1980 Orange Bowl

1980 Orange Bowl
1234 Total
Florida State 7000 7
Oklahoma 01707 24
Date January 1, 1980
Season 1979
Stadium Miami Orange Bowl
Location Miami, Florida
MVP QB J. C. Watts (Oklahoma)
FS Bud Hebert (Oklahoma)
Attendance 66,714
United States TV coverage
Network NBC
Announcers Don Criqui, John Brodie and Bob Trumpy

The 1980 Orange Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game played on January 1, 1980 at the Miami Orange Bowl between the Oklahoma Sooners and the Florida State Seminoles.

Background

Oklahoma was champion of the Big Eight Conference for the seventh straight year and third consecutive Orange Bowl appearance. This was Florida State's first Orange Bowl appearance as they tried to finish their season off with a perfect undefeated season.

Game summary

Mike Whiting gave the Seminoles a 7–0 lead on his touchdown run, but that would be their only score of the day. A fumbled field goal snap, three turnovers, over 100 yards of rushing by J. C. Watts and Billy Sims, and 24 unanswered points by Oklahoma doomed the Seminoles. It all started with a Watts run for a touchdown in the second quarter. After the kickoff, the Seminoles turned the ball over on an interception, giving the ball back to Oklahoma. Stanley Wilson then scored a touchdown run to make it 14-7. Mike Keeling added a field goal just before halftime to give the Sooners a 17-7 lead. The final score occurred as Watts ran for 12 yards before lateralling the ball to Sims, who ran it in for the final 22 yards for the final touchdown, as the fourth quarter went scoreless.[1] The Sooners ran for 447 yards on 59 carries, an average of nearly seven yards per carry, while having two times as many total yards as the Seminoles.[2][3]

Aftermath

The two teams met again in the 1981 Orange Bowl.

Statistics

Statistics Oklahoma Florida State
First Downs 23 12
Yards Rushing 411 82
Yards Passing 36 100
Total Yards 447 182
Punts-Average 4-25.0 9-42.2
Fumbles-Lost 5-4 1-0
Interceptions 0 3
Penalties-Yards 3-27 4-20

References

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