the close of the third with
a Jeff Smith 1-yard run and, after Miami missed a
field goal in the fourth, Smith ran it in from the 24
with :48 on the clock. Then, the Nebraska
comeback hopes were dashed when the
conversion pass was batted away.
Washington, the first Pac-10
team to be invited to the Orange
Bowl, rallied to beat No. 2
Oklahoma, 28-17.
Backup quarterback Hugh
Millen came off the bench in
relief of Paul Sicuro to lead
Washington to a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns. The Huskies had jumped out to a
surprising 14-0 lead early when Sicuro
connected with Danny Greene on a 29-yard
touchdown pass and Jacque Robinson later
scored from the one.
Oklahoma cut the lead to 14-7 on Danny
Bradley's one-yard run and then tied the game
just before intermission when Derrick Shepard
caught a Bradley pass at the 47 and raced in.
The Sooners broke the deadlock in the third
quarter on a 35-yard Tim Lashar field goal, but
with 8:39 to play, Millen tossed a 12-yard
touchdown pass to Mark Pattison that gave
Washington the 21-17 advantage. Washington
then intercepted a Sooner pass to set up its final
score.
First Downs
Rushing Attempts
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Nebraska
7
0
LSU
7
7
NEB
22
58
237
22
13
2
184
403
1/31.0
4/4
4/25
7
3
LSU
12
31
63
30
14
2
173
211
6/39.2
1/0
8/54
7
3
-
21
20
SCORING SUMMARY
NEB: Schellen 5-yard run (Seibel kick); LSU:
Hilliard 1-yard run (Betanzos kick); LSU: Hilliard
1-yard run (Betanzos kick); LSU: Betanzos 28yard FG; NEB: Rozier 11-yard pass from Gill
(Seibel kick); NEB: Gill 1-yard run (Seibel kick);
LSU: Betanzos 49-yard FG MOP: Turner Gill
(Nebraska), Dave Rimington (Nebraska)
Nebraska Head Coach: Tom Osborne
LSU Head Coach: Jerry Stovall
First Downs
Rushing Plays
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Miami
17
0
Nebraska
0
14
MIAMI
22
28
130
35
19
1
300
430
4/41.8
1/1
13/101
14
3
NEB
24
56
287
30
16
1
172
459
3/37.3
6/1
4/51
0
13
-
31
30
SCORING SUMMARY
MIAMI: Dennison 2-yard pass from Kosar (Davis
kick); MIAMI: Davis 45-yard FG; MIAMI: Dennison
22-yard pass from Kosar (Davis kick); NEB:
Steinkuhler 19-yard run (Livingston kick); NEB: Gill
1-yard run (Livington kick); NEB: Livingston 34yard FG; MIAMI: Highsmith 1-yard run (Davis kick);
MIAMI: Bentley 7-yard run (Davis kick); NEB:
Smith 1-yard run (Livingston kick); NEB: Smith 24yard run (pass failed) MOP: Bernie Kosar (Miami),
Jack Fernandez (Miami)
Miami Head Coach: Howard Schnellenberger
Nebraska Head Coach: Tom Osborne
44
28
17
MEDIA GUIDE
First Downs
Rushing Attempts
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Washington 14
0
Oklahoma
0
14
WASH
17
43
192
21
9
3
119
311
6/37.7
3/1
5/25
0
0
OKLA
17
54
162
21
6
1
124
286
7/34.6
6/2
8/60
14
3
-
28
17
SCORING SUMMARY
WASH: Greene 29-yard pass from Sicuro (Jaeger
kick); WASH: Robinson 1-yard run (Jaeger kick);
OKLA: Bradley 1-yard run (Lashar kick); OKLA:
Shepard 61-yard pass from Bradley (Lashar kick);
OKLA: Lashar 35-yard FG; WASH: Pattison 12-yard
pass from Millen (Jaeger kick); WASH: Fenney 6yard run (Jaeger kick) MOP: Jacque Robinson
(Washington), Ron Holmes (Washington)
Washington Head Coach: Don James
Oklahoma Head Coach: Barry Switzer
GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS
1986
Oklahoma
Penn State
1987
25
10
Oklahoma
Arkansas
1988
42
8
Miami
Oklahoma
20
14
January 1, 1986 - Orange Bowl Stadium
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
January 1, 1987 - Orange Bowl Stadium
January 1, 1988 - Orange Bowl Stadium
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Holieway Steers Sooners to Title
Sooners Steamroll Razorbacks
Miami Earns Championship Ring
Oklahoma scored 16 secondquarter points and shut out topranked Penn State in the second
half as it won its third national
championship in the Orange
Bowl.
After giving up seven on the
Lions' opening drive on a short Tim Manoa run,
the Sooner defense shut down Penn State.
Tim Lashar kicked the first of his four field
goals early in the second period to make it 7-3
and swung the momentum to Oklahoma. Jamelle
Holieway, who would engineer six scoring drives,
found All-American tight end Keith Jackson for a
71-yard touchdown pass on a third-and-24 play.
Lashar added a pair of field goals before
State's Massimo Manca kicked a 27-yarder with
one second left in the half that made it 16-10.
The Sooners' top-ranked defense took over
in the second half and fullback Lydell Carr
scampered 61 yards to make the final 25-10.
Oklahoma’s defense was lead Brian Bosworth
(13 solo tackles) and picked off four passes.
Oklahoma capped its third
consecutive season as Big Eight
Champions with a 42-8 rout of
Arkansas.
Early in the second quarter,
Spencer Tillman put Oklahoma
ahead with a 77-yard touchdown
run. After a second Arkansas interception in as
many possessions, Tillman found his way into the
endzone from 21-yards out, putting the Sooners
up 14-0 at the half.
To start the second half, Oklahoma's
defense sacked the Razorbacks' Greg Thomas
twice, forcing a three and out situation for the
scoreless Hogs. On the Sooners next possession
quarterback Jamelle Holieway called his own
number and scored on a 2-yard run.
With Oklahoma leading 28-0, the Razorbacks continued to self-destruct as Thomas
threw two more interceptions in the fourth
quarter. Although neither turnover resulted in a
Sooner score, Oklahoma still put more points on
the board with two more touchdowns in the
fourth.
Arkansas did manage to avoid a shutout
with less than 25 seconds left in the game on a 1yard touchdown run by senior fullback Derrick
Thomas.
For the second time in five years,
Miami became the national
champion in the Orange Bowl,
this time knocking off Oklahoma,
20-14.
The Miami offense broke
quickly from the starting gate and
took the first possession 65 yards for a score as
Steve Walsh lofted a 30-yard pass to Melvin
Bratton. The Hurricane defense, led by
linebacker Bernard Clark, set the tone for the day
when it forced Oklahoma to punt on its first five
possessions.
The Hurricanes' first two drives of the
second half produced a Greg Cox' Orange Bowlrecord 56-yard field goal and then a Walsh-toMichael Irvin 23-yard touchdown pass. At 11:19
of the fourth, Cox came up with another field goal
from 48-yards out. With 2:05 left in the fourth
quarter, the Sooners scored on a 29-yard
“fumblerooskie,” which gave the Oklahoma
faithful a flicker of hope. When the Sooners
regained possession, the Hurricane defenders
blew it out when they sacked quarterback
Charles Thompson and caused a fumble to
ensure the victory.
First Downs
Rushing Plays
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Oklahoma
0
16
Penn State 7
3
OKLA
12
52
228
6
3
0
91
319
5/42.6
5/1
7/45
3
0
PSU
14
36
103
34
18
4
164
267
6/46.3
2/1
6/49
6
0
-
25
10
SCORING SUMMARY
PSU: Manoa 1-yard run (Manca kick); OKLA:
Lashar 26-yard FG; OKLA: Jackson 71-yard pass
from Holieway (Lashar kick); OKLA: Lashar 31yard FG; OKLA: Lashar 21-yard FG; PSU: Manca
27-yard FG; OKLA: Lashar 22-yard FG; OKLA: Carr
61-yard run (kick failed) MOP: Sonny Brown
(Oklahoma), Tim Lashar (Oklahoma)
Oklahoma Head Coach: Barry Switzer
Penn State Head Coach: Joe Paterno
First Downs
Rushing Attempts
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Oklahoma
0
14
Arkansas
0
0
OKLA
11
48
366
5
2
0
47
413
5/47.6
3/2
4/40
14
0
ARK
17
45
48
33
16
5
192
240
9/41.1
2/0
3/25
14
8
-
42
8
SCORING SUMMARY
OKLA: Tillman 77-yard run (Lashar kick); OKLA:
Tillman 21-yard run (Lashar kick); OKLA:
Holieway 2-yard run (Lashar kick); OKLA:
Holieway 4-yard run (Lashar kick); OKLA: Stafford
13-yard run (Lashar kick); OKLA: Parham 49-yard
run (Lashar kick); ARK: Thomas 2-yard run
(Shibest pass from Bland) MOP: Spencer Tillman
(Oklahoma), Dante Jones (Oklahoma)
First Downs
Rushing Plays
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Miami
7
0
Oklahoma
0
7
MIAMI
15
38
72
30
18
1
209
281
6/44.7
0/0
8/85
10
0
OKLA
13
53
179
13
5
0
76
255
8/39.0
4/2
5/39
3
7
-
20
14
SCORING SUMMARY
MIAMI: Bratton 30-yard pass from Walsh (Cox kick);
OKLA: Stafford 1-yard run (Lashar kick); MIAMI: Cox
56-yard FG; MIAMI: Irvin 23-yard pass from Walsh
(Cox kick); MIAMI: Cox 48-yard FG; OKLA: Hutson 29yard run (Lashar kick) MOP: Bernard Clark (Miami),
Darrell Reed (Oklahoma)
Miami Head Coach: Jimmy Johnson
Oklahoma Head Coach: Barry Switzer
Oklahoma Head Coach: Barry Switzer
Arkansas Head Coach: Ken Hatfield
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GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS
1989
Miami
Nebraska
1990
23
3
Notre Dame
Colorado
1991
Colorado
Notre Dame
21
6
January 2, 1989 - Orange Bowl Stadium
January 1, 1990 - Orange Bowl Stadium
January 1, 1991 - Orange Bowl Stadium
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
‘Canes Pass Test, Finish #2
Irish Stampede Buffaloes
Buffs Hang On to Win Title
Second-ranked Miami, with no
chance to repeat as national
champion after undefeated Notre
Dame won earlier in the day,
overwhelmed Nebraska 23-3 in
the 55th annual Orange Bowl.
On Miami’s second
possession, quarterback Steve Walsh found
halfback Leonard Conley down the middle for a 22yard touchdown pass.
Conley scored again in the second quarter,
catching a 42-yard run from Walsh, and Carlos
Huerta added a pair of field goals to give the Hurricanes a comfortable 20-0 halftime lead. The
Miami defense held Nebraska's No. 1 rushing
offense to just 31 yards in the first half.
Walsh set an Orange Bowl record for passes
attempted with 44. It was Head Coach Jimmy
Johnson's last game at Miami before moving on to
the NFL.
Notre Dame took advantage of
three first-half missed scoring
opportunities by Colorado and
handed the 11-0 top-ranked
Buffaloes a 21-6 defeat.
The game was barely five
minutes old when tailback Eric
Bieniemy fumbled at the Notre Dame 19. In the
second period, Ken Culbertson missed a 23-yard
field goal and Notre Dame foiled a fake field goal
attempt on a fourth-and-goal on its three-yard line.
Billy Hackett's 27-yard field goal attempt just
before the half was blocked by Colorado’s Garry
Howe, leaving the game scoreless.
Notre Dame scored two quick touchdowns in the
third quarter. Anthony Johnson's 2-yard
touchdown run was followed by Raghib Ismail's
35-yard reverse for a touchdown after Ned Bolcar
intercepted Buffalo quarterback Darian Hagan.
Hagan's 39-yard touchdown run cut it to
14-6 at the close of the quarter, but Culbertson
missed the PAT.
Notre Dame marched 82 yards in 17 plays,
eating nearly nine minutes of clock time, to put
the game out of reach. Johnson's second
touchdown made it 21-6.
The 1991 Colorado Buffaloes, a
team of comebacks and controversy, overcame the loss of top
quarterback Darian Hagan to earn
their first national championship
with a 10-9 victory over Notre
Dame.
Colorado's Eric Bieniemy led
both teams as he gained 86 tough yards on the
ground and 19 yards through the air and scored
the Buffaloes lone touchdown. But the MOP was
back-up quarterback Charles S. Johnson, who
completed all three of his passes for 32 yards in a
third-quarter drive that led to Bieniemy's one-yard
dive into the end zone—the eventual winning
score.
Trailing 10-9 with 43 seconds remaining,
Notre Dame's Raghib "Rocket" Ismail broke the
Colorado punt coverage and ran 91 yards for the
winning score—only to have it nullified by a late
clipping penalty.
Five plays later, frustrated Notre Dame
quarterback Rick Mirer threw his third interception of the day. Colorado defensive back Deon
Figures grabbed the ball to seal the Colorado
victory.
The Buffs took an early 3-0 advantage on a
33-yard Jim Harper field goal, but a Ricky Watters
2-yard run gave Notre Dame a 6-3 lead before
halftime.
Notre Dame running backs Tony Brooks and
Watters, who ran for 46 and 44 yards, respectively,
each fumbled on consecutive third-quarter
possessions. From there, the Colorado defense
took over and kept the Fighting Irish out of scoring
range the rest of the way.
First Downs
Rushing Attempts
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Miami
7
13
Nebraska
0
0
MIAMI
20
28
69
48
23
3
285
354
4/39.5
0/0
7/60
0
3
NEB
10
38
90
22
8
3
55
135
9/37.2
0/0
5/45
3
0
-
23
3
SCORING SUMMARY
MIAMI: Conley 22-yard pass from Walsh (Huerta
kick); MIAMI: Huerta 18-yard FG; MIAMI: Conley
42-yard pass from Walsh (Huerta kick); MIAMI:
Huerta 37-yard FG; NEB: Barrios 50-yard FG;
MIAMI: Huerta 37-yard FG MOP: Steve Walsh
(Miami), Charles Fryar (Nebraska)
Miami Head Coach: Jimmy Johnson
Nebraska Head Coach: Tom Osborne
First Downs
Rushing Plays
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Notre Dame 0
0
Colorado
0
0
ND
18
62
295
9
5
0
99
378
5/40.1
0/0
3/35
14
6
COLO
16
46
239
13
4
2
65
282
3/39.3
1/1
3/35
7
0
-
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6
SCORING SUMMARY
ND: Johnson 2-yard run (Hentrich kick); ND:
Ismail 35-yard reverse (Hentrich kick); COLO:
Hagan 39-yard run (kick failed); ND: Johnson 7yard run (Hentrich kick) MOP: Raghib Ismail
(Notre Dame), Darian Hagan (Colorado)
Notre Dame Head Coach: Lou Holtz
Colorado Head Coach: Bill McCartney
46
10
9
First Downs
Rushing Attempts
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Colorado
0
3
Notre Dame 0
6
COLO
19
54
186
19
9
0
109
295
7/40.4
2/1
6/50
7
3
ND
18
35
123
31
13
3
141
264
3/51.0
2/2
3/45
0
0
-
10
9
SCORING SUMMARY
COLO: Harper 22-yard FG; ND: Watters 2-yard run
(kick blocked); ND: Hentrich 24-yard FG; COLO:
Bieniemy 1-yard run (Harper kick) MOP: Charles S.
Johnson (Colorado), Chris Zorich (Notre Dame)
Colorado Head Coach: Bill McCartney
Notre Dame Head Coach: Lou Holtz
GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS
1992
Miami
Nebraska
1993
22
0
Florida State
Nebraska
1994
27
14
Florida State
Nebraska
18
16
January 1, 1992 - Orange Bowl Stadium
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
January 1, 1993 - Orange Bowl Stadium
January 1, 1994 - Orange Bowl Stadium
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Shutout Gives ‘Canes Third Title
Seminoles Capture First OB Win
FSU Wins First National Title
For the third time in five years, the
Orange Bowl was the cream of the
proverbial crop of New Year's Day
bowl games as Miami soundly
defeated Nebraska, 22-0, to take a
share of the national championship.
Hurricane fullback and game
MOP Larry Jones ran for 144 yards
and a touchdown, while quarterback Gino Torretta
completed 19 of 41 passes for 257 yards and a score.
The Cornhuskers, leaders in NCAA offense
going into the game, didn't earn a rushing yard in
the first quarter and netted just one yard on one
completed pass. Miami became the first team in 221
games to hold the Cornhuskers scoreless.
Nebraska’ Derek Brown gained only 10 yards
on five carries, and the Huskers pass attack was
stifled by a Miami defensive front that got to
quarterback Keithen McCant five times. The
defensive stoppers for the ‘Canes were tackle Rusty
Medearis, who had four sacks, and Micheall
Barrow, who contributed 10 tackles.
Miami’s defense dominated while the offense
followed Torretta's 8-yard touchdown pass to Kevin
Williams with two Carlos Huerta field goals for a 130 cushion.
The third quarter proved no more fruitful for
Nebraska. Needing a strong defensive showing, the
'Huskers failed to hinder Miami from marching 66
yards on its first drive of the second half, culminating in a 1-yard Jones run and a 19-0 lead. Huerta
added a 54-yard field goal, second-longest in
Orange Bowl history, to go up 22-0.
Miami finished No. 1 in the Associated Press
poll while the University of Washington got the nod
from the coaches' poll.
Florida State won its first Orange
Bowl game, 27-14, with a 13-point
second quarter that proved too
much for Nebraska. The
Cornhuskers, meanwhile, missed
a pair of field goals and fumbled
the ball away on its own two-yard
line in the quarter.
Florida State jumped out to a 7-0 lead thanks
to a 75-yard drive engineered by quarterback
Charlie Ward that culminated with a 25-yard
scoring toss to freshman Tamarick Vanover.
On the game's next play, Florida State
defensive end Dan Footman recovered a wild
Tommie Frazier pitch-out at the Nebraska two.
The ACC champs led 17-0 three plays later on a
Ward-to-Kez McCorvey 4-yard pass.
The Huskers wasted an ensuing 48-yard
kickoff return by Barron Miles when Bryon
Bennett missed again from 39 yards. Florida State,
however, cashed in on a Dan Mowrey 24-yard
field goal after a 70-yard drive to make it 20-0. A
41-yard Frazier-to-Corey Dixon touchdown pass
cut it to 20-7 just before halftime.
FSU continued its ground attack in the third
quarter, going 85 yards in 16 plays for a 27-7 lead
on Sean Jackson's 11-yard touchdown run. Early
in the fourth, Frazier hit tight end Gerald
Armstrong for a 1-yard touchdown to go up 27-14.
FSU finished second in the AP Poll for the
fourth time since 1987 while Nebraska dropped to 14.
Led by Charlie Ward, Florida
State came from behind to defeat
Nebraska, 18-16, to secure the
school's first-ever national
crown.
In a game that had two
climatic finishes, the Seminoles
true freshman place kicker Scott Bentley's 22yard field goal, his fourth of the day, put FSU on
top with :21 left to all but seal a victory.
The game seemed to end after Cornhusker
quarterback Tommie Frazier hit tight end Trumane
Bell with a 29-yard pass as time expired. But
officials concurred that :01 had to be placed back
on the clock and the field was cleared for
another finish. This time it was Nebraska's 45yard try that sailed wide left, giving FSU its ninthstraight bowl victory.
The game set an Orange Bowl record
crowd of 81,536 and saw just the 11th meeting
ever between the No. 1 and No. 2-ranked teams
and just the third ever in the Orange Bowl.
First Downs
Rushing Plays
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Miami
13
0
Nebraska
0
0
MIAMI
25
44
192
41
19
2
257
439
5/33.0
3/0
12/143
NEB
9
38
122
19
7
2
89
171
8/36.6
3/2
6/36
First Downs
Rushing Attempts
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Florida State 7
13
Nebraska
0
7
FSU
23
48
221
31
16
1
215
436
6/35.8
3/0
6/71
0
7
NEB
13
34
144
22
10
2
146
290
4/44.8
5/1
6/50
7
0
-
27
14
SCORING SUMMARY
MIAMI: Williams 8-yard pass from Torretta (Huerta
kick); MIAMI: Huerta 24-yard FG; MIAMI: Huerta 24yard FG; MIAMI: Jones 1-yard run (pass failed);
MIAMI: Huerta 54-yard FG. MOP: Larry Jones
(Miami) and Tyrone Legette (Nebraska)
SCORING SUMMARY
FSU: Vanover 25-yard pass from Ward (Mowrey
kick); FSU: McCorvey 4-yard pass from Ward
(Mowrey kick); FSU: Mowrey 24-yard FG; NEB:
Dixon 41-yard pass from Frazier (Bennett kick);
FSU: Jackson 11-yard run (Mowrey kick); NEB:
Armstrong 1-yard pass from Frazier (Bennett kick)
MOP: Charlie Ward (Florida State), Corey Dixon
(Nebraska)
Miami Head Coach: Dennis Erickson
Nebraska Head Coach: Tom Osborne
Florida State Head Coach: Bobby Bowden
Nebraska Head Coach: Tom Osborne
9
0
0
0
-
22
0
First Downs
Rushing Plays
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Florida State 3
0
Nebraska
0
7
FSU
22
24
47
43
24
0
286
333
6/45.2
0/0
10/69
3
0
NEB
20
44
183
25
13
2
206
389
7/38.4
2/0
11/115
12
9
-
18
16
SCORING SUMMARY
FSU: Bentley 34-yard FG; NEB: Baul 34-yard pass
from Frazier (Bennett kick); FSU: Bentley 25-yard FG;
FSU: Floyd 1-yard run (pass failed); FSU: Bentley 39yard FG; NEB: Phillips 12-yard run (run failed); NEB:
Bennett 27-yard FG; FSU: Bentley 22-yard FG MOP:
Charlie Ward (Florida State), Tommie Frazier
(Nebraska)
Florida State Head Coach: Bobby Bowden
Nebraska Head Coach: Tom Osborne
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GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS
1995
Nebraska
Miami
24
17
Florida State
Notre Dame
1996
Nebraska
Virginia Tech
31
26
41
21
January 1, 1995 - Orange Bowl Stadium
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
January 1, 1996 - Orange Bowl Stadium
December 31, 1996 - Pro Player Stadium
Osborne Wins First Title
Last Game Played at OB Stadium
OB Game Moves to Pro Player
Two fourth-quarter touchdowns
helped No. 1 Nebraska overcome
a 17-9 deficit, giving Coach Tom
Osborne a 24-17 win over Miami
and his first national championship as a head coach.
Miami took the opening
kickoff 32 yards in 10 plays and a 44-yard Dane
Prewitt field goal made it 3-0.
The Hurricanes pushed it to 10-0 after three
Frank Costa passes moved the third-ranked
‘Canes down the field, culminating in a Costa-toTrent Jones 35-yard touchdown play.
Brook Berringer, who led Nebraska to an
11-0 regular season record, replaced Tommie
Frazier at quarterback. The senior hooked up
with tight end Mark Gilman on a 19-yard TD pass
play that made it 10-7 at the intermission.
In the third quarter, fullback Cory
Schlesinger bolted up the middle on a trap play
for the 15-yard touchdown. Back in the game,
Frazier hit tight end Eric Alford with the two-point
conversion that tied the game at 17.
Lawrence Phillips rushed for 96 yards, but it
was Frazier who was named MOP. Despite
completing just three of five passes for 25 yards
and rushing for 31 yards, it was the senior’s
fourth-quarter spark that led to the Husker win.
Florida State rallied to score 17
late fourth-quarter points in
Orange Bowl Stadium, beating
Notre Dame, 31-26.
With quarterback Danny
Kanell tossing four touchdown
passes—three to Florida State
MOP Andre Cooper—Florida State won its
NCAA-record 11th consecutive bowl and
finished an unprecedented ninth consecutive
season with 10 or more victories.
Kanell, who threw for 290 yards on the
night, closed the gap to 26-21 on an 11-yard
touchdown pass to wide out E.G. Green. The
drive covered 73 yards and included a pair of
runs by Warrick Dunn that netted 17 yards.
Notre Dame punted on its next series, and
the Seminoles Dee Feaster returned it 41 yards
to the Fighting Irish 30. It took Kanell just 1:39 to
get into the end zone on a three-yard touchdown
to Cooper. Kanell and Cooper hooked up again
on the two-point conversion and the Seminoles
were suddenly out in front, 29-26, with 6:09 left.
A Notre Dame fumble and a quarterback
Tom Krug safety made the final score 31-26.
The 63rd annual Orange Bowl,
played for the first time in Pro
Player Stadium, saw the
Nebraska Cornhuskers defeat
the Hokies of Virginia Tech, 41-21,
on New Year’s Eve.
The No. 10 Hokies jumped
out to an early 7-0 lead in the first quarter thanks
to a 19-yard touchdown strike from quarterback
Jim Druckenmiller to Marcus Parker. However, it
was short lived, as the No. 6 Huskers posted a
17-point second quarter and a 14-point third
quarter on their way to their third consecutive
bowl victory.
