oklahoma played auburn in the bowl game this year.
oklahoma played auburn in the bowl game this year.
who did oklahoma play in the bowl game this year?
auburn
one of andy gustafson's major innovations at miami was the "drive series" offense, an option-oriented attack from the split-t formation that relied on zone blocking and featured either a fullback fake or carry on every play. under gustafson's tutelage, miami produced its first all-american, al carapella, in 1950 and went 9–1–1 in 1951, including a 35–13 win in its first-ever game against rival florida state and a 15–14 loss to clemson in the orange bowl. the following season, miami won eight games and went to a bowl game in consecutive years for the first time in school history, shutting out clemson 14–0 in a rematch at the gator bowl. in the middle of the 1954 season, the ncaa imposed two one-year penalties against miami for providing transportation and tryouts to prospective players. as a result, gustafson's 1954 squad was ineligible to play in a bowl game, and the 8–1 hurricanes, whose lone loss came 14–13 at #14 auburn, finished the season ranked ninth in the coaches' poll, the first top ten poll finish in school history. two years later in 1956, an 8–1–1 miami team, led by team captain and all-american don bosseler, was under consideration to play in the sugar bowl, but the program's bowl-ban was not due to expire until ten days after the game, rendering it ineligible to participate. the team finished the season ranked sixth in both the ap and coaches' polls. in the later years of gustafson's tenure, two-time all-america quarterback george mira guided the hurricanes to berths in the 1961 liberty bowl and the 1962 gotham bowl, where they lost both games. in 1963, the team struggled to a 3–7 record. nevertheless, mira, who set many of the school's passing records during his four years at miami, appeared on the cover of "sports illustrated" and finished fifth in the heisman trophy voting as a senior. following the season, gustafson decided to step down as head coach and charlie tate, an assistant at georgia tech, was hired to replace him. gustafson has the hurricane record for most years as head coach (16) and most wins (93). charlie tate's first seasons at miami were uneventful, with the team posting a 4–5–1 record in 1964 and a reverse 5–4–1 record in 1965. 1966 brought the arrival of defensive end ted hendricks, the only three-time all-american in school history, and the hurricanes won eight games, earning a trip to the liberty bowl, where they defeated #9 virginia tech, 14–7. in december 1966, the program was integrated when african-american wide receiver ray bellamy signed a letter of intent to play football at the university. miami returned to bowl play in 1967, dropping the bluebonnet bowl to colorado, 31–21. the hurricanes had a 5–5–0 season in 1968 and 4–6–0 in 1969, and tate resigned as head coach two games into the 1970 season, later citing burn out and fatigue from "fighting the money battle and other battles" as the basis for his decision. walt kichefski, an assistant on tate's staff, was elevated to head coach in the wake of tate's resignation and coached the team to a 3–8 record in 1970. he was not retained the following season.
miami hurricanes football
texas lost only one game, to the 2004 oklahoma sooner football team. in the big 12 south division, this meant that oklahoma would face colorado in the big 12 championship game. oklahoma was invited to the national championship game. because the longhorns were not conference champions, their next bowl game would be arbitrarily picked, and the outcome heavily depended on the play of other teams. texas would eventually gain an automatic bid to a bcs bowl game by virtue of its #4 bcs ranking (the top four bcs teams are guaranteed spots in a bcs bowl game if the first three teams are conference champions). as usc was participating in the orange bowl (that year's bcs championship game), the longhorns were chosen to play in "the granddaddy of 'em all" by the tournament of roses rose bowl committee as an at-large team.
2005 rose bowl