Game Name: | Orange Bowl |
Subheader: | 56th Orange Bowl |
Date Game Played: | January 1 |
Year Game Played: | 1990 |
Football Season: | 1989 |
Title Sponsor: | Federal Express |
Visitor School: | University of Notre Dame |
Visitor Name Short: | Notre Dame |
Visitor Nickname: | Fighting Irish |
Visitor Record: | 11–1 |
Visitor Rank Ap: | 4 |
Visitor Rank Coaches: | 4 |
Visitor 1Q: | 0 |
Visitor 2Q: | 0 |
Visitor 3Q: | 14 |
Visitor 4Q: | 7 |
Visitor Total: | 21 |
Home School: | University of Colorado |
Home Name Short: | Colorado |
Home Nickname: | Buffaloes |
Home Record: | 11–0 |
Home Rank Ap: | 1 |
Home Rank Coaches: | 1 |
Home 1Q: | 0 |
Home 2Q: | 0 |
Home 3Q: | 6 |
Home 4Q: | 0 |
Home Total: | 6 |
Odds: | Notre Dame by 2 points |
Mvp: | Raghib Ismail (Notre Dame WR) Darian Hagan (Colorado QB) |
Referee: | Dayle Phillips (ACC) |
Attendance: | 81,190 |
Type: | bg |
Us Announcers: | Dick Enberg, Bill Walsh |
The 1990 Orange Bowl was the 56th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, on Monday, January 1. Part of the 1989–90 bowl game season, it matched the independent and fourth-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the undefeated #1 Colorado Buffaloes of the Big Eight Conference.[1]
Slightly favored,[1] [2] Notre Dame won 21–6.[3] [4] [5] [6]
See main article: 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season.
See main article: 1989 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team. The Fighting Irish won their first eleven games but lost 27–10 at new rival Miami in late November,[7]