The 2011 Discover Orange Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game between the Virginia Tech Hokies and the Stanford Cardinal on Monday, January 3, 2011, at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. Stanford defeated Virginia Tech 40–12. The game was part of the 2010–2011 Bowl Championship Series of the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season and was the concluding game of the season for both teams. The game, the 77th edition of the Orange Bowl, was televised in the United States on ESPN and the broadcast was seen by an estimated 8.23 million viewers.
Stanford players lift the Stanford Axe after winning the 2010 Big Game against the California Golden Bears.
Quarterback Andrew Luck, seen here in August 2010, was the critical component of the Stanford Cardinal offense before and during the 2011 Orange Bowl.
Virginia Tech quarterback Tyrod Taylor was the 2010 Player of the Year in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
2010 Stanford Cardinal football team
The 2010 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cardinal were led by head coach Jim Harbaugh, who was in his 4th and final season before leaving to become head coach of the San Francisco 49ers. Harbaugh ended his four-year tenure at Stanford having taken a team that finished 1–11 in the year prior to his arrival, to a team that ended the regular season 11–1. They played their home games at Stanford Stadium and were members of the Pacific-10 Conference.
Stanford Cardinal visits UCLA Bruins in the Rose Bowl
Stanford players lift the Stanford Axe after winning the 2010 Big Game against the California Golden Bears.