Orange Bowl (game)

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Orange Bowl
FedEx Orange Bowl
Image:Orange-Bowl-football-logo.png FedEx Orange Bowl logo
Stadium	Dolphin Stadium
Location	Miami Gardens, Florida
Previous Stadiums	Miami Field (1935-1937) Miami Orange Bowl (1938-1995, 1999)
Operated	1935-present
Conference Tie-ins	ACC
Previous Conference Tie-ins	Big Eight (1968-1998) Big East (1998-2005)
Payout	US$17,000,000 (2006)
Sponsors
FedEx (1989-present)
Former names
Orange Bowl (1935-1988)
2008 Matchup
Virginia Tech vs. Kansas (21-24)

The Orange Bowl is an annual college football game that is usually played the first week in January in the Miami, Florida metro area, in the United States. The game was played at Miami Field[1] (located where Miami Orange Bowl was later built) from 1935 to 1937 the Miami Orange Bowl from 1938 to 1995 and 1999, and was moved to Dolphin Stadium located in Miami Gardens in 1996. The corporate title sponsor has been FedEx (formerly Federal Express) since 1989 and the official title of the game is the FedEx Orange Bowl. The 1999 game was moved to the namesake stadium because the game was played on the same day the Miami Dolphins hosted an NFL Wild Card Playoff game. Coincidentally, both of those games were aired on ABC.

From 1968, the game usually featured the champion of the former Big Eight Conference (whose members formed the basis of the current Big 12 Conference). Since 1998, however, with the creation of the Bowl Championship Series system, team selection for the Orange Bowl is now tied into the other three BCS Bowls. From 1998-2005, the game hosted the champion of either the ACC or Big East conferences, unless they were invited to the National Championship game. Starting with the 2006 season, the Orange Bowl will be exclusively tied with the ACC and will use the brand Home of the ACC Champion. As one of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) bowl games (the others being the Sugar, Fiesta, and Rose Bowls), the Orange Bowl had hosted the national championship game once every four years under the BCS system (as it did on January 4, 2005).

The 2007 Orange Bowl aired on Fox. ABC aired the game the previous eight years, with CBS (1995-1998) and NBC (1964-1994) previously carrying the game. This year's Orange Bowl, to be played at Dolphin Stadium on January 3rd, 2008, will feature ACC Champion Virginia Tech and Big 12 At-Large University of Kansas.

1 Previous results
2 MVPs
3 Palm Festival Game
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Previous results

* Denotes BCS National Championship Game
~ Game played at Miami Orange Bowl due to scheduling conflict with NFL playoff game
† Denotes overtime
Multiple †'s denote multiple overtimes