The Cornhuskers would score the final 17
points of the game. They answered with 20
seconds remaining in the third quarter to
increase their lead back to 10 on Benning’s 6yard touchdown run. Benning, Nebraska’s game
MOP finished with 95 yards rushing on 15 carries.
First Downs
Rushing Attempts
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Nebraska
0
7
Miami
10
0
48
1996
NEB
20
46
199
20
11
2
106
305
7/41.1
2/1
3/20
MIAMI
14
28
29
35
18
1
248
277
7/39.7
2/0/
11/32
First Downs
Rushing Plays
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Florida State 7
7
Notre Dame 10
0
FSU
26
37
221
33
20
2
290
478
3/44.0
8/1/0
7/59
0
7
ND
17
45
256
26
15
1
169
425
5/42.4
2/1
7/55
17
9
-
31
26
SCORING SUMMARY
MIAMI: Prewitt 44-yard FG; MIAMI: Jones 35yard pass from Costa (Prewitt kick); NEB: Gilman
19-yard pass from Berringer (Sieler kick); MIAMI:
Harris 44-yard pass from Costa (Prewitt kick);
NEB: Harris tackles Costa in endzone for safety;
NEB: Schlesinger 15-yard run (Alford pass from
Frazier); NEB: Schlesinger 14-yard run (Sieler
kick) MOP: Tommie Frazier (Nebraska), Chris T.
Jones (Miami)
SCORING SUMMARY
ND: Mayes 39-yard pass from Krug (Cengia kick);
FSU: Cooper 15-yard pass from Kanell (Bentley
kick); ND: Cengia 20-yard FG; FSU: Cooper 10-yard
pass from Kanell (Bentley kick); ND: Mayes 33yard pass from Krug (Cengia kick); ND: Safety,
Kanell steps out of endzone; ND: Chruplewicz 5yard pass from Krug (Cengia kick); FSU: Green 11yard pass from Kanell (Bentley kick); FSU: Cooper
3-yard pass from Kanell (Cooper pass from
Kanell); FSU: Safety, Krug intentional grounding in
the endzone MOP: Andre Cooper (Florida State),
Derrick Mayes (Notre Dame)
Nebraska Head Coach: Tom Osborne
Miami Head Coach: Dennis Erickson
Florida State Head Coach: Bobby Bowden
Notre Dame Head Coach: Lou Holtz
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7
15
0
-
24
17
First Downs
Rushing Attempts
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Nebraska
0
14
Virginia Tech 7
7
NEB
25
49
288
22
11
0
136
415
2/44.5
1/0
3/16
14
7
VT
22
39
193
33
16
0
214
407
5/34.2
1/1
5/89
10
0
-
41
21
SCORING SUMMARY
VT: Parker 19-yard pass from Druckenmiller
(Graham kick); NEB: Brown 25-yard FG; NEB:
Frost 5-yard run (Brown kick); NEB: Peter 31-yard
fumble recovery (Brown kick); VT: Scales 6-yard
pass from Druckenmiller (Graham kick); NEB:
Benning 33-yard run (Brown kick); VT: White 33yard pass from Druckenmiller (Graham kick);
NEB: Benning 6-yard run (Brown kick); NEB:
Brown 37-yard FG; NEB: Frost 22-yard run (Brown
kick) MOP: Ken Oxendine (Virginia Tech), Damon
Benning (Nebraska)
Nebraska Head: Tom Osborne
Virginia Tech Head Coach: Frank Beamer
GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS
1998
Nebraska
Tennessee
1999
42
17
Florida
Syracuse
2000
Michigan
Alabama
31
10
35
34
(OT)
January 2, 1998 - Pro Player Stadium
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
January 2, 1999 - Orange Bowl Stadium
January 2, 2000 - Pro Player Stadium
Osborne Ends Career on Top
Game Returns to OB Stadium
Michigan Outlasts Tide in OT
The Cornhuskers rolled up 534
yards of offense, including 409 on
the ground, to send legendary
head coach Tom Osborne into
retirement with his third national
title.
The ’Huskers’ 42-17
domination of third-ranked Tennessee vaulted
Nebraska to the top spot in the rankings, giving it
their fifth national title, four of which have been
claimed in the Orange Bowl.
Senior Terry Fair fumbled a Nebraska punt
and it was quickly pounced on by Lance Brown at
the Tennessee 15-yard line. Five plays later,
Shevin Wiggins scampered in from 10 yards out to
give Nebraska a 14-0 lead with 11:28 remaining in
the first half.
Tennessee, however, refused to surrender.
The Volunteers threatened when Jamal Lewis,
who broke the Tennessee freshman rushing
record with 1,364 yards on the year, ripped off a
23-yard gain down to the Husker five-yard line. On
the next play, Payton Manning hit wide out
Peerless Price with a touchdown strike to cut the
deficit to 28-9.
Nebraska closed things out with a
touchdown drive consisting of nine consecutive
running plays. The victory closed out the Osborne
era in grand style.
Returning to the Orange Bowl for
the first time since 1967, the
Florida Gators used a 28-point
first half and a stingy defense to
put the finishing touches on the
Orangemen 31-10.
The 65th annual Orange
Bowl also made a curtain call to the stadium it
called home for more than 60 years, Orange Bowl
Stadium.
Florida gave the heavily partisan Gator
crowd of 67,919 a show in the first quarter, using
the quick strike to score on drives that totaled 39
and 40 seconds, respectively. Florida’s
quarterback duo of Doug Johnson and Jesse
Palmer finished 22-of-31 for 308 yards. Palmer
finished 10-of-14 for 113 yards with one rushing
and one passing touchdown, while Johnson
finished 12-of-17 with 195 yards and two
touchdown strikes.
Syracuse All-American quarterback
Donovan McNabb was held to 14-of-30 passing
for 192 yards.
The first Orange Bowl of the new
century saw an overtime thriller
between Alabama and Michigan
end with a 35-34 overtime victory
for the Wolverines.
This was the first
appearance for either team in the
Orange Bowl in almost a quarter century. In only
its second Orange Bowl appearance, Michigan
trailed in the third quarter 28-14, before Tom
Brady tossed a touchdown pass to David Terrell
and Anthony Thomas ran for another. Neither
team managed to score again in regulation,
sending the game into the first overtime in
Orange Bowl history.
In the extra period, Michigan scored on a
25-yard Brady pass to Shawn Thompson, and an
extra point by Hayden Epstein put the Wolverines
on top 35-28. The Tide also scored on their
opportunity but came up short when Ryan
Pflugner’s extra point attempt sailed wide right.
First Downs
Rushing Plays
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Nebraska
7
7
Tennessee
0
3
NEB
30
68
409
12
9
0
125
534
4/39.0
3/2
8/63
21
6
TENN
16
21
128
35
35
1
187
315
6/52.3
2/2
5/37
7
8
-
42
17
SCORING SUMMARY
NEB: Green 1-yard run (Brown kick); NEB: Wiggins
10-yard run (Brown kick); TENN: Hall 44-yard FG;
NEB: Frost 1-yard run (Brown kick); NEB: Frost 11yard run (Brown kick); TENN: Price 5-yard pass
from Manning (Manning pass failed); NEB: Green
22-yard run (Brown kick); NEB: Frost 9-yard run
(Brown kick); TENN: McCullough 3-yard pass from
Martin (Stephens pass) MOP: Jamal Lewis
(Tennessee), Ahman Green (Nebraska)
Nebraska Head Coach: Tom Osborne
Tennessee Head Coach: Phillip Fulmer
First Downs
Rushing Attempts
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Florida
14 14
Syracuse
0
3
FLA
18
35
133
31
22
0
308
441
7/36.9
0/0
11/76
0
0
SYRA
18
36
129
30
14
1
192
321
5/43
3/3
2/20
3
7
-
31
10
SCORING SUMMARY
FLA: Taylor 51-yard pass from Johnson (Chandler
kick); FLA: Taylor 26-yard pass from Johnson
(Chandler kick); SYR: Trout 36-yard FG; FLA:
Kinney 4-yard pass from Palmer (Chandler kick);
FLA: Palmer 2-yard run (Chandler kick); FLA:
Chandler 32-yard FG; SYR: M. Jackson 62-yard
pass from McNabb (Trout kick) MOP: Travis
Taylor (Florida)
Florida Head Coach: Steve Spurrier
Syracuse Head Coach: Paul Pasqualoni
First Downs
Rushing Attempts
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Michigan
0
7
Alabama
0
14
MICH
18
23
37
47
35
0
369
406
8/43.4
2/1
10/115
21
14
ALA
12
37
184
20
13
1
121
305
9/34.4
1/0/
18/132
0
0
7
6
-
35
34
SCORING SUMMARY
ALA: Alexander 5-yard run (Pflugner kick); ALA:
Alexander 6-yard run (Pflugner kick); MICH:
Terrell 27-yard pass from Brady (Epstien kick);
MICH: Terrell 57-yard pass from Brady (Epstein
kick); ALA: Alexander 50-yard run (Pflugner kick);
ALA: Milons 62-yard punt return (Pflugner kick);
MICH: Terrell 20-yard pass from Brady (Epstein
kick); MICH: Thomas 3-yard run (Epstein kick);
MICH: Thompson 25-yard pass from Brady
(Epstein kick); ALA: Carter 21-yard pass from Zow
(Pflugner kick failed) MOP: David Terrell
(Michigan)
Michigan Head Coach: Lloyd Carr
Alabama Head Coach: Mike DuBose
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GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS
2001
Oklahoma
Florida State
2002
13
2
Florida
Maryland
2003
USC
Iowa
56
23
January 3, 2001 - Pro Player Stadium
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
January 2, 2002 - Pro Player Stadium
January 2, 2003 - Pro Player Stadium
Sooners Earn National Title
Offensive Showcase for Gators
Palmer Leads USC Rout
Oklahoma entered the game with
a perfect 12-0 record, but was still
considered the underdog to No. 2
Florida State, two-times the
national champs in the ‘90s.
The Sooners smothered a
Florida State team that averaged
42 points and led the nation in total offense.
Only a bad snap over punter Jeff Ferguson's
head in the final minute, which resulted in a safety,
prevented Oklahoma from handing the Seminoles
their first shutout since 1988.
Oklahoma led 6-0 when All-American
linebacker Rocky Calmus forced Seminole
quarterback Chris Weinke to fumble near the
Florida State 20 midway through the fourth quarter.
Roy Williams recovered for the Sooners, and
Quentin Griffin scored the clinching touchdown on
a 10-yard run up the middle with 8:30 to play.
Weinke, the Heisman Trophy winner, finished
just 25-for-51 and threw two interceptions.
Oklahoma QB Josh Heupel, the Heisman runnerup, outplayed Weinke by completing 25 of 39
passes for 214 yards.
Heisman Trophy runner-up Rex
Grossman completed 20 of 28
passes for 248 yards and four
touchdowns to lead Florida to a
56-23 victory over Maryland.
The Gator air attack was led
by MOP Taylor Jacobs who
turned in Orange Bowl records of
10 catches for 170 yards, as well as two-touchdowns.
Grossman led the Gators to in an Orange
Bowl record 659 total yards, including 456
through the air.
Maryland's offense struggled as running
back Bruce Perry was limited to 22 yards on 11
carries, while Florida running back Earnest
Graham ran 16 times for 151 yards and two scores.
The teams combined for 79 points, breaking
the combined record of 69, and their 1,019 total
yards broke the record of 903 set by Florida State
and Notre Dame in 1996.
Jacobs' 10 catches equaled the record set
by David Terrell of Michigan in the 2000 Orange
Bowl. His 170 receiving yards were 11 more than
the record held by Alabama's Ray Perkins (1966)
and Florida's Travis Taylor (1999).
The 2003 Orange Bowl match-up
between Southern California and
Iowa restored a traditional
postseason match-up between Big
Ten and Pac-10 conference
champions. It was just a tad further
east than normal. This traditional
Pasadena match-up played out
instead in South Florida and created a tremendous
amount of interest on the national scene.
In the end, it was the perfect ending to a
storied season and collegiate career for USC’s
star quarterback Carson Palmer. The Heisman
Trophy winner dominated his duel with Heisman
runner-up Brad Banks, throwing for 303 yards and
a touchdown to help No. 5 USC beat No. 3 Iowa,
38-17.
Palmer led scoring drives of 79, 80, 99, 85 and
61 yards and added MOP honors to his long list of
2002 accolades. USC mounted long touchdown
marches on its first three possessions of the
second half to open-up a game that was 10-10 at
halftime.
Iowa’s biggest play came when C.J. Jones
returned the opening kickoff 100 yards for a
touchdown, an Orange Bowl record.
USC held the ball for over 38 minutes and did
not turn the ball over. Justin Fargas led the way
on the ground with 20 carries for 122 yards and
Sultan McCullough added another 77 yards on 12
carries.
First Downs
Rushing Attempts
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Oklahoma
3
3
Florida State 0
0
OKLA
12
36
108
39
25
1
214
27
8/41.1
2/2/1
7/45
0
0
FSU
14
17
33
52
25
2
274
301
10/44.7
3/1
6/38
7
2
-
13
2
SCORING SUMMARY
OKLA: Duncan 27-yard FG; OKLA: Duncan 42-yard
FG; OKLA: Griffin 10-yard run; FSU: Team safety
MOP: Torrence Marshall (Oklahoma)
Oklahoma Head Coach: Bob Stoops
Florida State Head Coach: Bobby Bowden
First Downs
Rushing Plays
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Florida
14 14
Maryland
7
3
FLA
30
25
227
49
33
2
456
659
2/53
2/1
6/43
21
0
UMD
19
40
132
39
23
1
257
360
5/46
0/0
4/20
7
13
-
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SCORING SUMMARY
FLA: Graham 1 run (Chandler kick); FLA: Jacobs
46-yard pass from Berlin (Chandler kick); UMD:
J.Williams 64-yard pass from Hill (Novak kick);
UMD: Novak 20-yard FG; FLA: Jacobs 15-yard
pass from Grossman (Chandler kick); FLA:
Gaffney 4-yard pass from Grossman (Chandler
kick); FLA: Graham 6-yard run (Chandler kick);
FLA: Gillespie 11-yard run (Chandler kick); FLA:
Gaffney 33-yard pass from Grossman; UMD: Riley
1-yard run (Novak kick); FLA: Perez 10-yard pass
from Grossman; UMD: Riley 10-yard run (pass
failed) MOP: Taylor Jacobs (Florida)
Florida Head Coach: Steve Spurrier
Maryland Head Coach: Ralph Friedgen
50
38
17
First Downs
Rushing Attempts
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Yards Penalized
SCORE BY QUARTERS
USC
7 3
14
Iowa
10 0
0
USC
30
49
247
31
21
0
303
550
2/38
2/0
6/45
14
7
IOWA
18
22
119
36
15
1
204
323
5/43
2/1
13/85
-
38
17
SCORING SUMMARY
IOWA: Jones 100-yard kickoff return (Kaeding kick);
USC: Fargas 4-yard run (Killeen kick); IOWA:
Kaeding 35-yard FG; USC: Killeen 35-yard FG; USC:
Williams 18-yard pass from Palmer (Killeen kick);
USC: Fargas 50-yard run (Killeen kick); USC: McCullough 5-yard run (Killeen kick); USC: Byrd 6-yard run
(Killeen kick); IOWA: Brown 18-yard pass from
Banks (Kaeding kick) MOP: Carson Palmer (USC)
USC Head Coach: Pete Carroll
Iowa Head Coach: Kirk Ferentz
GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS
2004
Miami
Florida State
2005
16
14
USC
Oklahoma
2006
Penn State
Florida State
55
19
26
23
(3OT)
January 1, 2004 - Pro Player Stadium
January 4, 2005 - Dolphins Stadium
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
January 3, 2006 - Dolphins Stadium
In-State Rivals Meet in Bowl
Heisman Winners Face Off
Legends Go Head-to-Head
The 2004 Orange Bowl saw one
of the fiercest annual rivalries
meet for the first time in a bowl
setting. The Hurricanes Jarrett
Payton ran for 131 yards in his
final collegiate performance to
take home the MOP. Freshman
kicker Jon Peattie converted three field goals
and the Miami defense shut out Florida State in
the second half in a 16-14 win.
The ‘Canes win marked the fifth straight win
over their in-state rivals; their longest stretch
over Florida State since 1957. The Seminoles
loss was their second consecutive bowl, marking
the first time that happened since the 1979-80
seasons. Like several other Orange Bowl games,
the outcome was decided by a kicker.
Not only did Peattie hit a career-long 51yarder to give the Hurricanes the lead in the third
quarter, but Florida State’s Xavier Beitia missed a
39-yarder with 5:30 to play.
2004 Heisman Trophy winner Matt
Leinart faced off against 2003
Heisman Trophy winner Jason
White as the Orange Bowl hosted
its 18th National Championship.
Leinart won the battle of the
Heisman winners, throwing for an
Orange Bowl record five touchdown passes to
garner MOP honors and totaled 332 yards through
the air on just 18 completions. Meanwhile, White
had struggled throwing three interceptions, losing
for the second consecutive year in a BCS
Championship game.
The Trojans took advantage of four Sooner
turnovers in the first half to jump out to a 38-10
halftime lead. Four of Leinart’s touchdown
passes came in the first half, including two to
Steve Smith.
Smith matched an Orange Bowl record with
his third touchdown reception to open up the
third quarter. True freshman Dwayne Jarrett
added 115 yards receiving and one touchdown.
Reggie Bush accumulated 149 all-purpose
yards for USC. Classmate LenDale White totaled
118 yards and two touchdowns on just 15 carries.
It’s not very often when a game
lives up to all the hype, but the
2006 Orange Bowl was one for
the ages.
In a game featuring the two
winningest FBS college football
coaches of all time, it was Penn
State’s Joe Paterno leaving South Florida with a
triple-overtime victory over close friend Bobby
Bowden.
The triple overtime game, the first in Bowl
Championship Series history, came to an end
shortly after 1 a.m. when Nittany Lion kicker
Kevin Kelly hit a 29-yard field goal. The kick gave
Paterno his 354th career win, second in the FBS
only to Bowden’s 359 at the time. The game also
marked Paterno’s first win in the Orange Bowl
since 1974.
Florida State’s Willie Reid earned MOP
honors in a losing effort, highlighted by an
Orange Bowl record 87-yard punt return.
First Downs
Rushing Plays
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Miami
3
10
Florida State 0
14
MIAMI
16
48
248
29
14
2
157
375
5/25.2
0/0
5/40
3
0
FSU
10
32
123
19
6
1
96
206
7/43.6
0/0
10/85
0
0
-
16
14
SCORING SUMMARY
MIAMI: Peattie 32-yard FG; FSU: Booker 9-yard
run (Beitia Kick); FSU: Henshaw 7-yard pass from
Rix (Beitia Kick); MIAMI: Moss 3-yard run
(Peattie Kick); MIAMI: Peattie 44-yard FG;
MIAMI: Peattie 51-yard FG MOP: Jarrett Payton
(Miami)
Miami Head Coach: Larry Coker
Florida State Head Coach: Bobby Bowden
First Downs
Rushing Attempts
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Yards Penalized
SCORE BY QUARTERS
USC
14 24
Oklahoma
7
3
USC
19
28
193
35
18
0
332
525
4/43.5
1/0
9/75
10
0
OKLA
19
40
128
36
22
3
224
372
4/44.5
3/2
3/30
7
9
-
55
19
SCORING SUMMARY
OKLA: Wilson 5-yard pass from White (Hartley
kick); USC: Byrd 33-yard pass from Leinart (Killeen
Kick); USC: White 6-yard run (Killeen Kick); USC:
Jarrett 54-yard pass from Leinart (Killeen Kick);
USC: Smith 5-yard pass from Leinart (Killeen kick);
OKLA: Hartley 29-yard FG; USC: Smith 33-yard
pass from Leinart (Killeen kick); USC: Killeen 44yard FG; USC: Smith 4-yard pass from Leinart
(Killeen kick); USC: Killeen 42-yard FG; USC: White
8-yard run (Killeen kick); OKLA: Team safety;
OKLA: Wilson 9-yard pass from White (Hartley
kick) MOP: Matt Leinart (USC)
First Downs
Rushing Plays
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Penn State 7
7
Florida State 0
13
PSU
23
48
138
39
21
1
253
391
11/44.3
1/1
8/43
0
0
FSU
12
26
26
43
24
1
258
294
9/39.2
1/0
13/129
2
3
10
7
-
26
23
SCORING SUMMARY
PSU: Scott 2-yard run (Kelly kick); FSU: Reid 87yard punt return (Cismesia kick); FSU: Booker 57yard pass from Weatherford (Conversion failed);
PSU: Kilmer 24-yard pass from Robinson (Kelly
kick); PSU: Team Safety; FSU: Cismesia 48-yard
FG; PSU: Scott 1-yard run (Kelly kick); FSU: Dean
1-yard run (Cismesia kick); PSU: Kelly 29-yard FG
MOP: Willie Reid (Florida State)
Penn State Head Coach: Joe Paterno
Florida State Head Coach: Bobby Bowden
USC Head Coach: Pete Carroll
Oklahoma Head Coach: Bob Stoops
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GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS
2007
Louisville
Wake Forest
24
13
2009
Virginia Tech
Cincinnati
Kansas
24
Virginia Tech 21
20
7
January 2, 2007 - Dolphin Stadium
January 3, 2008 - Dolphin Stadium
January 1, 2009 - Dolphin Stadium
Conference Champions Collide
Dream Season Continues for Kansas
Tech Earns First BCS Win
The 73rd Orange Bowl Classic
was a contest between first-time
participants, Wake Forest and
Louisville.
The Cardinals fell behind 1310 in the final period before their
offense went into high gear.
Touchdown drives of 81 and 71 yards on consecutive possessions sealed their first win in a major
bowl since the 1991 Fiesta Bowl.
Running back Anthony Allen scored two
touchdowns, one on a trick play, and quarterback
Brian Brohm threw for 311 yards and was named
MOP to lead Louisville past Wake Forest 24-13.
The Demon Deacons trailed 10-3 at halftime
but scored on their first possession of the third
period when wide receiver Nate Morton slipped
behind the Louisville secondary to catch a 30yard TD pass from Ryan Skinner.
Sam Swank made a 36-yarder to cap a 61yard drive and put the Demon Deacons ahead 1310 early in the fourth quarter. The Cardinals
responded with an eight-play drive capped by
Allen's 1-yard plunge for a 17-13 lead with 12:31
to go. They quickly forced a punt, and mounted a
10-play drive that ended with Brock Bolen's 18yard scoring run.
No. 5 Louisville finished 12-1 to ensure the
highest final ranking in school history. The No. 15
Demon Deacons slipped to 11-3, still their best
season.
In a classic match up between the
nation’s second ranked scoring
defense in the Virginia Tech
Hokies (15.5 ppg) against the
nation’s second ranked scoring
offense in the Kansas Jayhawks
(44.3 ppg), something had to give
in the 2008 Orange Bowl.
For much of the night, Virginia Tech stymied
Kansas’ offense but it was the Jayhawk defense
that came up big with three interceptions and
beat the Hokies, 24-21, to cap one of the finest
seasons in school history.
The takeaways led to 17 Kansas points,
including game MOP Aqib Talib’s 60-yard return
for the game’s first score.
This was the first major bowl for the
Jayhawks since the 1969 Orange Bowl, and they
made a big splash at the start, racing to a 17-0
lead after 23 minutes.
Virginia Tech closed the deficit to 17-14
before Sean Glennon was intercepted by Justin
Thornton, whose 30-yard return gave Kansas the
ball at the 2 with 11 minutes left. Kansas
quarterback Todd Reesing scored on the next play.
Sparking the Tech comeback was Justin
Harper’s 84-yard punt return after taking a lateral on
a reverse from Eddie Royal, who fielded the kick.
Kansas, perhaps the biggest surprise in
college football during the season, won in its first
Bowl Championship Series game to set a team
record for victories.
MOP Darren Evans had 28
carries for 153 yards and a
touchdown, quarterback Tyrod
Taylor rushed for another score
and No. 21 Virginia Tech beat No.
12 Cincinnati, 20-7, in the Orange
Bowl, joining Southern California
and Texas as the only schools to win 10 games in
each of the previous five seasons.
The Hokies forced Cincinnati quarterback
Tony Pike into a season-high four interceptions.
Pike—who wasn't even on Cincinnati's depth
chart at the start of the season before
blossoming into an all-Big East quarterback—
threw for 239 yards and a touchdown, but had his
night marred mightily by the picks and getting
stopped on a fourth-and-goal in the fourth
quarter.
The Hokies held Cincinnati to 137 yards,
rendered the Bearcats' running game nonexistent (eight carries, 11 yards) over the remainder
of the half, and battled their way to a 10-7 lead by
intermission.
