2013 Orange Bowl

2013 Discover Orange Bowl
79th Orange Bowl
BCS Bowl Game
Northern Illinois Huskies Florida State Seminoles
(12–1) (11–2)
MAC ACC
10 31
Head coach: 
Rod Carey
(interim)		 Head coach: 
Jimbo Fisher
APCoachesBCS
161615
APCoachesBCS
131212
1234 Total
Northern Illinois 3070 10
Florida State 77314 31
DateJanuary 1, 2013
Season2012
StadiumSun Life Stadium
LocationMiami Gardens, Florida
MVPLonnie Pryor (FB - Florida State)
FavoriteFlorida St. by 14.5 (59) [1]
National anthemAyla Brown
RefereeMatt Moore (SEC)
Halftime showJake Owen
Attendance72,073[2]
PayoutUS$17,000,000 per team[citation needed]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN, ESPN Deportes
AnnouncersESPN:
ESPN Deportes:
Nielsen ratings6.5 (10 Million viewers)[3]
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The 2013 Discover Orange Bowl was a college football bowl game played on Tuesday, January 1, 2013, at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.[4] The game was organized by the Orange Bowl committee.[5] The Orange Bowl featured ACC champions Florida State versus at-large selection and MAC champions Northern Illinois. The game was part of the 2012–2013 Bowl Championship Series and was the second of the series to be played, following the 2013 Rose Bowl. Florida State won the game by a score of 31–10.[6]

The Florida State Seminoles clinched a berth in the 2013 Orange Bowl by winning the 2012 ACC Championship. The Northern Illinois Huskies became the first MAC team to earn a BCS berth by being the 15th ranked team in the nation. A school from a BCS non-automatic qualifying conference earns a bid if in the top sixteen and ranked ahead of a champion from an automatic qualifying conference. The Huskies, winners of the 2012 MAC Championship Game, became the first—and, to date, only—team from the MAC to make a BCS bowl.[7]

  1. ^ "Orange Bowl Odds: College football". Vegasinsider. January 1, 2003. p. C10. Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  2. ^ "2013 Orange Bowl: Florida State Seminoles vs. Northern Illinois Huskies". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
  3. ^ Michael Humes, Combined Overnight Ratings for Rose Bowl and Orange Bowl BCS Games Rises over 2012, ESPN, January 2, 2013
  4. ^ "Discover Orange Bowl Game Information". OrangeBowl.org. Orange Bowl Committee. Archived from the original on January 10, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  5. ^ "Mission Statement". OrangeBowl.org. Orange Bowl Committee. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference scoring was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Chi, Samuel. "Northern Illinois is in the BCS: Deal with it". SBNation.com. Vox Media. Retrieved February 2, 2013.