Orange Bowl Football
Orange Bowl Football
The Orange Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. Its current full name is the FedEx Orange Bowl ; FedEx has sponsored the event since 1989. The Orange Bowl has been played annually since January 1, 1935 and celebrated its 76th Anniversary on January 5, 2010. The Orange Bowl, along with the Sugar Bowl and the Sun Bowl, are the second-oldest bowl games in the country, behind the Rose Bowl (first played 1902, played annually since 1916). The Orange Bowl is a member of the Bowl Championship Series.
The Orange Bowl hosted the BCS National Championship Game in 2001 and 2005. However, since the 2006 season, the BCS National Championship Game has been a stand-alone event, hosted by the local bowl organization one week following the New Year's Day bowl games (including the Orange Bowl). In other words, under the current BCS format, the Orange Bowl Committee hosted two games in 2009: the 2009 Orange Bowl on January 1 and the 2009 BCS National Championship Game on January 8, both at LandShark Stadium.
Since 2007 the Orange Bowl has been host to the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) champion unless they are involved in the national championship game and has used the brand Home of the ACC Champion .
The 2010 match up ended with the Iowa Hawkeyes defeating the ACC Conference Champion, the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 24-14.
History
The game was played at Miami Field (located where Miami Orange Bowl was later built) from 1935 to 1937, the Miami Orange Bowl from 1938 to 1996 and 1999, and was moved to its current site, Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, in December 1996. The corporate title sponsor has been FedEx (formerly Federal Express) since 1989 and the official title of the game is the FedEx Orange Bowl . The game was moved back to the namesake stadium in 1999 (which would be the final bowl game ever in the Miami Orange Bowl) because the game was played on the same day the Miami Dolphins hosted an NFL Wild Card Playoff game. Coincidentally, both of those games were aired on ABC.
From 1968, the game usually featured the champion of the former Big Eight Conference (whose members merged with the Southwest Conference to form the current Big 12 Conference). Since 1998, however, with the creation of the Bowl Championship Series system, team selection for the Orange Bowl is now tied into the other three BCS Bowls. From 1998-2005, the game hosted the champion of either the ACC or Big East conferences, unless they were invited to the National Championship game. Starting with the 2006 season, the Orange Bowl has been exclusively tied with the ACC and has used the brand Home of the ACC Champion . As one of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) bowl games (the others being the Sugar, Fiesta, and Rose Bowls), the Orange Bowl also hosts the national championship game once every four years under the BCS system (as it did on January 4, 2005).
Starting with the 2010-2011 season, ESPN will carry the Orange Bowl, replacing Fox after four seasons. ABC aired the game from 1999 to 2006, with CBS (1995–1998) and NBC (1964–1994) previously carrying the game.
Game results
+ - Denotes Bowl Coalition Championship game
^ - Denotes Bowl Alliance Championship game
* Denotes BCS National Championship Game
~ Game played at Miami Orange Bowl due to scheduling conflict with NFL playoff game
† Denotes overtime(s)
MVPs
Appearances by Team
Palm Festival Game
In 1932, George E. Hussey, official greeter of Miami, organized the first Palm Festival Game, predecessor of the Orange Bowl. With Miami suffering from both the Great Depression and the preceding Florida land bust, Hussey and other Miamians sought to help its economy by organizing a game similar to Pasadena's Rose Bowl.
Two games were played in this series at Moore Park in Miami, both pitting an invited opponent against a local team, the University of Miami. In the first game, played on January 2, 1933, Miami defeated Manhattan College 7–0. In the second game, played on New Year's Day 1934, Duquesne defeated Miami 33–7. Duquesne was coached by Elmer Layden one of the Four Horseman of Notre Dame.
These games are not recognized as bowl games by the NCAA because one team was guaranteed a berth regardless of record. However, following the success of these games, backers organized another game for New Year's Day 1935 under the Orange Bowl name. This game, unlike the Palm Festival Games, did not automatically grant a berth to one team, although the University of Miami was again a participant. For this reason, the 1935 Orange Bowl was later recognized by the NCAA as an official bowl game.
Broadcasting
See also: Orange Bowl broadcastersFox is the current television network for the Orange Bowl game, having had the rights to the event (along with the other BCS bowls) since 2007. Prior to that, the game was televised by ABC (1999-2006 and 1962-64), CBS (1996-98 and 1953-61), and NBC (1965-95). ESPN will televise the Orange Bowl game from 2011-2014, as part of the cable network's new $500 million broadcast deal with the BCS. This game, along with the Fiesta Bowl, is one of only two bowl games ever to air on all the "big 4" broadcast television networks in the United States.
The game is also broadcast nationally by ESPN Radio.
See also
- List of college bowl games
References
- ^ History of the Orange Bowl
- ^ Fox pulls out of bidding for next round of BCS games, ESPN.com
- ^ Ours, Robert (2004). Bowl Games: College Football's Greatest Tradition , pg. 28
External links
- Official website
- Orange Bowl Live
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