1960 Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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26th Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | January 1, 1960 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Season | 1959 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Orange Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Miami, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||
Favorite | Georgia by 12 points[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Charles Bowen (SEC; split crew: SEC, Big Seven) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 75,280 | ||||||||||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
Network | CBS[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Joe Boland, Paul Christman | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 1960 Orange Bowl was the 26th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, on Friday, January 1. Part of the 1959–60 bowl game season, the No. 5 Georgia Bulldogs of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) shut out the No. 18 Missouri Tigers of the Big Eight Conference, 14–0.[3][4][5]