Orange Bowl
The Orange Bowl is a major bowl game held in Miami, Florida since 1935. The first three games were played at Miami Field before moving to the newly constructed Orange Bowl stadium, where the game remained until 1996. Except for a one-year return to the Orange Bowl Stadium in 1999, the game has since been played at Sun Life Stadium (previously known as Pro Player Stadium, Dolphin Stadium, and LandShark Stadium).
From 1954-1964, the champion of the Big Eight Conference was informally attached to the bowl, usually playing a team from the southeast. In 1968, the tie between the Big Eight and the Orange Bowl became official, and continued uninterrupted through the 1994 season, after which the Big Eight (which was slated to merge with the Southwest Conference) moved to the Fiesta Bowl. Since that time, the Orange Bowl has been part of the Bowl Alliance, the Bowl Championship Series, and now the College Football Playoff; it hosted the BCS Championship game in 2001 and 2005, but otherwise has claim to the Atlantic Coast Conference champion in years in which it does not host a playoff contest. (From 1998-2005, the Orange Bowl got its choice of the Atlantic Coast or Big East Conference champion, but has since officially tied itself to the ACC.)
Beginning with the 2011 game, the Orange Bowl aired on ESPN; prior to this, the game had been aired on network broadcast television every year since 1964, including an unbroken 31-year run on NBC.
Prior to 1935, Miami (FL) hosted the Palm Festival Game, which is not recognized as an official bowl game by the NCAA because Miami was guaranteed a berth in the game. This game, however, was a direct predecessor to the Orange Bowl, and therefore its records are noted below.
Palm Festival Game
| 02 JAN 1933 | Miami (FL) | 7 | Manhattan | 0 |
| 01 JAN 1934 | Duquesne | 33 | Miami (FL) | 7 |
Orange Bowl
| 01 JAN 1935 | Bucknell | 26 | Miami (FL) | 0 |
| 01 JAN 1936 | Catholic | 20 | Mississippi | 19 |
| 01 JAN 1937 | Duquesne | 13 | Mississippi State | 12 |
| 01 JAN 1938 | Auburn | 6 | Michigan State | 0 |
| 02 JAN 1939 | Tennessee | 17 | Oklahoma | 0 |
| 01 JAN 1940 | Georgia Tech | 21 | Missouri | 7 |
| 01 JAN 1941 | Mississippi State | 14 | Georgetown | 7 |
| 01 JAN 1942 | Georgia | 40 | Texas Christian | 26 |
| 01 JAN 1943 | Alabama | 37 | Boston College | 21 |
| 01 JAN 1944 | Louisiana State | 19 | Texas A&M | 14 |
| 01 JAN 1945 | Tulsa | 26 | Georgia Tech | 12 |
| 01 JAN 1946 | Miami (FL) | 13 | Holy Cross | 6 |
| 01 JAN 1947 | Rice | 8 | Tennessee | 0 |
| 01 JAN 1948 | Georgia Tech | 20 | Kansas | 14 |
| 01 JAN 1949 | Texas | 41 | Georgia | 28 |
| 02 JAN 1950 | Santa Clara | 21 | Kentucky | 13 |
| 01 JAN 1951 | Clemson | 15 | Miami (FL) | 14 |
| 01 JAN 1952 | Georgia Tech | 17 | Baylor | 14 |
| 01 JAN 1953 | Alabama | 61 | Syracuse | 6 |
| 01 JAN 1954 | Oklahoma | 7 | Maryland | 0 |
| 01 JAN 1955 | Duke | 34 | Nebraska | 7 |
| 02 JAN 1956 | Oklahoma | 20 | Maryland | 6 |
| 01 JAN 1957 | Colorado | 27 | Clemson | 21 |
