1965 Orange Bowl

Alabama Alabama finished the regular season as both SEC and national champions with a record During the Iron Bowl, Alabama accepted a bid to play in the Orange Bowl from bowl officials. It was fourth Orange Bowl appearance for Alabama and their 18th bowl game. With USC upsetting Notre Dame 20–17 on the final weekend of the season, Alabama was selected as the 1964 national champions by both final major polls, released prior to Texas The defending national champion Longhorns finished the regular season with a Only loss against Arkansas in week five kept the Longhorns from repeating as national champions. ==Game summary==

After the defense stopped Alabama at the one-yard line on fourth down, Texas responded quickly with the first score of the evening. After moving the ball 20 yards, Longhorn running back Ernie Koy took the ball 79-yards for a 7–0 Texas lead with only :23 remaining in the first quarter. On the following possession, Alabama blocked a 35-yard David Conway field goal attempt, recovered the ball, but fumbled it on the return, which Texas recovered. Scoring : ==Statistics==

The following day, Namath signed his record contract with the New York Jets of the American Football League (AFL), estimated at $400,000 over Both final polls were released at the end of the regular season, prior to the bowls. ==References==