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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.
The 1969 Orange Bowl was the 35th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, on Wednesday, January 1.The final game of the 1968–69 bowl game season, it matched the independent third-ranked Penn State Nittany Lions and the #6 Kansas Jayhawks of the Big Eight Conference.
The winners of the two conference games advanced to the NFL Championship Game to compete for the NFL league title and the right to face the American Football League champion in the Super Bowl. The losers of the conference championship games played in the Playoff Bowl, a third place game held at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida.
On Jan. 1, 1965, the Texas versus Alabama Orange Bowl was the first bowl game televised live in primetime. ... In the 1968 NFL draft, the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), an all-Black ...
When the sportswriters voted for the Top 20 after the bowl games, Rose Bowl winner Ohio State won the AP Trophy and the unofficial national championship, taking all but five of the 49 first place votes. Penn State, which had narrowly won the Orange Bowl, was second. The final poll was 1.Ohio State 2.Penn State 3.Texas 4.USC 5.Notre Dame 6 ...
A year after setting the record for biggest bowl game blowout vs. TCU, Georgia broke it vs. Florida State with a 63-3 victory over the Seminoles.
The second AFL–NFL World Championship Game (known retroactively as Super Bowl II) [6] was an American football game played on January 14, 1968, at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. [1] The National Football League (NFL)'s defending champion Green Bay Packers defeated American Football League (AFL) champion Oakland Raiders by the score of 33 ...
Here’s why you might want to grab a sweater before you head out to the Orange Bowl game or New Year’s Eve in South Florida. ... Bru McCoy (15) scores a touchdown past Clemson Tigers cornerback ...