1990 Orange Bowl

August 2023 Orange Bowl 56th Orange Bowl January 1 File:Miami orange bowl stadium cropped.jpg The Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, hosted the Orange Bowl. 1990 1989 Federal Express University of Notre Dame Notre Dame Fighting Irish 11–1 4 4 Lou Holtz Independent 0 0 14 7 University of Colorado Colorado Buffaloes 11–0 1 1 Bill McCartney Big Eight 0 0 6 0 Notre Dame by 2 points Raghib Ismail (Notre Dame WR)Darian Hagan (Colorado QB) Dayle Phillips (ACC) 81,190 bg Orange Bowl Miami, Florida NBC Dick Enberg, Bill Walsh The 1990 Orange Bowl was the 56th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, on Monday, January 1. Part of the 1989–90 bowl game season, it matched the independent and fourth-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the undefeated #1 Colorado Buffaloes of the Big Eight Conference.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jktQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AQ4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6961%2C5650335 Toledo Blade Ohio Associated Press Overcoming Orange Bowl jinx might be key to national title January 1, 1990 28 Slightly favored,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UlQNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=km4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3118%2C157580 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The latest line January 1, 1990 37 Notre Dame won 21–6.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=j0tQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AQ4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6285%2C5853243 Toledo Blade Ohio Gugger John Debate heated over No.1: Irish topple Colorado January 2, 1990 21https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wV5WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Y_ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6666%2C228963 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Warner Rick Irish 'Rocket' past No. 1 Buffs January 2, 1990 B1https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oZQcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nGMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5388%2C134926 Pittsburgh Press Collier Gene Colorado lets its chance slip away January 2, 1990 D1https://vault.si.com/vault/1990/01/08/an-irish-rebuff-notre-dame-denied-colorado-its-first-national-title-with-a-21-6-win-in-the-orange-bowl https://web.archive.org/web/20200716195501/https://vault.si.com/vault/1990/01/08/an-irish-rebuff-notre-dame-denied-colorado-its-first-national-title-with-a-21-6-win-in-the-orange-bowl dead July 16, 2020 Sports Illustrated Murphy Austin Austin Murphy (writer) An Irish rebuff January 8, 1990 16 Teams 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season Notre Dame 1989 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team The Fighting Irish won their first eleven games but lost 27–10 at new rival Miami in late November,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2WdYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nOEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4960%2C6654775 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon (Los Angeles Times) Wojciekowski Gene Gene Wojciechowski Irish eyes aren't smiling now November 26, 1989 1Chttps://vault.si.com/vault/1989/12/04/no-1-no-more-maurice-crum-49-and-his-miami-mates-flattened-tony-rice-and-ended-notre-dames-23-game-winning-streak https://web.archive.org/web/20200716200555/https://vault.si.com/vault/1989/12/04/no-1-no-more-maurice-crum-49-and-his-miami-mates-flattened-tony-rice-and-ended-notre-dames-23-game-winning-streak dead July 16, 2020 Sports Illustrated Murphy Austin Austin Murphy (writer) No. 1 no more December 4, 1989 24 which snapped a 23-game winning streak and dropped them from first to fourth in the rankings. Colorado 1989 Colorado Buffaloes football team The Buffaloes won all eleven games in the regular season and were ranked first in both polls. Game summary Televised by NBC, the game kicked off minutes after 8 p.m. EST, shortly after the start of the Sugar Bowl on ABC, which matched #2 Miami and #7 Alabama.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sx8SAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Y_ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5335%2C104152 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Sports menu: TV highlights January 1, 1990 C4 The first half was scoreless. Notre Dame led 14–6 after three quarters, and spoiled a championship season for the Buffaloes with a 21–6 victory. This allowed Sugar Bowl winner Miami to take the national championship, with Notre Dame as runner-up.Orange Bowl Scoring First quarter No scoring Second quarter No scoring Third quarter Notre Dame – Anthony Johnson 2-yard run (Craig Hentrich kick) Notre Dame – Raghib Ismail 35-yard run (Hentrich kick) Colorado – Darian Hagan 39-yard run (kick failed) Fourth quarter Notre Dame – Johnson 7-yard run (Hentrich kick) Source: Statistics {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" ! Statistics !! 4Notre4Dame !!  Colorado  |- |align=left|First downs || 18 || 16 |- |align=left|Rushes–yards|| 52–279|| 46–217 |- |align=left|Passing yards || 99 || 65 |- |align=left|Passes (C–A–I)|| 6–9–0 || 4–13–2 |- |align=left|Total offense || 61–378 || 59–282 |- |align=left|Return yards || 0 || 36 |- |align=left|Punts–average ||5–40|| 3–39 |- |align=left|Fumbles–lost ||0–0|| 1–1 |- |align=left|Turnovers||0||3 |- |align=left|Penalties-yards ||3–35|| 1–5 |- |align=left|Time of possession ||32:43||27:17 |} Source: Aftermath The loss by Colorado opened up the national championship for Miami, but several analysts/pollsters felt that Notre Dame was also worthy of the title. Notre Dame and Miami had lost one game and Notre Dame had played a much more difficult schedule. However, the head-to-head matchup proved too much to overcome as Miami was voted number one in both final polls; Notre Dame was second (third in Coaches poll), and Colorado slipped to fourth. 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