1982 Orange Bowl

August 2023 1982 Orange Bowl File:Miami orange bowl stadium cropped.jpg The Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, hosted the Orange Bowl. 48th Orange Bowl 1981 Clemson Tigers Clemson University Nebraska Cornhuskers University of Nebraska 11–0 ACC 9–2 Big Eight Danny Ford Tom Osborne 1 1 4 4 6 6 10 0 7 0 0 8 January 1 Orange Bowl Miami, Florida Homer Jordan (Clemson QB)Jeff Davis8(Clemson LB) Nebraska by 3½-4½ points Robert Aillet (SEC) 72,748 NBC List of announcers of major college bowl games Don Criqui and John Brodie 18.0 The 1982 Orange Bowl was the 48th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, on Friday, January 1. Part of the 1981–82 bowl game season, it matched the top-ranked and undefeated Clemson Tigers of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and the #4 Nebraska Cornhuskers of the Big Eight Conference. Underdog Clemson won, 22–15, and gained their first national championship.https://www.si.com/vault/1982/01/11/580249/year-of-the-tigers Sports Illustrated Papanek John Year of the Tigers January 11, 1982 14https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9AIiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jqYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4014%2C510818 Reading Eagle Pennsylvania Associated Press Clemson locks up national title on 22-15 victory January 2, 1982 10 Teams 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season Clemson 1981 Clemson Tigers football team Led by head coach Danny Ford, the Tigers began the season unranked, won all eleven games in the regular season, and moved up to first in the rankings in late November. Their notable wins were over Georgia and North Carolina. Clemson was attempting to win its first national championship.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=q_RVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WOIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3016%2C239943 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Clemson peels off a national title January 2, 1982 1B The Tigers were making their third appearance in the Orange Bowl, but the first in a quarter century. Nebraska 1981 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team The Huskers had two early losses, at Iowa and to Penn State,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kchVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KUANAAAAIBAJ&pg=4913%2C4491217 Reading Eagle Pennsylvania Associated Press State gives Nebraska the boot September 27, 1981 75 then won eight consecutive games to improve to fourth in the polls. Nebraska was making its eighth appearance in the Orange Bowl, the first in three years. Game summary Earlier in the day, third-ranked Alabama lost the Cotton Bowl to #6 Texas. In the Sugar Bowl, now played at the same time as the Orange, second-ranked Georgia was defeated by #8 Pittsburgh, which opened the door for the Orange Bowl victor to claim the national title; Nebraska was favored by 3½ to 4½ points.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8wIiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jqYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5290%2C311053 Reading Eagle Pennsylvania Harrah's Odds January 1, 1982 28 Clemson scored first on a 41-yard field goal by Donald Igwebuike to take a 3–0 lead. Nebraska then succeeded with a trick play, as running back Mike Rozier threw a 25-yard halfback pass to Anthony Steels for a touchdown and a 7–3 lead. Igwebuike kicked a 37-yard field goal to pull Clemson to 7–6. Following a Nebraska fumble, Cliff Austin scored on a two-yard touchdown run and Clemson led 12–7 at halftime. In the third quarter, Clemson quarterback Homer Jordan threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Perry Tuttle and Igwebuike added another field goal, this time a 36-yarder, and the Tigers extended their lead to fifteen points at 22–7. In the fourth quarter, halfback Roger Craig scored for the Huskers on a 26-yard run. Following a Nebraska penalty on the first two-point conversion attempt, Craig then ran it in from the eight, which closed the margin to 22–15 with over nine minutes remaining. The Huskers got the ball back, but penalties ultimately killed the drive and forced them to punt the ball back to Clemson; the Tigers maintained possession for the bulk of the last six minutes and secured their first national championship in college football.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=O04aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xykEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4843%2C54352 Milwaukee Journal (Los Angeles Times, AP, UPI) No question: Clemson is best January 2, 1982 11https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZCQWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LhIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6602%2C478706 Milwaukee Sentinel wire services Clemson keeps its claim on No. 1 January 2, 1982 1, part 2 Scoring First quarter Clemson – Donald Igwebuike 41-yard field goal, 11:39 Nebraska – Anthony Steels 25-yard pass from Mike Rozier (Kevin Seibel kick), 6:43 Clemson – Igwebuike 37-yard field goal, 1:03 Second quarter Clemson – Cliff Austin 2-yard run (pass failed), 3:56 Third quarter Clemson – Perry Tuttle 13-yard pass from Homer Jordan (Bob Paulling kick), 6:12 Clemson – Igwebuike 36-yard field goal, 2:36 Fourth quarter Nebraska – Roger Craig 26-yard run (Craig run), 9:15 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZCQWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LhIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6935%2C498381 Milwaukee Sentinel Orange Bowl (box score) January 2, 1982 5, part 2https://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: 1982 January 2019 38 July 28, 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: 1982 Orange Bowl 2005 Statistics {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" ! Statistics !!   Clemson   !!  Nebraska  |- |align=left|First downs || 17|| 13 |- |align=left|Rushes–yards|| 52–155|| 40–193 |- |align=left|Passing yards || 134 || 63 |- |align=left|Passes (C–A–I)|| 11–22–1 || 6–17–0 |- |align=left|Total offense || 74–289|| 57–256 |- |align=left|Punts–average ||4–46||6–43 |- |align=left|Fumbles–lost ||3–0|| 3–2 |- |align=left|Turnovers|| 1|| 2 |- |align=left|Penalties–yards ||7–57|| 8–64 |- |align=left|Time of possession ||32:22||27:38 |} Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=q_RVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WOIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3386%2C248978 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Orange Bowl (box score) January 2, 1982 3B Aftermath Clemson remained atop both final polls, while Nebraska dropped to eleventh (AP) and ninth (UPI).https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rPRVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WOIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6597%2C677431 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon wire services Polls agree that Tigers are No. 1 January 3, 1982 3E This would be the only time the Tigers won the national championship until 2016. Nebraska played in the Orange Bowl in the next two seasons; Clemson returned thirty years later. References 2 External links Clemson vs Nebraska Stats Orange Bowl Category:Orange Bowl Category:Clemson Tigers football bowl games Category:Nebraska Cornhuskers football bowl games Category:January 1982 sports events in the United States Orange Category:American football competitions in Miami