1976 Orange Bowl

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1976 Orange Bowl
Bowl Game
Michigan Wolverines Oklahoma Sooners
(8–1–2) (10–1)
6 14
Head coach: 
Bo Schembechler		 Head coach: 
Barry Switzer
AP Coaches
5 5
AP Coaches
3 3
1 2 3 4 Total
Michigan 0 0 0 6 6
Oklahoma 7 0 0 7 14
Date January 1, 1976
Season 1975
Stadium Orange Bowl
Location Miami, Florida
MVP Steve Davis (Oklahoma QB) and Lee Roy Selmon (Oklahoma DT)
Referee R. Pete Williams (Southeastern Conference)
Attendance 80,307
United States TV coverage
Network NBC
Announcers: Jim Simpson, John Brodie
Orange Bowl
 < 1975  1977 > 

The 1976 Orange Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 1976. The Oklahoma Sooners, champions of the Big Eight Conference, defeated the Michigan Wolverines, second-place finishers in the Big Ten Conference, 14–6.

This was the sixth and final Orange Bowl played on artificial turf. Poly-Turf, similar to AstroTurf, was installed before the 1970 season and lasted six seasons. It was removed in early 1976, following Super Bowl X, and replaced with natural grass.

Teams

Michigan Wolverines

Oklahoma Sooners

Scoring summary

First quarter

Second quarter

  • No score

Third quarter

  • No score

Fourth quarter

External links

Games
Notes
Pound sign (#) denotes BCS National Championship Game.
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