| 1959 Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 25th Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1959 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1958 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Burdine Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Miami, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Oklahoma by 13[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Cliff Ogden (Big Seven; split crew: Big Seven,ECAC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 75,281 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Joe Boland &Jim McKay | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The1959 Orange Bowl featured theSyracuse Orangemen (8–1) and theOklahoma Sooners (9–1) in the 25th annualOrange Bowl, played on Thursday, January 1, 1959, at theMiami Orange Bowl inMiami.[2][3]
This was Oklahoma's fourth Orange Bowl in six seasons while Syracuse was making their second Orange Bowl appearance in six seasons. Oklahoma had won its thirteenth straightBig Seven title and Syracuse was anindependent. The first of the day's four majorbowl games, kickoff was at 1 p.m.EST onCBS television,[4] and Oklahoma was a thirteen-point favorite.[1]
Oklahoma scored early with aPrentice Gautt rushing touchdown three minutes into the game. With the quarter running down, Syracuse fumbled the ball back to the Sooners after driving to the Sooners red zone. With 2:56 left in the quarter, Brewster Hobby caught a lateral and then passed to Ross Coyle, who ran 79 yards for the touchdown and a 14–0 lead. After a scoreless second quarter, Hobby sealed the game when he returned a Syracuse punt 40 yards for a touchdown to make it 21–0 after three quarters.
Mark Weber gave the Orangemen their only points on his touchdown run after a 69-yard drive, but the two-point conversion failed on an incomplete pass, and that was the end of the scoring. Despite Syracuse's run attack, two fumbles by the backs and two passes that were intercepted doomed the Orange as Oklahoma won their fourth Orange Bowl in six seasons.[5][6][7]
In the following season,Syracuse went undefeated and won the national title.
| Statistics | Oklahoma | Syracuse |
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| First Downs | 12 | 18 |
| Yards Rushing | 152 | 239 |
| Yards Passing | 93 | 72 |
| Total Yards | 245 | 311 |
| Punts-Average | 8–37.0 | 8–31.2 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Interceptions | 0 | 2 |
| Penalties-Yards | 3–35 | 4–20 |
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