1967 Sugar Bowl

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.

1967 Sugar Bowl
33rd edition
1234 Total
Nebraska 0007 7
Alabama 17737 34
DateJanuary 2, 1967
Season1966
StadiumTulane Stadium
LocationNew Orleans, Louisiana
MVPKen Stabler (Alabama QB)
FavoriteAlabama by 9 points
National anthemMarguerite Piazza
RefereeEarl Jansen (Big Eight;
split crew, Big Eight and SEC)
Attendance82,000
United States TV coverage
NetworkNBC
AnnouncersJim Simpson, Charlie Jones

New Year's Day was on a Sunday in 1967, so the game was played the following day.

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