ORANGE BOWL ANNOUNCES DON CRIQUI AS 2024 EDWIN POPE MEDIA AWARD HONOREE
Don Criqui honored with Edwin Pope Orange Bowl Vanguard Media Award
MIAMI LAKES, Fla. (December 16, 2024) – Former sportscaster Don Criqui has been named the 2024 recipient of the Edwin Pope Orange Bowl Vanguard Media Award, which annually honors a member of the sports media who has made significant contributions to college football and impacted the Orange Bowl and/or the South Florida community.
Don Criqui is an American sportscaster with a remarkable career spanning over 47 years, beginning in 1967. He holds the record for the longest-tenured NFL broadcaster in U.S. television history, calling NFL games from 1967 to 2013 on NBC and CBS. Criqui covered 14 Orange Bowl games during his career, including several that determined the college football national champions. Most notably, he covered the 1984 Orange Bowl between undefeated Nebraska and Miami, where Miami upset Nebraska to win its first national championship, ending Tom Osborne’s Cornhusker’s 22-game winning streak.
From 2006 to 2017, Criqui was the football radio play-by-play voice for his alma mater, Notre Dame. He has also covered a wide range of sports, including the NBA, NHL, and major events like the Summer Olympics. Criqui was awarded the prestigious Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award from the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2003. He joins an illustrious group of previous winners of the Edwin Pope Orange Bowl Vanguard Media Award, including Jim Mandich, Bernie Rosen, Hank Goldberg, Chris Fowler, Ivan Maisel, Tony Segreto, Greg Cote, and of course, Edwin Pope. He is a devoted family man, with four sons, one daughter, and fifteen grandchildren.
Criqui will be honored in an on-field ceremony at the 2025 College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl on January 9, 2025, at Hard Rock Stadium in the first year of the 12-team playoff.
