1967 Orange Bowl

American college football game August 2023 December 2025 Orange Bowl 33rd Orange Bowl File:Miami orange bowl stadium cropped.jpg The Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, hosted the Orange Bowl. January 2 1967 1966 Florida Gators 8–2 Ray Graves SEC NR 11 0 7 7 13 Larry Smith (Florida TB) Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 9–1 Bobby Dodd Independent 8 8 6 0 0 6 R. Pete Williams (SEC) NBC Curt Gowdy, Paul Christman Georgia Tech (slight) bg Orange Bowl Miami, Florida 72,426 The 1967 Orange Bowl was the 33rd edition of college football bowl game, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, on Monday, January 2. The final game of the 1966–67 bowl season, it matched the eighth-ranked independent Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and the Florida Gators of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). A slight underdog,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BapVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=J-EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7011%2C465441 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Tech remains Orange Bowl favorite January 2, 1967 2C Florida won 27–12.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e4gbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HFEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4444%2C807091 Pittsburgh Press UPI Soph steals Orange Bowl show, as Florida gets 'sweetest' win January 3, 1967 39https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BqpVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=J-EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6952%2C592744 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Florida Gators prove they belong in 'Big Time' January 3, 1967 3B New Year's Day was on Sunday in 1967, so the game was played the following day. Teams 1966 NCAA University Division football season Georgia Tech 1966 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team The #8 Yellow Jackets opened with nine wins,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=v2ocAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YE8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7109%2C5490278 Pittsburgh Press Biederman Lester J. Penn State outclassed, 21-0 November 13, 1966 1, section 4https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MworAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6pkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5380%2C7436993 Reading Eagle Pennsylvania Associated Press Penn State bows to Ga. Tech November 13, 1966 65https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=spEwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rzEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6787%2C1251946 Rome News-Tribune Georgia UPI Jackets sting Lions November 13, 1966 10 then lost at rival Georgia.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vZEwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rzEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6629%2C2867850 Rome News-Tribune Georgia Associated Press Lawrence's 71-yard scoring dash spurs Bulldogs November 27, 1966 12https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aqtVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=COEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5349%2C5843836 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press 'Dogs slip Tech first defeat, 23-14 November 27, 1966 4B They were making their first Orange Bowl appearance in fifteen years and were led by Bobby Dodd, completing his 22nd season as head coach. Florida 1966 Florida Gators football team The Gators were led on offense by quarterback Steve Spurrier, winner of the Heisman Trophy. They finished second to Georgia and Alabama, who went to the Cotton Bowl and Sugar Bowl, respectively. This was Florida's first Orange Bowl and their fourth bowl appearance in six years under head coach Ray Graves, a former assistant to Dodd at Georgia Tech. Game summary thumb|200px|Florida head coach Ray Graves being carried off the field This was the third year the game was played at night, following the Rose Bowl. Kim King threw a ten-yard touchdown pass to Craig Baynham to give Georgia Tech a 6–0 lead. In the second quarter, Graham McKeel scored on a touchdown plunge to put Florida up 7–6, which was the score at halftime. Georgia Tech was deep in Florida territory in the third quarter when Bobby Downs intercepted a pass from King to give Florida the ball on their own six. On the next play, sophomore tailback Larry Smith broke free and ran 94 yards for a touchdown to give Florida a 14–6 lead. In the fourth quarter, McKeel ran for another touchdown to make it 21–6; Larry Good scored from 25 yards out for the Yellow Jackets to close the gap to 21–12. Florida's Jack Coons caught a five-yard pass from Harmon Wages to end the scoring at 27–12, but that was the end of the scoring. Smith ran for 187 yards and was named the game's outstanding player.http://game.orangebowl.org/orange-bowl-history/the-history-of-the-orange-bowl/1960s/1967/ The 1960s | Orange Bowl Scoring First quarter Ga Tech – Craig Baynham 10-yard pass from Kim King (run failed) Second quarter Florida – Graham McKeel 1-yard run (Wayne Barfield kick) Third quarter Florida – Larry Smith 94-yard run (Barfield kick) Fourth quarter Florida – McKeel 1-yard run (Barfield kick) Ga Tech – Larry Good 25-yard run (pass failed) Florida – Jack Coons 5-yard pass from Harmon Wages (pass failed) 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: 1967 January 2019 33 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 !! Ga. Tech !!   Florida   |- |First downs ||17 ||22 |- |Rushes–yards ||46–197||48–284 |- |Passing yards ||122 || 165 |- |Passes (C–A–I) ||8–22–4 || 15–32–1 |- |Total offense ||68–319 ||80–449 |- |Punts–average ||6–42.3 ||7–36.1 |- |Fumbles–lost ||2–1||1–1 |- |Turnovers ||5 ||2 |- |Penalties–yards ||5–41 ||4–32 |} Source Aftermath Dodd retired after the game, though he stayed as athletic director at Georgia Tech until 1976. The Yellow Jackets returned to the Orange Bowl in 2010, and the Gators in 1999. Florida's next major bowl game was eight years later in the Sugar Bowl against Nebraska, while Georgia Tech did not play in another major bowl until the Orange in 2010. In the previous thirteen Orange Bowls, a Big Eight Conference team was a participant twelve times. This was the last edition without the Big Eight for seven years, when Penn State defeated LSU in January 1974. Both final polls were released prior to the bowl games. 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