1966 Orange Bowl

1966 Orange Bowl
Bowl Game
Alabama Crimson Tide Nebraska Cornhuskers (8-1-1) (10-0) 39 28 Head coach:  Bear Bryant Head coach:  Bob Devaney AP Coaches 4 4 AP Coaches 3 3 1 2 3 4 Total Alabama 7 17 8 7 39 Nebraska 0 7 6 15 28
Date	January 1, 1966
Season	1965
Stadium	Miami Orange Bowl
Location	Miami, Florida
Orange Bowl  < 1965  1967 >

The 1966 Orange Bowl of the Orange Bowl featured the third ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers and the fourth ranked Alabama Crimson Tide.

Alabama scored first on a 32 yard touchdown pass from Steve Sloan to Ray Perkins as Alabama took a 7-0 lead. In the second quarter, Nebraska's Bob Churchich threw a 33 yard touchdown pass to Tony Jeter to tie the game at 7. Alabama's Les Kelly scored on a 4 yard touchdown run as the Crimson Tide led 14-7. Sloan and Perkins connected for the second time of the game, as Alabama led 21-7. An 18 yard field goal before halftime gave Alabama a 24-7 lead.

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 on a 1 yard touchdown run giving Alabama a 32-13 lead. In the fourth quarter, Churchich scored on a 1 yard run making it 32-20. Bowman scored on a 3 yard run as Alabama led 39-20. Churchich threw a 14 yard touchdown pass to Tony Jeter as the final score was Alabama 39, Nebraska 28.

External links

• http://www.huskerpedia.com/games/1965/11alabama.html