ORIGIN AND PURPOSE BOWL BEGINNING The , born in the depths of the depression, has survived many diffi cul es, including a World War and a devasta ng hurricane, and s ll ranks as one of the most uniquely successful amateur athle c achievements in the history of American sports. Behind the Sugar Bowl is a story of community spirit and ini a ve that has been instrumental in spreading the name and fame of worldwide. The New Orleans Mid-Winter Sports Associa on actually became a reality when, in late October 1934, it was able to announce it had in escrow the sum of $30,000 for the promo on of the inaugural Sugar Bowl Football Classic. The idea of a New Year’s Day football classic in New Orleans was fi rst presented in 1927 by Colonel James M. Thomson, publisher of the New Orleans Item, and Sports Editor Fred Digby. Every fall therea er Fred Digby called for ac on, outlined a mid-winter calendar of sports, Charter members Herbert A. Benson and Joseph M. Cousins outside the original offi ces and even gave the s ll dream game its name - of the Mid-Winter Sports Associa on, the original name of the Sugar Bowl Commi ee. “Sugar Bowl.” The idea also began to catch on in First Offi cers were Warren V. Miller, the community, with civic and poli cal leaders par cipa ng schools on a basis of $15,000 for president; Joseph M. Cousins, vice-president; beginning to discuss the poten al. In fact, in the visi ng team, $12,500 for the host, with the Harry W. Fletcher, treasurer; and T. Semmes 1929, Mayor A.J. O’Keefe sent a delega on to remaining $2,500 in reserve for expenses. Ranle , secretary. the Southern Conference asking approval of a Eff ects of the fi nancial depression were s ll For months the membership rolls were proposed New Orleans game. The request was evident, and along with doubt that existed in kept open, but many were s ll skep cal and rejected. some quarters as to the success of the venture, saying: “It can’t be done.” Even some who sat Early in January 1934, Warren V. Miller, the task of gathering the necessary funds was in on early discussions failed to maintain their represen ng the Co-Opera ve (now Execu ves’) diffi cult. interest. A er one year the rolls were closed Club, and Joseph M. Cousins, head of a ci zens However, a majority of the Sugar Bowlers and limited to the original 39 organizers. commi ee, came forth simultaneously with displayed their confi dence by becoming Even a er the birth of the associa on, proposals to put the plan into ac on. guarantors. its future looked dark because of the many Managing Editor Clarke Salmon of the Each guarantor was assured (1) the return obstacles it faced, but President Miller had a The Item recommended that the Miller and of his $100 in cash or (2) that he could buy comprehensive program and was a determined Cousins groups combine and invite other civic, ckets for this amount. Without excep on, the leader. Meanwhile, Digby con nued to lend professional and athle c clubs to join in the guarantors accepted ckets. The Sugar Bowl encouragement in the The Item, and their promo on. has since annually granted them the privilege associates remained enthusias c. Mee ng in Mr. Cousins’ offi ce a few days of buying 20 ckets, which represented the From its incep on, the Mid-Winter later were Mr. Miller, Dr. Fred Wolfe, Sr., Dr. M.P. equivalent of the amount of their original Sports Associa on has been free of poli cal Boebinger, F.D. “Hap” Reilly, Ralph J. Barry, T. guarantee. entanglement. Under the charter drawn by Semmes Ranle and Fred Digby. With $30,000 in escrow, and consent Mr. Miller, a orney-president, it was s pulated Out of this discussion came a call for a city- given by for use of its 24,000- that it was to be a “voluntary, non-profi t civic wide mee ng. On February 15, 1934, the New seat stadium without rental, approval of the organiza on whose members serve without Orleans Mid-Winter Sports Associa on was Southern Conference followed. The Southwest remunera on.” In prac ce this means that formally organized under a cons tu on and by- and Southern Conferences also indicated teams every Sugar Bowler buys his own ckets to all laws were wri en by Mr. Miller. would be permi ed to play in the Sugar Bowl. events. New Orleans Public Service, Inc., through Further, the charter provided that there the late A.B. Paterson, contributed $1,000 to shall be no private profi ts, and any surplus adver se and publicize the event, and Herbert above the required opera on expenses or Schwartz arranged a radio contract with WSMB reserve fund must be devoted to “charitable, and tendered to President Miller use of a staff religious or educa onal purposes.” and facili es of Maison Blanche for sale of ckets, without cost. The trophy for the winning team, a BOWL FINANCING genuine an que silver single-bo le wine cooler, The plan to fi nance the Classic called for was donated to the Associa on by Waldhorn 300 guarantors to post $100 each to set up Company, Inc. This cup was made in in Fred Digby Warren Miller the $30,000 necessary for payment of the

