1960 Orange Bowl
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| 1960 Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 26th Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
 The Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, hosted the Orange Bowl. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1960 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1959 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Orange Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Miami, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Georgia by 12 points[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Charles Bowen (SEC; split crew: SEC, Big Seven) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 75,280 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Joe Boland, Paul Christman | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 1960 Orange Bowl was the 26th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, on Friday, January 1. Part of the 1959–60 bowl game season, the No. 5 Georgia Bulldogs of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) shut out the No. 18 Missouri Tigers of the Big Eight Conference, 14–0.[3][4][5]
Missouri
Missouri was the runner-up in the Big Eight Conference, selected to play in this game over Oklahoma due to the conference's new (and short-lived) rule against consecutive bowl appearances;[6] the Sooners had won the previous two Orange Bowls. The Tigers had four losses in the regular season.
Georgia
Georgia was champion of the Southeastern Conference for the first time in eleven years, and made their first bowl appearance since 1950. Their only loss was in early October at South Carolina.
Game summary
Georgia quarterback Fran Tarkenton threw a 29-yard pass to Bill McKenny to give the Bulldogs a 7–0 lead in the first. In the second quarter, he scrambled and threw a touchdown pass of 33 yards to Aaron Box to make it 14–0 at halftime, and the second half was scoreless.[5] The Missouri offense outgained the Bulldogs in yards, but could not reach the end zone due to three interceptions. Tarkenton threw nine-of-16 passes for 131 yards.[3][4][5][7]