| 1985 Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 51st Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Orange Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Miami, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Jacque Robinson (UW TB) Ron Holmes (UW DT) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Oklahoma by 6 points [1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jimmy Harper (SEC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 56,294 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Don Criqui, Bob Trumpy, and Bill Macatee | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 16.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 1985 Orange Bowl was the 51st edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, on Tuesday, January 1. Part of the 1984–85 bowl game season, it matched the fourth-ranked Washington Huskies of the Pacific-10 Conference and the #2 Oklahoma Sooners of the Big Eight Conference. Underdog Washington rallied to win 28–17.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
- ^ "The latest line". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. January 1, 1985. p. 39.
- ^ a b "Orange Bowl". Pittsburgh Press. December 31, 1984. p. D3.
- ^ "Today's bowl games: Orange". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). January 1, 1985. p. 2B.
- ^ "Huskies vote: 'We're No. 1'". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. January 2, 1985. p. 1C.
- ^ "Huskies smash Sooners, 28-17". Milwaukee Sentinel. wire services. January 2, 1985. p. 1, part 2.
- ^ Blanchette, John (January 2, 1985). "Huskies leave 'em Orange with envy". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. B1.
- ^ Robinson, John (January 3, 1985). "Have Huskies crowned Y's season of destiny?". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. G1.