1959 Orange Bowl

1959 Orange Bowl
Syracuse Orangemen Oklahoma Sooners (8–1) (9–1) 6 21 Head coach:  Ben Schwartzwalder Head coach:  Bud Wilkinson AP 9 AP 5
1 2 3 4 Total Syracuse 0 0 0 6 6 Oklahoma 14 0 7 0 21
Date	January 1, 1959
Season	1958
Stadium	Miami Orange Bowl
Location	Miami, Florida
Attendance	75,281
United States TV coverage
Network	CBS
Announcers	Joe Boland & Jim McKay

The 1959 Orange Bowl featured the Syracuse Orangemen and the Oklahoma Sooners in the 25th annual Orange Bowl.

Background

This was Oklahoma's 4th Orange Bowl in six seasons and 13th straight Big Seven Conference title while Syracuse was making their 2nd Orange Bowl appearancein six seasons.

Game summary

Oklahoma scored early with a Prentice Gautt rushing touchdown three minutes into the game. With the quarter running down, Syracuse fumbled the ball back to the Sooners after driving to the Sooners red zone. With 2:56 left in the quarter, Brewster Hobby caught a lateral and then passed to Ross Coyle, who ran 79 yards for the touchdown. After a scoreless second quarter, Hobby sealed the game when he returned a Syracuse punt 40 yards for a touchdown to make it 21-0. Mark Weber gave the Orangmen their only points of the game on his touchdown run after a 69 yard drive, but the conversion failed, as the two teams failed to score again. Despite Syracuse's run attack, 2 fumbles by the backs and 2 passes that were intercepted doomed the Orange as Oklahoma won their 4th Orange Bowl in six seasons.

Aftermath

Syracuse won the national title the following year.

Statistics

Statistics	Oklahoma	Syracuse
First Downs	12	18
Yards Rushing	152	239
Yards Passing	93	72
Total Yards	245	311
Punts-Average	8-37.0	8-31.2
Fumbles-Lost	2-1	2-2
Interceptions	0	2
Penalties-Yards	3-35	4-20