1960 Orange Bowl

The 1960 Orange Bowl was the 26th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, on Friday, January 1.

Part of the 1959–60 bowl game season, the fifth-ranked Georgia Bulldogs of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) shut out the #18 Missouri Tigers of the Big Eight Conference, 14–0.

1960 Orange Bowl
26th Orange Bowl
1234 Total
Missouri 0000 0
Georgia 7700 14
DateJanuary 1, 1960
Season1959
StadiumOrange Bowl
LocationMiami, Florida
FavoriteGeorgia by 12 points
RefereeCharles Bowen (SEC;
split crew: SEC, Big Seven)
Attendance75,280
United States TV coverage
NetworkCBS
AnnouncersJoe Boland, Paul Christman
Orange Bowl
 < 1959  1961

Teams

Missouri

Missouri was the runner-up in the Big Eight Conference, selected to play in this game over Oklahoma due to the conference's new (and short-lived) rule against consecutive bowl appearances; the Sooners had won the previous two Orange Bowls. The Tigers had four losses in the regular season.

Georgia

Georgia was champion of the Southeastern Conference for the first time in eleven years, and made their first bowl appearance since 1950. Their only loss was in early October at South Carolina.

Game summary

Georgia quarterback Fran Tarkenton threw a 29-yard pass to Bill McKenny to give the Bulldogs a 7–0 lead in the first. In the second quarter, he scrambled and threw a touchdown pass of 33 yards to Aaron Box to make it 14–0 at halftime, and the second half was scoreless. The Missouri offense outgained the Bulldogs in yards, but could not reach the end zone due to three interceptions. Tarkenton threw nine-of-16 passes for 131 yards.

Aftermath

Missouri won the Orange Bowl the next year. Georgia's next major bowl was seven years later, when they won the Cotton Bowl.

The Bulldogs did not return to the Orange Bowl until December 31, 2021. They were ranked No. 3 and faced No. 2 Michigan in the 2021 College Football Playoff Semifinal, winning 34–11.

This was the only meeting between the two programs until Missouri joined the SEC in 2012 and was slotted in the Eastern Division.

Statistics

    Statistics Georgia Missouri
    First downs 14 17
    Rushing yards 88 80
    Passing yards 128 180
    Total offense 216 260
    Interceptions 2 3
    Punts–Average 7–46.9 6–38.7
    Fumbles–Lost 1–0 3–0
    Penalties–Yards 7–44 7–72
    Source:

References

Tags:

1960 Orange Bowl Teams1960 Orange Bowl Game summary1960 Orange Bowl Aftermath1960 Orange Bowl Statistics1960 Orange Bowl

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