1958 Orange Bowl

1958 Orange Bowl
1234 Total
Duke 0777 21
Oklahoma 77727 48
Date January 1, 1958
Season 1957
Stadium Miami Orange Bowl
Location Miami, Florida
Attendance 76,561
United States TV coverage
Network CBS
Announcers Chris Schenkel & Johnny Lujack

The 1958 Orange Bowl matched the Duke Blue Devils and the Oklahoma Sooners.

Background

This was Duke's second Orange Bowl appearance in four seasons, having last appeared in 1955. They finished 2nd in the Atlantic Coast Conference to NC State, though Duke was invited due to the Wolfpack being on probabtion. Oklahoma was champion of the Big Seven Conference for the 12th straight year and were in the Orange Bowl for the 4th time in six seasons.

Game summary

Despite being outgained in yards and having more penalties, Oklahoma converted six Duke mistakes (2 fumbles, 2 interceptions, a blocked punt and a wild snap) into touchdowns. Dave Baker returned an interception 94 yards to give the Sooners an early 7-0 lead. Clendon Thomas scored on a touchdown run after a bad punt formation on Duke. Hal McElhaney narrowed the lead on his own touchdown run to make it 14-7 at halftime. Carl Dodd increased Oklahoma's lead to 21-7, but George Dutrow ran in for a touchdown to make it 21-14 at the end of three quarters. Sandefer and Baker both scored in the fourth quarter and Hobby caught a pass from Baker as OU scored three times in three minutes on three more Duke turnovers to make it 41-14. McElhaney narrowed the lead on his second touchdown of the game. Duke was given another chance to narrow it again, but the Sooners intercepted George Harris' pass for the second time as Dick Carpenter returned it for a touchdown and sealed the game for Oklahoma, who won their third Orange Bowl in five seasons.[1][2]

Aftermath

This remains Duke's last Orange Bowl appearance. Oklahoma would return to the Orange Bowl the following year.

Statistics

Statistics OU Duke
First Downs 11 16
Yards Rushing 165 231
Yards Passing 114 97
Total Yards 279 328
Punts-Average 7-34.7 10-28.1
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 3-2
Interceptions 3 2
Penalties-Yards 12-150 3-25

References

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