1970 Orange Bowl
| 1970 Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 36th Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
The Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, hosted the Orange Bowl. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Orange Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Miami, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Chuck Burkhart (PSU QB) Mike Reid (PSU DT) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Missouri by 3 points | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Paul Bertha (ECAC) (split crew between ECAC and Big Eight) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | Bryce Wetwiski | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 77,282 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Jim Simpson, Al DeRogatis | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 27.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 1970 Orange Bowl was the 36th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, on Thursday, January 1. The final game of the 1969–70 bowl game season, it matched the independent and second-ranked Penn State Nittany Lions and the #6 Missouri Tigers of the Big Eight Conference.
A slight underdog, Penn State scored early and won, 10–3.