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The '''1968 Orange Bowl''' was the 34th [[Orange Bowl|edition]] of the [[college football]] [[bowl game]], played at the [[Miami Orange Bowl|Orange Bowl]] in [[Miami]], [[Florida]], on Monday, January&nbsp;1. The [[1967 NCAA University Division football rankings|third-ranked]] [[1967 Oklahoma Sooners football team|Oklahoma Sooners]] of the [[Big Eight Conference]] defeated the [[1967 Tennessee Volunteers football team|Tennessee Volunteers]] of the [[Southeastern Conference]] (SEC), 26–24.<ref name=okyvin>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=T2JcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mlYNAAAAIBAJ&pg=822%2C499818 |work=Youngstown Vindicator |location=(Ohio) |agency=Associated Press |last=Grimsley |first=Will |title=Oklahoma trips Tennessee, 26-24 |date=January 2, 1968 |page=14}}</ref><ref name=ordblhd>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1tIbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LFEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5373%2C194707 |work=Pittsburgh Press |agency=UPI |title=Oklahoma shades Tennessee in Orange 'doubleheader' |date=January 2, 1968 |page=36}}</ref>
The '''1968 Orange Bowl''' was an American [[college football]] [[bowl game]] between the [[1967 Tennessee Volunteers football team|Tennessee Volunteers]] and the [[1967 Oklahoma Sooners football team|Oklahoma Sooners]].


==Background==
==Teams==
{{main|1967 NCAA University Division football season}}
Oklahoma was champion of the [[Big Eight Conference]] after going a perfect 7-0-0 in conference play, their first conference title since 1962 and first Orange Bowl since 1963. After losing to UCLA in the first game of the season, the Volunteers won nine consecutive games. Tennessee was also perfect in conference play as they were champion of the [[Southeastern Conference]] for the first time since 1956, though they did not get to play #1 USC in the [[1968 Rose Bowl|Rose Bowl]] that year, instead it went to #4 Indiana, the Big Ten co-champion, due to the Pac-8-Big Ten contract. It was their first Orange Bowl since 1947.

===Oklahoma===
{{main|1967 Oklahoma Sooners football team}}
Oklahoma won all seven games in [[Big Eight Conference]] play for their first title since [[1962 Oklahoma Sooners football team|1962]] and first Orange Bowl since [[1963 Orange Bowl|1963]]. The only blemish was a two-point loss to [[Red River Showdown|rival]] [[1967 Texas Longhorns football team|Texas]] at the [[Cotton Bowl (stadium)|Cotton Bowl]] in [[Dallas]] on October&nbsp;14.

Entering his second season as head coach, 37-year-old [[Jim Mackenzie (American football)|Jim Mackenzie]] suffered a fatal [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]] at his [[Norman, Oklahoma|Norman]] home in late April.<ref name=ougrdco>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ocxTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zTgNAAAAIBAJ&pg=7036%2C6382214 |work=Lawrence Daily Journal-World |location=(Kansas) |agency=Associated Press |title=OU grid coach dies at age 37 of heart attack |date=April 28, 1967 |page=13}}</ref><ref name=gcsoon>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=o8xTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yDgNAAAAIBAJ&pg=7257%2C91064|work=Lawrence Daily Journal-World |location=(Kansas) |agency=Associated Press |title=OU to name grid coach soon |date=May 1, 1967 |page=15}}</ref> Assistant coach [[Chuck Fairbanks]], age 33, was promoted several days later.<ref name=fbkhrd>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pMxTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yDgNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6254%2C181643 |work=Lawrence Daily Journal-World |location=(Kansas) |agency=Associated Press |title=Fairbanks hired as Sooner coach |date=May 2, 1967 |page=10}}</ref>

===Tennessee===
{{main|1967 Tennessee Volunteers football team}}
After a four-point loss at [[1967 UCLA Bruins football team|UCLA]] in the season opener, Tennessee won nine consecutive games. They were perfect in [[Southeastern Conference]] play and were champions for the first time since [[1956 Tennessee Volunteers football team|1956]]. It was Tennessee's first Orange Bowl since [[1947 Orange Bowl|1947]].

