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1950 Orange Bowl

American college football game

Field	Value
year_game_played	1950
game_name	Orange Bowl
image	File:Miami orange bowl stadium cropped.jpg
caption	Burdine Stadium in Miami, Florida, hosted the Orange Bowl.
subheader	16th Orange Bowl
football_season	1949
visitor_name_short	Kentucky
visitor_nickname	Wildcats
visitor_school	University of Kentucky
home_name_short	Santa Clara
home_nickname	Broncos
home_school	Santa Clara University
visitor_record	9–2
visitor_conference	SEC
home_record	7–2–1
home_conference	Independent
visitor_coach	Bear Bryant
home_coach	Len Casanova
visitor_rank_AP	11
home_rank_AP	15
visitor_1q	0
visitor_2q	7
visitor_3q	0
visitor_4q	6
home_1q	0
home_2q	0
home_3q	14
home_4q	7
date_game_played	January 2
stadium	Burdine Stadium
city	Miami, Florida
odds	Kentucky (–5½)
referee	Fred Koster (SEC;
split crew: SEC, Pacific Coast)
attendance	64,816

split crew: SEC, Pacific Coast) 1950 Orange Bowl was the sixteenth edition of the bowl game, played at Burdine Stadium in Miami, Florida, on Monday, January 2, 1950. The game featured the Kentucky Wildcats of the Southeastern Conference and the Santa Clara Broncos, an independent from northern California.

Santa Clara (7–2–1) was ranked fifteenth in the final AP poll, released in early December. Kentucky (9–2, 4–1 SEC) had been ranked as high as sixth in the AP poll during the season but was ranked eleventh entering the game.

The Game

The game was scoreless until the second quarter, following a Santa Clara turnover, as Kentucky's John Netoskie recovered a fumble near midfield. A 14-play, 51-yard drive ended with a touchdown from two yards out by Wilbur Jamerson; Bobby Brooks' point after gave Kentucky a 7–0 lead, a score that stood at the half after a 45-yard Babe Parilli-to-Bill Leskovar pass put Kentucky on the Santa Clara 3-yard line with Santa Clara stopping two rushing attempts as time expired. Kentucky coach Bear Bryant later said he should have called a passing play in order to allow for a field goal attempt if a touchdown was not scored.

In the third quarter, a poor 9-yard Kentucky punt gave Santa Clara possession on their own 46-yard line. John Pasco threw 25 yards to Larry Williams, which led to a one-yard touchdown run by Pasco to tie the game at seven. A second Santa Clara touchdown came after a pass interference call against Kentucky helped set up a 4-yard touchdown run by Hall Haynes.

Early in the fourth quarter, Parilli threw a 52-yard touchdown pass to Emery Clark but Brooks missed the point after, and Santa Clara retained a one-point lead at 14–13 with twelve minutes remaining. With less than one minute left, Santa Clara's Bernie Vogel scored on a 16-yard run for the final score and a 21–13 win for the Broncos.

Bill Leskovar had 83 rushing yards (on 22 carries) for Kentucky.

Aftermath

Reportedly, part of the reason the Wildcats lost was from fatigue of being overworked in two-a-day practices every day from the moment the team got off the plane in Cocoa Beach two weeks prior up until the day before the game (with the exception of Christmas Eve and Day). Bryant later admitted it wasn't the greatest coaching move of his career and refused to lay any blame on his players for the loss.

It was Santa Clara's third and final bowl win; they later played in Division II, then dropped the football program after the 1992 season.

References

(January 3, 1950). "Santa Clara rallies to outpoint Kentucky". Milwaukee Journal.
link. (2008-09-25 }. Accessed 2009-07-25.)
link. (2012-03-28)
(January 3, 1950). "Two coaches explain Orange Bowl upset". Pittsburgh Press.
2002 Kentucky football media guide, p.175
(January 3, 1950). "Santa Clara upsets Kentucky, 21-13". Milwaukee Sentinel.
2002 Kentucky football media guide, p.177

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