Date played	Winning team		Losing team		Notes
January 1, 1935	Bucknell	26	Miami	0
January 1, 1936	Catholic University	20	Mississippi	19
January 1, 1937	Duquesne	13	Mississippi State	12
January 1, 1938	Auburn	6	Michigan State	0
January 2, 1939	Tennessee	17	Oklahoma	0
January 1, 1940	Georgia Tech	21	Missouri	7
January 1, 1941	Mississippi State	14	Georgetown	7
January 1, 1942	Georgia	40	TCU	26
January 1, 1943	Alabama	37	Boston College	21
January 1, 1944	LSU	19	Texas A&M	14
January 1, 1945	Tulsa	26	Georgia Tech	12
January 1, 1946	Miami	13	Holy Cross	6
January 1, 1947	Rice	8	Tennessee	0
January 1, 1948	Georgia Tech	20	Kansas	14
January 1, 1949	Texas	41	Georgia	28
January 2, 1950	Santa Clara	21	Kentucky	13
January 1, 1951	Clemson	15	Miami	14
January 1, 1952	Georgia Tech	17	Baylor	14
January 1, 1953	Alabama	61	Syracuse	6
January 1, 1954	Oklahoma	7	Maryland	0
January 1, 1955	Duke	34	Nebraska	7
January 2, 1956	Oklahoma	20	Maryland	6
January 1, 1957	Colorado	27	Clemson	21
January 1, 1958	Oklahoma	48	Duke	21
January 1, 1959	Oklahoma	21	Syracuse	6
January 1, 1960	Georgia	14	Missouri	0
January 2, 1961	Missouri	21	Navy	14
January 1, 1962	LSU	25	Colorado	7
January 1, 1963	Alabama	17	Oklahoma	0
January 1, 1964	Nebraska	13	Auburn	7
January 1, 1965	Texas	21	Alabama	17
January 1, 1966	Alabama	39	Nebraska	28
January 2, 1967	Florida	27	Georgia Tech	12
January 1, 1968	Oklahoma	26	Tennessee	24
January 1, 1969	Penn State	15	Kansas	14
January 1, 1970	Penn State	10	Missouri	3
January 1, 1971	Nebraska	17	LSU	12
January 1, 1972	Nebraska	38	Alabama	6
January 1, 1973	Nebraska	40	Notre Dame	6
January 1, 1974	Penn State	16	LSU	9
January 1, 1975	Notre Dame	13	Alabama	11
January 1, 1976	Oklahoma	14	Michigan	6
January 1, 1977	Ohio State	27	Colorado	10
January 2, 1978	Arkansas	31	Oklahoma	6
January 1, 1979	Oklahoma	31	Nebraska	24
January 1, 1980	Oklahoma	24	Florida State	7
January 1, 1981	Oklahoma	18	Florida State	17
January 1, 1982	Clemson	22	Nebraska	15
January 1, 1983	Nebraska	21	LSU	20
January 2, 1984	Miami	31	Nebraska	30	notes
January 1, 1985	Washington	28	Oklahoma	17
January 1, 1986	Oklahoma	25	Penn State	10
January 1, 1987	Oklahoma	42	Arkansas	8
January 1, 1988	Miami	20	Oklahoma	14
January 2, 1989	Miami	23	Nebraska	3
January 1, 1990	Notre Dame	21	Colorado	6
January 1, 1991	Colorado	10	Notre Dame	9
January 1, 1992	Miami	22	Nebraska	0
January 1, 1993	Florida State	27	Nebraska	14	notes
January 1, 1994	Florida State	18	Nebraska	16	notes
January 1, 1995	Nebraska	24	Miami	17	notes
January 1, 1996	Florida State	31	Notre Dame	26	notes
December 31, 1996	Nebraska	41	Virginia Tech	21	notes
January 2, 1998	Nebraska	42	Tennessee	17	notes
January 2, 1999~	Florida	31	Syracuse	10	notes
January 1, 2000†	Michigan	35	Alabama	34	notes
January 3, 2001*	Oklahoma	13	Florida State	2	notes
January 2, 2002	Florida	56	Maryland	23	notes
January 2, 2003	USC	38	Iowa	17	notes
January 1, 2004	Miami	16	Florida State	14	notes
January 4, 2005*	USC	55	Oklahoma	19	notes
January 3, 2006†††	Penn State	26	Florida State	23	notes
January 2, 2007	Louisville	24	Wake Forest	13	notes
January 3, 2008	Kansas	24	Virginia Tech	21	notes

