1988 Orange Bowl
The 1988 Orange Bowl was the 54th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, on Friday, January 1. Part of the 1987–88 bowl game season, it matched undefeated teams: the independent and second-ranked Miami Hurricanes and the #1 Oklahoma Sooners of the Big Eight Conference.
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| 54th Orange Bowl National Championship Game | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Orange Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Miami, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Bernard Clark (Miami LB) Darrell Reed (Oklahoma DE) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Oklahoma by 3 points | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Bill McDonald (CIFOA) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 74,760 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Don Criqui, Bob Trumpy, and Tom Hammond | ||||||||||||||||||||
Miami was led by head coach Jimmy Johnson and Oklahoma by Barry Switzer. A slight underdog on their home field, Miami won 20–14.
To date, it is the only time the opposing head coaches from a college national championship football game each later served as head coach of the same professional football team, and won the Super Bowl with that team, the Dallas Cowboys.
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