The Hokies became the first ACC team to
win a BCS game since Florida State which beat
Virginia Tech, then a Big East member, for the
national championship to close the 1999 season.
First Downs
Rushing Attempts
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Louisville
0
10
Wake Forest 0
3
52
2008
LOU
23
37
125
35
25
0
332
457
4/34.0
2/2
1/5
0
7
WF
18
29
111
21
33
1
271
382
5/38.6
0/0
3/30
14
3
-
24
13
First Downs
Rushing Attempts
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Kansas
7
10
Virginia Tech 0
7
KU
19
36
95
38
21
1
249
344
5/50.0
1/0
5/70
0
7
VT
20
42
135
31
14
3
171
306
5/38.6
0/0
5/27
7
7
-
24
21
SCORING SUMMARY
WF: Swank 44 yard FG; LOU: Carmody 41-yard FG;
LOU: Allen 21-yard pass from Carter (Carmody
kick); WF: Morton 30-yard pass from Skinner
(Swank kick); WF: Swank 36 yard FG; LOU: Allen
(Carmody kick); LOU: Bolen (Carmody kick) MOP:
Brian Brohm (Lousiville)
SCORING SUMMARY
KU: Talib 60-yard Int. return (Webb kick); KU:
Webb 32-yard FG; KU: Henry 13-yard pass from
Reesing (Webb kick); VT: Ore 1-yard run (Dunlevy
kick); VT: Harper 84-yard punt return (Dunlevy
kick); KU: Reesing 2-yard run (Webb kick); VT:
Harper 20-yard pass from Glennon (Dunlevy kick)
MOP: Aqib Talib (Kansas)
Louisville Head Coach: Bobby Petrino
Wake Forest Head Coach: Jim Grobe
Kansas Head Coach: Mark Mangino
Virginia Tech Head Coach: Frank Beamer
MEDIA GUIDE
First Downs
Rushing Attempts
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Virginia Tech 0
10
Cincinnati
7
0
VT
23
55
258
23
13
1
140
398
5/50.0
0/0
3/17
3
0
CIN
14
21
71
33
16
4
239
310
5/38.6
0/0
3/10
7
0
-
20
7
SCORING SUMMARY
CIN: Gilyard 15-yard pass from Pike (Rogers kick);
VT: T. Taylor 17-yard run (Keys kick); VT: Keys 43yard FG; VT: Keys 35-yard FG; VT: Evans 6-yard
run (Keys kick) MOP: Darren Evans (Virginia
Tech)
Virginia Tech Head Coach: Frank Beamer
Cincinnati Head Coach: Brian Kelly
GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS
2009
Florida
Oklahoma
Orange Bowl Committee
Hosted National Championships
2010
24
14
Iowa
Georgia Tech
24
14
January 8, 2009 - Dolphin Stadium
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
January 5, 2010 - Sun Life Stadium
Gators Ride Tebow, Defense to Title
Iowa Earns First BCS Win
In a game that featured two of
the country’s most dynamic
offenses and two Heisman
Trophy winning quarterbacks, it
was the defensive grudge match
between the second-ranked
Florida Gators and top-ranked
Oklahoma Sooners that dominated the 2009 BCS
National Championship.
The high-scoring shootout between
Heisman Trophy winners Tim Tebow and Sam
Bradford never materialized.
Tebow shook off a career-high two interceptions to rescue the Gators, driving them to the
clinching score with his notorious jump pass to
David Nelson with 3:07 left to make it 24-14.
Percy Harvin returned from an ankle injury
and dashed for 122 yards on only nine carries for
the Gators. His 52-yard gallop set up Jonathan
Phillips' 27-yard field goal early in the fourth
quarter for a 17-14 lead.
It was Florida's third national title overall,
the third straight for a team from the Southeastern Conference, and it was the Sooners' fifth
straight loss in a BCS game. Oklahoma set a
modern record for scoring with 702 points this
season and put up at least 60 points in each of its
last five games, yet never found its rhythm.
In a game that featured one of
the most dynamic offenses in the
nation against one of the
country’s stingiest defenses, it
was the No. 10 Iowa Hawkeyes
solving No. 9 Georgia Tech’s
triple option attack for a 24-14
victory at the 2010 Orange Bowl. Despite a
temperature of 49 degrees at kickoff, the coldest
in the 76-year history of the football classic, the
Hawkeyes had the Yellow Jackets feeling the
heat from the start.
Iowa earned its first BCS bowl win,
matched the school record for victories and
could claim their highest final ranking since
finishing No. 3 in 1960. Atlantic Coast Conference
champion Georgia Tech (11-3) totaled nine first
downs and 155 yards, both season-lows.
Defensive end Adrian Clayborn led Iowa's
defensive charge with two sacks and nine
tackles, and was chosen the game's most
outstanding player.
Iowa earned its first Orange Bowl win. The
game marked the sixth appearance for Georgia
Tech in the Orange Bowl, but first since 1967.
The Hawkeye offense was led by
quarterback Ricky Stanzi, who went 17 for 29 for
231 yards and threw two early touchdowns, and
true freshman running back Brandon Wegher,
who carried the ball 16 times for 113 yards and
one score.
First Downs
Rushing Attempts
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Florida
0
7
Oklahoma
0
7
FLA
24
44
249
30
18
2
231
480
3/51.7
0/0
8/81
7
0
OKLA
25
29
107
47
26
2
256
363
3/38.7
0/0
4/31
10
7
-
24
14
SCORING SUMMARY
FLA: Murphy 20-yard pass from Tebow (Phillips
kick); OKLA: Gresham 6-yard pass from Bradford
(Stevens kick); FLA: Harvin 2-yard run (Phillips
kick); OKLA: Gresham 11-yard pass from Bradford
(Stevens kick); FLA: Phillips 27-yard kick; FLA:
Nelson 4-yard pass from Tebow (Phillips kick)
MOP: Tim Tebow (Florida), Carlos Dunlap
(Florida)
Florida Head Coach: Urban Meyer
Oklahoma Head Coach: Bob Stoops
First Downs
Rushing Attempts
Rushing Yards
Passes Attempted
Passes Completed
Had Intercepted
Passing Yards
Total Offense
Punting/Avg.
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Iowa
14
0
Georgia Tech 7
0
IOWA
21
40
172
29
17
1
231
403
4/36.0
2/1
4/25
3
0
GT
9
41
143
9
2
1
12
155
7/49.1
0/0
9/68
7
7
-
24
14
SCORING SUMMARY
IOWA: McNutt 4-yard pass from Stanzi (Murray
kick); IOWA: Sandeman 21-yard pass from Stanzi
(Murray kick); GT: Tarrant 40-yard interception
return (Blair kick); IOWA: Murray 33-yard FG; GT:
Allen 1-yard run (Blair kick); IOWA: Wegher 32-yard
run (Murray kick) MOP: Adrian Clayborn (Iowa)
Iowa Head Coach: Kirk Ferentz
Georgia Tech Head Coach: Paul Johnson
2009**
Florida
Oklahoma
(78,468)
24
14
2005
USC
Oklahoma
(77,912)
55
19
2001
Oklahoma
Florida State
(76,835)
13
2
1998
Nebraska
Tennessee
(74,002)
42
17
1995
Nebraska
Miami
(81,753)
24
17
1994
Florida State
Nebraska
(81,536)
18
16
1992
Miami
Nebraska
(77,747)
22
0
1991
Colorado
Notre Dame
(77,062)
10
9
1988
Miami
Oklahoma
(74,760)
20
14
1986
Oklahoma
Penn State
(74,178)
25
10
1984
Miami
Nebraska
(72,549)
31
30
1982
Clemson
Nebraska
(72,748)
22
15
1976
Oklahoma
Michigan
(80,307)
14
6
1972
Nebraska
Alabama
(78,151)
38
6
1971
Nebraska
LSU
(80,699)
17
12
1966
Alabama
Nebraska
(72,214)
39
28
1965
Texas
Alabama*
(72,647)
21
17
1956
Oklahoma
Maryland
(76,561)
20
6
1954
Oklahoma
Maryland*
(68,640)
7
0
*Was awarded title prior to bowl game
** 2009 BCS National Championship
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YEAR-BY YEAR STATS
Year
2010
2009
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1996
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980
1979
1978
1977
1976
1975
1974
1973
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Team
Score
Iowa
24
Georgia Tech
14
Florida
24
Oklahoma
14
Virginia Tech
20
Cincinnati
7
Kansas
24
Virginia Tech
21
Louisville
24
Wake Forest
13
Penn State (3OT) 26
Florida State
23
USC
55
Oklahoma
19
Miami
16
Florida State
14
USC
38
Iowa
17
Florida
56
Maryland
23
Oklahoma
13
Florida State
2
Michigan (OT)
35
Alabama
34
Florida
31
Syracuse
10
Nebraska
42
Tennessee
17
Nebraska
41
Virginia Tech
21
Florida State
31
Notre Dame
26
Nebraska
24
17
Miami
Florida State
18
Nebraska
16
Florida State
27
Nebraska
14
Miami
22
Nebraska
0
Colorado
10
Notre Dame
9
Notre Dame
21
Colorado
6
Miami
23
Nebraska
3
Miami
20
Oklahoma
14
Oklahoma
42
Arkansas
8
Oklahoma
25
Penn State
10
Washington
28
Oklahoma
17
Miami
31
Nebraska
30
Nebraska
21
LSU
20
Clemson
22
Nebraska
15
Oklahoma
18
Florida State
17
Oklahoma
24
Florida State
7
Oklahoma
31
Nebraska
24
Arkansas
31
Oklahoma
6
Ohio State
27
Colorado
10
Oklahoma
14
Michigan
6
Notre Dame
13
Alabama
11
Penn State
16
LSU
9
Nebraska
40
Notre Dame
6
MEDIA GUIDE
First Downs
21
9
24
25
23
14
19
20
23
18
23
12
19
19
16
10
30
18
30
19
12
14
18
12
18
18
30
16
22
25
17
26
20
14
20
22
13
23
9
25
19
18
16
18
10
20
15
13
11
17
12
14
17
17
22
24
12
22
17
13
18
23
23
12
17
27
21
18
21
12
16
12
15
14
9
18
30
13
Rushing
Att.
Yards
40
172
41
143
44
249
29
107
55
258
21
71
36
95
42
135
37
125
29
111
48
138
26
26
28
193
40
128
48
248
32
123
49
247
22
119
25
227
40
132
36
56
17
27
23
37
37
184
36
133
36
129
68
409
21
128
39
193
49
288
45
256
37
221
46
199
28
29
44
183
24
47
34
144
48
221
38
122
44
192
54
186
35
123
46
239
52
295
38
80
28
69
38
72
53
179
48
366
45
48
52
228
36
103
43
192
54
162
28
130
56
287
31
63
58
237
52
155
40
193
55
156
60
212
62
411
35
82
53
292
54
217
60
317
49
230
71
307
40
146
65
282
52
169
66
185
33
62
43
28
57
205
64
301
44
101
Comp.
17
2
18
26
13
16
21
14
25
21
21
24
18
24
14
6
21
15
33
23
25
25
35
13
22
14
9
35
16
11
15
20
11
18
13
24
10
16
7
19
9
13
4
5
8
23
18
15
2
16
6
18
9
6
19
16
14
13
11
6
7
11
2
8
2
18
7
7
2
8
3
2
4
15
6
8
17
9
Passing
Att.
Yards
29
231
9
12
30
231
41
256
22
140
33
239
38
249
31
171
35
332
33
271
39
253
43
258
35
332
36
244
29
157
19
96
31
303
36
204
49
456
39
257
39
214
52
274
47
369
20
121
31
308
30
192
12
125
35
187
33
214
22
136
26
169
33
290
20
106
35
248
25
206
43
286
22
146
31
215
19
89
41
257
19
109
31
141
13
65
9
99
22
55
48
285
30
209
13
76
5
47
33
192
3
91
34
164
21
119
21
124
25
300
30
172
30
173
22
184
22
134
17
17
12
128
15
51
4
36
27
100
3
47
31
220
12
90
14
80
7
59
23
137
5
63
20
33
8
19
29
223
17
157
20
69
26
260
23
100
INT
1
1
0
2
1
4
1
3
0
0
1
1
0
3
2
1
0
1
2
1
1
2
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
2
2
1
2
0
2
1
2
2
0
3
2
0
3
3
1
0
0
5
0
4
3
1
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
3
0
2
1
0
0
2
0
3
2
2
1
1
1
3
Total Offense
403
155
480
363
398
310
344
306
457
382
391
284
525
372
375
206
550
323
659
360
270
301
406
305
441
321
534
315
407
415
425
478
305
277
389
333
290
436
211
449
295
264
304
394
135
354
281
255
413
240
319
267
311
286
430
459
236
421
289
210
284
263
447
182
339
437
407
310
366
283
345
202
204
285
185
274
561
201
Punts/Avg.
4/36.0
7/49.1
3/51.7
3/38.7
5/38.0
4/45.8
5/50.0
5/38.6
4/34.0
5/38.6
11/44.3
9/39.2
4/44.5
4/43.5
5/25.2
7/43.6
2/38.0
5/43.0
2/53.0
5/46.0
8/41.1
10/44.7
8/43.4
9/34.4
7/36.9
5/43.0
4/39.0
6/52.3
5/34.2
2/44.5
5/42.4
3/44.0
7/41.1
7/39.7
7/38.4
6/45.2
4/44.8
6/35.8
8/36.6
5/33.0
7/40.4
3/51.0
3/39.3
5/40.1
9/37.2
4/39.5
6/44.7
8/39.0
5/47.6
9/41.1
5/42.6
6/46.3
6/37.7
7/34.6
4/41.8
3/37.3
6/39.2
1/31.0
4/18.0
6/43.0
2/37.0
4/42.5
4/25.0
9/42.2
3/39.3
2/37.5
4/40.5
5/44.4
3/42.2
7/35.2
9/34.9
10/38.6
6/38.0
7/40.0
7/34.7
8/46.8
4/38.3
6/37.2
Fumbles/Lost
2/1
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
2/2
3/2
1/1
1/1
1/1
3/2
0/0
0/0
2/1
2/1
2/1
0/0
2/1
3/1
2/1
1/1
0/0
3/3
3/2
2/2
1/1
1/1
2/1
1/1
2/1
2/1
2/1
0/0
5/1
3/1
3/2
3/1
2/1
2/2
1/1
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
4/2
3/2
2/1
5/1
2/1
3/1
6/2
1/1
6/1
1/1
4/4
3/1
3/2
7/5
1/1
5/4
1/1
1/1
0/0
2/1
4/3
4/4
1/1
4/3
1/1
1/1
5/2
1/1
3/1
1/1
3/1
Penalties/Yards
4/25
9/68
8/81
4/31
3/17
3/30
5/70
4/27
1/5
3/30
8/43
13/129
9/75
3/30
5/40
10/85
6/45
13/85
6/43
4/20
7/45
6/38
10/115
18/13
11/76
2/20
8/63
5/37
5/89
3/16
7/55
7/59
3/20
11/92
11/115
10/68
6/50
6/71
6/36
12/143
6/50
3/45
1/5
3/35
5/45
7/60
8/85
5/39
4/40
3/25
7/45
6/49
5/25
8/60
13/101
4/51
8/54
4/25
7/57
8/64
4/32
5/58
3/27
4/20
6/50
8/96
7/50
5/25
4/37
8/60
9/90
5/24
1/15
1/5
3/37
3/30
5/68
1/15
YEAR-BY YEAR STATS
Year
1972
1971
1970
1969
1968
1967
1966
1965
1964
1963
1962
1961
1960
1959
1958
1957
1956
1955
1954
1953
1952
1951
1950
1949
1948
1947
1946
1945
1944
1943
1942
1941
1940
1939
1938
1937
1936
1935
Team
Score
Nebraska
38
Alabama
6
Nebraska
17
LSU
12
Penn State
10
Missouri
3
Penn State
15
Kansas
14
Oklahoma
26
Tennessee
24
Florida
27
Georgia Tech
12
Alabama
39
Nebraska
28
Texas
21
Alabama
17
Nebraska
13
Auburn
7
Alabama
17
Oklahoma
0
LSU
25
Colorado
7
Missouri
21
Navy
14
Georgia
14
Missouri
0
Oklahoma
21
Syracuse
6
Oklahoma
48
Duke
21
Colorado
27
Clemson
21
Oklahoma
20
6
Maryland
Duke
34
Nebraska
7
Oklahoma
7
Maryland
0
Alabama
61
Syracuse
6
Georgia Tech
17
Baylor
14
Clemson
15
Miami
14
Santa Clara
21
Kentucky
13
Texas
41
Georgia
28
Georgia Tech
20
Kansas
14
Rice
8
Tennessee
0
Miami
13
Holy Cross
6
Tulsa
26
Georgia Tech
12
LSU
19
Texas A&M
14
Alabama
37
Boston College
21
Georgia
40
TCU
26
Mississippi State 14
Georgetown
7
Georgia Tech
21
Missouri
7
Tennessee
17
0
Oklahoma
Auburn
6
Michigan State
0
Duquesne
13
Mississippi State 12
Catholic
20
Mississippi
19
Bucknell
26
Miami
0
First Downs
15
16
18
20
12
13
17
16
18
18
22
17
29
17
15
18
11
17
15
10
19
7
19
9
14
16
12
18
11
16
16
14
16
9
23
6
10
13
25
14
9
17
19
7
8
18
19
9
9
14
9
5
7
13
14
7
7
9
13
13
12
8
8
14
12
14
16
5
13
2
14
12
4
12
12
8
Rushing
Att.
Yards
47
183
58
241
48
132
45
51
54
57
43
189
55
207
59
76
59
203
54
172
44
289
55
197
46
222
50
145
24
212
48
49
26
204
57
126
35
175
51
154
52
206
46
24
16
296
50
-8
24
95
57
85
38
152
66
239
56
165
41
231
69
279
44
217
60
223
44
210
48
280
52
79
34
217
67
187
53
296
64
105
30
124
44
215
57
175
44
122
32
144
33
184
60
343
58
76
33
99
41
93
39
227
58
104
36
193
39
181
37
188
55
40
28
207
47
4
24
248
42
237
35
218
48
71
31
69
51
117
47
243
43
163
48
217
15
25
233
32
56
184
28
133
131
228
231
15
Comp.
11
3
14
17
11
6
12
9
9
12
15
6
20
12
4
20
4
14
9
4
8
12
1
13
9
14
3
10
9
8
2
3
3
2
6
1
4
4
22
17
6
8
9
5
3
6
4
11
10
10
0
4
0
8
6
19
4
13
8
12
12
9
5
9
6
8
5
9
4
2
3
5
1
4
3
3
Passing
Att.
Yards
20
159
13
47
28
161
32
278
26
187
28
117
23
154
18
165
18
107
24
160
32
165
22
128
29
296
19
232
17
101
44
298
9
30
27
157
17
85
8
106
18
109
39
105
6
5
23
176
21
128
24
179
4
93
25
72
18
114
13
97
4
27
8
25
9
31
9
35
12
81
10
26
7
6
15
24
33
300
35
126
17
68
20
74
18
179
15
103
12
79
11
122
9
56
20
140
19
109
20
148
6
0
19
32
10
0
24
59
16
131
36
309
12
92
32
171
14
94
22
157
24
281
24
137
11
50
22
104
12
67
27
63
16
51
26
56
10
79
12
25
13
98
18
150
3
48
15
74
13
63
14
13
INT
0
2
2
1
1
7
1
2
2
3
1
4
2
1
2
1
0
1
0
1
3
0
0
4
2
3
0
2
3
2
0
2
1
3
0
2
0
1
2
5
1
3
2
2
1
2
2
2
0
1
2
4
3
4
0
2
0
5
1
2
4
6
3
0
1
1
0
1
2
3
0
4
2
4
1
5
Total Offense
342
288
293
329
244
306
361
241
310
332
454
325
518
377
313
347
234
283
260
260
315
129
301
168
223
264
245
311
279
328
306
242
254
245
361
105
223
211
596
231
192
289
354
225
223
306
399
216
208
241
227
136
193
240
319
349
299
175
342
394
499
208
119
221
310
226
268
81
312
57
282
283
179
302
294
28
Punts/Avg.
5/42.2
7/43.3
6/37.7
8/32.5
12/43.1
6/44.7
9/38.1
10/38.3
5/47.0
2/32.0
7/36.1
6/42.3
5/31.2
3/41.7
9/36.8
5/43.4
7/38.3
6/35.2
9/40.5
10/34.0
4/33.8
8/22.1
4/30.5
7/35.4
7/46.9
6/38.7
8/37.0
8/31.2
7/34.7
10/28.1
5/36.6
7/37.9
8/37.1
7/43.5
5/18.4
7/29.3
7/31.0
5/28.4
3/29.0
8/36.0
7/38.1
6/38.0
5/29.4
5/40.4
7/41.2
9/38.9
5/44.0
5/41.2
9/41.4
7/35.8
13/44.0
15/38.8
10/36.4
9/38.5
6/38.8
4/25.7
10/40.3
9/41.8
5/42.8
4/33.7
4/22.2
7/37.0
11/36.8
8/28.2
7/27.1
7/37.0
12/37.1
13/40.6
10/33.7
12/35.2
9/24.7
6/43.0
13/41.0
11/34.0
6/41.0
13/29.0
Fumbles/Lost
3/2
5/2
4/3
4/3
0/0
4/2
2/2
2/0
0/0
1/1
1/1
2/1
0/0
4/4
2/1
3/1
2/1
3/1
1/1
2/2
2/1
2/1
5/3
2/0
1/0
3/0
2/1
2/2
2/1
3/2
8/3
0/0
2/1
3/2
2/1
0/0
2/2
2/1
3/2
0/0
1/1
3/0
3/1
0/0
2/2
1/1
2/1
1/1
1/1
4/1
4/3
3/0
0/0
1/1
2/1
6/3
3/3
5/2
1/0
5/2
3/3
1/0
2/2
1/1
6/3
2/1
2/2
2/2
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
1/1
3/2
2/1
4/1
Penalties/Yards
4/50
4/58
8/67
4/27
5/40
3/25
1/15
2/10
2/10
4/27
4/32
5/41
8/62
8/86
3/25
4/46
6/65
5/39
1/12
1/5
7/65
5/35
1/15
¼
7/65
7/72
3/35
4/20
12/150
3/25
5/55
4/40
2/15
7/61
2/30
2/20
7/44
2/10
5/45
5/42
6/59
7/81
2/20
4/55
4/30
4/22.5
5/49
6/59
10/67.5
5/37.5
4/41
6/62
7/41
1/5
4/41
1/5
7/81
4/35
4/20
3/11
7/54
2/24
11/75
8/75
6/87
3/15
17/157
9/85
-/50
-/35
1/5
1/5
1/10
1/10
4/30
1/15
MEDIA GUIDE
55
INDIVIDUAL RECORDS
RUSHING
Attempts—31, Fred Cone (Clemson) vs. Miami, 1951 (83 yards)
Attempts by a Quarterback—20, Joshua Nesbitt (Georgia Tech) vs. Iowa,
2010 (46 yards)
Yards—206, Ahman Green (Nebraska) vs. Tennessee, 1998 NCG (29 attempts)
Yards by a Quarterback—127, J.C. Watts (Oklahoma) vs. Florida State, 1980
(15 attempts)
Average (min. 10 attempts)—14.1, Mike Holovak (Boston College) vs.
Alabama, 1943 (10 rush, 141 yards)
Touchdowns—3, Shaun Alexander (Alabama) vs. Michigan, 2000; Scott Frost
(Nebraska) vs. Tennessee, 1998 NCG; Johnny Rodgers (Nebraska) vs. Notre
Dame, 1973
Longest Rush—94, Larry Smith (Florida) vs. Georgia Tech, 1967
Two Players, Same Team, Gaining More Than 100 Yards—291, Billy Sims
(164) and J.C. Watts (127) (Oklahoma) vs. Florida State, 1980
PASSING
Completions—34, Tom Brady (Michigan) vs. Alabama, 2000 (46 attempts)
Attempts—51, Chris Weinke (Florida State) vs. Oklahoma, 2001 NCG (25
completions)
Yards—369, Tom Brady (Michigan) vs. Alabama, 2000
Touchdown Passes—5, Matt Leinart (USC) vs. Oklahoma, 2005 NCG
Interceptions Thrown—5, Terry McMillan (Missouri) vs. Penn State, 1970
Completion Percentage (min. 10 attempts)—76.9, Jim Still (Georgia Tech) vs.
Kansas, 1948 (10-13)
Yards per Completion (min. 7 completions)—27.0, Frank Sinkwich (Georgia)
vs. Texas Christian, 1942 (9 completions, 243 yards)
Yards per Attempt (min. 10 attempts)—18.7, Frank Sinkwich (Georgia) vs.
