1961 Orange Bowl
| 1961 Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 27th Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
The Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, hosted the Orange Bowl. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 2, 1961 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1960 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Orange Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Miami, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Missouri by 6½ points | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | W. P. Astle (Big Eight; split crew: Big Eight, EAIFO) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 72,212 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Ray Scott, Paul Christman | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 1961 Orange Bowl was the 27th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, on Monday, January 2. Part of the 1960–61 bowl game season, the No. 5 Missouri Tigers of the Big Eight Conference defeated the No. 4 Navy Midshipmen, 21–14.
New Year's Day was on a Sunday in 1961; the college bowl games were played the following day.