1941 Orange Bowl

American college football game August 2023 December 2025 Orange Bowl 7th Orange Bowl January 1 File:Miami orange bowl stadium cropped.jpg Burdine Stadium in Miami, Florida, hosted the Orange Bowl. 1941 1940 Mississippi State Maroons 9–0–1 Allyn McKeen SEC 7 7 0 0 9 Georgetown Hoyas 8–1 Jack Hagerty Independent 0 0 7 0 13 bg Burdine Stadium Miami, Florida Emil H. Heintz (ECAC; (split crew: ECAC, SEC) 29,554 The 1941 Orange Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the Mississippi State Maroons and the Georgetown Hoyas. Background The Maroons finished second in the Southeastern Conference, as first-place winner Tennessee played in the Sugar Bowl. This was Mississippi State's first bowl game since 1937. Game summary Jim Daniels was set to punt the ball from his end zone when Hunter Corhern blocked the punt and John Tripson recovered the ball in the end zone for a touchdown. Billy Jefferson increased the lead on a 2-yard touchdown dive. A key play called back proved to be costly for the Hoyas. Georgetown QB Julius Koshlap hit Arthur Lenski for 46 yards to the Mississippi State 4. It was called back due to the referee claiming Koshlap was not 5 yards behind the line of scrimmage before throwing the ball (which was a rule at the time). Jimmy Castiglia narrowed the lead to 14–7 on his touchdown run, but the Maroons held the Hoyas to no more points, winning their first ever bowl game.http://game.orangebowl.org/orange-bowl-history/the-history-of-the-orange-bowl/1940s/1941/ The 1940s | Orange Bowlhttp://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/16800/pdf/fb/fb_06mg_bowls.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=16800 Archived copy 2015-08-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231940/http://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/16800/pdf/fb/fb_06mg_bowls.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=16800 2016-03-03 dead Aftermath The Maroons (who changed their name to Bulldogs in 1960) did not make a bowl game again until 1963 and an Orange Bowl until 2014. Georgetown did not make a bowl game again until 1950. Statistics Statistics Mississippi State GeorgetownFirst downs814Rushing yards106125Passing yards52104Total offense158229Interceptions03Punts–average 11–36.8 8–28.2Fumbles–lost2–01–0Penalties–yards11–718–90 References Orange Bowl Category:Orange Bowl Category:Georgetown Hoyas football bowl games Category:Mississippi State Bulldogs football bowl games Category:January 1941 sports events in the United States Orange Bowl Category:American football competitions in Miami