Tennessee did not get to play top-ranked [[1967 USC Trojans football team|USC]] in the [[1968 Rose Bowl|Rose Bowl]]; the Trojans met #4 [[1967 Indiana Hoosiers football team|Indiana]], the Big Ten co-champion, due to the Pac-8 – Big Ten contract.

The Volunteers' soccer-style placekicker [[Karl Kremser]] was a [[World War II|war]] refugee from [[Germany]].<ref name=okyvin/><ref name=ordblhd/>


==Game summary==
==Game summary==
This was the fourth straight year for a night kickoff at the Orange Bowl, following the [[1968 Rose Bowl|Rose Bowl]]. Both teams wore their home jerseys, Oklahoma in crimson and Tennessee in orange. The temperature was {{convert|70|F}}.<ref name=okyvin/><ref name=ordblhd/>
Bob Warmack gave the Sooners a 7-0 lead on his touchdown run in the first quarter. He added in a touchdown pass and Steve Owens scored a touchdown run to make it 19-0 at halftime. Jimmy Glover returned an interception 36 yards for a touchdown to make it 19-7. A touchdown run by Fulton made it 19-14. Oklahoma made it 26-14 on Bob Stephenson's interception return for a touchdown in the fourth quarter. Karl Kremser's field goal from 26 yards made it 26-17, and Dewey Warren's touchdown plunge made it 26-24 with the game being close to being over. Oklahoma was at their own 43 yard line with 1:54 to go in the game. Fairbanks decided to go for the first down despite only leading by two points. Steve Owens was given the ball, but he was stopped by linebacker Jack Reynolds, giving the ball back to the Volunteers. With seven seconds to go in the game, Tennessee sent Karl Kremser in to attempt a 43-yard field goal. The kick sailed wide right, giving Oklahoma the win.<ref>http://game.orangebowl.org/orange-bowl-history/the-history-of-the-orange-bowl/1960s/1968/</ref>


Quarterback Bob Warmack gave the Sooners a 7–0 lead on his ten-yard touchdown run in the first quarter. He added a twenty-yard touchdown pass to [[Eddie Hinton (American football)|Eddie Hinton]] in the second quarter, and running back [[Steve Owens (American football)|Steve Owens]] scored from a yard out to make it 19–0 at halftime.
==Aftermath==

The Volunteers did not return to the Orange Bowl until 1998. Oklahoma returned to the Orange Bowl in 1976.
Held scoreless until midway into the third quarter, Tennessee's <!-- monster--> Jimmy Glover returned an interception 36 yards for a touchdown. Two minutes later, another interception by Jim Weatherford set up a five-yard touchdown run by Charley Fulton (19–14).

A [[Karl Kremser]] field goal from 26 yards closed the gap to 19–17 early in the fourth quarter. Oklahoma went up 26–17 on Bob Stephenson's 25-yard interception return for a touchdown. Tennessee then answered with quarterback [[Dewey Warren]]'s touchdown plunge to pull back to two points at 26–24.

Oklahoma was at their own 43-yard line with just under two minutes remaining<!--1:54 to go in the game-->. First-year head coach Fairbanks opted to go for the first down, despite only leading by two points. Owens was given the ball, but was stopped by linebacker [[Jack "Hacksaw" Reynolds|Jack Reynolds]], and the ball went back to the Volunteers. With seven seconds to go, Tennessee sent Kremser in to attempt a 43-yard field goal, but his kick sailed wide right, and Oklahoma won.<ref name=okyvin/><ref name=ordblhd/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://game.orangebowl.org/orange-bowl-history/the-history-of-the-orange-bowl/1960s/1968/|title = The 1960s &#124; Orange Bowl}}</ref>

===Scoring===
;First quarter:
*Oklahoma – Bob Warmack 7-yard run (Mike Vachon kick)
;Second quarter:
*Oklahoma – [[Eddie Hinton (American football)|Eddie Hinton]] 20-yard pass from Warmack (kick failed)
*Oklahoma – [[Steve Owens (American football)|Steve Owens]] 1-yard run (run failed)
;Third quarter:
*Tennessee – Jimmy Glover 36-yard interception return ([[Karl Kremser]] kick)
*Tennessee – Charley Fulton 5-yard run (Kremser kick)
;Fourth quarter:
*Oklahoma – Bob Stephenson 23-yard interception return (Vachon kick)
*Tennessee – Kremser 26-yard FG
*Tennessee – [[Dewey Warren]] 1-yard run (Kremser kick)
:{{small|Source:}}<ref name=gbgmrec>{{cite web|url=https://www.orangebowl.org/assets/1/7/2019_Capital_One_Orange_Bowl_Media_Guide-proof2.pdf |publisher=2019 Capital One Orange Bowl media guide |title=Game-by-game recaps: 1968 |date=January 2019 |page=34}}</ref>