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1830 during the reign of King George IV and is The Stadium an exquisite example of the silversmith’s art. Committee On December 2, 1934, the execu ve recommended that commi ee went into session at the New a ci zens group be Orleans Athle c Club to consider eligible formed to join the teams, and a er long delibera on, invited Sugar Bowlers in Tulane University’s Green Wave, unbeaten in raising the funds the South, and Temple University’s Owls, the and adopted the only unbeaten team in the North. campaign slogan The famous Glenn “Pop” Warner was “70,000 or Bust.” coach at Temple, Ted Cox at Tulane. First Just 40 days announcement of the selec on failed to create later, Benson and much enthusiasm, but within 24 hours a er Nicholas, together fans scanned team records, sen ment changed with the ci zens and the sale of ckets soon exceeded $40,000. commi ee headed Thus assured of fi nancial success, the by Jay Barnes and Sugar Bowlers breathed easier when the Green Herbert J. Schwartz, Wave and the Owls waged an exci ng contest announced that in which Tulane overcame a 14-point defi cit to the $550,000 bond win, 20-14. issue had been Tulane and Temple each received completely sold. $27,800 from the gate receipts provided by an Digby described BOWL UPGRADING a endance of 22,026. Admission prices were this tremendous feat as “one of the great civic Increasing interest in the Sugar Bowl’s $1.50 and $3.50. achievements in the history of New Orleans.” postseason football games brought more A er the 1936 game, a stadium enlargement The 1939 campaign drive was conducted demands for seats. Early in 1947, President was proposed, and following nego a ons with by 11 teams, each headed by a prominent New Sam Corenswet appointed a commi ee of Jos. the Tulane Board of Administrators, the Sugar Orleanian. The 11 team captains were C.L. B. David; Chairman, H.A. Benson, Fred Digby, Bowlers decided to close the North of the Brown, Thom W. Collens, Mayer Israel, Harold A.N. Goldberg, W.V. Miller, A.B. Nicholas, Irwin stadium by adding 14,000 seats at a cost of Salmon, Phil Schoen, Sam Smallpage, E.A. F. Poche, F.D. Reilly, Frank V. Schaub and Albert $164,768.84. Stephens, Clarence Strauss, W. Horace Williams, Wachenheim, Jr., to survey the situa on. Two years later, the Sugar Bowl had again Seymour Weiss and William Zetzmann. Captain The membership gave its approval to a plan outgrown the stadium. The fi rst proposal Strauss’ team, composed en rely of Sugar submi ed by Chairman David and another was for 60,000 seats, but a er scanning the Bowlers, was the top team with bond sales bond issue of $550,000 was off ered to the sketches and considering cket costs, the Sugar totaling $105,000. public to boost permanent sea ng capacity Bowl decided to aim for 70,000 through a bond Purchasers of bonds were off ered the to 81,000. The bond issue was sold in record issue of $550,000. privilege of buying two ckets with each me, and so spontaneous was the response to On January 13, 1939, Sugar Bowl President $100 bond, at two percent interest, and the Chairman David’s announcement of the bond Herbert Benson appointed a special Stadium assurance that a minimum of $25,000 of bonds sale, that the planned campaign was cancelled. Commi ee of A.B. Nicholas; Chairman, A.N. would be re red annually from football gate In three days, the subscrip ons totalled more Goldberg, Fred Digby, Jos. B. David and Frank receipts. than $700,000 and it was generally accepted V. Schaub to complete plans for enlarging the Herbert A. Benson, architect and Sugar that more than $1 million in stadium bonds stadium and raising $550,000. Bowl past president, drew up the plans for the could have been sold. So that all subscribers 1939 enlargement. could share in cket privileges, each was The contract was limited to the purchase of three bonds. awarded to Doullut Work on the structure started in May and Ewin, Inc. In 1947 with past presidents Benson as architect June 1939, the fi rst and Goldberg as contractor. The Virginia Bridge piling was driven Company erected the steel stands with William and the double Woodbury serving as consultant on the design. deck structure was By extending and double-decking the completed in me North stands, 13,247 new seats were provided, for the 1940 kickoff . and by linking with the East and West stands, a horseshoe was completed. Permanent box seats, portal seats, two electric scoreboards, an electric mer, a press box elevator and a photographers’ roof were added. In the end, the Sugar Bowlers’ eff orts had served to create on the Tulane University campus the world’s largest double-decked steel stadium. The stadium enlargement and improvements fi nanced by the Sugar Bowl represented an investment of more than $1.5 million.

