1996 Orange Bowl (January)

This article is about the Orange Bowl that followed the 1995 season, played on January 1, 1996. For game that followed the 1996 season, played on December 31, 1996, see 1996 Orange Bowl (December).

1996 FedEx Orange Bowl
Bowl Game
Notre Dame Fighting Irish Florida State Seminoles (9-2) (9-2) 26 31 Head coach:  Lou Holtz Head coach:  Bobby Bowden AP Coaches BA 6 9 8 AP Coaches BA 8 8 9 1 2 3 4 Total Notre Dame University 10 0 7 9 26 Florida State University 7 7 0 17 31
Date	January 1, 1996
Season	1995
Stadium	Miami Orange Bowl
Location	Miami, Florida
MVP	FSU WR Andre Cooper and Notre Dame WR Derrick Mayes
Favorite	FSU by 10½
Attendance	72,198
United States TV coverage
Network	CBS
Announcers:	Sean McDonough and Pat Haden
Nielsen ratings	12.5
Orange Bowl  < 1995 1996 (Dec) >

The 62nd Orange Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the Florida State Seminoles and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on January 1, 1996, at The Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. Florida State defeated Notre Dame, 31-26. The game was part of the 1995-1996 Bowl Alliance of the 1995 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 1996 game represented the 62nd edition of the Orange Bowl. The contest was televised in the United States on CBS.

This would be the last Orange Bowl played in the Orange Bowl Stadium until 1999, as the next three were played in Pro Player Stadium, before moving the game there permanently after the 1999 season

External links

• New York Times article
• Notre Dame recap