1963 Orange Bowl

(8–2)

(9–1)

Head coach:
Bud Wilkinson

Head coach:
Bear Bryant

AP	Coaches
8	7

AP	Coaches
5	5

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma	0	0	0	0	0
Alabama	7	7	3	0	17

Date

January 1, 1963

Season

1962

Stadium

Orange Bowl

Location

Miami, Florida

Attendance

72,880

United States TV coverage

Network

ABC

Announcers

Curt Gowdy, Paul Christman, Jim McKay

The 1963 Orange Bowl, part of the 1962 bowl game season, took place on January 1, 1963, at the Orange Bowl Stadium in Miami, Florida. The competing teams were the Alabama Crimson Tide, representing the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and the Oklahoma Sooners, representing the Big Eight Conference (Big 8). With President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in attendance, Alabama shutout the Sooners by a final score of 17–0.^[1]^[2]

Game summary

Alabama scored in the first quarter on a 25-yard Joe Namath touchdown pass to Richard Williamson to take a 7–0 lead.^[1] A 15-yard Cotton Clark touchdown run in the second quarter extended Alabama's lead to 14–0 lead.^[1] In the third quarter, Alabama scored their final points after Tim Davis hit a 19-yard field goal.^[1] Lee Roy Jordan recorded an Alabama bowl record of 31 tackles in the victory.^[3]

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	OK	ALA
1			61		ALA	Richard Williamson 25-yard touchdown reception from Joe Namath, Tim Davis kick good	0	7
2			34		ALA	Cotton Clark 15-yard touchdown run, Tim Davis kick good	0	14
3			30		ALA	19-yard field goal by Tim Davis	0	17
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							0	17

References

1 2 3 4 Land, Charles (January 2, 1963). "Tide rolls over Sooners, Namath, Jordan shine". The Tuscaloosa News. p. 9. Retrieved December 19, 2010.
↑ Sosin, Milt (January 2, 1963). "One touch of JFK starts happy tears". The Miami News. p. 1A. Retrieved December 19, 2010.
↑ "Bama Blanks Sooners in Orange Bowl, 17-0". Los Angeles Times. January 2, 1963. p. B9. Retrieved December 19, 2010.

Orange Bowl Game

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Notes	The game was also the national title game for either the Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, or Bowl Championship Series in 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2001, and 2005. There was an Orange Bowl in January and December in 1996 and 2014. The game was a semifinal for the College Football Playoff in its 2015 edition.

Alabama Crimson Tide bowl games

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Oklahoma Sooners bowl games

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