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1927 Two members of the New Orleans Item 1942 January 3 - Sugar Bowl is host to East- 1975 The fabulous Superdome - Publisher Col. James M. Thomson and West Shrine Game as contest is moved became the new “home” for the Sports Editor Fred Digby - present the away from San Francisco as war- me Sugar Bowl. The Bowl also announced idea for a New Orleans football classic safety measure. a three-year agreement with the on New Year’s Day. to have its 1946 Track, rega a, boxing, tennis and champion come to New Orleans for the 1929 Mayor A.J. O’Keefe sends commi ee to basketball events suspended because game. Southern Conference asking approval of World War II. Football Classic of proposed New Orleans game. con nued. 1977 The “marriage” of the Sugar Bowl with Request refused. the SEC to send its football champion 1947 Warren V. Miller Memorial Trophy to New Orleans was consummated 1934 February 15 - New Orleans Mid-Winter established for the game’s most New Year’s Day with the appearance of Sports Associa on is formally organized outstanding player as tribute to fi rst the Georgia Bulldogs against No. 1 Pi . at city-wide mee ng. Cons tu on Sugar Bowl president. and by-laws wri en by Warren V. 1979 Mickey Holmes, former Commissioner Miller. Offi cers elected were: Miller, 1947 Sugar Bowl sells $700,000 worth of the Missiuri Valley Conference, president; Joseph M. Cousins, vice of bonds in three days to fi nance becomes execu ve director of the president; Harry W. Fletcher, treasurer; enlargement of stadium to 80,985. Sugar Bowl and then sees and T. Semmes Ranle , secretary. win his last na onal tle as Alabama 1953 Sugar Bowl sponsors fi rst live television defeats ’ Arkansas squad on October - NOMWSA announces 300 program in New Orleans history. Game Jan. 1, 1980. persons have pledged $100 each for broadcast and telecast coast to coast. escrow fund of $30,000 to promote 1981 Agreements with SEC and ABC TV inaugural Sugar Bowl. 1955 January 1 - Navy “Team Named Desire” extended through Jan. 1, 1987. becomes fi rst service academy team to December - Na onal Champion Wilmer play in the Sugar Bowl. Middies upset 1983 Record $1.8 million paid to both Allison wins fi rst Sugar Bowl tennis Ole Miss. Georgia and Penn State. tournament, defea ng Berkeley Bell. 1958 Most Outstanding Player trophy 1984 The 50th Anniversary year culminated December - David Wuescher of renamed Miller-Digby Memorial with Auburn’s 9-7 win over Michigan Southern Yacht Club of New Orleans Trophy as tribute to both fi rst president on Jan. 2. wins fi rst Sugar Bowl Rega a Race of and fi rst general manager. Champions. 1986 Title sponsorship agreement gained 1960 Sugar Bowl becomes fi rst bowl with USF&G and TV agreement with 1935 First Sugar Bowl track meet draws televised coast to coast in color. ABC renego ated through Jan. 1, 1991. NCAA champions from Kansas, , Harvard, Georgia, LSU and Loyola. 1968 Ten New Orleans area civic leaders 1987 Record $2.55 million paid to both elected to Sugar Bowl regular Nebraska and LSU and a new January 1 - Tulane defeats Temple 20- membership. agreement with the SEC, extending 14 in fi rst Sugar Bowl Football Classic. through the 1990 game, was reached. 1970 Sugar Bowl pays record $698,792.96 to 1936 January 2 - Pi sburgh defeats na onal Ole Miss and Arkansas. Each team took 1988 ABC television agreement extended champion LSU, 52-47, in fi rst Sugar home $349,396.48. through Jan. 1, 1997. Bowl basketball game. 1972 A record 84,031 fans watched 1989 SEC agreement extended through Jan. Sugar Bowl enlarges , beat Auburn 40-22. Record 1, 1995, and a record $2.8 million paid adding 14,000 seats at a cost of payoff of $742,878.24 split between to both State and Auburn. $164,768.84 to bring capacity to two teams. 38,000. Remaining 108 debenture bonds of 1991 Sugar Bowl joins forces with the Orange $500,000 Series Two issue of 1947 Bowl, the Co on Bowl, the , 1939 January 13 - Sugar Bowl President re red. the ACC, the Big East and Notre Dame Herbert Benson announces plans to form the “Bowl Coali on.” for $550,000 bond issue to enlarge December - UCLA, the na on’s No. 1 stadium to 70,000. college basketball team, won the Sugar 1993 The Sugar Bowl is played for the fi rst Bowl tle by bea ng Illinois, 71-64, and me within ’s “Bowl Bond issue completely sold out, a feat Oklahoma’s second-ranked Sooners Coali on” format. Alabama defeats which Fred Digby called “one of the beat fi h-ranked Penn State 14-0 in the for the na onal championship great civic achievements in the history 39th Sugar Bowl Football Classic in the in a matchup of the country’s top two of New Orleans.” fi rst night game in the Bowl’s history. teams.