Texas Christian, 1942 (13 attempts, 243 yards)
Longest Touchdown Pass—79, Brewster Hobby to Ross Coyle (Oklahoma)
vs. Syracuse, 1959
Shortest Touchdown Pass—1, Tommie Frazier to Gerald Armstrong
(Nebraska) vs. Florida State, 1993; Pete Dranginis to Bill Adamaitis (Catholic)
vs. Mississippi, 1936
RECEIVING
Receptions—10, Taylor Jacobs (Florida) vs. Maryland, 2002 (170 yards);
David Terrell (Michigan) vs. Alabama, 2000 (150 yards)
Yards—170, Taylor Jacobs (Florida) vs. Maryland, 2002 (10 receptions)
Average (min. 3 receptions)—29.0; Derrick Shepard (Oklahoma) vs.
Washington, 1985 (3 receptions, 87 yards)
Touchdowns—3; Steve Smith (USC) vs. Oklahoma, 2005 NCG; David Terrell
(Michigan) vs. Alabama, 2000; Andre Cooper (Florida State) vs. Notre Dame,
1996
Frank Sinkwich
Georgia, 1942
Taylor Jacobs
Florida, 2002
Billy Sims
Oklahoma, 1980
Mike Holovak
Boston College, 1943
J.C. Watts
Oklahoma, 1980
Andre Cooper
Florida State, 1996
TOTAL OFFENSE
Total Plays—56, Michael Robinson (Penn State) vs. Florida State, 2006 (17
rush, 39 pass)
Total Yards—355, Frank Sinkwich (Georgia) vs. Texas Christian, 1942 (112
rush, 243 pass)
Touchdown Responsibility—5, Matt Leinart (USC) vs. Oklahoma, 2005 NCG
(5 pass)
All-Purpose Yards—257, Roland Sales (Arkansas) vs. Oklahoma, 1978 (205
rush, 52 receiving)
SCORING
Touchdowns Scored—4, Johnny Rodgers (Nebraska) vs. Notre Dame, 1973
(3 rushing TD, 1 receiving TD)
Points—24, Johnny Rodgers (Nebraska) vs. Notre Dame, 1973 (3 rushing TD,
1 receiving TD)
Points Responsible For—30, Matt Leinart (USC) vs. Oklahoma, 2005 NCG (5
pass TD)
Longest Scoring Play—100, C.J. Jones (Iowa) vs. USC, 2003 (100-yd kickoff
return)
Longest Defensive Scoring Play—98, Greg Mather (Navy) vs. Missouri, 1961
(fumble return)
Touchdown on First Play—1, C.J. Jones (Iowa) vs. USC, 2003 (100-yd kickoff
return)
KICKING
USC’s Matt Leinart
56
MEDIA GUIDE
Field Goal Attempts—5, Scott Bentley (Florida State) vs. Nebraska, 1994
NCG (4 made)
Field Goals Made—4, Scott Bentley (Florida State) vs. Nebraska, 1994 NCG
(5 attempts); Tim Lashar (Oklahoma) vs. Penn State, 1986 NCG (4 attempts)
Longest Field Goal—56, Greg Cox (Miami) vs. Oklahoma, NCG 1988
Extra Point Attempts—9, Bobby Luna (Alabama) vs. Syracuse, 1953 (7 PAT)
Extra-Points Made—8, Jeff Chandler (Florida) vs. Maryland, 2002 (8
attempts)
Most Points by a Kicker (Kicking)—13, Ryan Killeen (USC) vs. Oklahoma,
2005 NCG (2 FG, 7 PAT); Tim Lashar (Oklahoma) vs. Penn State, 1986 NCG (4
FG, 1 PAT)
Most Points by a Kicker (Any)—19, Bobby Luna (Alabama) vs. Syracuse,
1953 (2 TD, 7 PAT)
INDIVIDUAL RECORDS
PUNTING
Punts—13, Hugh Keeney (Rice) vs. Tennessee, 1947; Hugh McCullough
(Oklahoma) vs. Tennessee, 1939
Yards per Punt (min. 5 punts)—52.3, Chris Hogue (Tennessee) vs. Nebraska,
1998 (5 punts, 314 yards)
Longest Punt—82, Ike Pickle (Mississippi State) vs. Duquesne, 1937
PUNT RETURNS
Punt Returns—7, Willie Reid (Florida State) vs. Penn State, 2006 (108 yards)
Yards—180, Willie Reid (Florida State) vs. Penn State, 2006 (7 punt returns)
Average (min. 3 returns)—27.0, Freddie Milons (Alabama) vs. Michigan, 2000
(4 punt returns, 108 yards)
Punt Return Touchdowns—1, Willie Reid (Florida State) vs. Penn State, 2006
(87 yards); Freddie Milons (Alabama) vs. Michigan, 2000 (62 yards); Johnny
Rodgers (Nebraska) vs. Alabama, 1972 (77 yards); Brewster Hobby
(Oklahoma) vs. Syracuse, 1959 (40 yards); Cecil Ingram (Alabama) vs.
Syracuse, 1953 (80 yards)
Longest Return—87, Willie Reid (Florida State) vs. Penn State, 2006 (TD)
Willie Reid
Florida State, 2006
Bud Hebert
Oklahoma, 1980
Lee Roy Jordan
Alabama, 1963
Johnny Rodgers
Nebraska, 1972
Brian Bosworth
Oklahoma, 1986
Rodney Bellinger
Miami, 1984
KICKOFF RETURNS
Kickoff Returns—6, Steve Williams (Alabama) vs. Nebraska, 1972 (122 yards)
Yards—169, C.J. Jones (Iowa) vs. USC, 2003 (4 returns)
Average (min. 2 returns)—42.3, C.J. Jones (Iowa) vs. USC, 2003 (4 returns,
169 yards)
Kick Return Touchdowns—1, C.J. Jones (Iowa) vs. USC, 2003 (100 yards);
Camp Wilson (Tulsa) vs. Georgia Tech, 1945 (90 yards)
Longest Return—100, C.J. Jones (Iowa) vs. USC, 2003 (TD)
INTERCEPTIONS
Iowa’s C.J. Jones
Interceptions—3, Bud Hebert (Oklahoma) vs. Florida State, 1980 (25 return
yards)
Return Yards—94, David Baker (Oklahoma) vs. Duke, 1958 (1 interception)
Longest Return—94, David Baker (Oklahoma) vs. Duke, 1958 (TD)
Longest Return (with lateral)—98, Greg Mather (Navy) vs. Missouri, 1961 (TD)
Interception Return Touchdowns—1, Jerrard Tarrant (Georgia Tech) vs.
Iowa, 2010 (40 yards); Aqib Talib (Kansas) vs. Virginia Tech, 2008 (60 yards);
Jimmy Glover (Tennessee) vs. Oklahoma, 1968 (36 yards); Loren Schweninger
(Colorado) vs. LSU, 1962 (59 yards); Norm Beal (Missouri) vs. Navy, 1961 (90
yards); David Baker (Alabama) vs. Duke 1958 (94 yards); Dick Carpenter
(Alabama) vs. Duke, 1958 (73 yards); Buster Hill (Alabama) vs. Syracuse, 1953
(60 yards); Al Hudson (Miami) vs. Holy Cross, 1946 (89 yards)
DEFENSIVE
Tackles—31, Lee Roy Jordan (Alabama) vs. Oklahoma, 1963
Solo Tackles—13, Brian Bosworth (Oklahoma) vs. Penn State, 1986; Tom
Cousineau (Ohio State) vs. Colorado, 1977; Nip Weisenfels (Missouri) vs.
Penn State, 1970
Tackles For Loss—3, James Whitley (Michigan) vs. Alabama, 2000 (15
yards); Migue Merritt (Alabama) vs. Michigan, 2000 (4 yards)
Sacks—4, Rusty Medearis (Miami) vs. Nebraska, 1992 (23 yards)
Fumble Recoveries—2, Calvin Jones (Nebraska) vs. Florida State, 1993; Fred
Robinson (Miami) vs. Nebraska, 1984
Blocked Kicks—1, many players
Blocked Punts—1, many players
Passes Broken Up—4, Rodney Bellinger (Miami) vs. Nebraska, 1984; James
Britt (LSU) vs. Nebraska, 1983
Michigan’s Tom Brady
Arkansas’ Roland Sales
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TEAM RECORDS
APPEARANCES
Appearances—19, Oklahoma (includes 2009 BCS
National Championship)
Consecutive Appearances—4, Nebraska (199295); Oklahoma (1978-81, 1985-88)
Appearances in a Decade—6, Nebraska
(1990s—‘92-95, ’96, ’98); Oklahoma (1980s—’8081, ’85-88)
Wins—12, Oklahoma
Consecutive Wins—3, Oklahoma (1979-81);
Nebraska (1971-73)
Wins in a Decade—4, Oklahoma (1950s—’54, ’56,
’58-59; 1980s—’80-81, ’86-87)
Back-to-Back Wins: Nebraska (1996-98), Florida
State (1993-94), Miami (1988-89), Oklahoma (198687, ‘58-59), Penn State (1969-70)
Losses—8, Nebraska
Consecutive Losses: Nebraska (1992-94)
Losses in a Decade—3, Florida State (2000s—
’01, ’04, ’06); Nebraska (1990s—‘92-94); Nebraska
(1980s—’82, ’84, ‘89)
RUSHING
Most Attempts—71, Ohio State vs. Colorado, 1977
(307 yards)
Most Attempts, Both Teams—117, Oklahoma (65)
vs. Michigan (52), 1976 (451 combined yards)
Most Yards—411, Oklahoma vs. Florida State,
1980 (97 attempts)
Most Yards, Both Teams—547, Arkansas (317) vs.
Oklahoma (230), 1978 (109 combined attempts)
Touchdowns—6, Nebraska vs. Tennessee, 1998
Touchdowns, Both Teams—7, Oklahoma (6) vs.
Arkansas (1), 1987
Highest Average (min. 25 attempts)—9.08, Florida
vs. Maryland, 2002 (25 attempts, 227 yards)
Fewest Attempts—16, Colorado vs. LSU, 1962 (24
yards)
Fewest Attempts, Both Teams—53, Oklahoma
(36) vs. Florida State (17), 2001 (73 combined
yards)
Fewest Yards—-8, Navy vs. Missouri, 1961 (24
attempts)
Fewest Yards, Both Teams—83, Florida State (27)
vs. Oklahoma (56), 2001 (53 combined attempts)
Lowest Average (min. 20 Attempts)—-0.3, Navy
vs. Missouri, 1961 (24 attempts, -8 yards)
Rushing Defense, Fewest Yards Allowed—-8,
Missouri vs. Navy, 1961
PASSING
Most Passes Attempts—52, Florida State vs.
Oklahoma, 2001 (25 completions)
Most Passes Attempted, Both Teams—91, Florida
State (52) vs. Oklahoma (39), 2001 (50 combined
completions)
Most Completions—35, Michigan vs. Alabama,
2000 (47 attempts, 369 yards)
Most Completions, Both Teams—56, Florida (33)
vs. Maryland (23), 2002 (49 attempts, 456 yards)
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Most Passing Yards—456, Florida vs. Maryland,
2002 (33 completions, 49 attempts)
Most Passing Yards, Both Teams—713, Florida
(456) vs. Maryland (257), 2002 (56 completions, 88
attempts)
Touchdowns—5, USC (vs. Oklahoma), 2005;
Florida (vs. Maryland), 2002
Touchdowns, Both Teams—7, USC (5) vs.
Oklahoma (2), 2005; Florida State (4) vs. Notre
Dame (3), 1996; Georgia (6) vs. Texas Christian (1),
1942
Interceptions Thrown—7, Missouri vs. Penn
State, 1970
Interceptions Thrown, Both Teams—10, Georgia
(6) vs. Texas Christian (4), 1942
Highest Completion Percentage (min. 10
attempts)—74.5, Michigan vs. Alabama, 2000 (35
completions, 47 attempts)
Fewest Attempts—3, Oklahoma vs. Nebraska,
1979 (2 completions); Catholic vs. Mississippi,
1936 (1 completion)
Fewest Attempts, Both Teams—12, Colorado (4)
vs. Clemson (8), 1957 (5 combined completions)
Fewest Completions—0, Rice vs. Tennessee,
1947 (6 attempts); Miami vs. Holy Cross, 1946 (10
attempts)
Fewest Completions, Both Teams—4, Rice (0) vs.
Tennessee (4), 1947 (25 combined attempts, 32
combined yards)
Fewest Yards—0, Rice vs. Tennessee, 1947 (0
completions, 6 attempts); Miami vs. Holy Cross,
1946 (0 completions, 10 attempts)
Fewest Yards, Both Teams—32, Rice (0) vs.
Tennessee (32), 1947 (4 combined completions, 25
combined attempts)
Lowest Completion Percentage (min. 5
attempts)—0.0, Rice vs. Tennessee, 1947 (6
attempts); Miami vs. Holy Cross, 1946 (10
attempts)
Fewest Yards Per Pass Attempt (min. 5
attempts)—0.0, Rice vs. Tennessee, 1947 (6
attempts, 0 yards); Miami vs. Holy Cross, 1946 (10
attempts, 0 yards)
TOTAL OFFENSE
Most Plays—90, Nebraska vs. Notre Dame, 1973
(561 yards)
Most Plays, Both Teams—157, Nebraska (90) vs.
Notre Dame (67), 1973 (761 combined yards)
Most Yards—659, Florida vs. Maryland, 2002 (203
rush, 456 pass)
Most Yards, Both Teams—1,019, Florida (659) vs.
Maryland (360), 2002 (306 combined rush, 713
combined pass)
Highest Average—8.9, Florida vs. Maryland, 2002
(74 plays, 659 yards)
Fewest Plays—43, Oklahoma vs. Tennessee,
1939 (268 yards)
Fewest Plays, Both Teams—107 Tennessee (64)
vs. Oklahoma (43), 1939 (268 combined yards)
Fewest Yards—28, Miami vs. Bucknell, 1935 (15
rush, 13 pass)
Fewest Yards, Both Teams—306, Miami (28) vs.
Bucknell (278), 1935 (246 combined rushing yards,
76 combined passing yards)
Most First Downs—30, Nebraska vs. Notre
Dame, 1973 (20 rush, 9 pass); Florida vs.
Maryland, 2002 (7 rush, 23 pass)
Most First Downs, Both Teams—49, Florida (30)
vs. Maryland (19), 2002 (16 combined rush, 33
combined pass)
Most First Downs Rushing—22, Nebraska vs.
Tennessee, 1998
Most First Downs Rushing, Both Teams—28,
Nebraska (22) vs. Tennessee (6), 1998
Most First Downs Passing—23, Florida vs.
Maryland, 2002
Most First Downs Passing, Both Teams—33,
Florida (23) vs. Maryland (10), 2002
Most First Downs by Penalty—6, Florida State
vs. Nebraska, 1994
Most First Downs by Penalty, Both Teams—7,
Florida State (6) vs. Nebraska (1), 1994
Fewest First Downs—2, Michigan State vs.
Auburn, 1938
Fewest First Downs, Both Teams—12, Texas
A&M (8) vs. LSU (4), 1944 (8 combined rushing, 1
combined passing)
Fewest First Downs Rushing—1, Florida State vs.
Oklahoma, 2001; Colorado vs. LSU, 1962
Fewest First Downs Rushing, Both Teams—3,
Oklahoma (2) vs.Florida State (1), 2001
Fewest First Downs Passing—0, Notre Dame vs.
Alabama, 1975
Fewest First Downs Passing, Both Teams—2,
Colorado (1) vs. Clemson (1), 1957
SCORING
Touchdowns—9, Alabama vs. Syracuse, 1953 (4
rushing, 3 passing)
Most Touchdowns, Both Teams—11, Florida (8)
vs. Maryland (3), 2002 (5 combined rush, 6
combined pass)
Field Goals Made—4, Florida State vs. Nebraska,
1994 (5 attempts); Oklahoma vs. Penn State, 1986
(4 attempts)
Field Goals Made, Both Teams—5, Florida State
(4) vs. Nebraska (1), 1994 (7 combined attempts);
Oklahoma (4) vs. Penn State (1), 1986 (6 combined
attempts)
Points, Winning Team—61, Alabama vs.
Syracuse (6), 1953
Points, Losing Team—34, Alabama vs. Michigan
(35), 2000 (OT)
Points, Losing Team, Non-overtime—30,
Nebraska vs. Miami (31), 1984
Points, Both Teams—79, Florida (56) vs.
Maryland (23), 2002
Widest Margin of Victory—55, Alabama (61) vs.
Syracuse (6), 1953
Smallest Margin of Victory—1, Michigan (35) vs.
Alabama (34), 2000 (OT); Colorado (10) vs. Notre
Dame (9), 1991; Miami (31) vs. Nebraska (30),
1984; Nebraska (21) vs. LSU (20), 1983; Oklahoma
(18) vs. Florida State (17), 1981; Penn State (15) vs.
Kansas (14), 1969; Clemson (15) vs. Miami (14),
TEAM RECORDS
1951; Duquesne (13) vs. Mississippi State (12),
1937; Catholic (20) vs. Mississippi (19), 1936
Safeties—2, Notre Dame vs. Florida State, 1996
Shortest Time Between Touchdowns, Both
Teams (same qtr.)—12 seconds; Florida and
Maryland (1st), 2002
Shortest Time Between Touchdowns (same
qtr.)—36 seconds, Oklahoma (2nd), 1980
Fewest Points, Winning Team—6, Auburn vs.
Michigan State (0), 1938
Fewest Points, Losing Team—0, Nebraska vs.
Miami (22), 1992; Oklahoma vs. Alabama (17),
1963; Missouri vs. Georgia (14), 1960; Tennessee
vs. Rice (8), 1947; Oklahoma vs. Tennessee (17),
1939; Michigan State vs. Auburn (6), 1938; Miami
vs. Bucknell (26), 1935
Fewest Points, Both Teams—6, Auburn (6) vs.
Michigan State (0), 1938
Points Scored in One Half—40, Alabama vs.
Syracuse, 1953 (2nd)
Points Scored in One Half, Both Teams—48, USC
(38) vs. Oklahoma (10), 2005 (1st); Oklahoma (34)
vs. Duke (14), 1958 (2nd)
Points Scored in First Half—38, USC vs.
Oklahoma, 2005 (1st)
Points Scored in First Half, Both Teams—48, USC
(38) vs. Oklahoma (10), 2005
Points Scored in Second Half—40, Alabama vs.
Syracuse, 1953 (2nd)
Points Scored in Second Half, Both Teams— 48,
Oklahoma (34) vs. Duke (14), 1958
Most Points Scored in One Quarter—27,
Oklahoma vs. Duke, 1958 (4th)
Most Points Scored in One Quarter, Both
Teams—35, Michigan (21) vs. Alabama (14), 2000
(3rd)
Most Points Scored in 1st Quarter—19, Georgia
vs. Texas Christian, 1942
Most Points Scored in 1st Quarter, Both Teams—
26, Georgia (19) vs. Texas Christian (7), 1942
Most Points Scored in 2nd Quarter—24, USC vs.
Oklahoma, 2005
Most Points Scored in 2nd Quarter, Both
Teams—29, Alabama (22) vs. Boston College (7),
1943
Most Points Scored in 3rd Quarter—21, Florida
vs. Maryland, 2002; Michigan vs. Alabama, 2000
Most Points Scored in 3rd Quarter, Both
Teams—35, Michigan (21) vs. Alabama (14), 2000
Most Points Scored in 4th Quarter—27,
Oklahoma vs. Duke, 1958
Most Points Scored in 4th Quarter, Both Teams—
34, Oklahoma (27) vs. Duke (7), 1958
Most Points Scored in 1st Overtime, Both
Teams—13, Michigan (7) vs. Alabama (6), 2000
Most Points Scored in 2nd Overtime, Both
Teams—14, Penn State (7) vs. Florida State (7),
2006
Most Points Scored in 3rd Overtime, Both
Teams—3, Penn State (3) vs. Florida State (0),
2006
Most Unanswered Points Scored—54, Alabama
vs. Syracuse, 1953
PUNTING
Punts—15, Tennessee vs. Rice, 1947
Punts, Both Teams—28, Rice (13) vs. Tennessee
(15), 1947
Highest Punting Average (min. 5 punts)—52.3,
Tennessee vs. Nebraska, 1998 (6 punts, 314
yards)
Fewest Punts—1, Nebraska vs. LSU, 1983 (31
yards)
Lowest Punting Average (min. 5 punts)—22.1,
Colorado vs. LSU, 1962 (8 punts, 241 yards)
Punts Blocked—2, LSU vs. Colorado, 1962
PUNT RETURNS
Punt Returns—7, Florida State vs. Penn State,
2006 (180 yards); Oklahoma vs. Tennessee, 1939
Yards—180, Florida State vs. Penn State, 2006 (7
returns)
Highest Average (min. 3 returns)—25.7, Florida
State vs. Penn State, 2006 (7 returns, 180 yards)
KICK RETURNS
Kickoff Returns—9, Maryland vs. Florida, 2002
(123 yards)
Most Kickoff Return Yards—224, Iowa vs. USC,
Highest Average (min. 3 ret.)—36.7, Ohio State
vs. Colorado, 1977 (3 returns, 110 yards)
TURNOVERS
Interceptions—7, Penn State vs. Missouri, 1970
Interception Return Yards—167, Oklahoma vs.
Duke, 1958 (5 interceptions)
Fumbles—8, Colorado vs. Clemson, 1957 (3 lost)
Fumbles, Both Teams—9, Tennessee (4) vs.
Oklahoma (5), 1939 (6 lost)
Fumbles Lost—4, Nebraska vs. LSU, 1983 (4
fumbles); Ohio State vs. Colorado, 1977 (4
fumbles); Nebraska vs. Alabama, 1966 (4 fumbles)
Fumbles Lost, Both Teams—6, Tennessee (3) vs.
Oklahoma (3), 1939 (9 fumbles)
Fewest Fumbles—0, Iowa vs. Georgia Tech, 2010;
USC vs. Iowa, 2003; Maryland vs. Florida, 2002;
Florida vs. Syracuse, 1999; Nebraska vs. Virginia
Tech, 1996; Florida State vs. Nebraska, 1994;
Florida State vs. Nebraska, 1993; Miami vs.
Oklahoma, 1988; Mississippi State vs. Duquesne,
1937
Fewest Fumbles, Both Teams—0, Iowa vs.
Georgia Tech, 2010; Florida State vs. Notre Dame,
1996; Florida State vs. Nebraska, 1993; Miami vs.
Nebraska, 1989; Nebraska vs. Oklahoma, 1979;
Mississippi State vs. Duquesne, 1937; Auburn vs.
Michigan State, 1938
Turnovers—9, Missouri vs. Penn State, 1970 (7
INT, 2 fumbles)
PENALTIES
Most Penalties—18, Alabama vs. Michigan, 2000
(132 yards)
Most Penalties, Both Teams—28, Michigan (10)
vs. Alabama (18), 2000 (247 combined yards)
Most Penalty Yards—157, Tennessee vs.
Oklahoma, 1939 (17 penalties)
Most Penalty Yards, Both Teams— 247, Alabama
(132) vs. Michigan (115), 2000 (28 penalties)
Fewest Penalties—1 (16 times), Notre Dame vs.
Colorado, 1990 (last)
Fewest Penalties, Both Teams—2, Notre Dame
(1) vs. Alabama (1), 1975 (20 combined yards);
Alabama (1) vs. Oklahoma (1), 1963 (17 combined
yards); Missouri (1) vs. Navy (1), 1961 (19
combined yards); Duquesne (1) vs. Mississippi
State (1), 1937 (10 combined yards); Catholic (1)
vs. Mississippi (1), 1936 (20 combined yards)
Fewest Penalty Yards—5, Notre Dame vs.
Colorado, 1990 (1 penalty);Alabama vs. Notre
Dame, 1975 (1 penalty): Holy Cross vs. Miami,
1946 (1 penalty); Mississippi State and Duquesne,
1937 (1 penalty)
Fewest Penalty Yards, Both Teams—10, Mississippi State (5) vs. Duquesne (5), 1937 (2 combined
penalties)
OVERTIME GAMES
Ending in Single Overtime: Michigan (35) vs.
Alabama (34), 2000
Ending in Double Overtime: None
Ending in Triple Overtime: Penn State (26) vs.
Florida State (23), 2006
GAME
Longest Game—4:45, Penn State and Florida
State, 2006 (3OT)
Longest Game (Non-overtime)—4:00, Florida
State and Nebraska, 1994
Shortest Game—3:05, Oklahoma and Arkansas,
1987
Highest Game Time Temperature—80o, Missouri
and Navy, 1961 (H—80o L—67o)+
Lowest Game Time Temperature—49o, Iowa and
Georgia Tech, 2010 (H—60o L—43o)
Most Game Between Same Teams—4, Miami vs.
