The win gave Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops his first national championship, in just his second season as the coach of the Sooners. The championship featured the top-ranked Oklahoma Sooners from the Big 12 Conference defeating the second-ranked and defending national champion Florida State Seminoles from the Atlantic Coast Conference in a defensive battle, 13–2. The 67th playing of the Orange Bowl, it was the culminating game of the 2000–01 bowl season. It was played at Pro Player Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, on January 3, 2001, with kickoff at 8:00 p.m. (Main Event John Cena vs.The 2001 Orange Bowl, designated as the BCS National Championship Game, was a college football bowl game played to determine a national champion in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) for the 2000 season. WWE WrestleMania XXVIII was also held the stadium with a record crowd of 78,363 fans. Since the stadium was completed, Madonna, U2, Van Halen, Ozzy Osbourne, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Elton John, Billy Joel, Chicago, Genesis, Gloria Estefan, The Police, Guns N' Roses, The Who, Hall & Oates, Rod Stewart, Paul McCartney, and The Three Tenors have all had concerts at the stadium. The Orange Bowl game has been held in Hard Rock Stadium every year since 1996. The Miami Marlins, when they were known as the Florida Marlins, played there from 1993 through 2011. The Miami Dolphins started playing in the stadium in 1987. The first regular season NFL game that was played in the stadium was a win against the Kansas City Chiefs. Baseball was played in the stadium as planned, making use of the wider fields.Īfter the stadium was completed, it was named for the person who designed the field, Joe Robbie. The seats that are closest to the field are 90 feet from the sidelines on the football field. Robbie made the stadium with a wider field so that soccer and baseball could be played in the stadium. Joe Robbie was the person who gave a good part of the money needed to build the stadium. The stadium was the first stadium that was built using money from private people.
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Since it was built, six Super Bowls (Super Bowl XXIII, Super Bowl XXIX, Super Bowl XXXIII, Super Bowl XLI, Super Bowl XLIV, Super Bowl LIV), two World Series (1997 World Series and 2003 World Series), and three BCS National Championship Games (2001 Orange Bowl, 2005 Orange Bowl, 2009 BCS National Championship Game) and 2012 WWE WrestleMania XXVIII have been held in the stadium. Also, Major League Baseball's Miami Marlins, then known as the Florida Marlins, played there from their first season in 1993 through the 2011 season, after they moved to Marlins Park, a stadium built for baseball at the former Orange Bowl site. The Miami Dolphins (pro football) and the Miami Hurricanes ( University of Miami football) both play in the stadium. It replaced the Orange Bowl, Miami's other football stadium. The stadium is in Miami Gardens, Florida, which is part of the Miami metropolitan area. Hard Rock Stadium is a stadium where football, soccer, and other sports are played. University of Miami Hurricanes (NCAA) (2008 – present) *Expandable to approximately 68,000 for baseballįlorida Atlantic Owls ( NCAA) (2001 – 2002)įedEx Orange Bowl (1996 – 1998), (2000 – present)īlockbuster/Carquest/MicronPC/Champs Sports Bowl (1990 – 2000)
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