1968 Orange Bowl

American college football game January 2019 December 2025 Orange Bowl 34th Orange Bowl File:Miami orange bowl stadium cropped.jpg The Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, hosted the Orange Bowl. January 1 1968 1967 Tennessee Volunteers 9–1 Doug Dickey SEC 2 2 0 0 14 10 Bob Warmack (Oklahoma QB) Oklahoma Sooners 9–1 Chuck Fairbanks Big Eight 3 3 7 12 0 7 NBC Jim Simpson, Kyle Rote 18.4 Tennessee https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=E8QbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pU8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7218%2C4116481 Pittsburgh Press UPI New Year's bowl crowd to total 325,000 December 31, 1967 2, section 4https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TmJcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mlYNAAAAIBAJ&pg=848%2C274457 Youngstown Vindicator Ohio Associated Press Chass Murray Wyoming, LSU vie; Vols pick January 1, 1968 53 bg R. Pete Williams (SEC)(split crew: SEC, Big 8) Orange Bowl Miami, Florida 76,563 285,000 per team 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.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=T2JcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mlYNAAAAIBAJ&pg=822%2C499818 Youngstown Vindicator Ohio Associated Press Grimsley Will Oklahoma trips Tennessee, 26-24 January 2, 1968 14https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1tIbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LFEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5373%2C194707 Pittsburgh Press UPI Oklahoma shades Tennessee in Orange 'doubleheader' January 2, 1968 36 Teams 1967 NCAA University Division football season Oklahoma 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.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ocxTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zTgNAAAAIBAJ&pg=7036%2C6382214 Lawrence Daily Journal-World Kansas Associated Press OU grid coach dies at age 37 of heart attack April 28, 1967 13https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=o8xTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yDgNAAAAIBAJ&pg=7257%2C91064 Lawrence Daily Journal-World Kansas Associated Press OU to name grid coach soon May 1, 1967 15 Assistant coach Chuck Fairbanks, age 33, was promoted several days later.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pMxTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yDgNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6254%2C181643 Lawrence Daily Journal-World Kansas Associated Press Fairbanks hired as Sooner coach May 2, 1967 10 Tennessee 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. Game summary 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. 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.http://game.orangebowl.org/orange-bowl-history/the-history-of-the-orange-bowl/1960s/1968/ The 1960s | Orange Bowl Scoring First quarter Oklahoma – Bob Warmack 7-yard run (Mike Vachon kick) Second quarter Oklahoma – Eddie Hinton 20-yard pass from Warmack (kick failed) Oklahoma – 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) Source:https://www.orangebowl.org/assets/1/7/2019_Capital_One_Orange_Bowl_Media_Guide-proof2.pdf 2019 Capital One Orange Bowl media guide Game-by-game recaps: 1968 January 2019 34 July 24, 2020 August 5, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200805235236/https://www.orangebowl.org/assets/1/7/2019_Capital_One_Orange_Bowl_Media_Guide-proof2.pdf dead Statistics {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" ! 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: Aftermath The two teams received a then-record payout of about $285,000 each.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_bcrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XuYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5041%2C163665 Lawrence Daily Journal-World Kansas Associated Press Record payoff set for Sooners, Vols January 2, 1968 11 Oklahoma next played in the Orange Bowl in 1976; Tennessee waited three decades, returning in 1998. References Orange Bowl Category:Orange Bowl Category:Oklahoma Sooners football bowl games Category:Tennessee Volunteers football bowl games Category:January 1968 sports events in the United States Orange Bowl Category:American football competitions in Miami