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1994 The Bowl’s 60th-anniversary celebra on 2004 The Sugar Bowl announced the crea on 2012 For the second me, the Allstate Sugar culminates on New Year’s Day with of the Manning Award, an annual Bowl hosts its own Sugar Bowl Classic Cybill Shepherd’s ringing rendi on of award to recognize the top collegiate as well as the Allstate BCS Na onal the Na onal Anthem leading into a 41-7 in the na on and to honor Championship game, bringing nearly Florida victory over . the collegiate accomplishments of half a billion dollars in economic impact and his sons Peyton to the region. The Sugar Bowl selected by and Eli, both New Orleans na ves. commissioners of the country’s major The Allstate Sugar Bowl is a key part of football conferences to par cipate in 2005 Monday, August 29, 2005 - Hurricane the Local Organizing Commi ee for the the new College Football , Katrina makes landfall in New Orleans 2012 NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four. a three-way rota on of a na onal and the Gulf South region causing championship game that also includes devasta on to the area and forcing the November - The Bowl signs a 12-year Orange and Fiesta bowls. Sugar Bowl to be played outside the deal with the and the city of New Orleans and the state of Southeastern Conference to host each 1995 Florida and Florida State received record Louisiana for the fi rst me in its 72-year leagues’ champion (or top available Sugar Bowl payouts of $4.45 million for history. team) each year in the Sugar Bowl. par cipa ng in the 61st Classic. Atlanta, Ga. played host to the 72nd November - The Bowl signs on as the Nokia, a Finnish telecommunica ons Annual Sugar Bowl Classic. West Virginia tle sponsor of the Crescent City Classic, and electronics supplier, becomes the beats Georgia 38-35 on Jan. 2 in the an annual 10-kilometer road race that second tle sponsor of the Sugar Bowl. . a racts over 20,000 par cipants each year, including many of the best runners December - In its fi rst year as a member 2006 The Bowl ushered in the new year with in the world. of the College Football Bowl Alliance, a move back to the New Orleans area the Sugar Bowl hosted and and welcomed Allstate Insurance as its 2013 Louisville, the Big East champion, . The Hokies defeated the new tle sponsor. becomes the 85th conference champion Longhorns, 28-10. Both teams received to compete in the Sugar Bowl, defea ng record payouts of $7.825 million. 2007 The Classic made its triumphant return Florida, 33-23. to the Superdome and New Orleans as 1996 Paul J. Hoolahan named new execu ve the 73rd Classic saw LSU beat Notre April - The Allstate Sugar Bowl served as director in July a er serving six years Dame 41-14 on Jan. 3. part of the Local Organizing Commi ee as director of athle cs at Vanderbilt for the 2013 NCAA Women’s Final Four. University. 2008 For the fi rst me in its history, the Sugar Bowl commi ee hosted two football May - The Bowl takes on the tle 1997 The Bowl celebrates its 63rd Classic games. On Jan. 1, Georgia defeated sponsorship of the Louisiana High while hos ng the na onal championship Hawai’i 41-10 in the 74th Classic. One School Athle c Associa on (LHSAA) game in front of 78,347 fans. Florida week later on Jan. 7, the Bowl hosted Championship Events. beats Florida State 52-20 and both the BCS Na onal Championship Game received record payouts of $8.736 as #2 LSU defeated #1 Ohio State, 38- 2014 The Sugar Bowl hosts its 6,000,000th million. 24. fan as over 70,000 fans turn out to see Oklahoma upend Alabama, 45-31. 2000 The Bowl celebrates its 66th Classic in 2009 The Sugar Bowl celebrates its 75th grand fashion while hos ng the na onal Anniversary with a Legends Luncheon 2015 The Allstate Sugar Bowl hosted one championship game in the New event that welcomed 42 former coaches of the fi rst College Football Playoff Millennium. No. 1 Florida State defeats and Most Valuable Players back to New Semifi nals. The sold-out game was also No. 2 Virginia Tech, 46-29, in front Orleans. In the 75th Annual Sugar Bowl, watched by over 28,000,000 television of a Superdome record 79,280 fans. Utah shocked Alabama, 31-17. viewers, se ng a record for cable The Florida State Seminoles beat the television viewing audience as Ohio 46-29 and both are 2011 Florida legend , playing the State defeated Alabama before going awarded record payouts of $13 million fi nal game of his career, had one of on to win the Na onal Championship. each. the best performances in Sugar Bowl history, comple ng 31-of-35 passes November - The city of New Orleans, 2004 The Classic celebrated its 70th for a bowl-record 482 yards in a 51-24 behind the eff orts of the Sugar Bowl anniversary with its second na onal Gator win over previously undefeated Commi ee, is selected to host the championship game of the new Big East Champion Cincinna . 2020 College Football Playoff Na onal millennium. LSU defeated Oklahoma, Championship. 21-14, for the BCS crown in front an all- me Dome record crowd of 79,342. The 2016 In the fi rst offi cial match-up between teams also received a sweet payout of the SEC and the Big 12 in the Sugar $18 million. Bowl, Ole Miss defeats Oklahoma State, 48-20, before a sold-out Superdome.

