1964 Sugar Bowl
The 1964 Sugar Bowl was the thirtieth edition of the college football bowl game, played at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Wednesday, January 1. Part of the 1963–64 bowl game season, it matched the seventh-ranked Ole Miss Rebels and the #8 Alabama Crimson Tide, both of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), although the two teams had not met in years.
| 1964 Sugar Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 30th edition | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1964 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1963 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Tulane Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | New Orleans, Louisiana | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Tim Davis (Alabama PK) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Ole Miss by 7½ points | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | E.D. Cavette (SEC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 80,785 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Ray Scott, Frankie Albert | ||||||||||||||||||||
The matchup was the first between the flagship universities of these neighboring states in almost two decades (1944), and only the second in over thirty years. In a defensive struggle, Alabama upset the Rebels 12–7 without scoring a touchdown.
New Orleans received a rare substantial snowfall of 3.6 inches (9 cm) the previous day, and cleared snow lay in large banks around the edges of the field.