2009 FedEx Orange Bowl was the 75th edition of the annual American college football bowl game known as the Orange Bowl . It pitted the 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference ( ACC ) champion Virginia Tech Hokies against the Big East Conference champion Cincinnati Bearcats on January 1 , 2009 , at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens , Florida . Virginia Tech defeated Cincinnati , 20 – 7 . The game was the second contest in the 2008 – 2009 Bowl Championship Series ( BCS ) of the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season and was the concluding game of the season for both teams . The game was televised in the United States on FOX , and an estimated 9.3 million viewers watched the broadcast live
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2009 Orange Bowl