1972 Orange Bowl

American college football game January 2025 August 2023 Orange Bowl 38th Orange BowlNational Championship GameUnited Press International December 7, 1971 Award for top team delayed https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120482542/award-for-top-team-delayed-1971/ The Times-News New York Twin Falls, Idaho March 8, 2023 "...it was decided not to award a championship by ballot but rather to let these teams meet on the field and play for the MacArthur Bowl."Through luck and fortuitous scheduling, a "national championship game" was occasionally able to settle the matter on the field, as described in some contemporaneous reports.Barbati Carl Cannizzaro Mark January 3, 1988 Should there be college Super Bowl? https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111956213/should-there-be-college-super-bowl/ The Courier–News Bridgewater, New Jersey October 24, 2022 Only luck ensures one of the many current bowl games gets the No. 1 and No. 2 teams to play each other. October 25, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20221025034152/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111956213/should-there-be-college-super-bowl/ live Despite the promotional billing, in several instances there were plausible scenarios for a third team to be selected as national champion by the major selectors, depending on outcomes of other games. :1971 Title game for AP Trophy and NFF MacArthur Bowl. 1972 Orange Bowl football media guide, Alabama Crimson Tide.pdf Alabama's media guide for the game Alabama Crimson Tide 11–0 SEC Paul Bryant 2 2 0 0 6 0 Nebraska Cornhuskers 12–0 Big Eight Bob Devaney 1 1 14 14 3 7 January 1 1972 1971 Orange Bowl Miami, Florida Jerry Tagge3(Nebraska QB)Willie Harper (Nebraska DE) Nebraska by 6 points https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vsZOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5AEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1810%2C521815 Toledo Blade Ohio Taylor Jim Nebraska blast Alabama January 2, 1972 F1 R. Pete Williams (SEC)(split crew between SEC and Big 8) 78,151 NBC List of announcers of major college bowl games Jim Simpson, Kyle Rote, and Bill Enis 28.0 National championship game(AP Poll, NFF MacArthur Bowl):1971 1971 (Dec) 1973 (Jan) thumb|The Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, hosted the Orange Bowl. The 1972 Orange Bowl was the 38th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, on Saturday, January 1.Jenkins Dan Dan Jenkins King Cornhusker Goes Bear Hunting Sports Illustrated December 20, 1971 35 25 22–33 https://archive.org/details/Sports-Illustrated-1971-12-20/page/n27/ Now the Orange Bowl is ecstatic, for right there on the Poly-Turf it has the absolute grand final battle for No. 1, the only bowl game that will truly matter among the eight or 10 thousand others to be staged through the holidays. The final game of the 1971–72 bowl season, it matched the top-ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers of the Big Eight Conference and the #2 Alabama Crimson Tide of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). This was a rematch of the 1966 Orange Bowl, where Alabama defeated Nebraska to win the national championship. Both teams were undefeated; Nebraska, the defending national champion, built a large lead in the first half and won 38–6.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1u9LAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Xe0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6774%2C915392 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Nebraska rips Tide, still No. 1 January 2, 1972 1, sportshttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2xAdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KZwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6974%2C157966 Tuscaloosa News Alabama Reed Delbert Cornhuskers kill Crimson Tide dream, 38-6 January 2, 1972 1B https://www.si.com/vault/1972/01/10/554404/all-yours-nebraska Sports Illustrated Jenkins Dan Dan Jenkins All yours, Nebraska January 10, 1972 8https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sthVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QeEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4849%2C660610 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Huskers the greatest? January 3, 1972 2B Teams 1971 NCAA University Division football season Alabama 1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team Nebraska 1971 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team Game summary Six-point favorite Nebraska entered the game on a 31-game unbeaten streak,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1e9LAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Xe0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7242%2C62831 