1971 Orange Bowl

American college football game August 2023 December 2025 1971 Orange Bowl File:Miami orange bowl stadium cropped.jpg The Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, hosted the Orange Bowl. 37th Orange Bowl 1970 LSU Tigers Nebraska Cornhuskers 9–2 SEC 10–0–1 Big Eight Charles McClendon Bob Devaney 5 6 3 3 0 3 9 0 10 0 0 7 January 1 Orange Bowl Miami, Florida Jerry Tagge3(Nebraska QB)Willie Harper (Nebraska DE) Nebraska by 7 pointshttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vBtOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lOwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4433%2C75353 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Huskers, Steers favored January 1, 1971 13https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8dwNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DG0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3450%2C122555 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associated Press Devaney eyes 3 TDs in Orange January 1, 1971 27 Vance Carlson (Big Eight)(split crew: Big Eight, SEC) 80,699 NBC List of announcers of major college bowl games Jim Simpson, Al DeRogatis 24.5 The 1971 Orange Bowl was the 37th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, on Friday, January 1. Part of the 1970–71 bowl season, it matched the third-ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers, champions of the Big Eight Conference, and the #5 LSU Tigers, champions of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Earlier on New Year's Day, the two top-ranked teams lost their bowl games: #1 Texas in the Cotton and #2 Ohio State in the Rose.https://www.si.com/vault/1971/01/11/554230/the-oneday-season Sports Illustrated Jenkins Dan Dan Jenkins The one-day season January 11, 1971 10 The Huskers were aware when they took the field that night that they could claim the top ranking in the AP writers poll with a victory. An LSU victory would likely have given Notre Dame the national title. Ahead early, Nebraska rallied in the fourth quarter to win 17–12, capturing their first-ever National Championship.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZuVVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5-ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=1935%2C196205 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Nebraska claims national crown after Orange Bowl victory January 2, 1971 1Bhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=x0saAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eSgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5394%2C80174 Milwaukee Journal press dispatches Devaney wants top spot after victory over LSU January 2, 1971 15https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xdIbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=K1EEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4954%2C37471 Pittsburgh Press UPI Nebraska claims No.1 after Orange Bowl win January 2, 1971 6 Teams 1970 NCAA University Division football season LSU 1970 LSU Tigers football team Nebraska 1970 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team Game summary Paul Rogers kicked a 25-yard field goal for Nebraska to take an early lead. Joe Orduna scored on a three-yard touchdown run, as Nebraska extended its lead to 10–0. Late in the second quarter, LSU got a 36-yard field goal from Mark Lumpkin to cut the lead to 10–3 at halftime. In the third quarter, Lumpkin added a 25-yard field goal to make it 10–6. On the final play of the third quarter, Buddy Lee threw a 31-yard touchdown pass to Al Coffee to put LSU ahead 12–10. The Huskers then drove 67 yards and quarterback Jerry Tagge scored from a yard out with 8:50 remaining; it was the game's last scoring play and gave Nebraska the 17–12 win.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZuVVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5-ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=1935%2C196205 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Nebraska claims national crown after Orange Bowl victory January 2, 1971 1Bhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=x0saAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eSgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5394%2C80174 Milwaukee Journal press dispatches Devaney wants top spot after victory over LSU January 2, 1971 15https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xdIbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=K1EEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4954%2C37471 Pittsburgh Press UPI Nebraska claims No.1 after Orange Bowl win January 2, 1971 6HuskerPedia.com - 1971 Orange Bowl Scoring First quarter Nebraska – Paul Rogers 26-yard field goal, 2:40 Nebraska – Joe Orduna 3-yard run (Rogers kick), 2:06 Second quarter LSU – Mark Lumpkin 36-yard field goal, 0:49 Third quarter LSU – Lumpkin 25-yard field goal, 11:49 LSU – Al Coffee 31-yard pass from Buddy Lee (kick failed), 0:00 Fourth quarter Nebraska – Jerry Tagge 1-yard run (Rogers kick), 8:50 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZuVVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5-ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=2946%2C201691 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Orange Bowl (box score) January 2, 1971 2Bhttps://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: 1971 January 2019 33 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 dead July 23, 2020 2005 Nebraska Cornhuskers football media guide (supplement) Bowl games: 1971 Orange Bowl 2005 Statistics {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" ! Statistics !! 4LSU4 !! Nebraska |- |align=left|First downs ||20 ||18 |- |align=left|Rushes–yards ||45–51 ||48–132 |- |align=left|Passing yards ||227|| 161 |- |align=left|Passes (C–A–I)|| 17–32–1 || 14–28–2 |- |align=left|Total offense ||77–278||76–293 |- |align=left|Return yards ||3||3 |- |align=left|Fumbles–lost ||4–3 ||4–3 |- |align=left|Turnovers|| 4 || 5 |- |align=left|Punts–average ||8–32.5||6–37.7 |- |align=left|Yards penalized ||4–27||8–67 |} Source: National champions Undefeated Nebraska (11–0–1) was named national champion in the final AP poll, released after the bowls in January.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, With the narrow defeat, LSU (9–3) fell only two spots, from fifth to seventh, its last top-10 finish until finishing fifth in 1987. The UPI coaches poll was released in early December (before the bowls) through the 1973 season; it had Texas as first, as it did not consider their 24–11 loss to Notre Dame—which defeated LSU 3–0 at South Bend in November—in the Cotton Bowl on New Year's Day. Cigarette advertising In April 1970, Congress passed the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act banning the advertising of cigarettes on television and radio; in order to allow the New Year's Day football games to keep their already-sold cigarette ads, the prohibition was set to begin on at midnight Eastern Standard Time January 2, 1971. Airing in prime time on the East Coast, the 1971 Orange Bowl thus became the last televised sporting event to carry cigarette ads, the final one (for Winston) airing at 10:54 p.m.http://www.druglibrary.org/Schaffer/LIBRARY/studies/nc/nc2b.htm History of Tobacco Regulation (The last tobacco advertisement on network TV, for Virginia Slims, was shown at 11:59 p.m. during a break on The Tonight Show)."Cigarette Commercials Ended With $1M Fling," The News (Frederick, Md.), January 2, 1972, p1 Future meetings The teams next met in the 1975 season opener at Lincoln, with the Cornhuskers prevailing 10–7. In the 1976 season opener at Baton Rouge, the top-ranked Cornhuskers escaped with a 6–6 tie after LSU's Mike Conway missed a 44-yard field goal in the closing seconds. Nebraska won three bowl meetings vs. LSU in the 1980s: the 1983 Orange Bowl, 1985 Sugar Bowl and 1987 Sugar Bowl. 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