1966 Orange Bowl

American college football game August 2023 December 2025 1966 Orange Bowl 32nd Orange BowlNational Championship GameThrough luck and fortuitous scheduling, a "national championship game" was occasionally able to settle the matter on the field, as described in some contemporaneous reports.Barbati Carl Cannizzaro Mark January 3, 1988 Should there be college Super Bowl? https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111956213/should-there-be-college-super-bowl/ The Courier–News Bridgewater, New Jersey October 24, 2022 Only luck ensures one of the many current bowl games gets the No. 1 and No. 2 teams to play each other. October 25, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20221025034152/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111956213/should-there-be-college-super-bowl/ live Despite the promotional billing, in several instances there were plausible scenarios for a third team to be selected as national champion by the major selectors, depending on outcomes of other games.:1965 Became AP Poll championship game after No. 1 and 2 teams lost the Rose and Cotton Bowl games earlier in the day. File:Miami orange bowl stadium cropped.jpg The Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, hosted the Orange Bowl. 1965 Alabama Crimson Tide University of Alabama Nebraska Cornhuskers University of Nebraska 8–1–1 SEC 10–0 Big Eight Bear Bryant Bob Devaney 4 4 3 3 7 17 8 7 0 7 6 15 January 1 Orange Bowl Miami, Florida Steve Sloan (Alabama QB) Alabama by 3 pointshttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1mJYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=p_cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3343%2C55068 Spokane Daily Chronicle Washington Associated Press Light 'Bama team Orange Bowl pick January 1, 1966 9https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-cNOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bwEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3951%2C64293 Toledo Blade Ohio Associated Press 'Bama choice over Tide (Huskers) in Orange Bowl January 1, 1966 11 Morris Harrison (SEC;split crew: SEC, Big Eight) 72,214 NBC List of announcers of major college bowl games Curt Gowdy, Paul Christman 19.1 National championship game(AP Poll):1965 1964 1966 (Nov) The 1966 Orange Bowl was the 32nd edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, on Saturday, January 1. The final game of the 1965–66 bowl season, it matched the third-ranked and undefeated Nebraska Cornhuskers of the Big Eight Conference and the #4 Alabama Crimson Tide of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XeshAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DJsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7042%2C36490 Tuscaloosa News Alabama Land Charles Tide, Nebraska tangle tonight January 1, 1966 6 This was the second year that the Orange Bowl was played at night on New Year's Day, after the other college football bowl games. Due to losses by both #1 Michigan State in the Rose Bowl and #2 Arkansas in the Cotton Bowl earlier in the day, the game had turned into a de facto national championship game, as the AP would be taking a final post-bowl vote for the first time ever. Slightly favored, Alabama won, 39–28.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hC5JAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AYQMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2794%2C430987 Youngstown Vindicator Ohio Associated Press 39-28 win for 'Bama in Miami January 2, 1966 D1https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XushAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DJsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5644%2C125903 Tuscaloosa News Alabama Land Charles Stakes were high, so was Tide January 2, 1966 11 Teams 1965 NCAA University Division football season Alabama 1965 Alabama Crimson Tide football team Nebraska 1965 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team Game summary Alabama scored first on a 32-yard touchdown pass from Steve Sloan to Ray Perkins. In the second quarter, Nebraska's Bob Churchich threw a 33-yard touchdown pass to Tony Jeter to tie the game at seven. Alabama's Les Kelly scored on a four-yard touchdown run as the Crimson Tide regained the lead at 14–7. Sloan and Perkins connected again from eleven yards out, then Alabama recovered the ensuing onside kick; a 19-yard field goal David Ray in the final minute gave the Crimson Tide a commanding 24–7 lead at halftime. In the third quarter, Churchich threw a 49-yard touchdown pass to Ben Gregory as Nebraska narrowed the deficit to 24–13. Steve Bowman scored from a yard out, and a successful two-point conversion, increased the Tide's lead to 32–13. On the first play of the fourth quarter, Churchich ran in from a yard to make it 32–20. Alabama answered with a time-consuming drive, with Bowman scoring on a three-yard run, which put the lead back to nineteen points at 39–20 with just over eight minutes remaining. Churchich threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to Jeter with less than three minutes to go for the last score as Alabama won 39–28. Quarterback Sloan was named the game's outstanding player. Scoring First quarter Alabama – Ray Perkins 21-yard pass from Steve Sloan (David Ray kick), 9:36 Second quarter Nebraska – Tony Jeter 33-yard pass from Bob Churchich (Larry Wachholtz kick), 12:15 Alabama – Les Kelley 4-yard run (Ray kick), 7:11 Alabama – Perkins 11-yard pass from Sloan (Ray kick), 1:42 Alabama – Ray 19-yard field goal, 0:34 Third quarter Nebraska – Ben Gregory 49-yard pass from Churchich (pass failed), 9:35 Alabama – Steve Bowman 1-yard run (Perkins pass from Sloan), 4:29 Fourth quarter Nebraska – Churchich 1-yard run (Wachholtz kick), 14:58 Alabama – Bowman 3-yard run (Ray kick), 8:13 Nebraska – Jeter 14-yard pass from Churchich (Gregory pass from Churchich), 2:50 Source:https://www.orangebowl.org/assets/1/7/2019_Capital_One_Orange_Bowl_Media_Guide-proof2.pdf 2019 Capital One Orange Bowl media guide Game-by-game recaps: 1966 January 2019 33 July 23, 2020 August 5, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200805235236/https://www.orangebowl.org/assets/1/7/2019_Capital_One_Orange_Bowl_Media_Guide-proof2.pdf dead http://www.huskersnside.com/pdf4/18478.pdf? https://web.archive.org/web/20200723001548/http://www.huskersnside.com/pdf4/18478.pdf usurped July 23, 2020 2005 Nebraska Cornhuskers football media guide (supplement) Bowl games: 1966 Orange Bowl 2005 Statistics {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" ! Statistics !! Alabama !! Nebraska |- |First downs || 29|| 17 |- |Rushes–yards|| 57–222|| 24–145 |- |Passing yards|| 296|| 232 |- |Passes (C–A–I)|| 20–29–2 || 12–19–1 |- |Total offense || 86–518 || 43–377 |- |Punts–average ||5–31.2|| 3–41.7 |- |Fumbles–lost ||0–0|| 4–4 |- |Turnovers|| 2 || 5 |- |Penalties–yards ||8–62|| 8–86 |} Source: Aftermath In the final AP poll, Alabama climbed to first for the national championship, while Nebraska dropped to fifth.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YOshAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DJsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5120%2C472175 Tuscaloosa News Alabama Associated Press Green Bob Tide keeps AP title trophy January 4, 1966 7 Both Nebraska and Alabama would play for the National Championship again in the 1972 Orange Bowl, where the Cornhuskers exacted revenge over the Tide in a 38-6 blowout win to repeat as national champions. Notes References External links http://www.huskerpedia.com/games/1965/11alabama.html Orange Bowl Category:Orange Bowl Category:Alabama Crimson Tide football bowl games Category:Nebraska Cornhuskers football bowl games Orange Bowl Orange Bowl Category:American football competitions in Miami