| 1990 Federal Express Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 56th Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Orange Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Miami, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Raghib Ismail (Notre Dame WR) Darian Hagan (Colorado QB) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Notre Dame by 2 points[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Dayle Phillips (ACC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 81,190 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Dick Enberg, Bill Walsh | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1990 Orange Bowl was the 56th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, on Monday, January 1. Part of the 1989–90 bowl game season, it matched the independent and fourth-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the undefeated #1 Colorado Buffaloes of the Big Eight Conference.[1]
Slightly favored,[1][2] Notre Dame won 21–6.[3][4][5][6]
- ^ a b c "Overcoming Orange Bowl jinx might be key to national title". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. January 1, 1990. p. 28.
- ^ a b "The latest line". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. January 1, 1990. p. 37.
- ^ Gugger, John (January 2, 1990). "Debate heated over No.1: Irish topple Colorado". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). p. 21.
- ^ Warner, Rick (January 2, 1990). "Irish 'Rocket' past No. 1 Buffs". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. B1.
- ^ Collier, Gene (January 2, 1990). "Colorado lets its chance slip away". Pittsburgh Press. p. D1.
- ^ Murphy, Austin (January 8, 1990). "An Irish rebuff". Sports Illustrated. p. 16.