1963 Orange Bowl

American college football game August 2023 December 2025 Orange Bowl File:Miami orange bowl stadium cropped.jpg The Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, hosted the Orange Bowl. 29th Orange Bowl January 1 1963 1962 Orange Bowl Miami, Florida University of Oklahoma Oklahoma Sooners 8–2 8 7 Bud Wilkinson Big Eight 0 0 0 0 University of Alabama Alabama Crimson Tide 9–1 5 5 Bear Bryant SEC 7 7 3 0 Alabama by 3 pointshttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rjpYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=V_cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5506%2C6219414 Bend Bulletin Oregon UPI Lader Martin 4 'big bowls' due December 31, 1962 2https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rT4NAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HmwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5860%2C229521 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associated Press Beaver Falls' Joe Namath leads 'Bama against tough Oklahoma January 1, 1963 44 E.D. Cavette (SEC;split crew: SEC, Big Eight) 73,380 ABC Curt Gowdy, Paul Christman, Jim McKay The 1963 Orange Bowl was the 29th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, on Tuesday, January 1. Part of the 1962–63 bowl game season, it matched the fifth-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide of the Southeastern Conference and the #8 Oklahoma Sooners of the Big Eight Conference. With President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in attendance, Alabama shut out the Sooners 17–0.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WPscAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9JoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7285%2C161925 Tide rolls over Sooners, Namath, Jordan shine Charles Land Tuscaloosa News Alabama January 2, 1963 9 December 19, 2010https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Y6AyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=R-oFAAAAIBAJ&dq=orange-bowl%201962&pg=5268%2C277223 One touch of JFK starts happy tears Milt Sosin The Miami News January 2, 1963 1A December 19, 2010https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rj4NAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HmwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4768%2C386351 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associated Press Alabama 17-0 Orange Bowl victor January 2, 1963 14https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BEcqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5k4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4051%2C241119 Pittsburgh Press UPI Fraley Oscar Joe Namath starts '63 off with bang January 2, 1963 47 Teams 1962 NCAA University Division football season Oklahoma 1962 Oklahoma Sooners football team Alabama 1962 Alabama Crimson Tide football team Game summary Alabama's Richard Williamson scored in the first quarter on 25-yard touchdown pass from sophomore quarterback Joe Namath to take a 7–0 lead. A 15-yard Cotton Clark touchdown run in the second quarter extended the lead to 14–0. In the third quarter, Alabama scored their final points after Tim Davis hit a 19-yard field goal. Lee Roy Jordan recorded an Alabama bowl record of 31 tackles in the victory.https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/468962072.html?dids=468962072:468962072&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic https://web.archive.org/web/20110604120215/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/468962072.html?dids=468962072:468962072&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic dead June 4, 2011 Bama Blanks Sooners in Orange Bowl, 17-0 Los Angeles Times B9 January 2, 1963 December 19, 2010 The fourth quarter was scoreless. OK ALA expand 1 ALA 61 RecTD Richard Williamson Joe Namath 25 good Tim Davis 0 7 2 ALA 34 RushTD Cotton Clark 15 good Tim Davis 0 14 3 ALA 30 FG 19 Tim Davis 0 17 0 17 References External links 1963 Orange Bowl, #5 Alabama vs #8 Oklahoma (Highlights) via YouTube Orange Bowl Category:Orange Bowl Category:Alabama Crimson Tide football bowl games Category:Oklahoma Sooners football bowl games Orange Bowl Orange Bowl Category:American football competitions in Miami