1950 Orange Bowl

1950 Orange Bowl
16th Orange Bowl
Kentucky Wildcats Santa Clara Broncos
(9–2) (7–2–1)
SEC Independent
13 21
Head coach: 
Bear Bryant		 Head coach: 
Len Casanova
AP
11
AP
15
1234 Total
Kentucky 0706 13
Santa Clara 00147 21
DateJanuary 2, 1950
Season1949
StadiumBurdine Stadium
LocationMiami, Florida
FavoriteKentucky (–5½)[1]
RefereeFred Koster (SEC;
split crew: SEC, Pacific Coast)
Attendance64,816
Orange Bowl
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1950 Orange Bowl was the sixteenth edition of the bowl game, played at Burdine Stadium in Miami, Florida, on Monday, January 2, 1950.[2] The game featured the Kentucky Wildcats of the Southeastern Conference and the Santa Clara Broncos, an independent from northern California.

Santa Clara (7–2–1) was ranked fifteenth in the final AP poll, released in early December.[3] Kentucky (9–2, 4–1 SEC) had been ranked as high as sixth in the AP poll during the season but was ranked eleventh entering the game.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference mlsent was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Santa Clara rallies to outpoint Kentucky". Milwaukee Journal. Associated Press. January 3, 1950. p. 9, part 2.
  3. ^ Final 1949 AP poll at AP Poll Archive.com Archived 2008-09-25 at the Wayback Machine}. Accessed 2009-07-25.
  4. ^ Kentucky in the 1949 AP poll at AP Poll Archive.com Archived 2012-03-28 at the Wayback Machine