1960 Orange Bowl

1960 Orange Bowl
1234 Total
Missouri 0000 0
Georgia 7700 14
Date January 1, 1960
Season 1959
Stadium Miami Orange Bowl
Location Miami, Florida
Attendance 72,186
United States TV coverage
Network CBS
Announcers Joe Boland & Paul Christman

The 1960 Orange Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the Georgia Bulldogs and the Missouri Tigers.

Background

Georgia was champion of the Southeastern Conference for the first time since 1948. This was their first bowl appearance since 1950. The Tigers finished 2nd in the Big Eight Conference, though they were selected to play in this game over Oklahoma due to the conference's rule against consecutive bowl appearances.

Game summary

Fran Tarkenton threw a 29 yard pass to Bill McKenny to give the Bulldogs a 7-0 lead in the first. In the second quarter, he scrambled and threw a touchdown pass of 33 yards to Aaron Box to make it 14-0. The Tiger offense outgained the Bulldogs in yards, but could not reach the end zone due to three interceptions. Tarkenton threw nine-of-16 passes for 131 yards. [1]

Aftermath

The Bulldogs have not returned to the Orange Bowl since this game. As for the Tigers, they returned the next year. Additionally, this would be the only meeting between the two schools in football until Missouri joined the SEC, and was slotted in the Eastern Division, in 2012.

Statistics

Statistics Georgia Missouri
First Downs1417
Rushing Yards8880
Passing Yards128180
Total Offense216260
Interceptions23
Punts-Average 7-46.96-38.7
Fumbles-Lost 1-03-0
Penalties-Yards7-447-72

References

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