Capital One Orange Bowl, CFP semifinal ·

Capital One Orange Bowl, CFP semifinal

CAPITAL ONE ORANGE BOWL - CFP SEMIFINAL
No. 4 Oklahoma12-234
No. 1 Alabama14-045Final
Sat, Dec 29 · Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Fla. (neutral site) · Crowd 66,203 · 76°, cloudyESPN

Records are after this game. Rankings are the AP poll before it.

No. 1 Alabama beat No. 4 Oklahoma by 11 points, the Capital One Orange Bowl, CFP semifinal.

It was played at a neutral site: Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, FL.

How the game turned

Alabama aheadOklahoma ahead
1

Q1 11:54 Alabama 7, Oklahoma 0

Alabama 65% to win

Harris 1-yd TD run, Alabama goes ahead 7-0

Big moments

  1. 1Q1 11:54 · Alabama 7, Oklahoma 0Alabama's win chance rose from 56% to 65%.Harris 1-yd TD run, Alabama goes ahead 7-0

Alabama was never below a 56 percent chance to win. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.

How the lead changed

Alabama led after every score.

What happened next

  1. Oklahoma finished the 2018 season 12-2, No. 4 in the last AP poll before the bowls.

  2. Alabama's next game: L 16-44 vs Clemson in the CFP National Championship, Jan 7

    9 days later

  3. Oklahoma's first game of the 2019 season: W 49-31 vs Houston, Sep 1, 2019

    about 8 months later

  4. The teams' next meeting after Dec 29, 2018: Oklahoma 24, Alabama 3, Nov 23, 2024

    about 6 years later

Related pages

Scores, dates and the stage: ESPN. Win chance: our curve from play-by-play; the turn is its largest one-play change that moved with the score.

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