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1944 Orange Bowl
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American college football game
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December 2025
Orange Bowl 10th Orange Bowl File:Miami orange bowl stadium cropped.jpg Burdine Stadium in Miami, Florida, hosted the Orange Bowl. January 1 1944 1943 Burdine Stadium Miami, Florida Louisiana State University LSU Tigers 5–3 Bernie Moore SEC 12 0 7 0 Texas A&M University Texas A&M Aggies 7–1–1 Homer H. Norton SWC 7 0 7 0 Ray McCullouch (SWC;split crew: SWC, SEC) 69,000Butler Guy Devised All We Could In Advance To Stop Van, Didn't Work—Norton https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24353260/devised_all_we_could_in_advance_to_stop/ October 8, 2018 The Miami News January 3, 1944 10 Newspapers.com
The 1944 Orange Bowl was college football bowl game between the LSU Tigers and Texas A&M Aggies. It was the 10th edition of the Orange Bowl. The teams had played during the regular season, with Texas A&M winning at LSU, 28–13. This was the first known instance of a bowl game serving as a rematch between teams that had met during the regular season.https://www.newspapers.com/article/jacksonville-journal-orange-bowl-game-to/187136316/ Orange Bowl Game to Furnish Something New at Least Jan. 1 AP Jacksonville Journal Jacksonville, Florida 24 November 26, 1943 December 19, 2025 newspapers.com
LSU defeated Texas A&M in the bowl rematch, 19–14.http://www.aggieathletics.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/1944-orange-bowl.html TEXAS A&M; OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE - Football 2010-12-08 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20091216094148/http://www.aggieathletics.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/1944-orange-bowl.html 2009-12-16 http://game.orangebowl.org/orange-bowl-history/the-history-of-the-orange-bowl/1940s/1944/ The 1940s | Orange Bowl Despite A&M coach Homer Norton devising a game-plan specifically to stop him, halfback Steve Van Buren was responsible for all points scored by the Tigers, as he ran for two touchdowns, threw for one more, and kicked LSU's only successful extra point attempt.
Scoring summary
LSU - Van Buren 11-yard run reverse (kick failed)
LSU - Goode 24-yard pass from Van Buren (kick failed)
Texas A&M - Burditt 21-yard pass from Hallmark (Burditt kick)
LSU - Van Buren 63-yard run (Van Buren kick)
Texas A&M - Settegast 18-yard pass from Hallmark (Burditt kick)
Statistics
Statistics LSU Texas A&MFirst downs 7 9Rushing attempts48 24Rushing yards207 4Passing yards 92 171Total offense 299 175Interceptions 0 5Punts–average 10–40.3 9–41.8Fumbles–lost 3–3 5–2Penalties–yards 7–81 4–35
See also
LSU–Texas A&M football rivalry
List of college football post-season games that were rematches of regular season games
References
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