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The 1984 Orange Bowl between the Miami Hurricanes, coached by Howard Schnellenberger (pictured), and the Nebraska Cornhuskers is one of the best games in Orange Bowl history.
The Orange Bowl is one of the oldest bowl games in college football. The first Orange Bowl capped off the 1934 college football season with the Bucknell Bison defeating the Miami Hurricanes 26-0 on New Year’s Day. Since then, the Orange Bowl’s 88 games have featured more than 50 different teams.
The Oklahoma Sooners have the most Orange Bowl appearances and wins all-time with 20 and 12, respectively. The Orange Bowl’s been the designated national championship game in five college football seasons: 1993, 1994, 1997, 2000, and 2004. It’s also been a College Football Playoff semifinal game three times.
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As one of the longest-running bowls, there have been many memorable Orange Bowl games. Here’s five of the most memorable Orange Bowls in history:
1984 Orange Bowl: Miami 31, Nebraska 30
The 1983 Nebraska Cornhuskers and their offense, dubbed “The Scoring Explosion”, were widely considered one of the best college football teams of all time leading up to the game. Legendary coach Tom Osborne’s team averaged 48 points per game and rolled to 12 straight wins after finishing 1982 on a 10-game winning streak. Miami made a bowl game for just the second time in the prior 15 years thanks to an 11-1 regular season. A 28-3 loss to Florida in the opener and a one-point win over Florida State bookended the regular season.
With those two results in mind and Nebraska’s dominance, the Hurricanes were heavy underdogs ahead of the game. But Miami didn’t play like one.
The Hurricanes jumped out to a 17-0 by the end of the first quarter. Nebraska answered in the second…
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Publish date : 2023-12-26 15:04:16
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