1959 Orange Bowl

(8–1)

(9–1)

Head coach:
Ben Schwartzwalder

Head coach:
Bud Wilkinson

AP	Coaches
9	10

AP	Coaches
5	5

	1	2	3	4	Total
Syracuse	0	0	0	6	6
Oklahoma	14	0	7	0	21

Date

January 1, 1959

Season

1958

Stadium

Miami Orange Bowl

Location

Miami, Florida

Attendance

75,281

United States TV coverage

Network

CBS

Announcers

Joe Boland & Jim McKay

The 1959 Orange Bowl featured the Syracuse Orangemen and the Oklahoma Sooners in the 25th annual Orange Bowl.

Background

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 13th straight Big Seven Conference title.

Game summary

Oklahoma scored early with a Prentice 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. 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. Mark Weber gave the Orangmen their only points of the game on his touchdown run after a 69-yard drive, but the conversion failed, as the two teams failed to score again. 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.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Aftermath

Syracuse won the national title the following year.

Statistics

Statistics	Oklahoma	Syracuse
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

References

↑ "1959 | Orange Bowl". Archived from the original on 2015-01-12. Retrieved 2015-01-10.
↑ http://cuse.com/sports/2002/1/1/1959OrangeBowl.aspx
↑ "1959 Orange Bowl". Oklahoma Sooners Football Media Guide. Oklahoma Sooners Athletics. p. 154. Retrieved January 10, 2015.

Orange Bowl Game

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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.

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Syracuse Orange bowl games

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