1962 Orange Bowl
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| 1962 Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 28th Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
 The Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, hosted the Orange Bowl. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1962 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1961 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Orange Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Miami, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | LSU by 13 points[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Cliff Ogden (Big 8) (split crew: Big 8, SEC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 62,391 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Curt Gowdy, Paul Christman | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 1962 Orange Bowl was the 28th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, on Monday, January 1. Part of the 1961–62 bowl game season, the No. 4 LSU Tigers of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) defeated the No. 7 Colorado Buffaloes of the Big Eight Conference, 25–7.[3][4][5]
Colorado
LSU
The Tigers, who slipped from an 11-0 national championship season in 1958 and a 9-2 follow-up in 1959 to 5-4-1 in 1960, recovered from a loss to Rice in their season opener to win their next nine games and tie Alabama for the SEC championship. The Tigers and Crimson Tide did not play, the third season of a five-year hiatus in the series.
LSU implemented their "three-platoon system." which included the "Chinese Bandits" defensive unit.[6]
