1975 Orange Bowl
| 1975 Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 41st Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
The Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, hosted the Orange Bowl. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1975 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Orange Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Miami, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Wayne Bullock (Notre Dame FB) Leroy Cook (Alabama DE) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Alabama by 9 to 10 points | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Robert Fallon (Big Ten) (split crew between Big Ten and SEC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 71,801 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Jim Simpson and John Brodie | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 28.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 1975 Orange Bowl was the 41st edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, on Wednesday, January 1. Part of the 1974–75 bowl game season, it matched the ninth-ranked independent Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the undefeated #2 Alabama Crimson Tide of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). It was a rematch of the previous season's Sugar Bowl. In a game dominated by both defenses, underdog Notre Dame held on to upset the Tide, 13–11.