1939 Orange Bowl
Encyclopedia
The 1939 Orange Bowl was a postseason American college football
bowl game
between the Tennessee
and the Oklahoma Sooners. It was the fifth edition of the Orange Bowl and took place at the Orange Bowl
stadium in Miami, Florida
on January 2, 1939. Oklahoma was coached by Tom Stidham and Tennessee was coached by Bob Neyland.
College football
College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...
bowl game
Bowl game
In North America, a bowl game is commonly considered to refer to one of a number of post-season college football games. Prior to 2002, bowl game statistics were not included in players' career totals and the games were mostly considered to be exhibition games involving a payout to participating...
between the Tennessee
1938 Tennessee Volunteers football team
The 1938 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1938 college football season. Head coach Robert Neyland fielded his third team at Tennessee after returning from active duty in the United States Army...
and the Oklahoma Sooners. It was the fifth edition of the Orange Bowl and took place at the Orange Bowl
Miami Orange Bowl
The Orange Bowl, formerly Burdine Stadium, was an outdoor athletic stadium in Miami, Florida, west of downtown in Little Havana. Considered a landmark, it was the home stadium for the Miami Hurricanes college football team...
stadium in Miami, Florida
Miami, Florida
Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...
on January 2, 1939. Oklahoma was coached by Tom Stidham and Tennessee was coached by Bob Neyland.