1964 Orange Bowl
| 1964 Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 30th Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1964 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1963 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Miami Orange Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Miami, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Auburn by 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Pat Haggerty (Big Eight) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 72,647 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Curt Gowdy, Paul Christman, Jim McKay | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 11.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 1964 Orange Bowl was the thirtieth edition of the college football bowl game, played on January 1, 1964 at the Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. Part of the 1963–64 bowl season, it featured the sixth-ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers of the Big Eight Conference and the fifth-ranked Auburn Tigers of the SEC. In a game billed as a battle between Nebraska's strength and Auburn's speed, the Cornhuskers jumped out to an early lead and held on to win 13–7.