1966 Orange Bowl

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1966 Orange Bowl
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
Stadium Miami Orange Bowl
Location Miami, Florida

The 1966 edition 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 defecit 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.

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Preceded by
1965 Orange Bowl		 1966 Orange Bowl
1966		 Succeeded by
1967 Orange Bowl
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