==Statistics==
==Statistics==
{| class="wikitable"
:{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
! Statistics !! Oklahoma !! Tennessee
! Statistics !! &nbsp;Oklahoma&nbsp; !! Tennessee
|-
|-
|First Downs ||18 ||18
|First Downs ||18 ||18
|-
|-
|Rushes–yards ||50–203 ||44–172
|Rushing Yards ||203 ||172
|-
|-
|Passing Yards ||107 ||160
|Passing yards ||107 ||160
|-
|-
|Passes (C–A–I) ||9–18–3 || 12–23–2
|Total Yards ||310 ||332
|-
|-
|Total Offense ||68–310||67–332
|Interceptions || 3 ||2
|-
|-
|Punts-Average ||5-47.0 ||2-32.0
|Punts–average ||5–47.0 ||2–32.0
|-
|-
|Fumbles-Lost ||0-0 ||1-1
|Fumbles–lost ||0–0 ||1–1
|-
|-
|Turnovers || 3 || 3
|Penalties-Yards ||2-10 ||4-27
|-
|-
|Penalties–yards ||2–10 ||4–27
|}
|}
:{{small|Source:}}<ref name=okyvin/><ref name=ordblhd/><ref name=gbgmrec/>

==Aftermath==
The two teams received a then-record payout of about [[United States dollar|$]]285,000 each.<ref name=recpoff>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_bcrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XuYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5041%2C163665 |work=Lawrence Daily Journal-World |location=(Kansas) |agency=Associated Press |title=Record payoff set for Sooners, Vols |date=January 2, 1968 |page=11}}</ref>

Oklahoma next played in the Orange Bowl in [[1976 Orange Bowl|1976]]; Tennessee waited<!-- to the Orange Bowl--> three decades, returning in [[1998 Orange Bowl|1998]].


==References==
==References==
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1968 Orange Bowl
34th Orange Bowl
Oklahoma Sooners Tennessee Volunteers
(9–1) (9–1)
Big Eight SEC
26 24
Head coach: 
Chuck Fairbanks		 Head coach: 
Doug Dickey
APCoaches
33
APCoaches
22
1234 Total
Oklahoma 71207 26
Tennessee 001410 24
DateJanuary 1, 1968
Season1967
StadiumOrange Bowl
LocationMiami, Florida
MVPBob Warmack (Oklahoma QB)
FavoriteTennessee [1][2]
RefereeR. Pete Williams (SEC)
(split crew: SEC, Big 8)
Attendance76,563
PayoutUS$285,000 per team[3]
United States TV coverage
NetworkNBC
AnnouncersJim Simpson, Kyle Rote
Orange Bowl
 < 1967  1969 > 

The 1968 Orange Bowl was the 34th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, on Monday, January 1. The third-ranked Oklahoma Sooners of the Big Eight Conference defeated the Tennessee Volunteers of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), 26–24.[4][5]

Teams

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Main article: 1967 NCAA University Division football season

Oklahoma

[edit]
Main article: 1967 Oklahoma Sooners football team

Oklahoma won all seven games in Big Eight Conference play for their first title since 1962 and first Orange Bowl since 1963. The only blemish was a two-point loss to rival Texas at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas on October 14.

Entering his second season as head coach, 37-year-old Jim Mackenzie suffered a fatal heart attack at his Norman home in late April.[6][7] Assistant coach Chuck Fairbanks, age 33, was promoted several days later.[8]

Tennessee

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Main article: 1967 Tennessee Volunteers football team

After a four-point loss at UCLA in the season opener, Tennessee won nine consecutive games. They were perfect in Southeastern Conference play and were champions for the first time since 1956. It was Tennessee's first Orange Bowl since 1947.

