| Game Name: | Orange Bowl |
| Subheader: | 29th Orange Bowl |
| Date Game Played: | January 1 |
| Year Game Played: | 1963 |
| Football Season: | 1962 |
| Stadium: | Orange Bowl |
| City: | Miami, Florida |
| Visitor School: | University of Oklahoma |
| Visitor Name Short: | Oklahoma |
| Visitor Nickname: | Sooners |
| Visitor Record: | 8–2 |
| Visitor Rank Ap: | 8 |
| Visitor Rank Coaches: | 7 |
| Visitor Coach: | Bud Wilkinson |
| Visitor Conference: | Big 8 |
| Visitor 1Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 0 |
| Home School: | University of Alabama |
| Home Name Short: | Alabama |
| Home Nickname: | Crimson Tide |
| Home Record: | 9–1 |
| Home Rank Ap: | 5 |
| Home Rank Coaches: | 5 |
| Home Coach: | Bear Bryant |
| Home Conference: | SEC |
| Home 1Q: | 7 |
| Home 2Q: | 7 |
| Home 3Q: | 3 |
| Home 4Q: | 0 |
| Odds: | Alabama by 3 points[1] [2] |
| Referee: | E.D. Cavette (SEC; split crew: SEC, Big Eight) |
| Attendance: | 73,380 |
| Us Network: | ABC |
| Us Announcers: | Curt Gowdy, Paul Christman, Jim McKay |
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]
See main article: 1962 NCAA University Division football season.
See main article: 1962 Oklahoma Sooners football team.
See main article: 1962 Alabama Crimson Tide football team.
Alabama's Richard Williamson scored in the first quarter on 25-yard touchdown pass from sophomore quarterback Joe Namath to take a 7–0 lead.[3] A 15-yard Cotton Clark touchdown run in the second quarter extended the lead to 14–0.[3]
In the third quarter, Alabama scored their final points after Tim Davis hit a 19-yard field goal.[3] Lee Roy Jordan recorded an Alabama bowl record of 31 tackles in the victory.[7] The fourth quarter was scoreless.