The 1947 Orange Bowl was a postseason football game featuring the Tennessee Volunteers and the Rice Owls.
It was won by Rice on the strength of a first-quarter touchdown and a safety on a bad snap during a Tennessee quick kick.
[3] The pageantry surrounding the game consisted of a halftime show in which over 10,000 balloons were released and an appearance by Generals Dwight D. Eisenhower and Howard McCrum Snyder.
Eisenhower's group also consisted of his former Aide-de-camp Charles Craig Cannon and Coral Gables Mayor Tom Mayes.
Eisenhower claimed publicly to be taking no sides, but was close friends with Tennessee coach General Robert R.