1937 Orange Bowl

1937 Orange Bowl
1937 Orange Bowl
3rd Orange Bowl
Duquesne Dukes	Mississippi State Maroons
(7–2)	(7–2–1)
Independent	SEC
13	12
Head coach: ; John "Clipper" Smith	Head coach: ; Ralph Sasse
	AP
	14
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

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

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

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

Statistics

Statistics	Duquesne	Mississippi State
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

^ "The 1930s | Orange Bowl".

[1] "The 1930s | Orange Bowl".

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