4 LSU Tigers of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) defeated the No.
[6] The game kicked off at 1 pm and was played in a drizzle, the first rain at an Orange Bowl.
The next season, Colorado won just two games under interim head coach Bud Davis (who later served as LSU's Chancellor), who was succeeded by Eddie Crowder in January 1963.
The program's next appearance in a major bowl was after the 1976 season, also in the Orange.
Charles McClendon, Dietzel's top assistant, ascended to head coach and remained through the 1979 season, compiling a 137-59-7 record.