1969 Orange Bowl
| 1969 Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 35th Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
The Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, hosted the Orange Bowl. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Orange Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Miami, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Donnie Shanklin (Kansas HB) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Penn State by 3 points | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Earl Jansen (Big Eight) (split crew: Big Eight, ECAC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 77,719 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Jim Simpson, Al DeRogatis | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 23.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 1969 Orange Bowl was the 35th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, on Wednesday, January 1. The final game of the 1968–69 bowl game season, it matched the independent third-ranked Penn State Nittany Lions and the #6 Kansas Jayhawks of the Big Eight Conference. Favored Penn State rallied to win with a late touchdown and two-point conversion, 15–14.