1937 Orange Bowl

College football game

1937 Orange Bowl

3rd Orange Bowl
| Duquesne Dukes | Mississippi State Maroons

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(7–2) | (7–2–1)
Independent | SEC
13 | 12
Head coach:
John "Clipper" Smith | Head coach:
Ralph Sasse
| AP

|  | 1| 2| 3| 4 | Total

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Duquesne | 0| 7| 0| 6 | 13
Mississippi State | 6| 6| 0| 0 | 12
Date| January 1, 1937
Season| 1936
Stadium| Miami Field
Location| Miami, Florida
Referee| Tom Thorp
Attendance| 9,210
United States TV coverage
Network| CBS Radio
Announcers| Ted Husing
|  Orange Bowl

< 1936 |  1938 >

The 1937 Orange Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the Mississippi State Maroons and Duquesne Dukes.

## Background

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A 5th-place finish in the Southeastern Conference was an upturn from 9th for the Maroons, in their first official bowl game (not counting the 1912 Bacardi Bowl). This was technically Duquesne's first bowl game, as their previous "postseason" bowl game was the 1933 Festival of Palms Bowl, also held in Miami.

## Game summary

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Ike Pickle scored first on a touchdown run to give the Maroons a 6-0 lead in the first quarter. Boyd Brumbaugh gave the Dukes a lead in the second quarter on his touchdown run, but Pee Wee Armstrong's pass to Fred Walters for a 40-yard touchdown made it 12-7 at halftime. Brumbaugh threw a 72-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter to Ernest Hefferle that proved to be the margin of victory as the Maroons' two missed extra points doomed the team.[1]

## Aftermath

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The Maroons returned to the Orange Bowl four years later. Duquesne has not played in a bowl game since.

## Statistics

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Statistics | Duquesne | Mississippi State

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First downs | 14 | 12
Rushing yards | 199 | 111
Passing yards | 110 | 159
Total yards | 309 | 270
Interceptions | 4 | 0
Punts–average | 9–24.7 | 6–43.0
Fumbles | 0 | 0
Penalties–yards | 1–5 | 1–5

## References

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1. ^ "The 1930s | Orange Bowl".

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1936–37 NCAA football bowl game season

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* The game was also the national title game (Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, or Bowl Championship Series) in 1994, 1995, 1998, 2001, and 2005.
* There was an Orange Bowl in January and December in 1996, 2014, and 2021.
* The 2015, 2018, and 2021 (December) editions were College Football Playoff semifinals.

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Duquesne Dukes football

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* Forbes Field
* Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field (1993–present)

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* 1937 Orange Bowl
* City Game (Pittsburgh)

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* Duke
* "The Victory Song (Red and Blue)"

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