1951 Orange Bowl

1951 Orange Bowl
Clemson Tigers	Miami Hurricanes
(8–0–1)	(9–0–1)
15	14
Head coach: ; Frank Howard	Head coach: ; Andy Gustafson
AP	Coaches
10	10
AP	Coaches
15	16
Date	January 1, 1951
Season	1950
Stadium	Burdine Stadium
Location	Miami, Florida
Attendance	65,181

The 1951 Orange Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the Miami Hurricanes and the Clemson Tigers.

Background

Although they finished 2nd in the Southern Conference due to a tie with South Carolina, the Tigers had not lost a single game en route to their first ever Orange Bowl appearance. Miami was playing their first Orange Bowl since 1946, their third overall (with three different head coaches).

Game summary

Fred Cone gave Clemson a 7-0 lead on his 1-yard touchdown run that culminated a 76-yard drive, which proved to be the halftime lead as the Hurricanes mustered just one first down in the first half. Six plays after receiving the opening kickoff in the second half, Glenn Smith caught a pass from Billy Hair for a touchdown to make it 13-0. Miami retaliated with a touchdown run by Harry Mallios that had been set up by a Smith run of 45 yards. After an interception by the Tigers, Miami took advantage and soon scored on a touchdown pass to lead 14-13. With six minutes to go in the game, Mallios returned a punt that seemed to be a 79-yard touchdown run to put the game out of reach. However, penalties were called on Miami, driving them back to their own end zone. Halfback Frank Smith took a pitchout to try and drive the Hurricanes out of their own endzone, but he was tackled by defensive guard Sterling Smith in the endzone,^[1] giving the Tigers a 15-14 lead and ultimately the win.^[2]^[3]

Aftermath

Though Miami made five bowl games in the next 16 years, they did not reach an Orange Bowl again until 1984. Clemson played in the Orange Bowl six years later, in 1957, though they did not win one until 1982.

Statistics

Statistics	Clemson	Miami
First Downs	19	7
Rushing Attempts	57	31
Rushing Yards	144	112
Passing Yards	178	100
Total Offense	322	212
Interceptions	3	4
Punts-Average	4-30	5-40.2
Fumbles/Lost	3-1	0-0
Penalties/Yards	2/20	5/55

References

↑ Will (2014-02-06), Remembering the 1951 Orange Bowl, retrieved 2016-11-24
↑ "1951 | Orange Bowl". game.orangebowl.org. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
↑ "YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2016-11-24.

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[1] Will (2014-02-06), Remembering the 1951 Orange Bowl, retrieved 2016-11-24

[2] "1951 | Orange Bowl". game.orangebowl.org. Retrieved 2016-11-24.

[3] "YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2016-11-24.

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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 College Football Playoff semifinal in its 2015 edition, and will be again in 2018.