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Orange coaches cautious January 1, 1972 11 and scored first on a two-yard touchdown run by Jeff Kinney. Future Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Rodgers scored on a 77-yard punt return on the final play of the first quarter, as Nebraska led 14–0. In the second quarter, quarterback Jerry Tagge and Gary Dixon added touchdown runs of one and two yards respectively, as Nebraska led convincingly 28–0 with over eight minutes remaining in the first half. There was no additional scoring before halftime as the Husker defense stifled the Tide's previously potent Wishbone offense with All-American running back Johnny Musso.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=o08fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vdEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=748%2C1010943 Daytona Beach Morning Journal Florida Associated Press Grimsley Will College grid power switches to Big 8 January 3, 1972 18 In the third quarter, Bama's Terry Davis scored on a three–yard touchdown run making the score 28–6, eliminating the shutout. Nebraska's Rich Sanger kicked a 21-yard field goal at the end of the third quarter, and a one-yard touchdown run by reserve senior QB Van Brownson made the final score 38–6. With top-ranked Nebraska's 32-point victory, the 1972 Orange Bowl was one of the most lopsided meetings of #1 vs #2, specifically in a season-ending bowl game. It was also Alabama's largest margin of defeat in a postseason game until the 2026 Rose Bowl against Indiana, which the Hoosiers won 38–3. Scoring First quarter Nebraska – Jeff Kinney 1-yard run (kick failed), 3:01 Nebraska – Johnny Rodgers 77-yard punt return (Maury Damkroger pass from Jerry Tagge), 0:00 Second quarter Nebraska – Tagge 1-yard run (Rich Sanger kick), 12:43 Nebraska – Gary Dixon 2-yard run (Sanger kick), 8:49 Third quarter Alabama  – Terry Davis 2-yard run (run failed), 5:49 Nebraska – Sanger 21-yard field goal, 0:00 Fourth quarter Nebraska – Van Brownson 1-yard run (Sanger kick), 4:45 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: 1972 January 2019 35 July 23, 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 http://www.huskersnside.com/pdf4/18478.pdf? https://web.archive.org/web/20200723001548/http://www.huskersnside.com/pdf4/18478.pdf usurped July 23, 2020 2005 Nebraska Cornhuskers football media guide (supplement) Bowl games: 1972 Orange Bowl 2005 Statistics {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" ! Statistics !!  Alabama  !! Nebraska |- |align=left|First downs ||16 ||15 |- |align=left|Rushes–yards||58–241||47–133 |- |align=left|Passing yards||47 ||159 |- |align=left|Passes (C–A–I)||3–13–2||11–20–0 |- |align=left|Total offense||71–288 ||67–292 |- |align=left|Punts–average||7–43.3||5–42.4 |- |align=left|Fumbles–lost ||5–2 ||3–2 |- |align=left|Turnovers||4||2 |- |align=left|Yards penalized||4–58||4–50 |- |} Source: Final polls Nebraska (13–0) was first in both major polls and was the consensus national champion, having defeated the next three teams in the final AP Poll released on January 3: Oklahoma, Colorado, and Alabama.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aeVVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5-ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6696%2C868378 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Thomas Ben Nebraska wins the vote as nation's best college club January 5, 1971 3B,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1o0hAAAAIBAJ&sjid=85kFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2659%2C2644809 Reading Eagle Pennsylvania Associated Press Huskers solid No. 1 January 4, 1972 201970 College AP Poll https://web.archive.org/web/20121114044859/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/national_championships/ap_poll.php?year=1970 2012-11-14 cfbdatawarehouse.com The Huskers earned all 55 first-place votes in the AP poll; in the UPI coaches poll released in early December, they received 29 of the 31 first-place votes, with the other two to Alabama.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SbleAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rWQNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2310%2C5534453 Reading Eagle Pennsylvania UPI Madden Bill Coaches agree December 7, 1971 32 Notes References External links HuskerPedia.com - 1972 Orange Bowl Starting rosters Orange Bowl Category:Orange Bowl Category:Alabama Crimson Tide football bowl games Category:Nebraska Cornhuskers football bowl games Orange Bowl Orange Bowl Category:American football competitions in Miami