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January 1, 1935 January 1, 1936 #13 Tulane 20 (Final: 10-1, #8) #4 TCU 3 (Final: 12-1, #1) #3 Temple 14 (Final: 7-1-2, #9) 1 #1 LSU 2 (Final: 9-2, #3) 2

This was the fi rst and s ll ranks among the Three straight days of rain sent the two strong all- me best of the Sugar Bowl Classics. It featured passing games of TCU and LSU swirling into the Tulane, the “best of the South,” and Temple, the gumbo-like surface of Tulane Stadium. However, “best of the North.” while LSU’s superb Abe Mickal struggled to move the Two fi rst half , on the Tulane 10 and 18, off ense, TCU’s legendary Slingin’ , was gave Temple two , and Dave Smuckler more than just a passer, he was one of the best all- had a hand in both - a seven-yard pass to Danny Testa, around players in the game’s history. and then catapul ng on his own over center from the Considering all of the factors, the crowd may 2. Temple was in front 14-0, having to go a total of 28 have witnessed one of the fi nest -less yards in six plays for its two-touchdown lead. games ever played, complete with mul ple goal-line However, Tulane rallied behind the fi rst stands. The Frogs held the Bayou Bengals six inches spectacular play in Sugar Bowl history. Temple kicked from the and twice from the two. off to the sideline and the Wave’s Johnny McDaniel Baugh was the key defensively for TCU, making a took the ball on the 10 and ran up a few yards, drawing most of the Owl coverage pair of touchdown-saving tackles, collec ng two intercep ons and also averaging to him. Then he lateralled to Tulane star Monk Simons, who sprinted the remaining 48.0 yards on 14 punts. He also had a hand in all of the scoring. As LSU end Gus 85 yards to paydirt. Tinsley came crashing into the end zone, Baugh lost control of a pass, which fell Late in the third quarter, Bucky Bryan broke off a ni y 28-yard gain se ng up into the swampy end zone - in those days an automa c safety. the Green Wave. From the 11, Bryan fl icked a quick pass to Dick Hardy, who leaped However, less than two minutes later, Baugh held on a 36-yard fi eld goal high between two Owls and came down with the ball in the end zone. from Taldon Manton just inside the right post. Hardy, really as much a hero as Simons, also gave Tulane the lead - and The Williamson Poll declared the two teams co-champions, most likely due ul mately the victory. Mintz looked for Hardy downfi eld from the Owl 48, but the to the harsh condi ons in the ghtly-fought contest. SMU had lost to Stanford in defender, Horace Mowrey sniff ed the play perfectly. However, he only defl ected the Rose Bowl to slip from No. 1 in that poll. the pass and Hardy rushed over, took the ball on the run, and raced untouched the remaining 15 yards as Bill Longsderf dove desperately and fu lely at his heels. It Tulane Stadium • A : 35,000 was the third sensa onal recep on of the day for Hardy. TCU 0 3 0 0 - 3 Longsderf kept Temple’s hopes alive by blocking Mintz’s conversion to keep LSU 0 2 0 0 - 2 the score at 20-14, but that’s how things would end. The a endance of 22,026 allowed the Mid-Winter Sports Associa on to SCORING SUMMARY present each school with a check of $27,800, almost double their guarantee. The LSU: Safety: Incomplete pass by Sammy Baugh in own end zone quality and derring-do of Temple and Tulane le fans buzzing. The Sugar Bowl was TCU: Taldon Manton 36-yard fi eld goal in business. TCU Team Sta s cs LSU Tulane Stadium • A : 22,206 6 First Downs 9 Tulane 0 7 7 6 - 20 121 Rushing Yards 120 Temple 7 7 0 0 - 14 3-8-1 Passing 3-21-3 54 Passing Yards 59 SCORING SUMMARY 175 Total Yards 179 Temple: Danny Testa 7-yard pass from Dave Smukler (Smukler kick) 14-48.0 Punts 13-44.7 Temple: Smukler 1-yard run (Smukler kick) 2-1 Fumbles – Lost 3-2 Tulane: Claude Simons 85-yard lateral from Johnny McDaniel on 4-20 Penal es – Yards 3-33 kickoff (Barney Mintz kick) Tulane: Dick Hardy 11-yard pass from Bucky Bryan (Mintz kick) Individual Leaders Tulane: Hardy 43-yard pass from Mintz (Kick blocked) Rushing TCU: Lawrence 6-54; Sammy Baugh 22-45 Tulane Team Sta s cs Temple LSU: Bill Crass 15-34; Rocky Reed 6-29 9 First Downs 13 43-117 Rushing 59-181 Passing 6-15-1 Passing 3-12-1 TCU: Sammy Baugh 2-7-1, 29 yards 80 Passing Yards 21 LSU: Abe Mickal 2-14-3, 36 yards 197 Total Yards 202 10-35.2 Punts 12-34.0 Receiving 3/2 Fumbles-Lost 3/0 TCU: Walls, 1-25; Meyer 1-18 2-10 Penal es 1-5 LSU: Barre 3-59

