Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors.
Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker.
1969 Orange Bowl
| 1969 Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35th Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | January 1, 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Orange Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Miami, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Donnie Shanklin (Kansas HB) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Penn State by 3 points[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Earl Jansen (Big Eight) (split crew: Big Eight, ECAC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 77,719 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Jim Simpson, Al DeRogatis | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 23.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 1969 Orange Bowl was the 35th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, on Wednesday, January 1. The final game of the 1968–69 bowl game season, it matched the independent third-ranked Penn State Nittany Lions and the #6 Kansas Jayhawks of the Big Eight Conference. Favored Penn State rallied to win with a late touchdown and two-point conversion, 15–14.[2][3][4][5][6]
- ^ Woodling, Chuck (January 2, 1969). "KU slips from victory to Heartbreak Hotel". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). p. 12.
- ^ Abrams, Al (January 2, 1969). "Penn State squeezes last ounce win in Orange Bowl". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 16.
- ^ McHugh, Roy (January 2, 1969). "'Dead' Lions claw out Orange win". Pittsburgh Press. p. 36.
- ^ "Extra man costly for Kansas team". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. January 2, 1969. p. 15.
- ^ "Penn State gains last second win". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). UPI. January 2, 1969. p. 6.
Previous Page Next Page
