1955 Orange Bowl

1955 Orange Bowl
21st Orange Bowl
Duke Blue Devils Nebraska Cornhuskers
(7–2–1) (6–4)
ACC Big 7
34 7
Head coach: 
William D. Murray		 Head coach: 
Bill Glassford
APCoaches
1414
APCoaches
NRNR
1234 Total
Duke 014614 34
Nebraska 0070 7
DateJanuary 1, 1955
Season1954
StadiumBurdine Stadium
LocationMiami, Florida
FavoriteDuke by 14 points[1]
RefereeCliff Ogden (Big Seven;
split crew: Big Seven, ACC)
Attendance68,750
United States TV coverage
NetworkCBS
AnnouncersBob Neal
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]

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.

  1. ^ a b c "Busy scoreboard eyed as Duke, Nebraska tangle". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. January 1, 1955. p. 8.
  2. ^ a b "Duke loses to Huskers 34-7 in Orange Bowl". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. January 1, 1955. p. 1C.
  3. ^ a b Funk, Ben (January 2, 1955). "Duke rips Huskers 34-7". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). Associated Press. p. 1C.
  4. ^ "The 1950s | Orange Bowl".
  5. ^ "Oklahoma tramples Nebraska, 55 to 7". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. November 21, 1954. p. 2, section 3.