Nebraska (1984, ‘89, ‘92, ‘95)
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SINGLE GAME LEADERS
RUSHING YARDS
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Name
Ahman Green
Roland Sales
Larry Smith
Billy Sims
Shaun Alexander
Steve Van Buren
Darren Evans
Warrick Dunn
Ken Oxendine
Ernest Graham
Team
Nebraska
Arkansas
Florida
Oklahoma
Alabama
LSU
Virginia Tech
Florida State
Virginia Tech
Florida
Year
1998
1978
1967
1980
2000
1944
2009
1996
1996
2002
Att.
29
22
23
24
25
24
28
22
20
16
LONGEST FIELD GOALS
Yds.
206
205
187
164
161
160
153
151
150
149
TD
2
2
1
1
3
2
1
0
0
2
Yds.
170
165
159
159
158
150
146
137
126
126
TD
2
0
2
2
1
3
0
0
1
1
RECEIVING YARDS
1.
2.
3.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Name
Taylor Jacobs
Harry Douglas
Travis Taylor
Ray Perkins
Mardy Gilyard
David Terrell
Andy Hamilton
Atrews Bell
Kevin Williams
Russ Schamun
Team
Florida
Louisville
Florida
Alabama
Cincinnati
Michigan
LSU
Florida State
Miami
Alabama
Year
2002
2007
1999
1966
2009
2000
1971
2001
1992
1975
Rec.
10
10
7
9
7
10
9
7
8
5
PASSING YARDS
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Name
Tom Brady
Matt Leinart
Brian Brohm
Frank Broyles
Carson Palmer
Bernie Kosar
Steve Sloan
Dan Kanell
Charlie Ward
Steve Walsh
School
Michigan
USC
Louisville
Georgia Tech
USC
Miami
Alabama
Florida State
Florida State
Miami
Year
2000
2005
2007
1945
2003
1984
1966
1996
1994
1989
Cmp.-Att. Yds.
34-46
369
18-35
332
24-34
311
17-34
304
21-31
303
19-35
300
20-28
296
20-32
290
24-43
286
21-44
277
TD Int.
4
0
5
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
2
1
2
2
4
2
0
0
2
3
Name
Greg Cox
Carlos Huerta
Mike Keeling
Jon Peattie
Gregg Barrios
Juan Betanzos
Gerry Cismesia
Greg Cox
9. Jeff Davis
10. Ryan Killeen
Jon Peattie
Jeff Hall
Dane Prewitt
Chris Bahr
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
School
Miami
Miami
Oklahoma
Miami
Nebraska
LSU
Florida State
Miami
Miami
USC
Miami
Tennessee
Miami
Penn State
Year
1988
1992
1981
2004
1989
1983
2006
1988
1984
2005
2004
1998
1995
1974
Yds
56
54
53
51
50
49
48
48
45
44
44
44
44
44
SCORING
Name
Johnny Rodgers
Andre Cooper
Bobby Luna
Steve Smith
David Terrell
Shaun Alexander
Scott Frost
Mike Holovak
9. Randall Clay
10. Steve Van Buren
1.
2.
3.
4.
School
Nebraska
Florida State
Alabama
USC
Michigan
Alabama
Nebraska
Boston College
Texas
LSU
Year
1973
1996
1953
2005
2000
2000
1998
1943
1949
1944
TD
4
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
FG PAT 2P Pts.
- 24
1 20
7
- 19
- 18
- 18
- 18
- 18
- 18
3
- 15
1
- 13
Miami’s Bernie Kosar
Nebraska’s Ahman Green
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Florida’s Taylor Jacobs
CAREER LEADERS
PASSING YARDS
RUSHING YARDS
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
Name
Mike Rozier
Lydell Carr
Billy Sims
Ahman Green
Roland Sales
Larry Smith
J.C. Watts
Spencer Tillman
Shaun Alexander
Lawrence Phillips
Warrick Dunn
Eric Bieniemy
Ken Oxendine
Ernest Graham
Calvin Jones
Team
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Arkansas
Florida
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Alabama
Nebraska
Florida State
Colorado
Virginia Tech
Florida
Nebraska
Year
1982-84
1985-88
1978-80
1996, 98
1978
1967
1980-81
1985-87
2000
1994-95
1994, 96
1990-91
1997
2002
1992-93
Att.
66
50
55
36
22
23
40
22
25
32
23
37
20
16
34
Yds.
340
326
305
258
205
187
175
168
161
160
154
152
150
149
145
TD
0
1
3
2
2
1
1
2
3
1
0
1
0
2
0
Name
Ray Perkins
Johnny Rodgers
Corey Dixon
Taylor Jacobs
Travis Taylor
David Terrell
Andy Hamilton
Irving Fryar
Keith Jackson
Atrews Bell
Russ Schamun
Kevin Williams
Jabar Gaffney
Eddie Brown
Dwayne Jarrett
Team
Alabama
Nebraska
Nebraska
Florida
Florida
Michigan
LSU
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Florida State
Alabama
Miami
Florida
Miami
USC
Year
1965-66
1971-73
1993-94
2002
1999
2000
1971
1982-84
1985-88
2001
1975
1992
2002
1984
2005
Florida State’s Charlie Ward
Rec.
14
11
8
10
7
10
9
10
6
7
5
8
7
6
5
Yds.
224
200
173
170
159
150
146
145
139
137
126
126
118
115
115
TD
3
1
1
2
2
3
0
0
1
0
1
1
2
0
1
Name
Steve Walsh
Charlie Ward
Tommie Frazier
Tom Brady
Turner Gill
Chuck Burkhart
Joe Namath
Steve Sloan
Matt Leinart
Jerry Tagge
School
Year
Miami
1988-89
Florida State 1993-94
Nebraska
1993-95
Michigan
2000
Nebraska
1983-84
Penn State
1969-70
Alabama
1963, 65
Alabama
1963, 65
USC
2005
Nebraska
1971-72
Cmp.-Att. Yds.
39-74
486
39-73
473
26-50
377
34-46
369
29-52
356
23-49
341
27-54
341
22-35
339
18-35
332
23-44
312
TD Int.
4 4
2 1
3 5
4 0
1 3
1 3
3 3
2 2
5 2
0 1
SCORING
Name
Scott Frost
Johnny Rodgers
3. Tim Lashar
4. Ryan Killeen
5. Andre Cooper
Ray Perkins
7. Bobby Luna
8. Steve Smith
David Terrell
Shaun Alexander
Billy Sims
Mike Holovak
13. Kris Brown
14. Scott Bentley
Randall Clay
1.
RECEIVING YARDS
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
School
Nebraska
Nebraska
Oklahoma
USC
Florida State
Alabama
Alabama
USC
Michigan
Alabama
Oklahoma
Boston College
Nebraska
Florida State
Texas
Year
1996, 98
1972-73
1985-88
2003, 05
1996
1965-66
1953
2005
2002
2000
1978-80
1943
1996, 98
1994, 96
1949
TD
5
5
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
FG PAT 2P Pts.
- 30
- 30
5 11 - 26
3 12 - 21
1 20
1 20
7
- 19
- 18
- 18
- 18
- 18
- 18
2 11 - 17
4
3
- 15
3
- 15
Alabama’s Bobby Luna
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300/100 YARD GAMES
300-YARD PASSING GAMES
NAME
SCHOOL
Tom Brady
Matt Leinart
Brian Brohm
Frank Broyles
Carson Palmer
Bernie Kosar
Michigan
USC
Louisville
Georgia Tech
USC
Miami
GAME
2000
2005
2007
1945
2003
1984
100-YARD RECEIVING GAMES
ATT-COMP
YDS
TD
34-46
18-35
24-34
17-34
21-31
19-35
369
332
311
304
303
300
4
5
0
1
1
2
100-YARD RUSHING GAMES
NAME
SCHOOL
Ahman Green
Roland Sales
Larry Smith
Billy Sims
Shaun Alexander
Steve Van Buren
Darren Evans
Warrick Dunn
Ken Oxendine
Ernest Graham
Lydell Carr
Mike Rozier
Larry Jones
Mike Holovak
Jacque Robinson
Billy Sims
Ernie Koy
Jarrett Payton
J.C. Watts
Joel Wells
Percy Harvin
Justin Fargas
John Bayuk
LenDale White
Mike Rozier
Les Kelley
Elvis Peacock
Tom Landry
Branden Ore
Brandon Wegher
Frank Sinkwich
Chris Brown
Austin Scott
Lenny Snow
Tim Tebow
Spencer Tillman
Terry Jackson
Dennis Claridge
Mel West
Ed Vereb
Jim Grisham
Dick Parma
Sean Jackson
Bobby Campbell
Nebraska
1998
Arkansas
1978
Florida
1967
Oklahoma
1980
Alabama
2000
LSU
1944
Virginia Tech
2009
Florida State
1996
Virginia Tech
1996
Florida
2002
Oklahoma
1986
Nebraska
1984
Miami
1992
Boston College 1943
Washington
1985
Oklahoma
1979
Texas
1965
Miami
2004
Oklahoma
1980
Clemson
1957
Florida
*2009
USC
2003
Colorado
1957
USC
2005
Nebraska
1983
Alabama
1966
Oklahoma
1978
Texas
1949
Virginia Tech
2008
Iowa
2010
Georgia
1942
Oklahoma
*2009
Penn State
2006
Georgia Tech
1967
Florida
*2009
Oklahoma
1987
Florida
1999
Nebraska
1964
Missouri
1961
Maryland
1956
Oklahoma
1963
Baylor
1952
Florida State
1993
Penn State
1969
GAME
ATT
YDS
AVG.
TD
29
22
23
24
25
24
28
22
20
16
19
25
30
10
28
25
24
22
15
18
9
20
23
15
26
26
15
17
23
16
22
22
26
24
22
7
21
14
21
8
28
19
17
18
206
205
187
164
161
160
153
151
150
149
148
147
144
141
135
134
133
131
127
125
122
122
121
118
118
118
117
117
116
113
112
110
110
110
109
109
108
108
108
108
107
107
101
101
7.1
9.3
8.1
6.8
6.4
6.7
5.5
6.9
7.5
9.3
7.8
5.9
4.8
14.1
4.8
5.4
5.5
6.0
8.5
6.9
13.6
6.1
5.3
7.9
4.5
4.5
7.8
6.9
5.0
7.1
5.5
5.0
4.2
4.6
5.0
15.6
5.1
7.7
5.1
13.5
3.8
5.6
5.9
5.6
2
2
1
1
3
2
1
0
0
2
1
0
1
3
1
2
2
0
1
2
1
2
2
2
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
2
0
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
NAME
SCHOOL
Taylor Jacobs
Harry Douglas
Travis Taylor
Ray Perkins
Mardy Gilyard
David Terrell
Andy Hamilton
Atrews Bell
Kevin Williams
Russ Schamun
Corey Dixon
Jabar Gaffney
Dwayne Jarrett
Eddie Brown
Steve Smith
Jordan Norwood
Wayne Messam
Melvin Bratton
Dexton Fields
Florida
Louisville
Florida
Alabama
Cincinnati
Michigan
LSU
Florida State
Miami
Alabama
Nebraska
Florida
USC
Miami
USC
Penn State
Florida State
Miami
Kansas
GAME
2002
2007
1999
1966
2009
2000
1971
2001
1992
1975
1993
2002
2005
1984
2005
2006
1996
1988
2008
REC
YDS
AVG
TD
10
10
7
9
7
10
9
7
8
5
5
7
5
6
7
6
6
9
7
170
165
159
159
158
150
146
137
126
126
123
118
115
115
113
110
103
102
101
17.0
16.5
22.7
17.7
22.6
15.0
16.2
19.6
15.8
25.2
24.6
16.9
23.0
19.2
16.1
18.3
17.2
11.3
14.4
2
0
2
2
1
3
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
0
3
0
0
1
0
Steve Van Buren
LSU, 1944
Dwayne Jarrett
USC, 2005
David Terrell
Michigan, 2000
Shaun Alexander
Alabama, 2000
Mike Rozier
Nebraska, 1984
Larry Smith
Florida, 1967
* 2009 BCS National Championship Game
Virginia Tech’s Darren Evans
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LONGEST SCORING PLAYS
SCORING PLAYS
1.
2.
3.
5.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
15.
16.
18.
20.
100
98
94
94
90
90
89
87
84
82
80
79
77
77
73
72
72
71
71
69
RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS
C.J. Jones kickoff return (Iowa ’03)
Greg Mather intercepted lateral (fumble) return (Navy ’61)
Larry Smith run (Florida ’67)
David Baker interception return (Oklahoma ’58)
Norm Beal interception return (Missouri ’61)
Camp WIlson kickoff return (Tulsa ’45)
Al Hudson interception return (Miami ’46)
Willie Reid punt return (Florida State ’06)
Justin Harper punt return (Virginia Tech ’08)
Carl Dodd interception return (Oklahoma ’56)
Cecil Ingram punt return (Alabama ’53)
Ross Coyle pass from Brewster Hobby (Oklahoma ’59)
Spencer Tillman run (Oklahoma ’87)
Johnny Rodgers punt return (Nebraska ’72)
Dick Carpenter interception lateral (fumble) return (Oklahoma ’58)
Chuck Herd pass from Tom Shuman (Penn State ’74)
Ernie Hefferle pass from Boyd Brumbaugh (Duquesne ’37)
Keith Jackson pass from Jamelle Holieway (Oklahoma ’86)
Al Bodine interception return (Georgia ’49)
George Sauer pass from Jim Hudson (Texas ’65)
TOUCHDOWN PASSES
1.
2.
4.
5.
6.
7.
9.
10.
11.
13.
16.
18.
79
72
72
71
69
65
61
61
60
59
57
57
52
52
52
51
51
50
50
Ross Coyle pass from Brewster Hobby (Oklahoma ’59)
Chuck Herd pass from Tom Shuman (Penn State ’74)
Ernie Hefferle pass from Boyd Brumbaugh (Duquesne ’37)
Keith Jackson pass from Jamelle Holieway (Oklahoma ’86)
George Sauer pass from Jim Hudson (Texas ’65)
Barney White pass from Perry Moss to Ed Shedlosky, lateral to White (Tulsa ’45)
Derrick Shepard pass from Danny Bradley (Oklahoma ’85)
Melvin Conger pass from Frank Sinkwich (Georgia ’42)
Cliff Kimsey pass from Frank Sinkwich (Georgia ’42)
Rob Ison from Johnny Bosch (Georgia Tech ’40)
Lorenzo Booker from Drew Weatherford (Florida State ’06)
David Terrell from Tom Brady (Michigan ’00)
Frosty Anderson from Johnny Rodgers (Nebraska ’73)
Emery Clark from Babe Parilli (Kentucky ’50)
Stuart Foley from Bill Adamaitis (Catholic ’36)
Travis Taylor from Doug Johnson (Florida ’99)
Johnny McIntosh from Frank Broyles (Georgia Tech ’45)
Johnny Rodgers from Dave Humm (Nebraska ’73)
Corky Tharp from Clell Hobson (Alabama ’53)
1.
2.
3.
4.
94
77
68
65
5.
6.
7.
8.
63
61
58
50
50
50
Larry Smith (Florida ’67)
Spencer Tillman (Oklahoma ’87)
Dennis Claridge (Nebraska ’64)
Mike Holovak, lateral from Eddie
Doherty (Boston College ’43)
Steve Van Buren (LSU ’44)
J.C. Watts (Oklahoma ’80)
Joel Wells (Clemson ’57)
Justin Fargas (USC ’03)
Shaun Alexander (Alabama ’00)
Huey Keeney, 25 by Carl Russ, lateral to
Kenney (Rice ‘47)
INTERCEPTION RETURNS
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
94
90
89
82
71
60
8.
9.
10.
11.
59
40
36
23
David Baker (Oklahoma ’58)
Norm Beal (Missouri ’61)
Al Hudson (Miami ’46)
Carl Dodd (Oklahoma ’56)
Al Bodine (Georgia ’49)
Aqib Talib (Kansas ’08)
Buster Hill (Alabama ’53)
Loren Schweninger (Colorado ’62)
Jerrard Tarrant (Georgia Tech ’10)
Jimmy Glover (Tennessee ’68)
Bob Stephenson (Tennessee ’68)
FUMBLE RETURNS
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
98
31
24
19
0
0
0
Greg Mather (Navy ’61)
Christian Peter (Nebraska ’96)
Paul Rydewski [blocked punt] (Catholic ’36)
Dean Steinkuhler (Nebraska ’84)
LeRoy Butler [in endzone] (Florida State ’81)
Gene Sykes [blocked punt] (LSU ’62)
John Tripson [blocked punt]
(Mississippi State ’41)
KICK RETURNS
1. 100 C.J. Jones (Iowa ’03)
2. 90 Camp Wilson (Tulsa ’45)
PUNT RETURNS
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
87
84
80
77
62
Willie Reid (Florida State ’06)
Justin Harper (Virginia Tech ’08)
Cecil Ingram (Alabama ’53)
Johnny Rodgers (Nebraska ’72)
Freddie Milons (Alabama ’00)
Navy’s Greg Mather
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THE LAST TIME...
TEAM
An ACC Team Won: 2009
Virginia Tech (20) vs. Cincinnati (Big East) (7)
A Big East Team Won: 2007
Louisville (24) vs. Wake Forest (ACC) (13)
A Pac-10 Team Won: 2005
USC (55) vs. Oklahoma (Big 12) (19)
A Big Ten Team Won: 2009
Iowa (24) vs. Georgia Tech (23) (ACC)
A Big 12 Team Won: 2008
Kansas (24) vs. Virginia Tech (ACC) (21)
A SEC Team Won: 2009 *
Florida (24) vs. Oklahoma (Big 12) (14)
An Independent Team Won: 1990
Notre Dame (21) vs. Colorado (Big 12) (6)
An ACC team played a Big East team: 2009
Virginia Tech (20) vs. Cincinnati (7)
An ACC team played a Big Ten team: 2010
Georgia Tech (14) vs. Iowa (24)
An ACC team played a Big 12 team: 2008
Virginia Tech (21) vs. Kansas (24)
An ACC team played a Pac-10 team:
Never
An ACC team played a SEC team: 2002
Maryland (23) vs. Florida (56)
A Big East team played a Big Ten team:
Never
A Big East team played a Big 12 team: 1996
Virginia Tech (21) vs. Nebraska (41)
A Big East team played a Pac-10 team:
Never
A Big East team played a SEC team: 1999
Syracuse (10) vs. Florida (31)
A Big Ten team played a Big 12 team: 1977
Ohio State (27) vs. Colorado (10)
A Big Ten team played a Pac-10 team: 2003
Iowa (17) vs. USC (38)
A Big Ten team played a SEC team: 2000
Michigan (35) vs. Alabama (34) (OT)
A Big 12 team played a Pac-10 team: 2005
Oklahoma (19) vs. USC (55)
A Big 12 team played a SEC team: 2009 *
Oklahoma (14) vs. Florida (24)
A Pac-10 team played a SEC team:
Never
Winning team scored 1-9 Points: 1954
Oklahoma (7) vs. Maryland (0)
Winning team scored 10-19 Points: 2004
Miami (16) vs. Florida State (14)
Winning team scored 20-29 Points: 2010
Iowa (24) vs. Georgia Tech (14)
Winning team scored 30-39 Points: 2003
USC (38) vs. Iowa (17)
Winning team scored 40-49 Points: 1998
Nebraska (42) vs. Tennessee (17)
Winning team scored 50-59 Points: 2005
USC (55) vs. Oklahoma (19)
Winning team scored 60-69 Points: 1953
Alabama (61) vs. Syracuse (6)
Winning team scored 70+ Points:
Never
Winning team trailed entering the fourth quarter: 1996
Florida State (14) vs. Notre Dame (17)
Game ended with no offensive scores/nonshutout: 2001
Oklahoma (13) vs. Florida State (2)
Losing team scored 2-9 Points: 2009
Cincinnati (7) vs. Virginia Tech (20)
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Losing team scored 10-19 Points: 2010
Georgia Tech (14) vs. Iowa (24)
Losing team scored 20-29 Points: 2008
Virginia Tech (21) vs. Kansas (24)
Losing team scored 30-39 Points (regulation): 1984
Miami (31) vs. Nebraska (30)
Losing team scored 30-39 Points: 2000 (OT)
Michigan (35) vs. Alabama (34)
Losing team scored 40-49 Points:
Never
Team scored 21+ points in a quarter: 2005
USC (24) vs. Oklahoma (2nd)
Team scored 28+ points in a half: 2005
USC (38) vs. Oklahoma (1st)
Both teams scored 60-69 points in a game: 2000
Michigan (35) vs. Alabama (34) (OT)
Both teams scored 70-79 points in a game: 2005
USC (55) vs. Oklahoma (19)
Both teams scored 80-89 points in a game:
Never
A team had a 300-yard passer, 100-yard rusher, and
100-yard receiver: 2005
Matt Leinart (332), LenDale White (15-118), &
Dwayne Jarrett (5-115)/Steve Smith (7-113),
USC vs. Oklahoma
A team had two 100-yard rushers: 2009 *
Percy Harvin (9-122) & Tim Tebow (22-109),
Florida vs. Oklahoma
A team had two 100-yard receivers: 2005
Dwayne Jarrett (5-115) & Steve Smith (7-113),
USC vs. Oklahoma
A team had two players score 2+ rushing
touchdowns: 2002
Earnest Graham (2) & Marc Riley (2), Florida
vs. Maryland
A team had two players catch 2+ touchdowns: 2002
Taylor Jacobs (2) & Jabar Gaffney (2), Florida
vs. Maryland
A team recorded a safety: 2006
Penn State vs. Florida State
INDIVIDUAL
100 yards rushing: 2010
Brandon Wegher (Iowa) (16-113) vs. Georgia Tech
200 yards rushing: 1998
Ahman Green (Nebraska) (29-206) vs. Tennessee
A quarterback rushed for 100+ yards: 2009 *
Tim Tebow (Florida) (22-109) vs. Oklahoma
A player rushed for 100+ yards in two different
Orange Bowls: 1983-84
Mike Rozier (Nebraska) (26-118) vs. LSU &
(25-147) vs. Miami
300+ yards passing: 2007
Brian Brohm (Louisville) (311) vs. Wake Forest
100+ yards receiving: 2009
Mardy Gilyard (Cincinnati) (7-158) vs.
Virginia Tech
Two touchdowns rushing: 2006
Austin Scott (Penn State) vs. Florida State
Three touchdowns rushing: 2000
Shaun Alexander (Alabama) vs. Michigan
Four touchdowns rushing: 1973
Johnny Rodgers (Nebraska) vs. Notre Dame
Three touchdowns passing: 1997
Jim Druckenmiller (Virginia Tech) vs. Nebraska
Four touchdowns passing: 2002
Rex Grossman (Florida) vs. Maryland
Five touchdowns passing: 2005
Matt Leinart (USC) vs. Oklahoma
Two touchdowns receiving: 2005
Travis Wilson (Oklahoma) vs. USC
Three touchdowns receiving: 2005
Steve Smith (USC) vs. Oklahoma
Touchdown on a kick return: 2003
C.J. Jones (Iowa) (100) vs. USC
Touchdown on a punt return: 2008
Justin Harper (Virginia Tech) (84) vs. Kansas
Touchdown on a blocked punt: 1962
Gene Sykes (LSU) (0) vs. Colorado
Touchdown on a blocked kick: 1936
Paul Rydewski (Catholic) (24) vs. Mississippi
Touchdown on an interception return: 2010
Jerrard Tarrant (Georgia Tech) (40) vs. Iowa
Touchdown on a fumble return: 1997
Jason Peter (Nebraska) (31) vs. Virginia Tech
Touchdown run 26-50 yards: 2010
Brandon Wegher (Iowa) (32) vs. Georgia Tech
Touchdown run 51-75 yards: 1986
Lydell Carr (Penn State) (61) vs. Oklahoma
Touchdown run 76+ yards: 1987
Spencer Tillman (Oklahoma) (77) vs. Arkansas
Touchdown reception 10-25 yards: 2010
Colin Sandeman (Iowa) (21) vs. Georgia Tech
Touchdown reception 26-50 yards: 2007
Nate Morton (Wake Forest) (30) vs. Louisville
Touchdown reception 51-75 yards: 2006
Lorenzo Booker (Florida State) (57) vs.
Penn State
Touchdown reception 76+ yards: 1959
Ross Coyle (Oklahoma) (79) vs. Syracuse
Punt 70+ yards: 1998
Chris Hogue (Tennessee) (78) vs. Nebraska
Field goal 50+ yards: 2004
Jon Peattie (Miami) (51) vs. Florida State
Three field goals: 2004
Jon Peattie (Miami) vs. Florida State
Four field goals: 1994
Scott Bentley (Florida State) vs. Nebraska
Offensive player named MOP: 2009
Darren Evans (Virginia Tech) vs. Cincinnati
Defensive player named MOP: 2010
Adrian Clayborn (Iowa) vs. Georgia Tech
Quarterback named MOP: 2007
Brian Brohm (Louisville) vs. Wake Forest
Running back named MOP: 2004
Darren Evans (Virginia Tech) vs. Cincinnati
Receiver named MOP: 2006
Willie Reid (Florida State) vs. Penn State
Special teams player named MOP: 2006
Willie Reid (PR) (Florida State) vs. Penn State
Defensive back named MOP: 2008
Aqib Talib (Kansas) vs. Virginia Tech
Defensive lineman named MOP: 2009*
Carlos Dunlap (Florida) vs. Oklahoma
Linebacker named MOP: 2001
Torrance Marshall (Oklahoma) vs.
