1940 Orange Bowl

(8–1)

(7–2)

Head coach:
Don Faurot

Head coach:
William Alexander

	1	2	3	4	Total
Missouri	7	0	0	0	7
Georgia Tech	7	7	7	0	21

Date

January 1, 1940

Season

1939

Stadium

Miami Orange Bowl

Location

Miami, Florida

Attendance

29,278

The 1940 Orange Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and the Missouri Tigers.

Background

The Yellow Jackets tied for first in the Southeastern Conference, their first conference title since winning the Southern Conference in 1928, which was also their last bowl appearance. Missouri won the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association title for the first time since 1927. This was Missouri's first bowl game since 1924

Game summary

Paul Christman gave the Tigers a 7-0 lead on his touchdown plunge, but Howard Ector responded with a touchdown run of his own to culminate a 63 yard drive and tie the score at 7 at the end of one quarter. Rob Ison dashed for the second Jacket touchdown to make it 14-7. Early Wheby made it 21-7 on his touchdown gallop of 34 yards as Georgia Tech won their first Orange Bowl. ^[1]

Aftermath

The Yellow Jackets have made six subsequent appearances in the over 70 year span since this game, including three in the next 12 years. The Tigers returned to the Orange Bowl 20 years later.

Statistics

Statistics	Georgia Tech	Missouri
First Downs	12	14
Rushing Yards	210	151
Passing Yards	91	60
Total Offense	301	211
Interceptions	1	1
Punt Average	35.0	33.0
Fumbles Lost	3	1
Penalty Yards	36	15

References

↑ http://game.orangebowl.org/orange-bowl-history/the-history-of-the-orange-bowl/1940s/1940/

Orange Bowl Game

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Games	1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1996 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2014 2015 2016

Notes	The game was also the national title game for either the Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, or Bowl Championship Series in 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2001, and 2005. There was an Orange Bowl in January and December in 1996 and 2014. The game was a semifinal for the College Football Playoff in its 2015 edition.

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets bowl games

Missouri Tigers bowl games

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