Rushing Leaders Tulane: Claude Simons 9-61; Bucky Bryan 3-26 Temple: Dave Smukler 24-88 TD; Horace Mowrey 12-40

Passing Leaders Tulane: Barney Mintz 2-6, 53 yards, 1 TD Temple: Dave Smukler 3-6, 19 yards, 1 TD Legendary quarterback Sammy Baugh made more Receiving Leaders of a name for himself as a Tulane: Dick Hardy 3-57, 2 TDs. and in Temple: Preisser 1-10; Danny Testa, 1-7 TD TCU’s 1936 Sugar Bowl win.

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January 1, 1937 January 1, 1938 #9 Santa Clara 21 (Final: 8-1) #9 Santa Clara 6 (Final: 9-0) #2 LSU 14 (Final: 9-1-1) 3 #8 LSU 0 (Final: 9-1-1) 4

Turnovers were on the menu for the third annual LSU received what it wished for as it was tabbed Sugar Bowl as LSU commi ed an astounding 10 (six for a rematch with Santa Clara a er the previous lost fumbles and four intercep ons) and upstart year’s upset loss. And the Tigers seemingly took Santa Clara had six (four fumbles, two intercep ons). advantage, out-gaining (201-101) and out-fi rst LSU lost top passer Pat Coff ee to injury on the downing (10-4) the Broncos. opening kickoff and the Broncos opened the scoring However, LSU could not break into the end zone with a 27-yard pass play from Nello Falaschi to Manny despite mul ple opportuni es. On the opening drive, Gomez. Seven minutes later, Santa Clara scored again LSU forced a and drove to the Bronco four, with a 30-yard scoring play on fourth-and-nine from only to be stopped by a saving by Al Wolff . Bruno Pellegrini to Norman Finney. Santa Clara used a trick play by hal ack James A er entering the game with one of the na on’s Barlow - who faked the sweep to his le and passed most effi cient off enses, LSU went 25 minutes before back across the fi eld for a 20-yard gain to the LSU registering a fi rst down. However, late in the second nine-yard line. On the next play, Bruno Pellegrini quarter, the Tigers’ Gus Tinsley caught a short pass from Bill Crass and reversed lo ed a perfect pass over the shoulder of end Jimmy Coughlan for the lone score fi eld for a 50-yard score to make it 14-7. of the a ernoon. The Broncos iced the victory on a fl uke play in the third quarter. Frank The game’s fi nal play went according to the script of the day, as LSU’s Young “” Smith, from Picayune, threw a pass up for grabs on a failed end- Bussey connected with , who briefl y looked as if he were ge ng around, but Falaschi made the grab and scored. away. However, Santa Clara’s Bill Gunther brought the big end down at the 23 -- In the fi nal minutes, Crass found Rocky Reed for a score a er a blocked the fi nal in a series of touchdown-saving plays by the scrappy Broncos. Bronco kick, but LSU’s fate was already sealed. Tulane Stadium • A : 40,000 Tulane Stadium • A : 38,483 Santa Clara 6 0 0 0 - 6 Santa Clara 14 0 7 0 - 21 LSU 0 0 0 0 - 0 LSU 0 7 0 7 - 14 SCORING SUMMARY SCORING SUMMARY SC: Jim Coughlan 4-yard pass from Bruno Pellegrini (Kick failed) SC: Manny Gomez 27-yard pass from Nello Falaschi (Bruno Pellegrini kick) SC: Norman Finney 30-yard pass from Pellegrini (Pellegrini kick) SC Team Sta s cs LSU LSU: Gus Tinsley 50-yard pass from Bill Crass (Crass kick) 4 First Downs 10 SC: Falaschi 1-yard run (Frank Smith pass from Falaschi) 34 Rushing Yards 106 LSU: Rocky Reed 6-yard pass from Crass (Crass kick) 5-13-3 Passing 8-21-0 67 Passing Yards 95 SC Team Sta s cs LSU 101 Total Yards 201 10 First Downs 7 14-36.0 Pun ng 14-32.0 108 Rushing Yards 44 3 Fumbles Lost 0 6-12-4 Passing 7-21-2 30 Penalty Yards 35 74 Passing Yards 125 182 Total Yards 169 Individual Leaders 12-42.0 Punts 13-36.0 Rushing 4 Fumbles Lost 6 LSU: Co on Milner 13-32; Pinky Rohm 14-30 42 Penalty Yards 0 Santa Clara: Bruno Pelligrini 11-7; James Barlow 3-10

