Orange Bowl

FedEx Orange Bowl logo

FedEx Orange Bowl logo

The Orange Bowl is an annual college football game that is usually played on January 1 in the Miami, Florida metro area, in the United States. The game was played at the Miami Orange Bowl from 1935 to 1995 and 1999, and was moved to Dolphin Stadium (formerly known as Pro Player 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.

From 1968, the game 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 are 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 will air on Fox. ABC aired the game the previous eight years, with CBS (1995-1998) and NBC (1964-1994) previously carrying the game.

Previous results

* Denotes BCS National Championship Games
~ 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
January 1, 1935	Bucknell	26	Miami	0
January 1, 1936	Catholic U.	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
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
January 1, 1994	Florida State	18	Nebraska	16
January 1, 1995	Nebraska	24	Miami	17
January 1, 1996	Florida State	31	Notre Dame	26
December 31, 1996	Nebraska	41	Virginia Tech	21
January 2, 1998	Nebraska	42	Tennessee	17
January 2, 1999~	Florida	31	Syracuse	10
January 1, 2000†	Michigan	35	Alabama	34
January 3, 2001*	Oklahoma	13	Florida State	2
January 2, 2002	Florida	56	Maryland	23
January 2, 2003	USC	38	Iowa	17
January 1, 2004	Miami	16	Florida State	14
January 4, 2005*	USC	55	Oklahoma	19
January 3, 2006†††	Penn State	26	Florida State	23
January 2, 2007	Wake Forest vs. Louisville

MVPs

Year played	MVP	Team	Position
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
	Mike Reid	Penn State	DT
1971	Jerry Tagge	Nebraska	QB
	Willie Harper	Nebraska	DE
1972	Jerry Tagge	Nebraska	QB
	Rich Glover	Nebraska	DG
1973	Johnny Rodgers	Nebraska	WB
	Rich Glover	Nebraska	DG
1974	Tom Shuman	Penn State	QB
	Randy Crowder	Penn State	DT
1975	Wayne Bullock	Notre Dame	FB
	Leroy Cook	Alabama	DE
1976	Steve Davis	Oklahoma	QB
	Lee Roy Selmon	Oklahoma	OT
1977	Rod Gerald	Ohio State	QB
	Tom Cousineau	Ohio State	LB
1978	Roland Sales	Arkansas	RB
	Reggie Freeman	Arkansas	NG
1979	Billy Sims	Oklahoma	RB
	Reggie Kinlaw	Oklahoma	NG
1980	J. C. Watts	Oklahoma	QB
	Bud Hebert	Oklahoma	FS
1981	J. C. Watts	Oklahoma	QB
	Jarvis Coursey	Florida State	DE
1982	Homer Jordan	Clemson	QB
	Jeff Davis	Clemson	LB
1983	Turner Gill	Nebraska	QB
	Dave Rimington	Nebraska	C
1984	Bernie Kosar	Miami (Fla.)	QB
	Jack Fernadez	Miami (Fla.)	LB
1985	Jacque Robinson	Washington	TB
	Ron Holmes	Washington	DT
1986	Sonny Brown	Oklahoma	DB
	Tim Lasher	Oklahoma	K
1987	Spencer Tillman	Oklahoma	HB
	Dante Jones	Oklahoma	LB
1988	Bernard Clark	Miami (Fla.)	LB
	Darrell Reed	Oklahoma	DE
1989	Steve Walsh	Miami (Fla.)	QB
	Charles Fryer	Nebraska	CB
1990	Raghib Ismail	Notre Dame	WR
	Darian Hagan	Colorado	QB
1991	Charles Johnson	Colorado	QB
	Chris Zorich	Notre Dame	NG
1992	Larry Jones	Miami (Fla.)	RB
	Tyrone Leggett	Nebraska	CB
1993	Charlie Ward	Florida State	QB
	Corey Dixon	Nebraska	SE
1994	Charlie Ward	Florida State	QB
	Tommie Frazier	Nebraska	QB
1995	Tommie Frazier	Nebraska	QB
	Chris T. Jones	Miami (Fla.)	WR
1996	Andre Cooper	Florida State	WR
	Derrick Mayes	Notre Dame	WR
1997	Damon Benning	Nebraska	RB
	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

See also

• List of college bowl games
• Orange Bowl broadcasters

External links

• Orange Bowl official site
• Satelite Photo of Dolphin Stadium