Tennessee did not get to play top-ranked USC in the Rose Bowl; the Trojans met #4 Indiana, the Big Ten co-champion, due to the Pac-8 – Big Ten contract.

The Volunteers' soccer-style placekicker Karl Kremser was a war refugee from Germany.[4][5]

Game summary

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This was the fourth straight year for a night kickoff at the Orange Bowl, following the Rose Bowl. Both teams wore their home jerseys, Oklahoma in crimson and Tennessee in orange. The temperature was 70 °F (21 °C).[4][5]

Quarterback Bob Warmack gave the Sooners a 7–0 lead on his ten-yard touchdown run in the first quarter. He added a twenty-yard touchdown pass to Eddie Hinton in the second quarter, and running back Steve Owens scored from a yard out to make it 19–0 at halftime.

Held scoreless until midway into the third quarter, Tennessee's Jimmy Glover returned an interception 36 yards for a touchdown. Two minutes later, another interception by Jim Weatherford set up a five-yard touchdown run by Charley Fulton (19–14).

A Karl Kremser field goal from 26 yards closed the gap to 19–17 early in the fourth quarter. Oklahoma went up 26–17 on Bob Stephenson's 25-yard interception return for a touchdown. Tennessee then answered with quarterback Dewey Warren's touchdown plunge to pull back to two points at 26–24.

Oklahoma was at their own 43-yard line with just under two minutes remaining. First-year head coach Fairbanks opted to go for the first down, despite only leading by two points. Owens was given the ball, but was stopped by linebacker Jack Reynolds, and the ball went back to the Volunteers. With seven seconds to go, Tennessee sent Kremser in to attempt a 43-yard field goal, but his kick sailed wide right, and Oklahoma won.[4][5][9]

Scoring

[edit]
First quarter
  • Oklahoma – Bob Warmack 7-yard run (Mike Vachon kick)
Second quarter
Third quarter
  • Tennessee – Jimmy Glover 36-yard interception return (Karl Kremser kick)
  • Tennessee – Charley Fulton 5-yard run (Kremser kick)
Fourth quarter
  • Oklahoma – Bob Stephenson 23-yard interception return (Vachon kick)
  • Tennessee – Kremser 26-yard FG
  • Tennessee – Dewey Warren 1-yard run (Kremser kick)
Source:[10]

Statistics

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Statistics  Oklahoma  Tennessee
First Downs 18 18
Rushes–yards 50–203 44–172
Passing yards 107 160
Passes (C–A–I) 9–18–3 12–23–2
Total Offense 68–310 67–332
Punts–average 5–47.0 2–32.0
Fumbles–lost 0–0 1–1
Turnovers 3 3
Penalties–yards 2–10 4–27
Source:[4][5][10]

Aftermath

[edit]

The two teams received a then-record payout of about $285,000 each.[3]

Oklahoma next played in the Orange Bowl in 1976; Tennessee waited three decades, returning in 1998.

References

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  1. ^ "New Year's bowl crowd to total 325,000". Pittsburgh Press. UPI. December 31, 1967. p. 2, section 4.
  2. ^ Chass, Murray (January 1, 1968). "Wyoming, LSU vie; Vols pick". Youngstown Vindicator. (Ohio). Associated Press. p. 53.
  3. ^ a b "Record payoff set for Sooners, Vols". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). Associated Press. January 2, 1968. p. 11.
  4. ^ a b c d e Grimsley, Will (January 2, 1968). "Oklahoma trips Tennessee, 26-24". Youngstown Vindicator. (Ohio). Associated Press. p. 14.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Oklahoma shades Tennessee in Orange 'doubleheader'". Pittsburgh Press. UPI. January 2, 1968. p. 36.
  6. ^ "OU grid coach dies at age 37 of heart attack". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). Associated Press. April 28, 1967. p. 13.
  7. ^ "OU to name grid coach soon". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). Associated Press. May 1, 1967. p. 15.
  8. ^ "Fairbanks hired as Sooner coach". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). Associated Press. May 2, 1967. p. 10.
  9. ^ "The 1960s | Orange Bowl".
  10. ^ a b "Game-by-game recaps: 1968" (PDF). 2019 Capital One Orange Bowl media guide. January 2019. p. 34.
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