Individual Leaders Passing Rushing LSU: Pinky Rohm 2-5, 22 yards Santa Clara: DeRosa 11-31; Nello Falaschi 7-15 Santa Clara: Bruno Pelligrini 2-7, 19 yards LSU: Bill Crass 11-27 Receiving Passing LSU: Ken Kavanaugh 3-44 yards. Santa Clara: Nello Falaschi 4-4, 42 yards, 1 TD Santa Clara: Jim Coughlan 2-19 TD LSU: Bill Crass 6-14, 95 yards, 1 TD

Receiving Santa Clara: Norman Finney 2-39 TD; Manny Gomez 2-30 TD LSU: Gus Tinsley 3-67 TD

Hall of Fame coach guided the Santa Clara Broncos to the 1938 Sugar Bowl, where they held off LSU for the upset victory.

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January 2, 1939 January 1, 1940 #1 TCU 15 (Final: 11-0-0) #1 Texas A&M 14 (Final: 11-0-0) #6 Carnegie Tech 7 (Final: 7-2-0) 5 #5 Tulane 13 (Final: 8-1-1) 6

Despite being the smallest quarterback in the It came in billed as college football’s best, and land at 5-7, TCU’s Davey O’Brien was the biggest Texas A&M, behind , proved it was name in college football. The undefeated and un ed just that with a 14-13 come-from-behind win over Horned Frogs were expected to wrap up their perfect Tulane before 73,000 fans in the newly expanded season in the fi h annual Sugar Bowl, but Carnegie Tulane Stadium. Tech gave TCU a run. Kimbrough, dominated with his running The Frogs opened the scoring when Connie (25 carries for 159 yards) and defensive play and Sparks scored through the pile from the one-yard line shared hero honors with teammate Herbie Smith, in the fi rst quarter. But a er TCU missed the extra who blocked a Tulane PAT, which proved to be the point, the Tartans converted on fourth-and-sixth and diff erence. then Pete Moroz backpedaled before fi nding George The 210-pound Kimbrough tallied the fi rst Muha for a 44-yard scoring play. With the extra point, touchdown of the game, hurdling in from the one- Carnegie became the fi rst team to lead the Frogs all yard line in the fi rst quarter, but the Greenies put a season long. scare into the undefeated Aggies. Bobby “Ji erburg” Kellogg fi elded a punt on the However, O’Brien quickly responded, on the fi rst drive of the second half, he bounce, side-stepper one tackler, then took off along the west sidelines, receiving fl icked a dart to Durwood Horner, who grabed it at the 29, wheeled and went the a pair of key blocks to clear his path to the end zone for a 75-yard score to knot the distance untouched. game. Carnegie Tech nearly kept itself alive in the fourth quarter, holding the A er recovering an Aggie fumble late in the third period, Tulane forged ahead Frogs at the one, but O’Brien’s 20-yard fi eld-goal a empt was good for a 15-7 on a short run by Mone e Butler early in the fourth quarter, however, Smith, the advantage. smallest player on the fi eld, popped through and blocked the PAT a empt, leaving Muha almost broke the ensuing kickoff for a touchdown, but the Wave on top, 13-7. caught him from behind and then O’Brien stepped up again, picking off a pass at From there, Kimbrough took over. The big man, nicknamed “Jarrin Jawn,” the TCU 21 to ice the victory. had a pair of bruising runs through the Tulane defenders. The fi rst plowed the ball to the Tulane 27 and the second came on a lateral at the 18 as he barreled straight Tulane Stadium • A : 44,308 through the defense for the game-winning touchdown. TCU 0 6 6 3 - 15 Carnegie Tech 0 7 0 0 - 7 Tulane Stadium • A : 73,000 Texas A&M 7 0 0 7 - 14 