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1967 Sugar Bowl
American college football game
American college football game
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| game_name | Sugar Bowl |
| subheader | 33rd Sugar Bowl |
| image | File:TulaneStadiumFront1.jpg |
| caption | Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, hosted the Sugar Bowl. |
| date_game_played | January 2 |
| year_game_played | 1967 |
| football_season | 1966 |
| stadium | Tulane Stadium |
| city | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| visitor_school | University of Nebraska |
| visitor_name_short | Nebraska |
| visitor_nickname | Cornhuskers |
| visitor_conference | Big 8 |
| visitor_record | 9–1 |
| visitor_rank_AP | 6 |
| visitor_rank_coaches | 6 |
| visitor_coach | Bob Devaney |
| visitor_1q | 0 |
| visitor_2q | 0 |
| visitor_3q | 0 |
| visitor_4q | 7 |
| home_school | University of Alabama |
| home_name_short | Alabama |
| home_nickname | Crimson Tide |
| home_conference | SEC |
| home_record | 10–0 |
| home_rank_AP | 3 |
| home_rank_coaches | 3 |
| home_coach | Bear Bryant |
| home_1q | 17 |
| home_2q | 7 |
| home_3q | 3 |
| home_4q | 7 |
| MVP | Ken Stabler (Alabama QB) |
| odds | Alabama by 9 points |
| anthem | Marguerite Piazza |
| referee | Earl Jansen (Big Eight; |
| split crew, Big Eight and SEC) | |
| attendance | 82,000 |
| us_network | NBC |
| us_announcers | Jim Simpson, Charlie Jones |
| ratings | 23.9 |
split crew, Big Eight and SEC) The 1967 Sugar Bowl was the 33rd edition of the college football bowl game, played at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Monday, January 2 . Part of the 1966–67 bowl game season, it matched the undefeated and third-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and the #6 Nebraska Cornhuskers of the Big Eight Conference. Favored by nine points, Alabama won 34–7.
New Year's Day was on a Sunday in 1967, so the game was played the following day.
Teams
Main article: 1966 NCAA University Division football season
Alabama
Main article: 1966 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
Alabama finished the regular season as SEC champions with a record of 10–0. Although undefeated and playing as two-time defending national champions, Alabama did not win the national title in 1966. Instead voters rewarded Notre Dame after coach Ara Parseghian, with his team tied 10–10 with Michigan State with 1:10 to go, chose to play for the tie rather than attempt to win the game. The Fighting Irish and Spartans both finished 9–0–1, did not play in a bowl game, and were ranked first and second in the polls, while Alabama was third; both major polls released their final editions in early December, prior to the bowl games.
This was the Tide's fifth Sugar Bowl, and their twentieth bowl appearance.
Nebraska
Main article: 1966 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
Nebraska finished the regular season as Big Eight champions with a record of 9–1. The only loss of the season came in their final game against Oklahoma by a score of 10–9. In a rematch of the previous season's Orange Bowl, it was the first time for Nebraska in the Sugar Bowl, and their seventh bowl appearance.
Game summary
The Sugar Bowl was the first game of a major bowl tripleheader (Rose, Orange) on NBC, and kicked off at 1 pm CST. There was no competition with the Cotton Bowl for television viewers this year, as that game was played two days earlier, on New Year's Eve.
Alabama scored on its first three offensive possessions to take a {{nowrap|17–0 lead. A six-yard Wayne Trimble touchdown run in the second quarter gave the Crimson Tide a 24–0 lead at the half.
Alabama extended their lead to 27–0 after a 40-yard field goal by Davis. Nebraska scored their first points early in the fourth quarter, as Dick Davis made a 15-yard touchdown reception from Bob Churchich to cut the lead to 27–7. Alabama closed the game with a 45-yard Ray Perkins touchdown reception from Stabler to bring the final score to 34–7. Stabler was selected as the game's Most Valuable Player for completing 12 of 18 passes for 218 yards and two total touchdowns.
Scoring
Statistics
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Aftermath
It was Alabama's last win in a bowl for nine years, until the Sugar Bowl in December 1975. Nebraska did not make a bowl in the next two seasons, but returned the favor five years later in the 1972 Orange Bowl, with a decisive 38–6 win over the #2 Tide to repeat as national champions.
References
References
- (January 2, 1967). "Alabama solid choice over Huskers". Spokesman-Review.
- (January 3, 1967). "Alabama's passes rip Nebraska, 34-7". Milwaukee Sentinel.
- (January 3, 1967). "Alabama 'Greatest' to Bryant". Pittsburgh Press.
- (December 6, 1966). "Notre Dame No. 1, Tide's third". Tuscaloosa News.
- (December 31, 1966). "Alabama hopes to prove it's No. 1". Pittsburgh Press.
- Land, Charles. (January 3, 1967). "Tide makes believer of Nebraska, 34–7". Tuscaloosa News.
- Land, Charles. (January 3, 1967). "Ken Stabler named MVP". Tuscaloosa News.
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