| 1954 Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 20th Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1954 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1953 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Burdine Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Miami, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Maryland −7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | George D. Watson (ACC; split crew: ACC, Big Seven) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 68,640[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$121,308[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Red Barber | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 1954 Orange Bowl was a postseason American college football bowl game between the first-ranked Maryland Terrapins and the fourth-ranked Oklahoma Sooners. It was the twentieth edition of the Orange Bowl and took place at the Orange Bowl stadium in Miami, Florida on January 1, 1954.
The game was the first Orange Bowl to feature tie-ins between the Big Seven Conference and the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) champions. It was the first-ever meeting of the two teams.[2] Maryland and Oklahoma were head coached by former colleagues Jim Tatum and Bud Wilkinson, respectively, who had previously coached together at the United States Navy's Iowa Pre-Flight School and the University of Oklahoma.