1955 Orange Bowl
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The 1955 Orange Bowl was the 21st edition of the college football bowl game, held in Miami, Florida, on Saturday, January 1. It matched the Duke Blue Devils of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and the Nebraska Cornhuskers of the Big Seven Conference. Duke, ranked fourteenth in both polls, was favored by two touchdowns,[1] and won, 34–7.[2][3][4]
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21st Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | January 1, 1955 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Season | 1954 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Burdine Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Miami, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||
Favorite | Duke by 14 points[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Cliff Ogden (Big Seven; split crew: Big Seven, ACC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 68,750 | ||||||||||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Bob Neal | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Unranked Nebraska was the Big Seven runner-up to undefeated Oklahoma, the defending Orange Bowl champions. The Sooners were not invited due to the conference's no-repeat rule for the postseason.[1][3][5]
Included in the record attendance was Vice President Richard Nixon,[2] an alumnus of Duke's law school.