1939 Orange Bowl

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1939 Orange Bowl
5th Orange Bowl
1 2 3 4 Total
Oklahoma 0 0 0 0 0
Tennessee 7 3 0 7 17
Date January 2, 1939
Season 1938
Stadium Burdine Stadium
Location Miami, Florida
Referee Lou Ervin ( SEC ;
split crew: SEC, Big Six )
Attendance 32,191 [1] [2]
Orange Bowl
 < 1938   1940

The 1939 Orange Bowl was a postseason American college football bowl game , held in Miami , Florida , on January 2, 1939. [1]

The game between the Tennessee and the Oklahoma Sooners concluded the 1938 college football season . It was the fifth edition of the Orange Bowl and took place at the Orange Bowl stadium, then known as Roddey Burdine Stadium. [2] [3] Both teams entered the game undefeated and untied; Tennessee was a slight favorite, [4] and shut out the Sooners, 17?0. [1] [2]

The head coaches were Tom Stidham of Oklahoma and Bob Neyland of Tennessee.

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ a b c "Vols Swamp Oklahoma In 17?0 Battle" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Associated Press. January 3, 1939. p. 12.
  2. ^ a b c "32,191 fans see Tennessee beat Oklahoma, 17-0" . Miami News . January 3, 1939. p. 1B.
  3. ^ "Camera snaps color, pageantry of Miami's annual Orange Bowl grid classic" . Miami News . (photo). January 3, 1939. p. 1.
  4. ^ "Vols remain slight favorites over Oklahoma" . Miami News . January 2, 1939. p. 1B.