1980 Orange Bowl

American college football game August 2023 December 2025 Orange Bowl 46th Orange Bowl File:Miami orange bowl stadium cropped.jpg The Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, hosted the Orange Bowl. January 1 1980 1979 Florida State Seminoles 11–0 Bobby Bowden Independent 4 4 7 0 0 0 J. C. Watts (Oklahoma QB)Bud Hebert (Oklahoma FS) Oklahoma Sooners 10–1 Barry Switzer Big Eight 5 5 0 17 0 7 NBC Don Criqui, John Brodie,and Bob Trumpy 25.1 Oklahoma by 7½ points https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uesNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rG0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4606%2C109621 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Latest line January 1, 1980 22 bg Orange Bowl Miami, Florida Vincent Buckley (SWC) 66,714 The 1980 Orange Bowl was the 46th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, on Tuesday, January 1. Part of the 1979–80 bowl game season, it matched the fourth-ranked independent Florida State Seminoles and the #5 Oklahoma Sooners of the Big Eight Conference. Favored Oklahoma overcame an early deficit and won 24–7.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wSMhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wWcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6362%2C715525 Sarasota Herald-Tribune Florida Achenbach Jim Sooners' quick TD's spill FSU 24-7 January 2, 1980 1Ehttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HsopAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LO4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4950%2C511576 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Sooners stifle FSU January 2, 1980 C1https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1ZxjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5OEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4817%2C463966 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon UPI Oklahoma's quickness destroys Florida State passing attack January 2, 1980 4D Teams 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season Florida State 1979 Florida State Seminoles football team This was Florida State's first major bowl appearance as they attempted to complete a perfect undefeated season; they were on a fifteen-game win streak, which began in October 1978. Their most recent bowl was two years earlier. Oklahoma 1979 Oklahoma Sooners football team The Sooners' only loss was to Texas in mid-October; they were champions of the Big Eight Conference for the seventh straight year. Oklahoma was appearing in their eleventh Orange Bowl, the third of four consecutive. Game summary Mike Whiting gave the Seminoles a lead with his touchdown run, but that was their only score of the night. A fumbled field goal snap, three turnovers, over 100 yards of rushing by quarterback J. C. Watts and halfback Billy Sims, and 24 unanswered points by Oklahoma doomed the Seminoles. It all started with a Watts run for a touchdown in the second quarter to tie the game at seven. After the kickoff, the Seminoles turned the ball over on an interception, giving the ball back to Oklahoma. Stanley Wilson then scored a touchdown run to make it 14–7. Mike Keeling added a field goal late in the quarter to give the Sooners a 17–7 lead at halftime. The second half scoring was limited to one Oklahoma touchdown from 22 yards out in the fourth quarter; Watts ran for twelve yards before pitching the ball to Sims, who took it the rest of the way for a 24–7 lead, the final score.http://www.soonerstats.com/football/games/recap.cfm?GameID=786#.VYMHRPm6eM8 1979 Oklahoma vs. Florida State Game Recap - SoonerStats - Historical scores, records, and stats for Oklahoma Sooners football, basketball, baseball, and softball The Sooners ran for 411 yards on 59 carries, an average of nearly seven yards per attempt, while having twice as many total yards as the Seminoles. Oklahoma rolls, 24-7; Florida State streak ends https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2638009/the_pantagraph/ The Pantagraph Associated Press Bloomington, Illinois January 2, 1980 June 18, 2015 Newspapers.com http://game.orangebowl.org/orange-bowl-history/the-history-of-the-orange-bowl/1980s/1980/ The 1980s | Orange Bowl Free safety Bud Hebert (No. 33) had 3 interceptions in the game - a record that stands to this day. Scoring First quarter Florida State – Mike Whiting 1-yard run (Dave Cappelen kick) Second quarter Oklahoma – J. C. Watts 61-yard run (Mike Keeling kick) Oklahoma – Stanley Wilson 5-yard run (Keeling kick) Oklahoma – Keeling 24-yard field goal Third quarter No scoring Fourth quarter Oklahoma – Billy Sims 22-yard run, lateral from Watts (Keeling 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: 1980 January 2019 38 July 27, 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 !! Florida State !!   Oklahoma   |- | First downs || 12 || 23 |- | Rushes–yards|| 35–82 || 59–411 |- | Passing yards ||100 || 36 |- | Passes (C–A–I) || 8–27–3 || 2–4–0 |- | Total Offense || 62–182 ||63–447 |- |Punts–average ||9–42.2 || 4–25.0 |- |Fumbles–lost ||1–0 || 5–4 |- |Turnovers|| 3 || 4 |- |Penalties–yards ||4–20 || 3–27 |} Source: Aftermath Oklahoma climbed to third in the final AP poll and Florida State fell to sixth. Both teams returned the following year, and Oklahoma won by a point. References Orange Bowl Category:Orange Bowl Category:Florida State Seminoles football bowl games Category:Oklahoma Sooners football bowl games Category:January 1980 sports events in the United States Orange Bowl Category:American football competitions in Miami