Florida State
Kicker named MOP: 1986
Tim Lashar (Oklahoma) vs. Penn State
Offensive lineman named MOP: 1983
Dave Rimington (Nebraska) vs. LSU
* 2009 BCS National Championship Game
TEAM RESULTS (BY CONFERENCE AND CURRENT AFFILIATION)
ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE
TEAM
Boston College
Clemson
Duke
Florida State
Georgia Tech
Maryland
Miami
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest
TOTALS
YEARS
1943
1951, 57, 82
1955, 58
1980, 81, 93, 94, 96, 01, 04, 06
1940, 45, 48, 52, 67, 10
1954, 56, 2002
1935, 46, 51, 84, 88, 89, 92, 95, 04
1996, 2008, 09
2007
INDEPENDENTS
G
1
3
2
8
6
3
9
3
1
36
W
0
2
1
3
3
0
6
1
0
16
L
1
1
1
5
3
3
3
2
1
20
PCT
.000
.666
.500
.375
.500
.000
.667
.333
.000
.444
YEARS
G
1952
1
1957, 62, 77, 90, 91
5
1948, 69, 2008
3
1940, 60, 61, 70
4
1955, 64, 66, 71, 72, 73, 79, 82, 83,
84, 89, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 98
17
1939, 54, 56, 58, 59, 63, 68, 76, 78,
79, 80, 81, 85, 86, 87, 88, 01, 05, 09+ 19
1949, 65
2
1944
1
52
W
0
2
1
1
L
1
3
2
3
PCT
.000
.400
.333
.250
8
9
.470
12
2
0
26
7 .667
0 1.000
1 .000
26 .500
G
1
1
3
4
W
0
1
0
1
L PCT
1 .000
0 1.000
3 .000
3 .250
G
2
2
1
1
5
11
W
1
1
0
1
4
7
L PCT
1 .500
1 .500
1 .000
0 1.000
1 .800
4 .636
G
2
1
3
W
2
1
3
L PCT
0 1.000
0 1.000
0 1.000
G
8
2
2
4
3
1
5
1
2
4
32
W
4
1
1
4
2
0
2
0
1
1
16
L PCT
4 .500
1 .500
1 .500
0 1.000
1 .666
1 .000
3 .400
1 .000
1 .500
3 .250
16 .500
BIG 12 CONFERENCE
TEAM
Baylor
Colorado
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Texas
Texas A&M
TOTALS
BIG EAST CONFERENCE
TEAM
Cincinnati
Louisville
Syracuse
TOTALS
YEARS
2009
2007
1953, 59, 99
YEARS
2003, 10
1976, 2000
1938
1977
1969, 70, 74, 86, 2006
YEARS
1961
1973, 75, 90, 91, 96
G
1
5
6
W
0
2
2
L
1
3
4
PCT
.000
.400
.333
G
1
W
0
L
1
PCT
.000
YEARS
1947
1945
G
1
1
2
W
1
1
2
L PCT
0 1.000
0 1.000
0 1.000
YEARS
1950
1935
1936
1937
1941
1946
G
1
1
1
1
1
1
6
W
1
1
1
1
0
0
4
L
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE
TEAM
Texas Christian
YEARS
1942
CONFERENCE-USA
TEAM
Rice
Tulsa
TOTALS
OTHERS
TEAM
Santa Clara
Bucknell
Catholic
Duquesne
Georgetown
Holy Cross
TOTALS
PCT
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
.000
.000
.667
RECORD BY CONFERENCE (at time of game)
BIG TEN CONFERENCE
TEAM
Iowa
Michigan
Michigan State
Ohio State
Penn State
TOTALS
TEAM
Navy
Notre Dame
TOTALS
LEAGUE
Atlantic Coast
Big East
Big Six
Big Seven
Big Eight
Big Ten
Big 12
Independent
Missouri Valley
Pacific-10
Southeastern
Southern
Southwest
G
16
6
3
12
28
11
6
24
1
3
32
1
7
W
5
3
0
7
13
7
4
10
1
3
16
1
4
L
11
3
3
5
15
4
2
14
0
0
16
0
3
PCT
.313
.500
.000
.583
.464
.636
.667
.412
1.000
1.000
.500
1.000
.571
PACIFIC-10 CONFERENCE
TEAM
USC
Washington
TOTALS
YEARS
2003, 05
1985
SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE
TEAM
Alabama
Arkansas
Auburn
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
LSU
Mississippi
Mississippi State
Tennessee
TOTALS
YEARS
1943, 53, 63, 65, 66, 72, 75, 2000
1978, 87
1938, 64
1967, 99, 2002, 09+
1942, 49, 60
1950
1944, 62, 71, 74, 83
1936
1937, 41
1939, 47, 68, 98
The 2004 Orange Bowl saw rivals Miami and Florida State meet for the first time
in a bowl setting, with the Hurricanes coming out ahead 16-14. Frequent Orange
Bowl visitors, Miami has appeared in nine games, while Florida State has been
to eight.
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65
COACHING RECORDS
Coach
William Alexander
Charlie Bachman
Frank Beamer *
A.J. Bergman
Bobby Bowden #*
School
No.
Georgia Tech
2
Michigan State 1
Virginia Tech
3
Catholic
1
Florida State
8
Paul “Bear” Bryant #* Kentucky
Alabama
Wallace Butts
Georgia
Lloyd Carr #
Michigan
Pete Carroll #
USC
Len Casanova
Santa Clara
Blair Cherry
Texas
Larry Coker #
Miami
John DaGrosa
Holy Cross
Bob Devaney #
Nebraska
Dan Devine #*
Missouri
Doug Dickey
Tennessee
Paul Dietzel
LSU
Bobby Dodd #
Georgia Tech
Harold Drew
Alabama
Mike DuBose
Alabama
Dennis Erickson #
Miami
Chuck Fairbanks
Oklahoma
Don Faurot
Missouri
Kirk Ferentz
Iowa
Danny Ford #
Clemson
Ralph Friedgen
Maryland
Henry Frnka
Tulsa
Phillip Fulmer #
Tennessee
Bill Glassford
Nebraska
Sonny Grandelius
Colorado
Ray Graves
Florida
Jim Grobe
Wake Forest
Andy Gustafson
Miami
Jack Haggerty
Georgetown
Wayne Hardin
Navy
Jack Harding
Miami
Ken Hatfield
Arkansas
Woody Hayes #*
Ohio State
Lou Holtz*
Arkansas
Notre Dame
Frank Howard
Clemson
Don James *
Washington
Jimmy Johnson #
Miami
Paul Johnson
Georgia Tech
Ralph “Shug” Jordan * Auburn
66
1
5
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
5
3
1
1
3
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
2
1
2
1
1
Years
1940, 45
1938
1996, 2008, 09
1936
1980, 81, 93, 94,
96, 01, 04, 06
1950
1963, 65, 66, 72, 75
1942, 49, 60
2000
2003, 05
1950
1949
2004
1946
1964, 66, 71, 72, 73
1960, 61, 70
1968
1962
1948, 52, 67
1953
2000
1992, 95
1968
1940
2003, 10
1982
2002
1945
1998
1955
1962
1967
2007
1951
1941
1961
1946
1987
1977
1978
1990, 91, 96
1951, 57
1985
1988, 89
2010
1964
Record
1-1
0-1
1-2
1-0
3-5
0-1
2-3
2-1
1-0
2-0
1-0
1-0
1-0
0-1
4-1
1-2
0-1
1-0
2-1
1-0
0-1
1-1
1-0
0-1
1-1
1-0
0-1
1-0
0-1
0-1
0-1
1-0
0-1
0-1
0-1
0-1
1-0
0-1
1-0
1-0
1-2
1-1
1-0
2-0
0-1
0-1
Coach
Brian Kelly
Bill Mallory
Mark Mangino
Tom McCann
Bill McCartney
Charles McClendon
Allyn McKeen
Jack Meagher
Leo R. Meyer
Bernie Moore
Bill Murray
Urban Meyer
Dennis Myers
Hook Mylin
Jess Neely*
Robert Neyland #*
Homer Norton
Tom Osborne #*
School
No.
Cincinnati
1
Colorado
1
Kansas
1
Miami
1
Colorado
2
LSU
2
Mississippi State 1
Auburn
1
Texas Christian 1
LSU
1
Duke
2
Florida
1
Boston College 1
Bucknell
1
Rice
1
Tennessee
2
Texas A&M
1
Nebraska
11
Ara Parseghian #*
Paul Pasqualoni
Joe Paterno #*
Bobby Petrino #
Pepper Rodgers
Darrell Royal #*
Ralph Sasse
George Sauer
Notre Dame
Syracuse
Penn State
Louisville
Kansas
Texas
Mississippi State
Kansas
Baylor
Bo Schembechler #* Michigan
Howard Schnellenberger Miami
Ben Schwartzwalder* Syracuse
Jack Smith
Duquesne
Steve Spurrier #
Florida
Tom Stidham
Oklahoma
Bob Stoops #
Oklahoma
Jerry Stovall
LSU
Barry Switzer #
Oklahoma
2
1
5
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
3
1
9
Jim Tatum #
Frank Thomas #
Ed Walker
Dallas Ward
Bud Wilkinson #
2
1
1
1
5
Maryland
Alabama
Mississippi
Colorado
Oklahoma
Years
Record
2009
0-1
1977
0-1
2008
1-0
1935
0-1
1990, 91
1-1
1971, 74
0-2
1941
1-0
1938
1-0
1942
0-1
1944
1-0
1955, 58
1-1
2009 **
1-0
1943
0-1
1935
1-0
1947
1-0
1939, 47
1-1
1944
0-1
1979, 82, 83, 84, 89, 92, 4-7
93, 94, 95, 96, 98
1973, 75
1-1
1999
0-1
1969, 70, 74, 86, 06
4-1
2007
1-0
1969
0-1
1965
1-0
1937
0-1
1948
1-0
1952
0-1
1976
0-1
1984
1-0
1953, 59
0-2
1937
1-0
1999, 02
2-0
1939
0-1
2001, 05, 09+
1-2
1983
0-1
1976, 78, 79, 80,
6-3
81, 85, 86, 87, 88
1954, 56
0-2
1943
1-0
1936
0-1
1957
1-0
1954, 56, 58, 59, 63
4-1
# - All-Time Winningest Division 1-A Coaches (.700% or better)
* - Coaches with 170 or more career wins
+ - Participated in the 2009 BCS National Championship Game
Paul “Bear” Bryant
Kentucky, Alabama
Pete Carroll
USC
Bob Devaney
Nebraska
Dan Devine
Missouri
Bobby Dodd
Georgia Tech
Bobby Bowden
Florida State
Dennis Erickson
Miami
Lou Holtz
Arkansas, Notre Dame
Joe Paterno
Penn State
Steve Spurrier
Florida
Barry Switzer
Oklahoma
Bud Wilkinson
Oklahoma
Tom Osborne
Nebraska
Robert Neyland
Tennessee
MEDIA GUIDE
COACH OF THE YEAR
Walter Camp Coach of the Year (started 1967)
Bob Devaney (Nebraska) ................................................................................1971
Lou Holtz (Arkansas) ........................................................................................1977
Jerry Stovall (LSU)............................................................................................1982
Bill McCartney (Colorado) ..............................................................................1989
Bob Stoops (Oklahoma) ..................................................................................2000
Ralph Friedgen (Maryland)..............................................................................2001
Kirk Ferentz (Iowa)............................................................................................2002
Joe Paterno (Penn State) ................................................................................2005
Mark Mangino (Kansas) ..................................................................................2007
Mark Mangino
Kansas
Bob Stoops
Oklahoma
Ralph Friedgen
Maryland
Bill McCartney
Colorado
Jim Grobe
Wake Forest
Lou Holtz
Arkansas
Danny Ford
Clemson
Tom Osborne
Nebraska
Howard Schnellenberger
Miami
Charlie McClendon
LSU
Jim Tatum
Maryland
Paul “Bear” Bryant
Alabama
Home Depot "Coach of the Year" Award (started 1994)
Bob Stoops (Oklahoma) ..................................................................................2000
Ralph Friedgen (Maryland)..............................................................................2001
Joe Paterno (Penn State) ................................................................................2005
Mark Mangino (Kansas) ..................................................................................2007
George Munger Award College Coach of the Year (started 1989)
Bob Stoops (Oklahoma) ..................................................................................2000
Ralph Friedgen (Maryland)..............................................................................2001
Joe Paterno (Penn State) ................................................................................2005
Mark Mangino (Kansas) ..................................................................................2007
FWAA Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award (started 1957)
Bob Devaney (Nebraska) ................................................................................1971
Lou Holtz (Arkansas) ........................................................................................1977
Danny Ford (Clemson)......................................................................................1981
Howard Schnellenberger (Miami) ................................................................1983
Bill McCartney (Colorado) ..............................................................................1989
Bob Stoops (Oklahoma) ..................................................................................2000
Ralph Friedgen (Maryland)..............................................................................2001
Mark Mangino (Kansas) ..................................................................................2007
Paul "Bear" Bryant Award (started 1957)
Bob Devaney (Nebraska) ................................................................................1971
Lou Holtz (Arkansas) ........................................................................................1977
Danny Ford (Clemson)......................................................................................1981
Howard Schnellenberger (Miami) ................................................................1983
Bill McCartney (Colorado) ..............................................................................1989
Bob Stoops (Oklahoma) ..................................................................................2000
Mark Mangino (Kansas) ..................................................................................2007
AFCA Coach of the Year Award (started 1935)
Jim Tatum (Maryland) ......................................................................................1953
Joe Paterno (Penn State) ................................................................................1968
Charlie McLendon (LSU)..................................................................................1970
Paul "Bear" Bryant (Alabama) ........................................................................1971
Danny Ford (Clemson)......................................................................................1981
Bill McCartney (Colorado) ..............................................................................1989
Tom Osborne (Nebraska) ................................................................................1994
Joe Paterno (Penn State) ................................................................................2005
Jim Grobe (Wake Forest) ................................................................................2006
Mark Mangino (Kansas) ..................................................................................2007
The 2006 Orange Bowl featured the two biggest legends in college football coaching today
in Penn State’s Joe Paterno and Florida State’s Bobby Bowden. The epic match-up featured
the top two all-time winningest coaches - overall victories and Bowl victories. The Nittany
Lions survived the triple overtime showdown, 26-23, over the Seminoles.
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HEISMAN MEMORIAL TROPHY
total of 16 Orange Bowl veterans have won college football’s most prestigious individual
prize during their careers—the Heisman Memorial Trophy. Eleven of those winners then
capped off their Heisman season and college careers with an appearance in the Orange
Bowl. In those games, the newly-named best player in the nation led his team to seven victories
against only three defeats.
A
Of the 11 times the Heisman winners were on
display in the Orange Bowl in the same season,
three of the contests featured the Heisman
winner facing the runner-up, including in two
National Championship Games in 2001 and 2005.
2000 Heisman Trophy runner-up Josh Heupel of
Oklahoma outlasted Heisman winner Chris
Weinke of Florida State, 13-2, in the 2001 Orange
Bowl; and 2004 Matt Leinart and USC routed the
Sooners and runner-up Adrian Peterson, 55-19, in
the 2005 Orange Bowl. Fellow Trojan quarterback
Carson Palmer, the 2002 winner, led USC past
Iowa and runner-up Brad Banks, 38-17, in 2003.
The 2005 Orange Bowl National Championship
Game featured 2003 Heisman Trophy winning
quarterback Jason White of Oklahoma against
Leinart. In addition to the two Heisman signal
callers, four of the top-five finalists of 2004 played
in that game, including Peterson (second) and
White (third), and Trojan running back Reggie
Bush (fifth).
A total of 67 Orange Bowl veterans have placed
in the top-10 of the Heisman Trophy balloting and
played in the Orange Bowl in the same season,
including Oklahoma’s Billy Sims, Notre Dame’s
Raghib “The Rocket” Ismail, and Florida State’s
Charlie Ward, who accomplished the feat in
consecutive seasons. Sims and Ward won the
Heisman in 1978 and 1993, respectively. Among
the 67 occasions in which a Heisman Trophy
finalist has played in the Orange Bowl, 41 players
were top-five finishers, and 40 went on to win the
Orange Bowl.
Florida State quarterback Charlie Ward, who led
the Seminoles to Orange Bowl victories in 1993
and ’94, received the fifth-most points by a
Heisman winner following the ’93 season (2,310).
He was selected over Heath Shuler of Tennessee
by 1,622 points, the second-largest margin in
Heisman history. In the 1993 Orange Bowl, Ward,
along with teammate Marvin Jones, began a
four-year run in which Florida State placed four
top-10 Heisman Trophy finishers in the Orange
Bowl, ending in 1996 with Warrick Dunn’s ninthplace showing.
HEISMAN WINNERS HOSTED BY THE ORANGE BOWL COMMITTEE
Player
Sam Bradford
Tim Tebow
Matt Leinart
Jason White
Carson Palmer
Chris Weinke
Charlie Ward
Gino Torretta
Mike Rozier
Pos.
QB
QB
QB
QB
QB
QB
QB
QB
HB
Frank Sinkwich
Georgia, 1942
Joe Bellino
Navy, 1960
Gino Torretta
Miami, 1992
68
MEDIA GUIDE
School
Oklahoma +
Florida +*
USC
Oklahoma *
USC
Florida State
Florida State
Miami *
Nebraska
Year
2008
2007
2004
2003
2002
2000
1993
1992
1983
Steve Spurrier
Florida, 1966
Charlie Ward
Chris Weinke
Florida State, 1993 Florida State, 2000
Orange Bowl
2009
2009
2005
2005
2003
2001
1993-94
1992
1982-84
Player
Billy Sims
John Cappelletti
Johnny Rodgers
Steve Owens
Steve Spurrier
Joe Bellino
Frank Sinkwich
Pos.
HB
HB
WR
HB
QB
HB
HB
School
Oklahoma
Penn State
Nebraska
Oklahoma *
Florida
Navy
Georgia *
Year
1978
1973
1972
1969
1966
1960
1942
Orange Bowl
1978-80
1974
1971-73
1968
1967
1961
1942
Steve Owens
Oklahoma, 1969
Johnny Rodgers
Nebraska, 1972
John Cappelletti
Penn State, 1973
Billy Sims
Oklahoma, 1978
Mike Rozier
Nebraska, 1983
Carson Palmer
USC, 2002
Jason White
Oklahoma, 2003
Matt Leinart
USC, 2004
Tim Tebow
Florida, 2007
Sam Bradford
Oklahoma, 2008
* denotes played in Orange Bowl and received Heisman Memorial Trophy in different seasons
+ denotes Played in 2009 BCS National Championship Game
HEISMAN MEMORIAL TROPHY
HEISMAN TROPHY VOTING OF PLAYERS HOSTED BY THE
ORANGE BOWL COMMITTEE
Player
Shaun Alexander
Johnny Musso
Steve Sloan
Lee Roy Jordan
Jimmy Sidle
Larry Isbell
Mike Holovak
Eric Bienemy
Darian Hagan
Joe Romig
Rex Grossman
Steve Spurrier
Tim Tebow
Chris Weinke
Warrick Dunn
Charlie Ward
Marvin Jones
Charlie Ward
Ron Simmons
Frank Sinkwich
Brad Banks
Bob Douglass
Bob Pellegrini
Bernie Faloney
Warren Sapp
Steve Walsh
Dennis Franklin
Danny LaRose
Paul Christman
Joe Bellino
Lawrence Phillips
Zach Wiegert
Mike Rozier
Turner Gill
Pos.
RB
RB
QB
C
QB
QB
FB
RB
QB
G
QB
QB
QB
QB
RB
QB
LB
QB
NG
HB
QB
QB
C/NG
QB
DT
QB
DE
E
QB
HB
RB
OT
RB
QB
School
Alabama
Alabama
Alabama
Alabama
Auburn
Baylor
Boston College
Colorado
Colorado
Colorado
Florida
Florida
Florida +
Florida State
Florida State
Florida State
Florida State
Florida State
Florida State
Georgia
Iowa
Kansas
Maryland
Maryland
Miami
Miami
Michigan
Missouri
Missouri
Navy
Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska
Top-10 Heisman Trophy Finishers in the
Orange Bowl by School
Oklahoma ................................................................13
Nebraska....................................................................8
Florida State ..............................................................6
Alabama ....................................................................4
Notre Dame ..............................................................4
Penn State ................................................................4
Tennessee..................................................................4
Colorado ....................................................................3
Florida +......................................................................3
USC ............................................................................3
Maryland ....................................................................2
Miami ..........................................................................2
Missouri ....................................................................2
Auburn ........................................................................1
Baylor ........................................................................1
Boston College ..........................................................1
Georgia ......................................................................1
Iowa ............................................................................1
Kansas ........................................................................1
Michigan ....................................................................1
Navy ............................................................................1
Syracuse ....................................................................1
Place
7
4
10
4
7
7
4
3
5
6
2
1
3
1
9
1
4
6
9
4
2
7
6
4
6
4
6
8
3
1
8
10
1
4
Year
1999
1971
1965
1962
1963
1951
1942
1990
1989
1961
2001
1966
2008
2000
1995
1993
1992
1992
1979
1941
2002
1968
1955
1953
1994
1988
1975
1960
1939
1960
1994
1994
1983
1983
Player
David Rimington
Johnny Rodgers
Rich Glover
Jerry Tagge
Raghib Ismail
Tony Rice
Raghib Ismail
Tom Clements
Adrian Peterson
Jason White
Josh Heupel
Brian Bosworth
Billy Sims
Billy Sims
Joe Washington
Rod Shoate
Granville Liggins
Bob Harrison
Clendon Thomas
Bo Bolinger
J.D. Roberts
Michael Robinson
John Cappelletti
Mike Reid
Ted Kwalik
Donovan McNabb
Peyton Manning
Bob Johnson
Dewey Warren
George Cafego
Matt Leinart
Reggie Bush
Carson Palmer
Pos.
C
WR
MG
QB
WR
QB
WR
QB
RB
QB
QB
LB
RB
RB
RB
LB
NG
C/LB
HB
G
G
QB
RB
DT
TE
QB
QB
C
QB
TB
QB
RB
QB
School
Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska
Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Penn State
Penn State
Penn State
Penn State
Syracuse
Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee
USC
USC
USC
Place
5
1
3
7
2
4
10
4
2
3
2
4
2
1
3
7
7
7
9
9
8
5
1
5
4
5
2
6
8
7
1
5
1
Year
1982
1972
1972
1971
1990
1989
1989
1974
2004
2004
2000
1986
1979
1978
1975
1975
1967
1958
1957
1955
1953
2005
1973
1969
1968
1998
1997
1967
1967
1938
2004
2004
2002
+ denotes played in the 2009 BCS National Championship Game
Orange Bowl Participants with Two Heisman
Trophy Finalists
USC ......................................................................2005
Oklahoma ......................................................1976, ’05
Nebraska................................................1973, ‘84, ‘95
Florida State ........................................................1993
Notre Dame ........................................................1989
Tennessee............................................................1968
Back-to-Back Orange Bowl Participants with
Heisman Trophy Finalists
Florida State ..................................................1993-94
Colorado ........................................................1990-91
Notre Dame ....................................................1990-91
Oklahoma ..........................................1958-59, ‘79-80
Penn State ......................................................1969-70
+ denotes played in the 2009 BCS National Championship Game
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NATIONAL AWARD WINNERS
Walter Camp Award (Most Outstanding Player)
Name
Pos.
Team
Reggie Bush
RB
USC *
Matt Leinart
QB
USC
Josh Heupel
QB
Oklahoma
Charlie Ward
QB
Florida State
Gino Torretta
QB
Miami *
Raghib Ismail
WR
Notre Dame *
Mike Rozier
HB
Nebraska
Billy Sims
HB
Oklahoma
John Cappelletti
HB
Penn State
Johnny Rodgers
WR
Nebraska
Steve Owens
HB
Oklahoma *
Year
2005
2004
2000
1993
1992
1990
1983
1978
1973
1972
1969
Maxwell Award (Most Outstanding Player)
Name
Pos.
Tim Tebow
QB
Jason White
QB
Peyton Manning
QB
Charlie Ward
QB
Gino Torretta
QB
Mike Rozier
RB
John Cappelletti
RB
Mike Reid
DT
Tommy Nobis
LB
Joe Bellino
HB
Tommy McDonald
HB
Year
2008
2004
1997
1993
1992
1983
1973
1969
1965
1960
1956
Team
Florida +*
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Florida State
Miami
Nebraska
Penn State
Penn State
Texas
Navy
Oklahoma
Bronko Nagurski Trophy (Most Outstanding Defensive Player)
Name
Pos.
