1964 Orange Bowl

(9–1)

Head coach:
Bob Devaney

Head coach:
Ralph Jordan

AP	Coaches
6	5

AP	Coaches
5	6

	1	2	3	4	Total
Nebraska	10	3	0	0	13
Auburn	0	7	0	0	7

Date

January 1, 1964

Season

1963

Stadium

Miami Orange Bowl

Location

Miami, Florida

Attendance

72,647

United States TV coverage

Network

ABC

Announcers

Curt Gowdy & Paul Christman

The 1964 Orange Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the Auburn Tigers and the Nebraska Cornhuskers.

Background

The Cornhuskers were champion of the Big Eight Conference for the first time since 1940 and first Orange Bowl since 1955. The Tigers finished 2nd in the Southeastern Conference in their first bowl game since 1955 and first Orange Bowl since 1938.

Game summary

Dennis Claridge gave the Cornhuskers a 7-0 lead on his 68 yard touchdown run. Dave Theisen added in two field goals before the half ended to give them a 13-0 halftime lead. Jimmy Sidle made it 13-7 on his 13 yard touchdown run. In the closing seconds, Auburn was driving down the field for the potential win, when linebacker John Kirby batted a Tiger pass away, as the Cornhuskers won their first ever Orange Bowl. Claridge ran for 108 yards on the day. ^[1]

Aftermath

This was the last year without an MVP award honored to the best player. Nebraska returned to the Orange Bowl two years later, in 1966. Auburn has not returned to the Orange Bowl since this game.

Statistics

Statistics	Nebraska	Auburn
First Downs	11	17
Rushing Yards	204	126
Passing Yards	30	157
Interceptions	0	1
Total Yards	234	283
Punts-Average	7-38.3	6-35.2
Fumbles-Lost	2-1	3-1
Penalties-Yards	6-65	5-39

References

↑ http://game.orangebowl.org/orange-bowl-history/the-history-of-the-orange-bowl/1960s/1964/

Orange Bowl Game

History & conference tie-ins	History Miami Orange Bowl Hard Rock Stadium College Football Playoff Broadcasters Atlantic Coast Conference Big Ten Conference Southeastern Conference Notre Dame

Games	1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1996 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2014 2015 2016

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.

Auburn Tigers bowl games

Pound sign (#) denotes national championship game.

Nebraska Cornhuskers bowl games

Pound sign (#) denotes national championship game.

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