1955 Orange Bowl

1955 Orange Bowl
Duke Blue Devils	Nebraska Cornhuskers
(7–2–1)	(6–4)
34	7
Head coach: ; William D. Murray	Head coach: ; Bill Glassford
AP	Coaches
14	14
Date	January 1, 1955
Season	1954
Stadium	Burdine Stadium
Location	Miami, Florida
Favorite	Duke by 14 points[1]
Attendance	68,750
United States TV coverage
Network	CBS
Announcers	Bob Neal

The 1955 Orange Bowl was a college football bowl game, the 21st edition of the Orange Bowl, held in Miami, Florida, on New Year's Day. It matched the Duke Blue Devils of the Atlantic Coast Conference 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]

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]

Included in the record attendance was Vice President Richard Nixon,^[2] an alumnus of Duke's law school.

Scoring summary

Second quarter

DUKE: Pascal 7-yard run (Nelson kick)
DUKE: Kocourek 5-yard pass from Barger (Nelson kick)

Third quarter

DUKE: Sorrell 5-yard pass from Barger (kick failed)
NEB: Comstock 3-yard run (B. Smith kick)

Fourth quarter

DUKE: McKeithan 1-yard run (Nelson kick)
DUKE: Eberdt 3-yard run (Nelson kick)

Statistics

Statistics	Duke	Nebraska
First Downs	23	6
Rushing Yards	288	84
Interceptions	0	2
Passing Yards	82	26
Total Yards	370	110
Punts-Average	5-26.6	7-28.9
Fumbles-Lost	2-1	0-0
Penalties/Yards	2-30	2-20

References

1 2 3 "Busy scoreboard eyed as Duke, Nebraska tangle". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. January 1, 1955. p. 8.
1 2 "Duke loses to Huskers 34-7 in Orange Bowl". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. January 1, 1955. p. 1C.
1 2 Funk, Ben (January 2, 1955). "Duke rips Huskers 34-7". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). Associated Press. p. 1C.
↑ http://game.orangebowl.org/orange-bowl-history/the-history-of-the-orange-bowl/1950s/1955/

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[bsbde-1] 1 2 3 "Busy scoreboard eyed as Duke, Nebraska tangle". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. January 1, 1955. p. 8.

[ddhus-2] 1 2 "Duke loses to Huskers 34-7 in Orange Bowl". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. January 1, 1955. p. 1C.

[driphs-3] 1 2 Funk, Ben (January 2, 1955). "Duke rips Huskers 34-7". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). Associated Press. p. 1C.

[4] ttp://game.orangebowl.org/orange-bowl-history/the-history-of-the-orange-bowl/1950s/1955/

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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.