1947 Orange Bowl

(8–2)

(9–1)

Head coach:
Jess Neely

Head coach:
Robert Neyland

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rice	8	0	0	0	8
Tennessee	0	0	0	0	0

Date

January 1, 1947

Season

Stadium

Location

Rice by 6^[1]

Attendance

36,152^[2]

The 1947 Orange Bowl was a postseason football game featuring the Tennessee Volunteers and the Rice Owls. It was won by Rice on the strength of a first-quarter touchdown and a safety on a bad snap during a Tennessee quick kick. Rice outgained Tennessee 246–145 and both teams combined for 9 turnovers.^[3]

The pageantry surrounding the game consisted of a halftime show in which over 10,000 balloons were released and an appearance by Generals Dwight D. Eisenhower and Howard McCrum Snyder. Eisenhower's group also consisted of his former Aide-de-camp Charles Craig Cannon and Coral Gables Mayor Tom Mayes. Eisenhower claimed publicly to be taking no sides, but was close friends with Tennessee coach General Robert R. Neyland.^[2]

References

↑ Rice, Grantland (1 Jan 1947). "'Orange and Rose Too Toughest to Pick' Says Rice". The Miami News: 4B. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
1 2 Cavendish, Henry (2 Jan 1947). "36,152 Thrilled Here By Orange Bowl Show". The Miami News: 33. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
↑ "Rice Turns Back Tennessee in Orange Bowl Game 8-0". The Palm Beach Post: 9. 2 Jan 1947.

1946–47 NCAA football bowl game season

Glass (Dec. 7) Tobacco (Dec. 14) Optimist (Dec. 21) Rose (Jan. 1) Sugar (Jan. 1) Orange (Jan. 1) Cotton (Jan. 1) Oil (Jan. 1) Sun (Jan. 1) Gator (Jan. 1) Raisin (Jan. 1) Harbor (Jan. 1) Tangerine (Jan. 1) Cigar (Jan. 1) Cotton-Tobacco (Jan. 1) Flower (Jan. 1) Pineapple (Jan. 1) Vulcan (Jan. 1) Will Rogers (Jan. 1) Alamo (Jan. 4)

All-Star Games: Blue-Gray Football Classic (Dec. 28) East–West Shrine Game (Jan. 1) North-South Shrine Game (Jan. 1)

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.

Rice Owls bowl games

1938 Cotton Bowl Classic 1947 Orange Bowl 1950 Cotton Bowl Classic 1954 Cotton Bowl Classic 1958 Cotton Bowl Classic 1961 Sugar Bowl 1961 Bluebonnet Bowl 2006 New Orleans Bowl 2008 Texas Bowl 2012 Armed Forces Bowl 2013 Liberty Bowl 2014 Hawaii Bowl

Tennessee Volunteers bowl games

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