1975 Orange Bowl

American college football game August 2023 December 2025 Orange Bowl 41st Orange Bowl January 1 File:Miami orange bowl stadium cropped.jpg The Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, hosted the Orange Bowl. 1975 1974 Orange Bowl Miami, Florida University of Notre Dame Notre Dame Fighting Irish 9–2 9 8 Ara Parseghian Independent 7 6 0 0 University of Alabama Alabama Crimson Tide 11–0 2 1 Bear Bryant SEC 0 3 0 8 Wayne Bullock (Notre Dame FB)Leroy Cook (Alabama DE) Alabama by 9 to 10 points Robert Fallon (Big Ten)(split crew between Big Ten and SEC) 71,801 NBC Jim Simpson and John Brodie 28.8 The 1975 Orange Bowl was the 41st edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, on Wednesday, January 1. Part of the 1974–75 bowl game season, it matched the ninth-ranked independent Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the undefeated #2 Alabama Crimson Tide of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). It was a rematch of the previous season's Sugar Bowl. In a game dominated by both defenses, underdog Notre Dame held on to upset the Tide, 13–11.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P0cgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E50EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7250%2C432410 Tuscaloosa News McKenzie Mike Mistakes spell defeat for Tide January 2, 1975 13https://www.si.com/vault/1975/01/13/617760/top-of-the-ladder-with-a-boost Sports Illustrated Underwood John Jares Joe Top of the ladder, with a boost January 13, 1975 24https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jD4oAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HCkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3584%2C184204 Milwaukee Journal press dispatches Memory of USC defeat spurs Irish to upset Alabama January 2, 1975 11, part 2https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZvROAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MQIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4870%2C549896 Toledo Blade (Ohio) Associated Press Emotion-charged Notre Dame jolts 'Bama in Orange Bowl January 2, 1975 24 Teams 1974 NCAA Division I football season Notre Dame 1974 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team Notre Dame went 9–2 in the regular season, with losses to Purdue and USC. Following Notre Dame's victory over Navy, Orange Bowl officials announced an invitation to Notre Dame and Alabama. This was Notre Dame's sixth bowl game appearance and their second Orange Bowl. It was notable as Ara Parseghian's final game as head coach, as he announced his resignation from the position December 15.Notre Dame's Ara Parseghian ends 25-year coaching career https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CW0zAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3DIHAAAAIBAJ&pg=7067%2C6147753 UPI Lodi News-Sentinel California 13 December 16, 1974https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-Xc0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=Ep0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=3058%2C4137416 Tuscaloosa News Alabama Associated Press Parseghian quits, says he needs rest December 16, 1974 13 He was succeeded by Dan Devine, the head coach of the NFL's Green Bay Packers for four seasons, and previously led Missouri (1958–1970) and Arizona State (1955–1957). Alabama 1974 Alabama Crimson Tide football team Alabama won all eleven games in the regular season and were conference champions. Following Alabama's victory over Mississippi State, Orange Bowl officials announced Alabama had accepted an invitation to play against Notre Dame in a rematch of the previous year's Sugar Bowl.Bama takes Orange bid, Bear silent https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jEYgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EZ0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5294%2C1035162 Mike McKenzie Tuscaloosa News Alabama 11 November 5, 1974 It was Alabama's 28th bowl game appearance and seventh Orange Bowl.Alabama Crimson Tide https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/alabama/ Sports Reference LLC January 29, 2011 Undefeated Alabama was first in the UPI coaches poll (#2 in AP poll) and favored by nine to ten points.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZfROAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MQIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6102%2C267112 Toledo Blade Ohio Associated Press Irish hurting physically for Ara's finale at ND January 1, 1975 50https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PkcgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E50EAAAAIBAJ&pg=2099%2C84960 Tuscaloosa News Alabama Associated Press Game of the year for Crimson Tide January 1, 1975 15 Game summary Earlier in the evening in California, fifth-ranked USC won the Rose Bowl by a point over #3 Ohio State. Top-ranked Oklahoma was bowl ineligible, and #4 Michigan was also idle, as this was the final season that the Big Ten Conference (and Pac-8) allowed just one bowl team. The final game of New Year's Day, the Orange Bowl kicked off at night; midway through the first quarter, Alabama's Willie Shelby fumbled a punt that was recovered by Notre Dame's Al Samuel at the Crimson Tide 16-yard line.Mistakes spell defeat for Tide https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P0cgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E50EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7207%2C433925 Mike McKenzie Tuscaloosa News Alabama 13 January 2, 1975 January 25, 2011 Five plays later, the Irish scored on a four-yard Wayne Bullock touchdown run to take a 7–0 lead. Their lead was extended to 13–0 midway through the second quarter after Mark McLane scored on a nine-yard touchdown run to cap a 17-play drive that covered 77 yards. A 21-yard field goal by Danny Ridgeway cut the lead to 13–3 at the half. After a scoreless third, the Crimson Tide scored a late touchdown on a 48-yard Richard Todd touchdown pass to Russ Schamun, and with a successful two-point conversion closed the gap to 13–11. After a defensive stop, Alabama got the ball back at its own 38 with under two minutes remaining, needing only a field goal to win. After two completions, the ball was on the Irish 38; Todd missed an open Ozzie Newsome and threw an interception to Reggie Barnett, effectively ending the comeback for the Tide.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7lsqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wlUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6097%2C210449 Pittsburgh Press UPI End of Ara era: Irish stem Tide January 2, 1975 41 Bullock was the leading rusher at 83 yards,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QEcgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E50EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6124%2C492250 Tuscaloosa News Alabama Individual stats for Tide, Irish January 2, 1975 24 and was named the game's outstanding player, with Alabama defensive end Leroy Cook. Aftermath In an era of few postseason games, this was Alabama's sixteenth consecutive bowl appearance, but was the eighth straight without a victory (0–7–1). Their last postseason win was in January 1967; starting with the next season, the Tide won six consecutive bowl games. Scoring Notre Dame Alabama expand 1 6:41 Notre Dame 5 16 1:30 RushTD Wayne Bullock 4 good Dave Reeve 7 0 2 8:29 Notre Dame 17 77 7:21 RushTD Mark McLane 9 no good Reeve 13 0 2 1:45 Alabama 10 36 4:01 FG 21 Danny Ridgeway 13 3 4 3:13 Alabama 4 53 1:16 RecTD Russ Schamun Richard Todd 48 pass good 13 11 13 11 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: 1975 January 2019 36 July 25, 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 !! Notre Dame !! 3Alabama3 |- | First downs || 15|| 14 |- | Rushes–yards|| 66–185|| 33–62 |- | Passing yards|| 19|| 223 |- | Passes (C–A–I) ||4–8–2 ||15–29–2 |- | Total Offense ||74–204||62–285 |- |Punts–average ||6–38.0|| 7–40.0 |- |Fumbles–lost ||1–1|| 5–2 |- |Turnovers||3||4 |- |Penalties–yards ||1–15|| 1–5 |} Source: References Orange Bowl Category:Orange Bowl Category:Alabama Crimson Tide football bowl games Category:Notre Dame Fighting Irish football bowl games Orange Bowl Orange Bowl Category:American football competitions in Miami