1954 Orange Bowl
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The 1954 Orange Bowl was a postseason American college football bowl game between the first-ranked Maryland Terrapins and the fourth-ranked Oklahoma Sooners. It was the twentieth edition of the Orange Bowl and took place at the Orange Bowl stadium in Miami, Florida on January 1, 1954.
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20th Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | January 1, 1954 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Season | 1953 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Burdine Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Miami, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||
Favorite | Maryland −7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Referee | George D. Watson (ACC; split crew: ACC, Big Seven) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 68,640[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Payout | US$121,308[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Red Barber | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The game was the first Orange Bowl to feature tie-ins between the Big Seven Conference and the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) champions. It was the first-ever meeting of the two teams.[2] Maryland and Oklahoma were head coached by former colleagues Jim Tatum and Bud Wilkinson, respectively, who had previously coached together at the United States Navy's Iowa Pre-Flight School and the University of Oklahoma.