| 1945 Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 11th Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1945 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1944 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Burdine Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Miami, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | K.C. Gerard | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 23,279 | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1945 Orange Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the Tulsa Golden Hurricane and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.
Tulsa finished 2nd in the Missouri Valley Conference after three consecutive conference championships the previous three seasons. As for the Yellow Jackets, they were Southeastern Conference champions for the second straight year in Alexander's final season as coach, and this was their first Orange bowl appearance since 1940.
Frank Broyles threw for 304 yards in a losing effort. [1]
Bobby Dodd took over as the new Yellow Jacket coach, coaching until 1966 while appearing in three Orange Bowls, the first being in 1947 and the last in 1967. As for the Golden Hurricane, they have not reached the Orange Bowl since this game.
One of the notable players in the Orange Bowl is Yellow Jacket Frank Broyles, who later went on to become one of the winningest coaches in Arkansas Razorbacks football history, taking over from 1957 to 1976.
| Statistics | Tulsa | Georgia Tech |
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| First downs | 26 | 12 |
| Rushing yards | 188 | 40 |
| Passing yards | 131 | 309 |
| Total yards | 319 | 349 |
| Interceptions | 0 | 2 |
| Punts–average | 6–38.8 | 4–25.7 |
| Fumbles–lost | 2–1 | 6–3 |
| Penalties–yards | 4–41 | 1–15 |