1936 Orange Bowl
| 1936 Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 2nd Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1936 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1935 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Miami Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Miami, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 6,568 - 10,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | CBS Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Bill Munday | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1936 Orange Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between The Catholic University of America Cardinals and the Ole Miss Rebels from the University of Mississippi on January 1, 1936, in Miami, Florida.
The Cardinals opened their season with four consecutive victories and ended with a record of 7-1. In the course of the 1935 season they had three shutouts, gave up only 34 points, and did not allow a rushing touchdown.
The Rebs also began with a series of victories, including a 92-0 blowout against the Memphis Tigers in the second game. They finished with a record of 9-3.
On the trip from D.C. to Miami, the Cardinals were on the same train as Earl Carroll's "Vanities girls." Carroll, known as "the troubadour of the nude", was famous for his productions featuring the most lightly clad showgirls on Broadway. Coach Dutch Bergman put his team under "martial law," fearing his players and the showgirls would "dance their football game away before they played." The experience was enough to make Bergman vow to never accept another Bowl bid, but he did, four years later, when the Cardinals played in the 1940 Sun Bowl.
The very first King Orange Jamboree Parade was held the day before the game with 30 floats at an expense of $40,000 ($653,933 in 2012 dollars). Babs Beckwith was chosen as the first Orange Bowl queen.
There was little interest in Miami before the game, as indicated by sluggish ticket sales and few bets placed. Despite this, CUA was predicted to win "by the smallest of margins."
Pete Dranginis, the Cardinals' quarterback, threw a one-yard pass to Bill Adamaitis in the first quarter to give the team an early 7-0 lead. In the second Adamaitis threw a 52-yard touchdown pass to Stuart "Stee" Foley, making Adamaitis the first of only three players to catch and throw a touchdown pass in the same Orange Bowl. In that same quarter the Rebels got on the board when quarterback Ned Peters scored on a 67-yard run. The score stood at 13-6 at halftime.
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