1948 Orange Bowl

(8–0–2)

(9–1)

Head coach:
George Sauer

Head coach:
Bobby Dodd

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas	0	7	0	7	14
Georgia Tech	0	7	13	0	20

Date

January 1, 1948

Season

1947

Stadium

Miami Orange Bowl

Location

Miami, Florida

Attendance

59,578

The 1948 Orange Bowl featured the Kansas Jayhawkers and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.

Background

Kansas had completed their second straight Big Six Conference title in their final year under Sauer, and were appearing in their first ever bowl game. The Yellow Jackets had finished 2nd in the Southeastern Conference, appearing in their second straight bowl game under Dodd, and their first Orange Bowl since 1945.

Game summary

The Jayhawkers were a team not favored by many, with some favoring the Jackets as a 13 point favorite, and Georgia Tech took the lead first on a James Patton touchdown catch from Jim Stil. Ray Evans would respond with a touchdown run to make it 7-7 at halftime. Still would throw two touchdowns in the third quarter, one each to Billy Queen and Still to make it a 20-7 lead heading into the final quarter. But the Jayhawkers would not back down as Evans caught a touchdown pass and narrowed the lead to 20-14, as Kansas was in position to drive for the win. But with :37 seconds left, quarterback Lynne McNutt fumbled on a quarterback sneak and in the ensuing pile, it was determined that Rollo Phillips of Georgia Tech recovered the ball, clinching the victory for GT.^[1] ^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Aftermath

Sauer would leave Kansas after the game, and the Jayhawks would not return to a bowl game until 1961 nor return to the Orange Bowl until 1969. Georgia Tech would go to two more Orange Bowls under Dodd's tenure before his retirement in 1966.

Statistics

Statistics	GT	KU
First Downs	9	14
Yards Rushing	75	77
Yards Passing	129	158
Total Yards	204	235
Punts-Average	9-40.0	7/34.0
Fumbles-Lost	1-1	4-1
Interceptions	0	1
Penalties-Yards	10-70	5-37

References

↑ "1948 Orange Bowl". Georgia Tech Football Media Guide. Georgia Tech Athletics. p. 272. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
↑ http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2008/jan/01/1948_players_revisit_orange_bowl_experience/
↑ http://game.orangebowl.org/orange-bowl-history/the-history-of-the-orange-bowl/1940s/1948/
↑ http://kuhistory.com/articles/orange-you-just-crushed/
↑ http://www.ramblinwreck.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/geot/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/03mg-bowls

Orange Bowl Game

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Games	1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1996 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2014 2015 2016

Notes	The game was also the national title game for either the Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, or Bowl Championship Series in 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2001, and 2005. There was an Orange Bowl in January and December in 1996 and 2014. The game was a semifinal for the College Football Playoff in its 2015 edition.

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets bowl games

Kansas Jayhawks bowl games

1948 Orange Bowl 1961 Bluebonnet Bowl 1969 Orange Bowl 1973 Liberty Bowl 1975 Sun Bowl 1981 Hall of Fame Classic 1992 Aloha Bowl 1995 Aloha Bowl 2003 Tangerine Bowl 2005 Fort Worth Bowl 2008 Orange Bowl 2008 Insight Bowl

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