1964 Sugar Bowl

American college football game August 2023 December 2025 1964 File:TulaneStadiumFront1.jpg Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, hosted the Sugar Bowl. Sugar Bowl 30th Sugar Bowl 1963 Alabama Crimson Tide University of Alabama 8–2 SEC Bear Bryant 8 9 3 6 3 0 Ole Miss Rebels University of Mississippi 7–0–2 SEC Johnny Vaught 7 7 0 0 0 7 January 1 Tulane Stadium New Orleans, Louisiana Tim Davis (Alabama PK) Ole Miss by 7½ points E.D. Cavette (SEC) 80,785http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2011/Bowls.pdf Bowl/All-Star Game Records National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2011 NCAA Division I Football Records 37 NCAA.org September 30, 2011 NBC List of announcers of major college bowl games Ray Scott, Frankie Albert The 1964 Sugar Bowl was the thirtieth edition of the college football bowl game, played at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Wednesday, January 1. Part of the 1963–64 bowl game season, it matched the seventh-ranked Ole Miss Rebels and the #8 Alabama Crimson Tide, both of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), although the two teams had not met in years. This would mark the last Sugar Bowl with two SEC teams until 2026.Ewing Zach The 2026 Sugar Bowl matchup is set, and it’s a rarity in the game’s 92-year history https://www.nola.com/sports/2026-sugar-bowl-ole-miss-vs-georgia-in-all-sec-matchup/article_48da611d-a55f-4465-a4d1-a3a345e566d2.html The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate December 22, 2025 December 20, 2025 The matchup was the first between the flagship universities of these neighboring states in almost two decades (1944), and only the second in over thirty years. In a defensive struggle, Alabama upset the Rebels 12–7 without scoring a touchdown.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SUROAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YksDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7046%2C175442 Victoria Advocate Texas Associated Press Four field goals boost Bama past Rebels, 12-7 January 2, 1964 10ACrimson Tide, Davis surprise Rebels 12–7 Charles Land Tuscaloosa News Alabama January 2, 1964 11 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=miUeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_ZoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7288%2C192670 New Orleans received a rare substantial snowfall of 3.6 in cm 0 the previous day, and cleared snow lay in large banks around the edges of the field. Teams 1963 NCAA University Division football season Alabama 1963 Alabama Crimson Tide football team This was Bear Bryant's sixth season as head coach at Alabama. The Crimson Tide lost to Florida and long-time rival Auburn en route to an 8–2 regular season.http://www.rolltide.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/alab-m-footbl-sched-1963.html 1963 Schedule & Results University of Alabama Athletics Media Relations Office October 1, 2011 RollTide.com Originally wanting to pit Navy against Ole Miss, the Sugar Bowl extended the invitation to Alabama with two weeks remaining in the regular season.http://www.allstatesugarbowl.org/site361.php How Alabama and Ole Miss met in the 1964 Sugar Bowl October 1, 2011 Allstate Sugar Bowl This was their seventeenth bowl appearance and the fourth in the Sugar Bowl. On December 9, several days prior to the regular season finale against Miami, junior quarterback Joe Namath was suspended for the remainder of the season by Bryant.Namath suspended, to miss Miami and bowl Charles Land The Tuscaloosa News December 10, 1963 1 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8BkfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-5oEAAAAIBAJ&dq=namath%20suspended&pg=7371%2C1498253 October 1, 2011https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LUsqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-U4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=1612%2C4469463 Pittsburgh Press UPI 'Bama drops QB Joe Namath December 10, 1963 44https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EoZHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Rn8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=6957%2C1285811 Victoria Advocate Texas Associated Press Bear boots quarterback December 10, 1963 10 Sophomore Steve Sloan started at quarterback for the Crimson Tide in the final two games. Mississippi 1963 Ole Miss Rebels football team The 1963 squad was Johnny Vaught's seventeenth as head coach at Ole Miss. The Rebels did not lose a regular season game, but tied Memphis State and long-time rival Mississippi State en route to a 7–0–2 record. This was their twelfth bowl appearance and the seventh in the Sugar Bowl. Game summary The Sugar Bowl kicked off at 1 pm CST, as did the Cotton and Orange Bowls.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SEROAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YksDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4708%2C50880 Victoria Advocate Texas Associated Press Nation's top teams face each other in bowl tilts January 1, 1964 7 The temperature was 40 F. The game was a defensive slugfest. The teams combined for 17 fumbles, 11 by the Rebels, both all-time bowl game records.https://www.si.com/college/alabama/football/throwback-thursday-alabama-vs-ole-miss-1964-sugar-bowl-alabama-football-bear-bryant Throwback Thursday: 1964 Sugar Bowl, Alabama vs. Ole Miss September 30, 2021 There was also a total of thirteen combined turnovers and nine punts. Alabama scored its first points on a 31-yard field goal by Tim Davis.http://www.allstatesugarbowl.org/site136.php 30th Annual Sugar Bowl Classic ~ January 1, 1964 October 1, 2011 Allstate Sugar Bowl October 1, 2011 October 3, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161003110403/http://www.allstatesugarbowl.org/site136.php dead In the second quarter, Davis kicked field goals of 46 and 22-yards to give Alabama a 9–0 lead at halftime. In the third quarter, Davis had a 48-yard field goal to extend the Alabama lead to 12–0. Early in the fourth quarter, Ole Miss scored the only touchdown of the game when Perry Lee Dunn threw a five-yard touchdown pass to Larry Smith. Alabama then held their lead and won the game 12–7. For his four field goal performance, Tim Davis was named the Sugar Bowl MVP.Davis top player Associated Press Tuscaloosa News Alabama January 2, 1964 11 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=miUeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_ZoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3202%2C191731 Scoring Alabama Ole Miss expand 1 1:16 Alabama 71 FG 31 Tim Davis 3 0 2 13:57 Alabama 4 1 FG 46 Davis 6 0 2 0:13 Alabama FG 22 Davis 9 0 3 1:18 Alabama FG 48 Davis 12 0 4 11:57 Ole Miss 10 74 RecTD Larry Smith Perry Lee Dunn 5 good Billy Irwin 12 7 12 7 Statistics {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" ! Statistics !! Alabama !! Ole Miss |- |First downs||14||9 |- |Rushing||58–165||27–77 |- |Passing||3–11–1||11–21–3 |- |Passing yards||29||171 |- |Total offense||69–194||48–248 |- |Punts–avg.||5–36.8||4–44.0 |- |Fumbles–lost||6–3||11–6 |- |Turnovers||4||9 |- |Penalties–yards||3–15||5–45 |} Source: See also Alabama–Ole Miss football rivalry References Sugar Bowl Category:Sugar Bowl Category:Alabama Crimson Tide football bowl games Category:Ole Miss Rebels football bowl games Sugar Bowl Sugar Bowl