2001 FedEx Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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BCS National Championship Game 67th Orange Bowl |
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Date | January 3, 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Season | 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Pro Player Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Miami Gardens, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Oklahoma LB Torrance Marshall | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Favorite | Florida State by 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Dick Honig (Big Ten) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 76,835 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Brad Nessler and Bob Griese | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Nielsen ratings | 17.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2001 FedEx Orange Bowl game was a post-season college football bowl game and BCS National Championship match between the University of Oklahoma Sooners and the Florida State Seminoles on January 3, 2001, at Pro Player Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. Oklahoma defeated FSU 13–2 in a defensive battle to claim the National Championship as head coach Bob Stoops' completed just his second season as the coach of the Sooners. The game was part of the 2000–2001 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) of the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season and represented the concluding game of the season for both teams. The Orange Bowl was first played in 1935, and the 2001 game represented the 67th edition. The contest was televised in the United States on ABC.