Team
Derrick Strait
DB
Oklahoma *
Roy Williams
DB
Oklahoma *
Warren Sapp
DT
Miami
Year
2007
2005-06
2001
2001
Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award
Name
Pos.
Sam Bardford
QB
Jason White
QB
Brad Banks
QB
Chris Weinke
QB
Peyton Manning
QB
Charlie Ward
QB
Gino Torretta
QB
Year
2008
2003-04
2002
2000
1997
1993
1992
Manning Award (Most Outstanding Quarterback)
Name
Pos.
Team
Tim Tebow
QB
Florida
Matt Leinart
QB
USC
MEDIA GUIDE
John Mackey Award (Most Outstanding Tight End)
Name
Pos.
Team
Aaron Hernandez
TE
Florida +
Kellen Winslow II
TE
Miami
Dallas Clark
TE
Iowa
Year
2009
2003
2002
Rotary Lombardi Award (Most Outstanding Lineman)
Name
Pos.
Team
Jamal Reynolds
DE
Florida State
Grant Wistrom
DE
Nebraska
Marvin Jones
LB
Florida State
Warren Sapp
DT
Miami
Tony Casillas
NG
Oklahoma
Dean Steinkuhler
G
Nebraska
Chris Zorich
NT
Notre Dame
Dave Rimington
C
Nebraska
Lee Roy Selmon
DT
Oklahoma
Rich Glover
MG
Nebraska
Year
2000
1998
1993
1994
1985
1983
1990
1982
1975
1972
Jammal Brown
Oklahoma, 2004
Lee Roy Selmon
Oklahoma, 1975
Josh Heupel
Oklahoma, 2001
Robert Gallery
Iowa, 2003
Grant Wistrom
Nebraska, 1998
Peyton Manning
Tennessee, 1998
Tony Casillas
Oklahoma, 1985
Chris Zorich
Notre Dame, 1990
E.J. Henderson
Maryland, 2002
Brad Banks
Iowa, 2002
Trev Alberts
Nebraska, 1993
Warren Sapp
Miami, 1994
Year
2008
2004
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award (Most Outstanding Senior Quarterback)
Name
Pos.
Team
Year
Matt Leinart
QB
USC *
2005
Jason White
QB
Oklahoma
2004
Carson Palmer
QB
USC
2002
Chris Weinke
QB
Florida State
2000
Peyton Manning
QB
Tennessee
1997
Tommie Frazier
QB
Nebraska *
1995
Charlie Ward
QB
Florida State
1993
Gino Torretta
QB
Miami *
1992
Tony Rice
QB
Notre Dame
1989
70
Year
2005
Year
2001
2001
1994
Chuck Bednarik Award (Most Outstanding Defensive Player)
Name
Pos.
Team
Dan Connor
LB
Penn State *
Paul Posluszny
LB
Penn State *
E.J. Henderson
LB
Maryland *
Teddy Lehman
LB
Oklahoma *
Team
Oklahoma
Oklahoma *
Iowa
Florida State
Tennessee
Florida State
Miami *
Doak Walker Award (Most Outstanding Running Back)
Name
Pos.
Team
Reggie Bush
RB
USC *
NATIONAL AWARD WINNERS
Outland Trophy (Most Outstanding Interior Lineman)
Name
Pos.
Team
Jammal Brown
OT
Oklahoma
Robert Gallery
OT
Iowa
Aaron Taylor
G
Nebraska
Zach Wiegert
OT
Nebraska
Will Shields
G
Nebraska
Russell Maryland
DT
Miami *
Dean Steinkuhler
G
Nebraska
Dave Rimington
C
Nebraska
Greg Roberts
G
Oklahoma
Lee Roy Selmon
DT
Oklahoma
Rich Glover
MG
Nebraska
Larry Jacobson
DT
Nebraska
Mike Reid
DT
Penn State
Tommy Nobis
G
Texas *
J.D. Roberts
G
Oklahoma
Bob Gain
T
Kentucky *
Rimington Trophy (Most Outstanding Center)
Name
Pos.
Maurkice Pounce
C
A.Q. Shipley
C
Team
Florida +*
Penn State *
Butkus Award (Most Outstanding Linebacker)
Name
Pos.
Aaron Curry
LB
Paul Posluszny
LB
E.J. Henderson
LB
Rocky Calmus
LB
Teddy Lehman
LB
Trev Alberts
LB
Marvin Jones
LB
Alfred Williams
LB
Brian Bosworth
LB
Team
Wake Forest *
Penn State
Maryland *
Oklahoma *
Oklahoma *
Nebraska
Florida State
Colorado
Oklahoma
Jim Thorpe Award (Most Outstanding Defensive Back)
Name
Pos.
Team
Derrick Strait
CB
Oklahoma *
Roy Williams
S
Oklahoma *
Deon Figures
CB
Colorado *
Bennie Blades
S
Miami
Rickey Dixon
CB/S
Oklahoma
Year
2004
2003
1998
1994
1993
1990
1983
1981-82
1978
1975
1972
1971
1969
1965
1953
1950
Year
2009
2006
Year
2008
2005
2002
2001
2001
1993
1992
1990
1985-86
Year
2001
2001
1992
1987
1987
Raghib Ismail
Notre Dame, 1990
Paul Posluszny
Penn State, 2006
J.C. Watts
Oklahoma, 1980
Tony Rice
Notre Dame, 1989
Tommie Frazier
Nebraska, 1995
Nate Kaeding
Iowa, 2003
Mike Reid
Penn State, 1969
Joe Bellino
Navy, 1960
J.T. Thatcher
Oklahoma, 2001
Dallas Clark
Iowa, 2003
Jason White
Oklahoma, 2004
Joe Romig
Colorado, 1962
Tommy McDonald
Oklahoma, 1956
Charlie Ward
Florida State, 1993
Bernie Kosar
Miami, 1984
Derrick Strait
Oklahoma, 2001
Teddy Lehman
Oklahoma, 2001
Bennie Blades
Miami, 1987
Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award (Most Outstanding Kicker)
Name
Pos.
Team
Year
Art Carmody
K
Louisville
2006
Nate Kaeding
K
Iowa
2002
Mosi Tatupu Special Teams Award
Name
Pos.
J.T. Thatcher
PR/KR
Team
Oklahoma
William V. Campbell (Nation’s Premier Football Scholar-Athlete)
Name
Pos.
Team
Tim Tebow
QB
Florida +*
Year
2000
Year
2009
CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Hall of Fame
Name
Pos.
Team
Year
Dave Rimington
C
Nebraska
1982-83
Bernie Kosar
QB
Miami
1984
Lee Roy Selmon
DT
Oklahoma
1975
Dave Casper
TE
Notre Dame
1973
Bob Thomas
K
Notre Dame
1973
David Joyner
OT
Penn State
1969-70
Joe Romig
G
Colorado
1962
* Played in Orange Bowl and received award in different season.
# Participated in 2009 BCS National Championship Game
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DISCOVER ORANGE BOWL/FWAA COURAGE AWARD
utgers defensive tackle Eric LeGrand is the winner of the 2010 Discover Orange BowlFWAA Courage Award. LeGrand, a junior from Avenel, N.J., was paralyzed from the neck
down Oct. 16, while making a tackle against Army. The most recent news is encouraging.
LeGrand is continuing his rehabilitation at Kessler Institute in West Orange, N.J. He was taken
off a ventilator and is able to breathe on his own. His injury was recently reclassified from a
complete spinal cord injury to an incomplete spinal cord injury.
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LeGrand, a backup defensive tackle, suffered the
injury while making a tackle on a kickoff during
the fourth quarter. He collided with Army’s
Malcolm Brown, then lay motionless on the field
for several minutes. He underwent emergency
surgery to stabilize his spine. Damage was to the
C-3 and C-4 level of the vertebrae.
“As I talked to our team, we are going to believe
that Eric is going to walk onto that
field again,” Rutgers coach Greg
Schiano said shortly after the injury.
The “Eric LeGrand Believe Fund” has been set up
to help finance his treatment. For information,
visit www.scarletknights.com/believe.
“We want to thank everyone for all of the love
and support for Eric, it has really been beneficial
to his recovery,” the LeGrand family said in a
statement. “Please continue to keep Eric in your
prayers.”
LeGrand has had several visitors. His
coaches and teammates have written
notes to him and sent him DVDs. In
the first few days after the injury,
more than 18,000 e-mails to LeGrand
were sent through the school’s
website, ScarletKnights.com.
“We know it’s going to be a long road,” Greg
Schiano said a few days after the injury. “It’s
going to be one step at a time and we’re going to
do this as a family, the LeGrand family, the
Rutgers football family. That’s the way we are
going to approach it.”
For the fifth straight year, the Football Writers
Association of America and the Discover Orange
Bowl announced a weekly nominee for the
award each Wednesday during the season. A
blue-ribbon panel determined the winner from all
of the nominees.
This year’s nominees included Zac Etheridge
(Auburn), Rodney Scott (Ole Miss), Jon Hoese
(Minnesota), Marquez Herrod (Colorado), Matt
Anderson (North Dakota State), Jamie Hampton
(Troy), Ricky Dobbs (Navy), brothers Andrew
(Stanford), Colter (Virginia) and Paul Phillips
(Indiana), and the Mississippi State football team.
The Courage Award was created by ESPN The
Magazine's senior writer Gene
Wojciechowski, also a FWAA member.
The requirements for nomination include
displaying courage on or off the field,
including overcoming an injury or
physical handicap, preventing a disaster
or living through hardship.
Previous winners of the FWAA's Courage
Award are the University of Connecticut
football team (2009), Tulsa’s Wilson
Holloway (2008), Navy’s Zerbin Singleton
(2007), Clemson's Ray Ray McElrathbey (2006),
the Tulane football team (2005), Memphis'
Haracio Colen (2004), San Jose State's Neil Parry
(2003) and Toledo's William Bratton (2002).
COURAGE AWARD RECIPIENTS
UConn Football Team
2009
Rutgers’ Eric LeGrand
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Tulane Football Team
2005
Wilson Holloway
2008
Zerbin Singleton
2007
Haracio Colen
2004
Neil Parry
2003
Ray Ray McElrathbey
2006
William Bratton
2002
CONSENSUS ALL-AMERICANS
ince the first Orange Bowl in 1935, 133
players representing 27 universities have
appeared in the Orange Bowl following a
season in which they earned consensus AllAmerica honors. Ten consensus All-Americans
accomplished the feat twice, bringing the total to
143 occasions in which a consensus AllAmerican played in the Classic. In addition, the
Orange Bowl Committee hosted seven players—
five from Oklahoma and two from Florida—that
garnered consensus All-America accolades in
the 2009 BCS National Championship Game.
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Among the 133 Orange Bowl veterans who were
consensus All-Americans, 52 were unanimous
selections, including Oklahoma’s Billy Sims (197879), Brian Bosworth (1985-86), and Keith Jackson
(1986-87), and Nebraska’s Dave Rimington (198182), who each were unanimous picks twice.
Having played in a record 19 Orange Bowls,
Oklahoma boasts 29 consensus All-Americans
who have played in the Classic. The Sooners
Name
Chris Samuels *
Leroy Cook
Woodrow Lowe
Johnny Musso
Paul Crane
Lee Roy Jordan *
Joe Domnanovich
Leotis Harris
Steve Little
Mike Holovak
Kevin Huber
Jeff Davis
Terry Kinard
Mike Basrak
Tim Tebow +
Brandon Spikes +
Jabar Gaffney *
Mike Pearson
Rex Grossman
Alex Brown
Steve Spurrier *
Alex Barron
Marvin Minnis
Jamal Reynolds *
Tay Cody
Clay Shiver
Charlie Ward *
Derrick Brooks *
Corey Sawyer
Marvin Jones *
Ron Simmons
Frank Sinkwich
Jim Breland
Bob Davis
Phil Tinsley
Dallas Clark *
Eric Steinbach
Anthony Collins
Aqib Talib *
John Zook
Mike Anderson
Tommy Casanova
Roy Winston *
E.J. Henderson
Bob Pellegrini *
Stan Jones *
Kellen Winslow *
Sean Taylor *
Warren Sapp *
Pos.
OL
DL
LB
RB
C
C
C
G
K
RB
P
LB
DB
C
QB
LB
WR
OL
QB
DL
QB
OL
WR
DL
DB
C
QB
LB
DB
LB
MG
QB
C
T
E
TE
OL
T
CB
DE
LB
DB
G
LB
C
T
TE
DB
DL
Team
Year
Alabama
1999
Alabama
1974
Alabama
1974
Alabama
1971
Alabama
1965
Alabama
1962
Alabama
1942
Arkansas
1977
Arkansas
1977
Boston College 1942
Cincinnati
2008
Clemson
1981
Clemson
1981
Duquesne
1936
Florida
2008
Florida
2008
Florida
2001
Florida
2001
Florida
2001
Florida
2001
Florida
1966
Florida State
2003
Florida State
2000
Florida State
2000
Florida State
2000
Florida State
1995
Florida State
1993
Florida State
1993
Florida State
1993
Florida State
1992
Florida State 1979-80
Georgia
1941
Georgia Tech
1966
Georgia Tech
1947
Georgia Tech
1944
Iowa
2002
Iowa
2002
Kansas
2007
Kansas
2007
Kansas
1968
LSU
1970
LSU
1970
LSU
1961
Maryland
2001
Maryland
1955
Maryland
1953
Miami
2003
Miami
2003
Miami
1994
have placed a two-time consensus All-American
in the Orange Bowl on four occasions, followed
by Nebraska three times, and Notre Dame twice.
In addition, Oklahoma’s five consensus AllAmericans who competed in the 2009 FedEx BCS
National Championship Game bring the Sooners’
total to 34 consensus All-Americans who have
been hosted by the Orange Bowl Committee.
Two or more consensus All-Americans have
shared the field in 44 of the 76 Orange Bowls—
most recently when 2008 consensus AllAmericans Victor “Macho” Harris of Virginia
Tech and Kevin Huber of Cincinnati played in the
2009 Orange Bowl—in addition to the seven
honorees that played in the 2009 BCS National
Championship Game. Two Orange Bowl National
Championship Games—in 1988 between Miami
and Oklahoma and 2005 between USC and
Oklahoma—have featured a record six
consensus All-Americans playing in the same
game. Five consensus All-Americans have
Name
Pos.
Carlos Huerta
PK
Darryl Williams
DB
Steve Walsh
QB
Bill Hawkins
DL
Daniel Stubbs *
DL
Bennie Blades *
DB
Danny LaRose *
E
Joe Bellino *
RB
Aaron Taylor *
C
Grant Wistrom
DL
Jason Peter
DL
Aaron Taylor
C
Grant Wistrom
DL
Zach Wiegert *
OL
Brendan Stai
OL
Ed Stewart
LB
Trev Alberts *
LB
Will Shields *
OL
Jake Young
C
Broderick Thomas * LB
Mike Rozier *
RB
Irving Fryar *
WR
Dean Steinkuhler
OL
Mike Rozier
RB
Dave Rimington *
C
Kelvin Clark
OT
Johnny Rodgers *
FL
Rich Glover *
MG
Johnny Rodgers
FL
Willie Harper
DE
Larry Jacobson
DT
Bob Newton
T
Freeman White
E
Walt Barnes
DT
Bob Brown *
G
Chris Zorich *
DL
Todd Lyght
DB
Raghib Ismail *
WR
Michael Stonebreaker * LB
Todd Lyght *
DB
Chris Zorich
DL
Pete Demmerle
WR
Gerry DiNardo
G
Greg Marx *
DT
Chris Ward
T
Bob Brudzinski
LB
Sam Bradford +
QB
Jermaine Gresham + TE
Phil Loadholt +
OT
Team
Year
Miami
1991
Miami
1991
Miami
1988
Miami
1988
Miami
1987
Miami
1987
Missouri
1960
Navy
1960
Nebraska
1997
Nebraska
1997
Nebraska
1997
Nebraska
1996
Nebraska
1996
Nebraska
1994
Nebraska
1994
Nebraska
1994
Nebraska
1993
Nebraska
1992
Nebraska
1988
Nebraska
1988
Nebraska
1983
Nebraska
1983
Nebraska
1983
Nebraska
1982
Nebraska
1981-82
Nebraska
1978
Nebraska
1972
Nebraska
1972
Nebraska
1971
Nebraska
1971
Nebraska
1971
Nebraska
1970
Nebraska
1965
Nebraska
1965
Nebraska
1963
Notre Dame
1990
Notre Dame
1990
Notre Dame
1990
Notre Dame
1990
Notre Dame
1989
Notre Dame
1989
Notre Dame
1974
Notre Dame
1974
Notre Dame
1972
Ohio State
1976
Ohio State
1976
Oklahoma
2008
Oklahoma
2008
Oklahoma
2008
played in the same Orange Bowl twice, four
players on eight occasions, three players 10
times, and two players 22 times.
From 1966-98, the Orange Bowl enjoyed a run of
33 consecutive games in which it hosted a
consensus All-American, including 21 straight
games from 1975-95 in which it hosted at least
two consensus All-Americans.
An Orange Bowl participant has featured two or
more All-Americans in the Orange Bowl 38 times,
most recently in the 2006 game when Penn
State’s Paul Posluszny and Tamba Hali played.
Nebraska has accomplished the feat a record
nine times, followed by Oklahoma’s eight,
Miami’s four, three each for Notre Dame and
Penn State, and two each for Florida State and
USC. USC in the 2005 Orange Bowl, Florida in
2002, Notre Dame in the 1990, and Oklahoma in
1988 each fielded four consensus All-Americans.
Name
Pos.
Duke Robinson +
OG
Gerald McCoy +
DT
Jammal Brown *
OL
Adrian Peterson *
RB
Rocky Calmus
LB
Roy Williams *
DB
Mark Hutson *
OL
Dante Jones
LB
Rickey Dixon
DB
Keith Jackson *
TE
Brian Bosworth *
LB
Tony Casillas
DL
Louis Oubre
OL
George Cumby *
LB
Billy Sims *
RB
Greg Roberts *
C
Zac Henderson *
DB
Lee Roy Selmon *
DT
Dewey Selmon
MG
Jimbo Elrod
DE
Granville Liggins * MG
Bob Harrison
C
Bill Krisher
G
Clendon Thomas
RB
Bo Bolinger
G
J.D. Roberts
G
Waddy Young
E
Tamba Hali *
DL
Paul Posluszny
LB
John Cappelletti *
RB
Mike Reid *
DT
Dennis Onkotz
LB
Ted Kwalick *
E
Dennis Onkotz
LB
Weldon Humble
G
Peyton Manning
QB
Bob Johnson *
C
Dick Huffman
T
Bowden Wyatt
F
Reggie Bush
AP/KR
Matt Leinart
QB
Shaun Cody
DL
Matt Grootegoed
LB
Carson Palmer
QB
Troy Polamalu
DB
Victor Harris
DB
Ron Holmes
DL
Team
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Penn State
Penn State
Penn State
Penn State
Penn State
Penn State
Penn State
Rice
Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee
USC
USC
USC
USC
USC
USC
Virginia Tech
Washington
Year
2008
2008
2004
2004
2000
2000
1987
1987
1987
1986-87
1985-86
1984-85
1980
1979
1978-79
1978
1977
1975
1975
1975
1967
1958
1957
1957
1955
1953
1938
2005
2005
1973
1969
1969
1968
1968
1946
1997
1967
1946
1938
2004
2004
2004
2004
2002
2002
2008
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hroughout its history, the Orange Bowl has
fielded over a thousand players who went
on to play in the National Football League,
either by draft or through free agency. A total of
244 Orange Bowl veterans players have been
selected in the first round of the NFL Draft, in
addition to 2010 selections Sam Bradford (1),
Gerald McCoy (3), Trent Williams (4), and
Jermaine Gresham (21) of Oklahoma and Joe
Haden (7), Maurkice Pouncey (18), and Tim
Tebow (26) of Florida, who all played in the 2009
BCS National Championship Game, which was
hosted by the Orange Bowl Committee. Since
1982, the most Orange Bowl veterans to be taken
in one draft came in 2003 when 45 players were
chosen, while the most first round draft choices
came in 1997 when 10 players were selected.
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The most first-round selections in one draft came
in 1997, when 10 players with Orange Bowl
experience were chosen.
Orange Bowl Players in the
Pro Football Hall of Fame
of Fame, 19 are Orange Bowl veterans. A total of
15 Orange Bowl veterans have been named NFL
MVP on 19 occasions, including 1968 and ’69
MVP Joe Namath, who earned the Orange
Bowl’s first most outstanding player award, and
Peyton Manning, who was named NFL MVP
following the 2003, ’04, ’08, and ’09 seasons.
Two Orange Bowl players—Alabama’s Bart Starr
and Joe Namath—claimed the first three Super
Bowl MVP awards. Overall, six Orange Bowl
veterans have combined for a total of eight Super
Bowl MVP awards. Starr and Michigan’s Tom
Brady were two time honorees with Green Bay (I
and II) New England (XXXVI and XXXVIII).
Name
Michael Irvin
Bob Brown
Dave Casper
Ozzie Newsome
Tommy McDonald
Lee Roy Selmon
John Riggins
John Hannah
Stan Jones
Franco Harris
Tom Landry
Jack Ham
Fran Tarkenton
Joe Namath
Sonny Jurgensen
Bart Starr
George Connor
Frank Kinard
Steve Van Buren
In the modern-day version of the NFL Draft (1982present), 151 Orange Bowl veterans were
selected in the draft’s first round out of 878 total
picks, in addition to the seven selections that
participated in the 2009 BCS National Championship Game.
Among the 260 members of the Pro Football Hall
Team
Miami
Nebraska
Notre Dame
Alabama
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Kansas
Alabama
Maryland
Penn State
Texas
Penn State
Georgia
Alabama
Duke
Alabama
Holy Cross
Mississippi
LSU
Orange Bowl Players Named NFL MVP
Orange Bowl Players Named Super Bowl MVP
Name
Tom Brady
Shaun Alexander
Peyton Manning
Roger Craig
John Riggins
Ken Stabler
Bert Jones
Fran Tarkenton
Ken Stabler
Larry Brown
Joe Namath
Bart Starr
Frank Sinkwich
Parker Hall
Name
Bart Starr
Joe Namath
Ray Lewis
Dexter Jackson
Peyton Manning
Tom Brady
College
Alabama
Alabama
Miami
Florida State
Tennessee
Michigan
Joe Namath
Alabama
Ray Lewis
Miami
College
Michigan
Alabama
Tennessee
Nebraska
Kansas
Alabama
LSU
Georgia
Alabama
Kansas
Alabama
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
NFL
Year
New England
2007
Seattle
2005
Indianapolis
2003-04, ’08-09
San Francisco
1988
Washington
1983
Oakland
1976
Baltimore
1976
Minnesota
1975
Oakland
1974
Washington
1972
NY Jets (AFL)
1968-69
Green Bay (NFL)
1966
Detroit (NFL)
1944
Cleveland (NFL)
1939
Induction
2007
2004
2002
1999
1998
1995
1992
1991
1991
1990
1990
1988
1986
1985
1983
1977
1975
1971
1965
Orange Bowl
1953
1963
1995
1996
1998
2000
Super Bowl
I, II
III
XXXV
XXXVII
XLI
XXXVI, XXXVIII
Peyton Manning
Tennessee
Tom Brady
Michigan
ORANGE BOWL PLAYERS SELECTED IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE NFL DRAFT
Player
Sam Bradford
Carson Palmer
Peyton Manning
Russell Maryland
Brian Bosworth *
Bernie Kosar *
Irving Fryar
Billy Sims
Tom Cousineau
Lee Roy Selmon
Tommy Nobis
Tucker Frederickson
Frank Sinkwich
George Cafego
Reggie Bush
Robert Gallery
Donovan McNabb
Rick Mirer
Blair Thomas
Steve Walsh *
Tony Casillas
Mike Rozier *
Dean Steinkuhler
Steve Niehaus
Bert Jones
Bob Johnson
Bob Brown
Gerald McCoy
Gerard Warren
Chris Samuels
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Pos.
