1963 Orange Bowl

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{{Infobox NCAA football yearly game

| game_name = Orange Bowl

|image=

| 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 Eight

| 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

| MVP =

| odds = Alabama by 3 points{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rjpYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=V_cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5506%2C6219414 |work=Bend Bulletin |location=(Oregon) |agency=UPI |last=Lader |first=Martin |title=4 'big bowls' due |date=December 31, 1962 |page=2}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rT4NAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HmwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5860%2C229521|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |agency=Associated Press |title=Beaver Falls' Joe Namath leads 'Bama against tough Oklahoma |date=January 1, 1963 |page=44}}

| anthem =

| referee = E.D. Cavette (SEC;
split crew: SEC, Big Eight)

| halftime =

| attendance = 73,380

| payout =

| us_network = ABC

| us_announcers = Curt Gowdy, Paul Christman, Jim McKay

| ratings =

| intl_network =

| intl_announcers =

}}

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.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WPscAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9JoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7285%2C161925 |title=Tide rolls over Sooners, Namath, Jordan shine |first=Charles |last=Land |newspaper=Tuscaloosa News |location=(Alabama) |date=January 2, 1963 |page=9 |access-date=December 19, 2010}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Y6AyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=R-oFAAAAIBAJ&dq=orange-bowl%201962&pg=5268%2C277223 |title=One touch of JFK starts happy tears |first=Milt |last=Sosin |newspaper=The Miami News |date=January 2, 1963 |page=1A |access-date=December 19, 2010}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rj4NAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HmwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4768%2C386351 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |agency=Associated Press |title=Alabama 17-0 Orange Bowl victor |date=January 2, 1963 |page=14}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BEcqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5k4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4051%2C241119 |work=Pittsburgh Press |agency=UPI |last=Fraley |first=Oscar |title=Joe Namath starts '63 off with bang |date=January 2, 1963 |page=47}}