2006 Orange Bowl

January 2025 2006 FedEx File:Dolphin Stadium.jpg Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, hosted the Orange Bowl. Orange Bowl BCS Bowl Game72nd Orange Bowl 2005 Penn State Nittany Lions Pennsylvania State University Florida State Seminoles Florida State University 10–1 Big Ten 8–4 ACC Joe Paterno Bobby Bowden 3 3 3 22 22 22 7 7 0 2 0 7 3 0 13 0 3 0 7 0 January 3 Dolphins Stadium Miami Gardens, Florida FSU WR Willie Reid Penn State by 9 (46.5)https://www.vegasinsider.com/college-football/history/bowls/orange/ Vegasinsider Orange Bowl Odds: College football January 1, 2003 C10 October 24, 2020 October 26, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201026233541/https://www.vegasinsider.com/college-football/history/bowls/orange// dead Jerry McGinn (Big East) 77,912http://www.orangebowl.org/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=11800&KEY=&ATCLID=1249402 BCS Game Results orangebowl.org September 26, 2007 January 13, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20090602014445/http://www.orangebowl.org/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=11800&KEY=&ATCLID=1249402 June 2, 2009 dead 13,500,000 ABC List of announcers of major college bowl games Mike Tirico (Play by Play) Kirk Herbstreit (Analyst) Erin Andrews (Sideline) 12.2 The 2006 Orange Bowl, a 2005–06 BCS game, was played on January 3, 2006. This 72nd edition to the Orange Bowl featured the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Florida State Seminoles. This game was known for being the eighth, and ultimately final meeting, between the two coaches, Joe Paterno of Penn State and Bobby Bowden of Florida State, the two winningest D1 FBS coaches in history. Overtime summary The three-overtime game took over four hours. It is regarded as one of the more entertaining Orange Bowls due to the high excitement level and some key missed kicks. Florida State started on offense to begin the first overtime. Kicker Gary Cismesia's 44-yard attempt went wide right. Penn State conservatively rushed three times and attempted a 38-yard field goal on their first overtime drive. However, kicker Kevin Kelly's try pushed wide left. In the second overtime, both team scored on 1-yard touchdown runs tying the game at 23–23. In the third overtime, Florida State's kicking woes continued. Cismesia's 38-yard attempt hit the right upright. On 2nd and 9 on the 12-yard line, Kelly hit a 29-yard field goal to give Joe Paterno and the Nittany Lions the win over Bobby Bowden and the Seminoles. Scoring summary Scoring Play Score Time 1st quarterPSU – Scott 2 yard runPSU 7–04:59 2nd quarterFSU – Reid 87 yard punt returnTie 7–74:09FSU – Booker 57 yard pass from Weatherford (missed PAT)FSU 13–72:49PSU – Kilmer 24 yard pass from RobinsonPSU 14–130:06 3rd quarter No scoring 4th quarterPSU – SafetyPSU 16–1313:36FSU – Cismesia 48 yard FGTie 16–164:08 OvertimePSU – Scott 1 yard runPSU 23–162OTFSU – Dean 1 yard runTie 23–232OTPSU – Kelly 29 yard FGPSU 26–233OT Aftermath Florida State had a rough season for their standards having lost four games going into their ACC Championship game against Virginia Tech. They were solid underdogs (2 TD) and still found a way to upset the Hokies in the first ever ACC title game. Penn State was one play away from an undefeated season albeit both USC and Texas likely would have still played for the BCS title that season. The Nittany Lions finished third in the final AP Poll. References 30em External links 2006 Orange Bowl page on ESPN Orange Bowl Category:Orange Bowl Category:Florida State Seminoles football bowl games Category:Penn State Nittany Lions football bowl games Category:January 2006 sports events in the United States Category:2006 in sports in Florida Category:2000s in Miami Category:American football competitions in Miami Gardens, Florida