[edit] MVPs

Year played	MVP	Team	Position
1942	Bruce Alford Sr.	TCU	End
1965	Joe Namath	Alabama	QB
1966	Steve Sloan	Alabama	QB
1967	Larry Smith	Florida	TB
1968	Bob Warmack	Oklahoma	QB
1969	Donnie Shanklin	Kansas	HB
1970	Chuck Burkhart	Penn State	QB
1970	Mike Reid	Penn State	DT
1971	Jerry Tagge	Nebraska	QB
1971	Willie Harper	Nebraska	DE
1972	Jerry Tagge	Nebraska	QB
1972	Rich Glover	Nebraska	DG
1973	Johnny Rodgers	Nebraska	WB
1973	Rich Glover	Nebraska	DG
1974	Tom Shuman	Penn State	QB
1974	Randy Crowder	Penn State	DT
1975	Wayne Bullock	Notre Dame	FB
1975	Leroy Cook	Alabama	DE
1976	Steve Davis (quarterback)	Oklahoma	QB
1976	Lee Roy Selmon	Oklahoma	OT
1977	Rod Gerald	Ohio State	QB
1977	Tom Cousineau	Ohio State	LB
1978	Roland Sales	Arkansas	RB
1978	Reggie Freeman	Arkansas	NG
1979	Billy Sims	Oklahoma	RB
1979	Reggie Kinlaw	Oklahoma	NG
1980	J. C. Watts	Oklahoma	QB
1980	Bud Hebert	Oklahoma	FS
1981	J. C. Watts	Oklahoma	QB
1981	Jarvis Coursey	Florida State	DE
1982	Homer Jordan	Clemson	QB
1982	Jeff Davis	Clemson	LB
1983	Turner Gill	Nebraska	QB
1983	Dave Rimington	Nebraska	C
1984	Bernie Kosar	Miami (Fla.)	QB
1984	Jack Fernadez	Miami (Fla.)	LB
1985	Jacque Robinson	Washington	TB
1985	Ron Holmes	Washington	DT
1986	Sonny Brown	Oklahoma	DB
1986	Tim Lasher	Oklahoma	K
1987	Spencer Tillman	Oklahoma	HB
1987	Dante Jones	Oklahoma	LB
1988	Bernard Clark	Miami (Fla.)	LB
1988	Darrell Reed	Oklahoma	DE
1989	Steve Walsh	Miami (Fla.)	QB
1989	Charles Fryer	Nebraska	CB
1990	Raghib Ismail	Notre Dame	WR
1990	Darian Hagan	Colorado	QB
1991	Charles S. Johnson	Colorado	QB
1991	Chris Zorich	Notre Dame	NG
1992	Larry Jones	Miami (Fla.)	RB
1992	Tyrone Leggette	Nebraska	CB
1993	Charlie Ward	Florida State	QB
1993	Corey Dixon	Nebraska	SE
1994	Charlie Ward	Florida State	QB
1994	Tommie Frazier	Nebraska	QB
1995	Tommie Frazier	Nebraska	QB
1995	Chris T. Jones	Miami (Fla.)	WR
1996	Andre Cooper	Florida State	WR
1996	Derrick Mayes	Notre Dame	WR
1997	Damon Benning	Nebraska	RB
1997	Ken Oxendine	Virginia Tech	RB
1998	Ahman Green	Nebraska	RB
1999	Travis Taylor	Florida	WR
2000	David Terrell	Michigan	WR
2001	Torrance Marshall	Oklahoma	LB
2002	Taylor Jacobs	Florida	WR
2003	Carson Palmer	USC	QB
2004	Jarrett Payton	Miami (Fla.)	RB
2005	Matt Leinart	USC	QB
2006	Willie Reid	FSU	WR
2007	Brian Brohm	Louisville	QB
2008	Aqib Talib	Kansas	CB

[edit] Palm Festival Game

In 1932, George E. Hussey, official greeter of Miami, organized the first Palm Festival Game, predecessor of the Orange Bowl. With Miami suffering from both the Great Depression and the preceding Florida land bust, Hussey and other Miamians sought to help its economy by organizing a game similar to Pasadena's Rose Bowl.

Two games were played in this series at Moore Park in Miami, both pitting an invited opponent against a local team, the University of Miami. In the first game, played on January 2, 1933, Miami defeated Manhattan College 7-0. In the second game, played on New Year's Day 1934, Duquesne defeated Miami 33-7.

These games are not recognized as bowl games by the NCAA because one team was guaranteed a berth regardless of record. However, following the success of these games, backers organized another game for New Year's Day 1935 under the Orange Bowl name. This game, unlike the Palm Festival Games, did not automatically grant a berth to one team, although the University of Miami was again a participant. For this reason, the 1935 Orange Bowl was later recognized by the NCAA as an official bowl game. ^[1]