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The 1955 Orange Bowl was the 21st edition of the college football bowl game , held in Miami , Florida , on Saturday, January 1. It matched the Duke Blue Devils of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and the Nebraska Cornhuskers of the Big Seven Conference . Duke, ranked fourteenth in both polls , was favored by two touchdowns,[1] [2] [3] [4]
Unranked Nebraska was the Big Seven runner-up to undefeated Oklahoma , the defending Orange Bowl champions. The Sooners were not invited due to the conference's no-repeat rule for the postseason.[1] [3] [5]
Included in the record attendance was Vice President Richard Nixon ,[2] Duke's law school .
Teams
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Both teams were making their first Orange Bowl appearance.
Duke
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The Blue Devils won all four of their conference games; they tied Purdue and lost to both Army and Navy . This was Duke's fourth bowl game appearance , and the first in ten years .
Nebraska
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The unranked Huskers were making their second bowl appearance , the other was fourteen years earlier . Nebraska had four losses in the regular season, the last was a 55–7 drubbing at #3 Oklahoma .[5]
Scoring summary
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First quarter
No scoring
Second quarter
Duke – Bob Pascal 7-yard run (Jim Nelson kick)
Duke – Jerry Kocourek 5-yard pass from Jerry Barger (Nelson kick)
Third quarter
Nebraska – Don Comstock 3-yard run (Bob Smith kick)
Duke – Sonny Sorrell 5-yard pass from Barger (kick failed)
Fourth quarter
Duke – Nick McKeithan 1-yard run (Nelson kick)
Duke – Sam Eberdt 3-yard run (Nelson kick)
Source: [6] [7]
Statistics
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Statistics
Duke Nebraska
First Downs
23 6
Rushes–yards
64–288
34–84
Passing yards
82 26
Passes (C–A–I)
7–13–0
1–9–2
Total Offense
77–370
43–110
Punts–average
5–26.6
7–28.9
Fumbles–lost
2–1
0–0
Turnovers
1 2
Penalties–yards
2–30
2–20
Source: [6] [7]
References
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^ a b "Duke loses to Huskers 34-7 in Orange Bowl" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. January 1, 1955. p. 1C.
^ a b Funk, Ben (January 2, 1955). "Duke rips Huskers 34-7" . St. Petersburg Times . (Florida). Associated Press. p. 1C.
^ "The 1950s | Orange Bowl" .
^ a b "Oklahoma tramples Nebraska, 55 to 7" . Pittsburgh Press . United Press. November 21, 1954. p. 2, section 3.
^ a b "Game-by-game recaps: 1955" (PDF) . 2019 Capital One Orange Bowl media guide. January 2019. p. 29.
^ a b "Bowl games: 1955 Orange Bowl" (PDF) . 2005 Nebraska Cornhuskers football media guide. (supplement). 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 23, 2020.
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Notes
The game was also the national title game (Bowl Coalition , Bowl Alliance , or Bowl Championship Series ) in 1994, 1995, 1998, 2001, and 2005.
There was an Orange Bowl in January and December in 1996, 2014, and 2021.
The 2015, 2018, and 2021 (December) editions were College Football Playoff semifinals.
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