1959 Orange Bowl

American college football game August 2023 December 2025 Orange Bowl 25th Orange Bowl File:Miami orange bowl stadium cropped.jpg Burdine Stadium in Miami, Florida, hosted the Orange Bowl. January 1 1959 1958 Oklahoma Sooners 9–1 Bud Wilkinson Big Seven 5 5 14 0 7 0 Syracuse Orangemen 8–1 Ben Schwartzwalder Independent 9 10 0 0 0 6 Oklahoma by 13 CBS Joe Boland & Jim McKay bg Burdine Stadium Miami, Florida Cliff Ogden (Big Seven;split crew: Big Seven, ECAC) 75,281 The 1959 Orange Bowl featured the Syracuse Orangemen (8–1) and the Oklahoma Sooners (9–1) in the 25th annual Orange Bowl, played on Thursday, January 1, 1959, at the Miami Orange Bowl in Miami.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PJ9WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VucDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5227%2C439081 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Explosive Oklahoma whips Syracuse in Orange Bowl January 2, 1959 17http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1959/01/02/page/31/article/sooners-fast-start-defeats-syracuse-21-6 Chicago Tribune Segreti James Sooners' fast start defeats Syracuse, 21-6 January 2, 1959 3, sec. 3 Background This was Oklahoma's fourth Orange Bowl in six seasons while Syracuse was making their second Orange Bowl appearance in six seasons. Oklahoma had won its thirteenth straight Big Seven title and Syracuse was an independent. The first of the day's four major bowl games, kickoff was at 1 p.m. EST on CBS television,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=O59WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VucDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2764%2C205683 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Bowls at glance January 1, 1959 14 and Oklahoma was a thirteen-point favorite.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Y1NYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gfcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4680%2C2673476 Bend Bulletin Oregon UPI Oklahoma lives up to press notices in win January 2, 1959 2 Game summary Oklahoma scored early with a Prentice Gautt rushing touchdown three minutes into the game. With the quarter running down, Syracuse fumbled the ball back to the Sooners after driving to the Sooners red zone. With 2:56 left in the quarter, Brewster Hobby caught a lateral and then passed to Ross Coyle, who ran 79 yards for the touchdown and a 14–0 lead. After a scoreless second quarter, Hobby sealed the game when he returned a Syracuse punt 40 yards for a touchdown to make it 21–0 after three quarters. Mark Weber gave the Orangemen their only points on his touchdown run after a 69-yard drive, but the two-point conversion failed on an incomplete pass, and that was the end of the scoring. Despite Syracuse's run attack, two fumbles by the backs and two passes that were intercepted doomed the Orange as Oklahoma won their fourth Orange Bowl in six seasons.1959 | Orange Bowl http://game.orangebowl.org/orange-bowl-history/the-history-of-the-orange-bowl/1950s/1959/ https://web.archive.org/web/20150111070707/http://game.orangebowl.org/orange-bowl-history/the-history-of-the-orange-bowl/1950s/1959/ January 11, 2015 live January 10, 2015 http://cuse.com/sports/2002/1/1/1959OrangeBowl.aspx 1959 Orange Bowlhttp://issuu.com/soonersports.com/docs/2014_media_guide_1?DB_OEM_ID=31000 1959 Orange Bowl 154 Oklahoma Sooners Football Media Guide Oklahoma Sooners Athletics January 10, 2015 Aftermath In the following season, Syracuse went undefeated and won the national title. Statistics Statistics Oklahoma Syracuse First downs 12 18 Yards rushing 152 239 Yards passing 93 72 Total yards 245 311Punts-Average 8–37.0 8–31.2Fumbles-Lost 2–1 2–2Interceptions 0 2Penalties-Yards 3–35 4–20 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jSMRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6OIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1656%2C149926 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Sooners speed past Syracuse January 2, 1959 3B References Orange Bowl Category:Orange Bowl Category:Oklahoma Sooners football bowl games Category:Syracuse Orange football bowl games Category:1959 in sports in Florida Category:January 1959 sports events in the United States Category:American football competitions in Miami