College Football Playoff Semifinal 85th Orange Bowl
Oklahoma Sooners
Alabama Crimson Tide
(12–1)
(13–0)
Big 12
SEC
34
45
Head coach: Lincoln Riley
Head coach: Nick Saban
AP
Coaches
CFP
4
4
4
AP
Coaches
CFP
1
1
1
1
2
3
4
Total
Oklahoma
0
10
10
14
34
Alabama
21
10
0
14
45
Date
December 29, 2018
Season
2018
Stadium
Hard Rock Stadium
Location
Miami Gardens, Florida
MVP
Tua Tagovailoa (QB, Alabama) Xavier McKinney (S, Alabama)[1]
Favorite
Alabama by 14.5 (80.5) [2]
National anthem
Nicole Henry
Referee
Duane Heydt (ACC)
Attendance
66,203[3]
United States TV coverage
Network
ESPN and ESPN Radio
Announcers
Chris Fowler (play-by-play) Kirk Herbstreit (analyst) Maria Taylor and Laura Rutledge (sideline) (ESPN) Steve Levy, Brian Griese and Todd McShay (ESPN Radio)
Nielsen ratings
10.4 (19 million viewers)[4]
International TV coverage
Network
ESPN Deportes ESPN Deportes Radio
Announcers
Kenneth Garay Sebastian Martinez-Christensen
Orange Bowl
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The 2018 Orange Bowl was a college football bowl game played on Saturday, December 29, 2018, at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami.[5] The 85th edition of the Orange Bowl was one of two College Football Playoff semifinal games, the game featured two of the four teams selected by the College Football Playoff Selection Committee—Alabama from the SEC, and Oklahoma from the Big 12 Conference. Alabama took off with a 28-0 lead in the early 2nd quarter and never looked backed to win 45-34. They advanced to face the winner of the Cotton Bowl (Clemson) in the 2019 College Football Playoff National Championship. It was one of the 2018–19 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Capital One Financial Corporation, the game was officially known as the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl.
^Potter, Charlie (December 29, 2018). "Recap: Alabama outlasts OU in Orange Bowl, will play for title". 247sports.com. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
^"Orange Bowl Odds: College football". Vegasinsider. January 1, 2003. p. C10. Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
^@977ESPN (December 30, 2018). "Tonight's Orange Bowl attendance 66,203" (Tweet). Retrieved December 29, 2018 – via Twitter.
^Bromberg, Nick (December 30, 2018). "College Football Playoff semifinal TV ratings down from 2017 when games were on New Year's". sports.yahoo.com. Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
^"2018-19 College Football Playoff and bowl schedule". ESPN. May 2, 2018. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
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