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The 1976 Orange Bowl was the 42nd edition of the college football bowl game , played at the Orange Bowl in Miami , Florida , on Thursday, January 1. Part of the 1975–76 bowl game season, it matched the fifth-ranked Michigan Wolverines of the Big Ten Conference and the #3 Oklahoma Sooners of the Big Eight Conference .[1] [2] [3] [4]
This was the sixth and final Orange Bowl played on artificial turf ; Poly-Turf , similar to AstroTurf , was installed before the 1970 season and two versions lasted six seasons. It was removed in early 1976, following Super Bowl X , and replaced with natural grass.
This was the first time the Orange Bowl used officials from a neutral conference (in this instance, the Southeastern ). In previous years, a split crew consisting of officials from each team's conference (the Big Ten when independent Notre Dame participated) were put together.
Teams
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Michigan
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The Wolverines (8–1–2) were the runner-up in the Big Ten Conference , after falling to rival Ohio State in Ann Arbor, 21–14. This was the first season that the Big Ten (and Pac-8 ) allowed multiple bowl teams.
Michigan was the first Big Ten team to play in the Orange Bowl. Michigan State played in the 1938 Orange Bowl, but was not a member of the Big Ten in football until 1953.
Oklahoma
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The Sooners were co-champions in the Big Eight Conference with Nebraska . Oklahoma opened with eight wins before an unexpected 23–3 loss at home to Kansas ,[5] [6] Missouri and Nebraska, they rose to third.
Game summary
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Period
1 2 3 4 Total
No.5 Michigan
0
0
0 6 6
No. 3 Oklahoma 0
7 0 7 14
at Orange Bowl • Miami, Florida
Date : Thursday, January 1, 1976
Game time : 7:45 p.m EST
Game attendance : 80,307
Referee : R. Pete Williams (SEC )
TV announcers (NBC ) : Jim Simpson (play-by-play) and John Brodie (color)
Game information
First quarter
No scoring
Second quarter
OKL Billy Brooks 39-yard run (Tony DiRienzo kick) OKL 7–0
Third quarter
No scoring
Fourth quarter
OKL Steve Davis 10-yard run (Tony DiRienzo kick) OKL 14–0
MICH Gordon Bell 2-yard run (run failed) OKL 14–6
Statistics
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Statistics
MICH
OKLA
First downs
12 16
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
52–169
65–282
Passing yards
33 63
Passing: comp–att–int
2–20–3
3–5–0
Time of possession
Team
Category
Player
Statistics
Michigan
Passing
Rushing
Receiving
Oklahoma
Passing
Rushing
Receiving
Aftermath
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With top-ranked Ohio State's loss in the Rose Bowl , the Sooners were voted national champions .[7] Texas A&M lost twice and fell out of the top ten.)
References
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^ " . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. January 2, 1976. p. 1D.
^ "No. 1, Sooner or...?" . Pittsburgh Press . UPI. January 2, 1976. p. 25.
^ "Kansas rises up to dump Oklahoma" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. November 9, 1975. p. 77B.
^ "Kansas rocks Oklahoma" . Pittsburgh Press . UPI. November 9, 1975. p. C5.
^ "No. 1: Sooners voted national champions" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. January 3, 1976. p. 1B.
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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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