1990 Orange Bowl

1990 Federal Express Orange Bowl
56th Orange Bowl
Notre Dame Fighting Irish Colorado Buffaloes
(11–1) (11–0)
Independent Big 8
21 6
Head coach: 
Lou Holtz		 Head coach: 
Bill McCartney
APCoaches
44
APCoaches
11
1234 Total
Notre Dame 00147 21
Colorado 0060 6
DateJanuary 1, 1990
Season1989
StadiumOrange Bowl
LocationMiami, Florida
MVPRaghib Ismail (Notre Dame WR)
Darian Hagan (Colorado QB)
FavoriteNotre Dame by 2 points[1][2]
RefereeDayle Phillips (ACC)
Attendance81,190
United States TV coverage
NetworkNBC
AnnouncersDick Enberg, Bill Walsh
Orange Bowl
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The 1990 Orange Bowl was the 56th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, on Monday, January 1. Part of the 1989–90 bowl game season, it matched the independent and fourth-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the undefeated #1 Colorado Buffaloes of the Big Eight Conference.[1]

Slightly favored,[1][2] Notre Dame won 21–6.[3][4][5][6]

  1. ^ a b c "Overcoming Orange Bowl jinx might be key to national title". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. January 1, 1990. p. 28.
  2. ^ a b "The latest line". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. January 1, 1990. p. 37.
  3. ^ Gugger, John (January 2, 1990). "Debate heated over No.1: Irish topple Colorado". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). p. 21.
  4. ^ Warner, Rick (January 2, 1990). "Irish 'Rocket' past No. 1 Buffs". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. B1.
  5. ^ Collier, Gene (January 2, 1990). "Colorado lets its chance slip away". Pittsburgh Press. p. D1.
  6. ^ Murphy, Austin (January 8, 1990). "An Irish rebuff". Sports Illustrated. p. 16.