1961 Orange Bowl

1961 Orange Bowl
27th Orange Bowl
1234 Total
Missouri 7707 21
Navy 6008 14
DateJanuary 2, 1961
Season1960
StadiumOrange Bowl
LocationMiami, Florida
FavoriteMissouri by 6½ points[1]
RefereeW. P. Astle (Big Eight;
split crew: Big Eight, EAIFO)
Attendance72,212
United States TV coverage
NetworkCBS
AnnouncersRay Scott, Paul Christman
Orange Bowl
 < 1960  1962

The 1961 Orange Bowl was the 27th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, on Monday, January 2. Part of the 1960–61 bowl game season, the No. 5 Missouri Tigers of the Big Eight Conference defeated the No. 4 Navy Midshipmen, 21–14.[2][3]

New Year's Day was on a Sunday in 1961; the college bowl games were played the following day.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference mizpwr was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Missouri topples Navy, 21-14". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. January 3, 1961. p. 3B.
  3. ^ "Tigers stop Navy Joe to win Orange Bowl, 21-14". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. January 3, 1961. p. 17.