1960 Orange Bowl

American college football game August 2023 December 2025 Orange Bowl 26th Orange Bowl File:Miami orange bowl stadium cropped.jpg The Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, hosted the Orange Bowl. January 1 1960 1959 Georgia Bulldogs 9–1 Wally Butts SEC 5 5 7 7 0 0 Missouri Tigers 6–4 Dan Devine 18 20 Big Seven 0 0 0 0 CBShttps://www.newspapers.com/article/the-item-bowl-schedule/126196087/ Bowl Schedule The Item Sumter, South Carolina AP 8 December 31, 1959 June 10, 2023 newspapers.com Joe Boland, Paul Christman Georgia by 12 pointshttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Z7ocAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JGUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6978%2C60730 Sarasota Herald-Tribune Florida Martin Whitney Associated Press Aerials may key contest January 1, 1960 11 bg Orange Bowl Miami, Florida 75,280 Charles Bowen (SEC;split crew: SEC, Big Seven) The 1960 Orange Bowl was the 26th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, on Friday, January 1. Part of the 1959–60 bowl game season, the No. 5 Georgia Bulldogs of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) shut out the No. 18 Missouri Tigers of the Big Eight Conference, 14–0.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UPFJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bIQMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2878%2C203162 Youngstown Vindicator Ohio Associated Press Martin Whitney Two pass plays difference as Georgia tops Missouri January 2, 1960 6https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=A3gfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cU4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=2643%2C32400 Pittsburgh Press UPI Georgia wins, 14-0, on defense, passes January 2, 1960 6https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sKwQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5uIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4663%2C110871 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Passes help Georgia win Orange Bowl 14-0 January 2, 1960 5 Teams 1959 college football season Missouri 1959 Missouri Tigers football team Missouri was the runner-up in the Big Eight Conference, selected to play in this game over Oklahoma due to the conference's new (and short-lived) rule against consecutive bowl appearances;https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FP4xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IOUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6544%2C3919841 Lawrence Daily Journal-World Kansas Associated Press Titles, bowls are Saturday's honors November 20, 1959 16 the Sooners had won the previous two Orange Bowls. The Tigers had four losses in the regular season. Georgia 1959 Georgia Bulldogs football team Georgia was champion of the Southeastern Conference for the first time in eleven years, and made their first bowl appearance since 1950. Their only loss was in early October at South Carolina. Game summary Georgia quarterback Fran Tarkenton threw a 29-yard pass to Bill McKenny to give the Bulldogs a 7–0 lead in the first. In the second quarter, he scrambled and threw a touchdown pass of 33 yards to Aaron Box to make it 14–0 at halftime, and the second half was scoreless. The Missouri offense outgained the Bulldogs in yards, but could not reach the end zone due to three interceptions. Tarkenton threw nine-of-16 passes for 131 yards.http://game.orangebowl.org/orange-bowl-history/the-history-of-the-orange-bowl/1960s/1960/ The 1960s | Orange Bowl August 12, 2015 September 5, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150905131838/http://game.orangebowl.org/orange-bowl-history/the-history-of-the-orange-bowl/1960s/1960/ dead Aftermath Missouri won the Orange Bowl the next year. Georgia's next major bowl was seven years later, when they won the Cotton Bowl. The Bulldogs did not return to the Orange Bowl until December 31, 2021. They were ranked No. 3 and faced No. 2 Michigan in the 2021 College Football Playoff Semifinal, winning 34–11. This was the only meeting between the two programs until Missouri joined the SEC in 2012 and was slotted in the Eastern Division. Statistics {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" ! Statistics !! Georgia !! Missouri |- |First downs||14||17 |- |Rushing yards||88||80 |- |Passing yards||128||180 |- |Total offense||216||260 |- |Interceptions||2||3 |- |Punts–Average ||7–46.9||6–38.7 |- |Fumbles–Lost ||1–0||3–0 |- |Penalties–Yards||7–44||7–72 |} Source: References Orange Bowl Category:Orange Bowl Category:Georgia Bulldogs football bowl games Category:Missouri Tigers football bowl games Category:January 1960 sports events in the United States Orange Bowl Category:American football competitions in Miami