QB
QB
QB
NT
ILB
QB
WR
RB
LB
DT
LB
HB
QB
TB
RB
OT
QB
QB
RB
QB
DT
RB
T
DT
QB
C
G
DT
DT
T
Team, Orange Bowl
Oklahoma, 2009 +
USC, 2003
Tennessee, 1998
Miami, 1988-89
Oklahoma, 1985-87
Miami, 1984
Nebraska, 1982-84
Oklahoma, 1976, '78-80
Ohio State, 1977
Oklahoma, 1976
Texas, 1965
Auburn, 1964
Georgia, 1942
Tennessee, 1939
USC, 2005
Iowa, 2003
Syracuse, 1999
Notre Dame, 1990-91
Penn State, 1986
Miami, 1988-89
Oklahoma, 1985-86
Nebraska, 1982-84
Nebraska, 1982-84
Notre Dame, 1975
LSU, 1971
Tennessee, 1968
Nebraska, 1964
Oklahoma, 2009 +
Florida, 1999
Alabama, 2000
Draft
2010
2003
1998
1991
1987
1985
1984
1980
1979
1976
1966
1965
1943
1940
2006
2003
1999
1993
1990
1989
1986
1984
1984
1976
1973
1968
1964
2010
2001
2000
Pick
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
NFL Team
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Dallas
Seattle
Cleveland
New England
Detroit
Buffalo
Tampa Bay
Atlanta
N.Y. Giants
Detroit
Chicago
New Orleans
Oakland
Philadelphia
Seattle
N.Y. Jets
Dallas
Atlanta
Houston
Houston
Seattle
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Tampa Bay
Cleveland
Washington
Player
Andre Wadsworth
Bruce Pickens
Cortez Kennedy
Bennie Blades
Alonzo Highsmith
Steve Spurrier
Jerry Tubbs
Max Boydston
Boyd Brumbaugh
Trent Williams
Aaron Curry
Peter Warrick
Peter Boulware
Michael Westbrook
Marvin Jones
Mike Croel
Dan Hampton
Chris Ward
Joe Washington
John Hannah
Bob Pellegrini
Kurt Burris
Cotton Davidson
Babe Parilli
Eddie Prokop
Levi Brown
Sean Taylor
Jamal Lewis
Trev Alberts
Todd Lyght
Pos.
DE
CB
DT
S
RB
QB
C
E
RB
OT
LB
WR
OLB
WR
MLB
OLB
DT
T
RB
OL
C
C
QB
QB
RB
OT
FS
RB
LB
CB
Team, Orange Bowl
Florida State, 1996
Nebraska, 1989
Miami, 1989
Miami, 1988
Miami, 1984
Florida, 1967
Oklahoma, 1956
Oklahoma, 1954
Duquesne, 1937
Oklahoma, 2009 +
Wake Forest, 2007
Florida State, 1996
Florida State, 1994, '96
Colorado, 1991
Florida State, 1993
Nebraska, 1989
Arkansas, 1978
Ohio State, 1977
Oklahoma, 1976
Alabama, 1972
Maryland, 1954, '56
Oklahoma, 1954
Baylor, 1952
Kentucky, 1950
Georgia Tech, 1945
Penn State, 2006
Miami, 2004
Tennessee, 1998
Nebraska, 1992-94
Notre Dame, 1990-91
Draft
1998
1991
1990
1988
1987
1967
1957
1954
1938
2010
2009
2000
1997
1995
1993
1991
1979
1978
1976
1973
1956
1954
1954
1952
1945
2007
2004
2000
1994
1991
Pick
NFL Team
3
Arizona
3
Atlanta
3
Seattle
3
Detroit
3
Houston
3
San Francisco
3
Chicago
3
Chicago
3
Brooklyn
4
Washington
4
Seattle
4
Cincinnati
4
Baltimore
4
Washington
4
N.Y. Jets
4
Denver
4
Chicago
4
N.Y. Jets
4
San Diego
4
New England
4
Philadelphia
4
Cleveland
4
Baltimore
4
Green Bay
4
Boston
5
Arizona
5
Washington
5
Baltimore
5
Indianapolis
5
L.A. Rams
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Player
Rickey Dixon
John Dutton
Bob Gain
Joe Watson
Steve Van Buren
Mike Holovak
Mike Basrak
Kellen Winslow
Grant Wistrom
Walter Jones
Lawrence Phillips
Broderick Thomas
Jeff Bryant
Curtis Greer
Richard Todd
John Riggins
Steve Zabel
Lee Roy Jordan
Larry Isbell
Joe Haden
Sedrick Ellis
Adrian Peterson
Bryant Young
Reggie Rogers
Junior Miller
Mike Reid
Ted Kwalick
Roger Davis
Larry Morris
John Pingel
Antrel Rolle
Roy Williams
David Terrell
Shane Conlan
Ron Holmes
Ed O'Neill
Larry Smith
Bobby Marlow
Jim Dooley
Keith Rivers
Ernie Sims
Jerome Brown
Mike Fanning
Wilbur Jackson
Joe Don Looney
Dick Bielski
Amobi Okoye
Matt Leinart
Mike Williams
Jamal Reynolds
Travis Taylor
Jerome Bettis
Terry Kinard
Dwight Freeney
Tra Thomas
Michael Booker
Derrick Alexander
Leon Searcy
Michael Irvin
Joe Kelly
Kevin Mack *
Billy Brooks
John Cappelletti
Jerry Tagge
Joe Moore
David Baker
Bernie Faloney
Bud McFadin
Dick Harris
Jonathan Vilma
Shaun Ellis
Warrick Dunn
Warren Sapp
Joe Namath
Ed Vereb
Kamerion Wimberly
Jammal Brown
Mike Pritchard
Keith Jackson
Eddie Brown
David Overstreet
Mike Kenn
A.J. Duhe
Franco Harris
Jim Files
Lloyd Voss
Jerry Hillebrand
Broderick Bunkley
Kenyatta Walker
Jason Peter
Reinard Wilson
Derek Brown
D.J. Dozier
Art Baker
Lawrence Timmons
Pos.
DB
T
T
C
RB
RB
LB
TE
DE
T
RB
OLB
DE
DE
QB
RB
TE
LB
RB
CB
DT
RB
DT
DT
TE
DT
TE
G
C
RB
CB
FS
WR
MLB
DT
LB
RB
HB
RB
LB
OLB
DT
DT
RB
RB
RB
DT
QB
WR
DE
WR
RB
S
DE
T
CB
DE
T
WR
LB
RB
WR
RB
QB
RB
QB
RB
G
C
MLB
DE
RB
DT
QB
RB
DE
OT
WR
TE
WR
RB
OT
LB
RB
LB
T
E
DT
T
DE
DE
TE
RB
FB
OLB
Team, Orange Bowl
Oklahoma, 1985-88
Nebraska, 1974
Kentucky, 1950
Rice, 1947
LSU, 1944
Boston College, 1943
Duquesne, 1937
Miami, 2004
Nebraska, 1995-96, '98
Florida State, 1996
Nebraska, 1995
Nebraska, 1989
Clemson, 1982
Michigan, 1976
Alabama, 1975
Kansas, 1969
Oklahoma, 1968
Alabama, 1963
Baylor, 1952
Florida, 2009 +
USC, 2005
Oklahoma, 2005
Notre Dame, 1991
Washington, 1985
Nebraska, 1980
Penn State, 1969-70
Penn State, 1969
Syracuse, 1959
Georgia Tech, 1952
Michigan State, 1938
Miami, 2004
Oklahoma, 2001
Michigan, 2000
Penn State, 1986
Washington, 1985
Penn State, 1974
Florida, 1967
Alabama, 1953
Miami, 1951
USC, 2005
Florida State, 2004, '06
Miami, 1984
Notre Dame, 1973, '75
Alabama, 1972
Oklahoma, 1963
Maryland, 1954, '56
Louisville, 2007
USC, 2003, '05
USC, 2003
Florida State, 2001
Florida, 1999
Notre Dame, 1991
Clemson, 1982
Syracuse, 1999
Florida State, 1994, '96
Nebraska, 1995-96
Florida State, 1993-94
Miami,1988-89, '92
Miami, 1988
Washington, 1985
Clemson, 1982
Oklahoma, 1976
Penn State, 1974
Nebraska, 1972
Missouri, 1970
Oklahoma, 1958
Maryland, 1954
Texas, 1949
Texas, 1949
Miami, 2004
Tennessee, 1998
Florida State, 1994, '96
Miami, 1992, '95
Alabama, 1963, '65
Maryland, 1956
Florida State, 2004, '06
Oklahoma, 2005
Colorado, 1990, 91'
Oklahoma, 1985-88
Miami, 1984
Oklahoma, 1978, '80
Michigan, 1976
LSU, 1974
Penn State, 1970
Oklahoma, 1968
Nebraska, 1964
Colorado, 1962
Florida State, 2004, '06
Florida, 1999
Nebraska, 1995-96, '98
Florida State, 1994, '96
Notre Dame, 1990-91
Penn State, 1986
Syracuse, 1959
Florida State, 2006
Draft
1988
1974
1951
1950
1944
1943
1937
2004
1998
1997
1996
1989
1982
1980
1976
1971
1970
1963
1952
2010
2008
2007
1994
1987
1980
1970
1969
1960
1955
1938
2005
2002
2001
1987
1985
1974
1969
1953
1952
2008
2006
1987
1975
1974
1964
1955
2007
2006
2005
2001
2000
1993
1983
2002
1998
1997
1995
1992
1988
1986
1984
1976
1974
1972
1971
1959
1954
1951
1949
2004
2000
1997
1995
1965
1956
2006
2005
1991
1988
1985
1981
1978
1977
1972
1970
1964
1962
2006
2001
1998
1997
1992
1987
1961
2007
Pick
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
12
12
12
12
12
12
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
15
NFL Team
Cincinnati
Baltimore
Green Bay
Detroit
Philadelphia
L.A. Rams
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
St. Louis
Seattle
St. Louis
Tampa Bay
Seattle
St. Louis
N.Y. Jets
N.Y. Jets
Philadelphia
Dallas
Washington
Cleveland
New Orleans
Minnesota
San Francisco
Detroit
Atlanta
Cincinnati
San Francisco
Chicago Bears
L.A. Rams
Detroit
Arizona
Dallas
Chicago
Buffalo
Tampa Bay
Detroit
L.A. Rams
N.Y. Giants
Chicago Bears
Cincinnati
Detriot
Philadelphia
L.A. Rams
San Francisco
NY Giants
Philadelphia
Houston
Arizona
Detroit
Green Bay
Baltimore
L.A. Rams
N.Y. Giants
Indianapolis
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Minnesota
Pittsburgh
Dallas
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Cincinnati
L.A. Rams
Green Bay
Chicago
San Francisco
San Francisco
L.A. Rams
Chicago
N.Y. Jets
N.Y. Jets
Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay
N.Y. Jets
Washington
Cleveland
New Orleans
Atlanta
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Miami
Atlanta
Miami
Pittsburgh
N.Y. Giants
Green Bay
N.Y. Giants
Philadelphia
Tampa Bay
Carolina
Cincinnati
N.Y. Giants
Minnesota
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Player
Yatil Green
Johnny Mitchell
Jimmy Williams
Steve Little
Derrick Morgan
Travis Johnson
Troy Polamalu
Jevon Kearse
Aaron Taylor
D.J. Williams
Chad Greenway
Steve Hutchinson
Kenard Lang
Charles Johnson
Tom Carter
Keith Gary
Maurkice Pouncey
Jeff Backus
Kenny Holmes
Alfred Williams
Bob Cryder
Antonio Cromartie
Alex Barron
Vernon Carey
Shaun Alexander
Luke Petitgout
Perry Tuttle
George Andrews
Tom Ruud
Steve Owens
Aqib Talib
Tamba Hali
Kenechi Udeze
Javon Walker
Terry Fair
Irv Smith
Steve Atwater
Elvis Peacock
Dennis Homan
Jermaine Gresham
Sam Baker
Vince Wilfork
Renaldo Wynn
Bill Hawkins
Demaryius Thomas
Percy Harvin
Mark Clayton
Rex Grossman
Will Allen
William Perry
Kelvin Clark
Mike Williams
Jack Reynolds
Brian Bulaga
Davin Joseph
Deon Figures
Randal Hill
Bob Brudzinski
Jeff Kinney
Brandon Meriweather
Dallas Clark
Reggie McGrew
Leonard Renfro
John Giesler
Larry Jacobson
Jon Beason
Dave Rimington
Bobby Butler
Johnny Rodgers
Eddie Hinton
Tim Tebow
Duane Brown
Lito Sheppard
Jim Druckenmiller
Ray Lewis
Devin Bush
Cleveland Gary
Steve Sewell
George Cumby
John Anderson
Leslie Kelly
Jeff Burris
Eric Wood
Lawrence Jackson
Andre Woolfork
Derrick Gibson
Derrick Brooks
William Floyd
Darryl Williams
Keith Bulluck
Marcus Nash
Greg Olsen
Kelly Jennings
Mike Patterson
Al Wilson
Pos.
WR
TE
OLB
K
DE
DT
SS
DE
T
OLB
LB
G
DE
WR
CB
DE
C
T
DE
OLB
OL
CB
OT
OT
RB
T
WR
LB
LB
R
CB
DE
DE
WR
CB
TE
SS
RB
WR
TE
OT
DT
DE
DE
WR
WR
WR
QB
CB
DT
T
DL
LB
OT
OG
CB
WR
LB
HB
S
TE
DT
DT
OT
T
OLB
C
DB
HB
FL
QB
OT
CB
QB
ILB
FS
RB
RB
LB
LB
RB
CB
C
DE
CB
SS
OLB
FB
FS
OLB
WR
TE
CB
LB
MLB
Team, Orange Bowl
Miami, 1995
Nebraska, 1992
Nebraska, 1982
Arkansas, 1978
Georgia Tech, 2010
Florida State, 2004
USC, 2003
Florida, 1999
Notre Dame, 1991
Miami, 2004
Iowa, 2003
Michigan, 2000
Miami, 1995
Colorado, 1991
Notre Dame, 1991
Oklahoma, 1981
Florida, 2009+
Michigan, 2000
Miami,1995
Colorado, 1990-91
Alabama, 1975
Florida State, 2004-06
Florida State, 2004
Miami, 2004
Alabama, 2000
Notre Dame, 1996
Clemson, 1982
Nebraska, 1979
Nebraska, 1975
Oklahoma, 1968
Kansas, 2008
Penn State, 2006
USC, 2003
Florida State, 2001
Tennessee, 1998
Notre Dame, 1990-91
Arkansas, 1987
Oklahoma, 1976, '78
Alabama, 1965-66
Oklahoma, 2009 +
USC, 2005
Miami, 2004
Notre Dame, 1996
Miami, 1988-89
Georgia Tech, 2010
Florida, 2009 +
Oklahoma, 2005
Florida, 2002
Syracuse, 1999
Clemson, 1982
Nebraska, 1979
LSU, 1974
Tennessee, 1968
Iowa, 2010
Oklahoma, 2005
Colorado, 1991
Miami, 1988-89
Ohio State, 1977
Nebraska, 1972
Miami, 2004
Iowa, 2003
Florida, 1999
Colorado, 1990-91
Michigan, 1976
Nebraska, 1972
Miami, 2004
Nebraska, 1982-83
Florida State, 1980-81
Nebraska, 1973
Oklahoma, 1968
Florida, 2009 +
Virginia Tech, 2008
Florida, 2002
Virginia Tech, 1996
Miami, 1995
Florida State, 1993-94
Miami, 1988-89
Oklahoma, 1985
Oklahoma, 1978-80
Michigan, 1976
Alabama, 1965-66
Notre Dame, 1991
Louisville, 2007
USC, 2005
Oklahoma, 2001
Florida State, 2001
Florida State, 1993-94
Florida State, 1993-94
Miami, 1992
Syracuse, 1999
Tennessee, 1998
Miami, 2004
Miami, 2004
USC, 2003, '05
Tennessee, 1998
Draft
1997
1992
1982
1978
2010
2005
2003
1999
1994
2004
2003
2001
1997
1994
1993
1981
2010
2001
1997
1991
1978
2006
2005
2004
2000
1999
1982
1979
1975
1970
2008
2006
2004
2002
1998
1993
1989
1978
1968
2010
2008
2004
1997
1989
2010
2009
2005
2003
2001
1985
1979
1975
1970
2010
2006
1993
1991
1977
1972
2007
2003
1999
1993
1979
1972
2007
1983
1981
1973
1969
2010
2008
2002
1997
1996
1995
1989
1985
1980
1978
1967
1994
2009
2008
2003
2001
1995
1994
1992
2000
1998
2007
2006
2005
1999
Pick
NFL Team
15
Miami
15
N.Y. Jets
15
Detroit
15
St. Louis
16
Tennessee
16
Houston
16
Pittsburgh
16
Tennessee
16
Green Bay
17
Denver
17
Minnesota
17
Seattle
17
Washington
17
Pittsburgh
17
Washington
17
Pittsburgh
18
Pittsburgh
18
Detroit
18
Tennessee
18
Cincinnati
18
New England
19
San Diego
19
St. Louis
19
Miami
19
Seattle
19
N.Y. Giants
19
Buffalo
19
L.A. Rams
19
Buffalo
19
Detroit
20
Tampa Bay
20
Kansas City
20
Minnesota
20
Green Bay
20
Detroit
20
New Orleans
20
Denver
20
L.A. Rams
20
Dallas
21
Cincinnati
21
Atlanta
21
New England
21
Jacksonville
21
L.A. Rams
22
Denver
22
Minnesota
22
Baltimore
22
Chicago
22
N.Y. Giants
22
Chicago
22
Denver
22
San Diego
22
L.A. Rams
23
Green Bay
23
Tampa Bay
23
Pittsburgh
23
Miami
23
LA Rams
23
Kansas City
24
New England
24
Indianapolis
24 San Francisco
24
Philadelphia
24
Miami
24
New York
25
Carolina
25
Cincinnati
25
Atlanta
25
San Diego
25
Baltimore
26
Denver
26
Houston
26
Philadelphia
26 San Francisco
26
Baltimore
26
Atlanta
26
L.A. Rams
26
Denver
26
Green Bay
26
Green Bay
26
New Orleans
27
Buffalo
28
Buffalo
28
Seattle
28
Tennessee
28
Oakland
28
Tampa Bay
28 San Francisco
28
Cincinnati
30
Tennessee
30
Denver
31
Chicago
31
Seattle
31
Philadelphia
31
Denver
MEDIA GUIDE
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hree Orange Bowl veterans earned enshrinement in the National Football Foundation
College Hall of Fame as part of its Class of 2010: Woodrow Lowe of Alabama, who played in
the 1975 Orange Bowl, Gino Torretta of Miami, who played in the 1992 Orange Bowl, and
Grant Wistrom of Nebraska, who played in the 1995, ’96, and ’98 Orange Bowls.
T
Lowe was a three-time All-American linebacker
under legendary Crimson Tide head coach Paul
“Bear” Bryant and was part of four consecutive
Southeastern Conference championship teams
from 1972-75 and one national championship
team in 1972, and led the team to a 1975 Orange
Bowl berth, but narrowly lost to Notre Dame, 1311. Lowe set the Alabama record for most
tackles in a season with 134 stops during the
1973 campaign, and ranks third all-time at
Alabama with 315 career stops. Following his
collegiate career, he enjoyed 11 seasons with the
San Diego Chargers.
Torretta completed 19-of-41 passes for 257 yards
and one touchdown in Miami’s national championship clinching 22-0 win over Nebraska in the
1992 Orange Bowl. The following season he won
the Heisman Trophy, becoming the ninth Orange
Bowl veteran—and now one of 16—to win the
Heisman Trophy. Torretta ended his Hurricane
career with then-records of 555 completions, 991
attempts, 7,690 passing yards, and 7,722 yards of
total offense. He also finished third with 47
touchdown passes.
inducted to the NFF College Hall of Fame,
including 61 players and 39 coaches, and Steve
Spurrier, who quarterbacked Florida to a 1967
Orange Bowl victory against Georgia Tech and
coached the Gators to wins in the 1999 and 2002
Orange Bowls against Syracuse and Maryland,
respectively.
Wistrom started consecutive Orange Bowls in
1996 and ’98, and totaled nine tackles in three
Nebraska victories: 24-17 over Miami in the 1995
National Championship Game, 42-17 against
Virginia Tech in 1996, and 41-21 over Tennessee
in 1998. Wistrom was a three-time All-American
and two-time Big 12 Conference Player of the
Year before embarking on a nine-year NFL career
with the St. Louis Rams and Seattle Seahawks.
Oklahoma leads a list of 29 schools who have
had a player participate in the Orange Bowl and
elected to the NFF College Hall of Fame with 10
selections, followed by Nebraska and Penn State
with six each, Alabama with five, and Tennessee
with four. Nine schools—Alabama, Georgia
Tech, LSU, Miami, Missouri, Nebraska, Notre
Dame, Oklahoma and Tennessee—have had two
hall of fame coaches lead their team to an
Orange Bowl.
Overall, 100 Orange Bowl veterans have been
Orange Bowl Players in the NFF College Hall of Fame
Name
Woodrow Lowe
Gino Torretta
Grant Wistrom
Ron Simmons
Jeff Davis
Chris Zorich
Joe Washington
Tony Casillas
Lydell Mitchell
Keith Jackson
Terry Kinard
Johnny Rodgers
Kurt Burris
Stan Jones
John Hannah
Steve Kiner
Dave Rimington
Jerry Tubbs
Bob Pellegrini
Billy Sims
Rich Glover
Team
Induction
Alabama
2010
Miami
2010
Nebraska
2010
Florida State
2008
Clemson
2007
Notre Dame
2007
Oklahoma
2005
Oklahoma
2004
Penn State
2004
Oklahoma
2001
Clemson
2001
Nebraska
2000
Oklahoma
2000
Maryland
2000
Alabama
1999
Tennessee
1999
Nebraska
1997
Oklahoma
1996
Maryland
1996
Oklahoma
1995
Nebraska
1995
Name
Tommy Casanova
Dennis Onkotz
Ozzie Newsome
Tucker Frederickson
John Cappelletti
Bob Brown
J.D. Roberts
Steve Owens
Wayne Meylan
L. Parker Hall
Jack Ham
Mike McGee
Ted Kwalick
Bob Johnson
Lee Roy Selmon
Mike Reid
Fran Tarkenton
Jimmy Ray Smith
Steve Spurrier
Al Blozis
Tommy McDonald
Team
Induction
LSU
1995
Penn State
1995
Alabama
1994
Auburn
1994
Penn State
1993
Nebraska
1993
Oklahoma
1993
Oklahoma
1991
Nebraska
1991
Mississippi
1991
Penn State
1990
Duke
1990
Penn State
1989
Tennessee
1989
Oklahoma
1988
Penn State
1987
Georgia
1987
Baylor
1987
Florida
1986
Georgetown
1986
Oklahoma
1985
Name
Mike Holovak
Joe Romig
Lee Roy Jordan
Bud McFadin
Tommy Nobis
George Morris
Bob Gain
Robert Davis
Joe Bellino
Darold Jenkins
George Cafego
John Pingel
Ray Evans
George Connor
Weldon Humble
Bob Suffridge
Don Whitmire
Paul Christman
Frank Sinkwich
Frank Kinard
Team
Induction
Boston College 1985
Colorado
1984
Alabama
1983
Texas
1983
Texas
1981
Georgia Tech
1981
Kentucky
1980
Georgia Tech
1978
Navy
1977
Missouri
1976
Tennessee
1969
Michigan State 1968
Kansas
1964
Holy Cross
1963
Rice
1961
Tennessee
1961
Alabama
1956
Missouri
1956
Georgia
1954
Mississippi
1951
School
Induction
Kentucky,
1986
Alabama
LSU
1986
Florida
1986
Miami
1985
Missouri
1985
Maryland
1984
Ohio State
1983
Texas
1983
Auburn
1982
Syracuse
1982
Nebraska
1981
Miami
1980
Notre Dame
1980
Michigan State 1978
Name
Len Casanova
Ed "Hook" Mylin
Bill Murray
Jess Neely
Homer Norton
Bud Wilkinson
Don Faurot
Robert Neyland
Leo "Dutch" Meyer
Bernie Moore
George Sauer *
Frank Thomas
W.A. Alexander
School
Induction
Santa Clara
1977
Bucknell
1974
Duke
1974
Rice
1971
Texas A&M
1971
Oklahoma
1969
Missouri
1961
Tennessee
1956
Texas Christian 1956
LSU
1954
Nebraska
1954
Alabama
1951
Georgia Tech
1951
Orange Bowl Coaches in the NFF College Hall of Fame
Name
Lou Holtz
School
Induction
Arkansas,
2008
Notre Dame
Joe Paterno
Penn State
2007
Bobby Bowden
Florida State
2006
Doug Dickey
Tennessee
2003
Barry Switzer
Oklahoma
2001
Tom Osborne
Nebraska
1999
Wallace Butts
Georgia
1997
Don James
Washington
1997
Bobby Dodd
Georgia Tech
1993
Glenn "Bo" Schembechler Michigan
1993
Allyn McKeen
Mississippi State 1991
Ray Graves
Florida
1990
Frank Howard
Clemson
1989
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Name
Paul "Bear" Bryant
Charlie McClendon
Steve Spurrier *
Andy Gustafson
Dan Devine
Jim Tatum
Woody Hayes
Darrell Royal
Ralph "Shug" Jordan
Ben Schwartzwalder
Bob Devaney
Jack Harding
Ara Parseghian
Charlie Bachman
* denotes inducted as a player