| 01 JAN 1958 | Oklahoma | 48 | Duke | 21 |
| 01 JAN 1959 | Oklahoma | 21 | Syracuse | 6 |
| 01 JAN 1960 | Georgia | 14 | Missouri | 0 |
| 02 JAN 1961 | Missouri | 21 | Navy | 14 |
| 01 JAN 1962 | Louisiana State | 25 | Colorado | 7 |
| 01 JAN 1963 | Alabama | 17 | Oklahoma | 0 |
| 01 JAN 1964 | Nebraska | 13 | Auburn | 7 |
| 01 JAN 1965 | Texas | 21 | Alabama | 17 |
| 01 JAN 1966 | Alabama | 39 | Nebraska | 28 |
| 02 JAN 1967 | Florida | 27 | Georgia Tech | 12 |
| 01 JAN 1968 | Oklahoma | 26 | Tennessee | 24 |
| 01 JAN 1969 | Penn State | 15 | Kansas | 14 |
| 01 JAN 1970 | Penn State | 10 | Missouri | 3 |
| 01 JAN 1971 | Nebraska | 17 | Louisiana State | 12 |
| 01 JAN 1972 | Nebraska | 38 | Alabama | 6 |
| 01 JAN 1973 | Nebraska | 40 | Notre Dame | 6 |
| 01 JAN 1974 | Penn State | 16 | Louisiana State | 12 |
| 01 JAN 1975 | Notre Dame | 13 | Alabama | 11 |
| 01 JAN 1976 | Oklahoma | 14 | Michigan | 6 |
| 01 JAN 1977 | Ohio State | 27 | Colorado | 10 |
| 02 JAN 1978 | Arkansas | 31 | Oklahoma | 6 |
| 01 JAN 1979 | Oklahoma | 31 | Nebraska | 24 |
| 01 JAN 1980 | Oklahoma | 24 | Florida State | 7 |
| 01 JAN 1981 | Oklahoma | 18 | Florida State | 17 |
| 01 JAN 1982 | Clemson | 22 | Nebraska | 15 |
| 01 JAN 1983 | Nebraska | 21 | Louisiana State | 20 |
| 02 JAN 1984 | Miami (FL) | 31 | Nebraska | 30 |
| 01 JAN 1985 | Washington | 28 | Oklahoma | 17 |
| 01 JAN 1986 | Oklahoma | 25 | Penn State | 10 |
| 01 JAN 1987 | Oklahoma | 42 | Arkansas | 8 |
| 01 JAN 1988 | Miami (FL) | 20 | Oklahoma | 14 |
| 02 JAN 1989 | Miami (FL) | 23 | Nebraska | 3 |
| 01 JAN 1990 | Notre Dame | 21 | Colorado | 6 |
| 01 JAN 1991 | Colorado | 10 | Notre Dame | 9 |
| 01 JAN 1992 | Miami (FL) | 22 | Nebraska | 0 |
| 01 JAN 1993 | Florida State | 27 | Nebraska | 14 |
| 01 JAN 1994 | Florida State | 18 | Nebraska | 16 |
| 01 JAN 1995 | Nebraska | 24 | Miami (FL) | 17 |
| 01 JAN 1996 | Florida State | 31 | Notre Dame | 26 |
| 31 DEC 1996 | Nebraska | 41 | Virginia Tech | 21 |
| 02 JAN 1998 | Nebraska | 42 | Tennessee | 17 |
| 02 JAN 1999 | Florida | 31 | Syracuse | 10 |
| 01 JAN 2000† | Michigan | 35 | Alabama | 34 |
| 03 JAN 2001‡ | Oklahoma | 13 | Florida State | 2 |
| 02 JAN 2002 | Florida | 56 | Maryland | 23 |
| 02 JAN 2003 | Southern California | 38 | Iowa | 17 |
| 01 JAN 2004 | Miami (FL) | 16 | Florida State | 14 |
| 04 JAN 2005‡ | Southern California | 55 | Oklahoma | 19 |
| 03 JAN 2006††† | Penn State | 26 | Florida State | 23 |
| 02 JAN 2007 | Louisville | 24 | Wake Forest | 13 |
| 03 JAN 2008 | Kansas | 24 | Virginia Tech | 21 |
| 01 JAN 2009 | Virginia Tech | 20 | Cincinnati | 7 |
| 05 JAN 2010 | Iowa | 24 | Georgia Tech | 14 |
| 03 JAN 2011 | Stanford | 40 | Virginia Tech | 12 |
| 04 JAN 2012 | West Virginia | 70 | Clemson | 33 |
| 01 JAN 2013 | Florida State | 31 | Northern Illinois | 10 |
| 03 JAN 2014 | Clemson | 40 | Ohio State | 35 |
| 31 DEC 2014 | Georgia Tech | 49 | Mississippi State | 34 |
† - denotes overtime ‡ - BCS National Championship Game
