1963 Orange Bowl

1963 Orange Bowl
29th Orange Bowl
Oklahoma Sooners Alabama Crimson Tide
(8–2) (9–1)
Big 8 SEC
0 17
Head coach: 
Bud Wilkinson		 Head coach: 
Bear Bryant
APCoaches
87
APCoaches
55
1234 Total
Oklahoma 0000 0
Alabama 7730 17
DateJanuary 1, 1963
Season1962
StadiumOrange Bowl
LocationMiami, Florida
FavoriteAlabama by 3 points[1][2]
RefereeE.D. Cavette (SEC;
split crew: SEC, Big Eight)
Attendance73,380
United States TV coverage
NetworkABC
AnnouncersCurt Gowdy, Paul Christman, Jim McKay
Orange Bowl
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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.[3][4][5][6]

  1. ^ Lader, Martin (December 31, 1962). "4 'big bowls' due". Bend Bulletin. (Oregon). UPI. p. 2.
  2. ^ "Beaver Falls' Joe Namath leads 'Bama against tough Oklahoma". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. January 1, 1963. p. 44.
  3. ^ Land, Charles (January 2, 1963). "Tide rolls over Sooners, Namath, Jordan shine". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). p. 9. Retrieved December 19, 2010.
  4. ^ Sosin, Milt (January 2, 1963). "One touch of JFK starts happy tears". The Miami News. p. 1A. Retrieved December 19, 2010.
  5. ^ "Alabama 17-0 Orange Bowl victor". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. January 2, 1963. p. 14.
  6. ^ Fraley, Oscar (January 2, 1963). "Joe Namath starts '63 off with bang". Pittsburgh Press. UPI. p. 47.