SCORING SUMMARY Tulane 0 0 7 6 - 13 TCU: Connie Sparks 1-yard run (Kick failed) CT: George Muha 44-yard pass from Pete Moroz (Muha kick) SCORING SUMMARY TCU: Durwood Horner 44-yard pass from Davey O’Brien (Kick failed) A&M: John Kimbrough 1-yard run (Co on Price kick) TCU: O’Brien 20-yard fi eld goal Tulane: Bobby Kellogg 75-yard punt return (Jimmy Thibaut kick) Tulane: Mone e Butler 1-yard run (Kick blocked by Herbie Smith) TCU Team Sta s cs CT A&M: Kimbrough 18-yard lateral from Smith (Price kick) 17 First Downs 10 142 Rushing Yards 129 A&M Team Sta s cs Tulane 17-28-0 Passing 3-8-2 18 First Downs 8 225 Passing Yards 59 244 Rushing Yards 193 367 Total Yards 188 8-15-1 Passing 0-4-0 1-40.0 Punts 6-40.0 62 Passing Yards 0 0-0 Fumbles – Lost 0-0 306 Total Yards 193 5 Penalty Yards 20 6-44.0 Pun ng 11-34.0 2-2 Fumbles – Lost 1-0 Individual Leaders 2-30 Penal es – Yards 2-30 Rushing TCU: Hall 6-47; Connie Sparks 14-37 TD Individual Leaders CT: George Muha 16-69; Condit 10-31 Rushing A&M: John Kimbrough 25-159 TD; Connatser 9-31 Passing Tulane: Mone e Butler 10-55 TD; Cassibry 11-42 TCU: Davey O’Brien 17-27-0, 224 yards, 1 TD Passing CT: Pete Moroz 1-2-0, 38 yards, 1 TD A&M: Co on Price 8-15-1, 62 yards Tul: Bobby Kellogg 0-2-0, 0 yards Receiving TCU: Clark 7-81; Hall 5-75 Receiving CT: Georga Muha 1-38; Fisher 1-2 A&M: Moser 2-17; Connaster 2-12

Davey O’Brien, the 1938 John Kimbrough, a 210-pound winner, fullback, jarred the Tulane Green led TCU to victory in Wave for 159 yards as Texas A&M the 1939 Sugar Bowl. claimed the national championship.

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January 1, 1941 January 1, 1942 #5 Boston College 19 (Final: 11-0-0) #6 Fordham 2 (Final: 8-1-0) #4 Tennessee 13 (Final: 10-1-0) 7 #7 Missouri 0 (Final: 8-2-0) 8

Tennessee was heavily-favored for the seventh The 1942 Sugar Bowl had its lowest average annual Sugar Bowl against Boston College and not ranking between the two opponents and it was surprisingly, it was a Volunteer play which won the the fi rst without an SEC or game. However, the play was run by BC’s Charlie representa ve. However, it was the only bowl game O’Rourke, who shed goat horns for the hero’s mantel. between top 10 teams and it also featured a pair of With the score ed at 13 in the fourth quarter, potent off enses. O’Rourke faded back and raised his arm as if to throw, Unfortunately, rain and mud bogged down then tucked the ball and cut sharply between tackle Missouri’s Split-T and Fordham’s vaunted passing and end, gliding through Vol defenders for a 24- a ack, turning the off ensive aff air into a defensive yard TD run. The play was known as the “Tennessee struggle. Special” by Boston College and its coach Frank Leahy The only points to be put on the board came in -- it had been added to the Eagles’ repertoire just the fi rst quarter when Fordham’s Alex San lli blocked two days before the game when its eff ec veness was a punt and Stanley Ri nksi tracked it down, sliding realized during scou ng sessions. through the end zone and out-of-bounds for a safety. Tennessee opened the scoring on a four-yard run by Van Thompson -- Missouri ba led throughout, trying to put points on the board behind the the scoring opportunity came a er a key fumble by O’Rourke, as well as a pass solid play of quarterback Harry Ice (112 rushing yards). Ice nearly broke a long interference penalty on the Eagle standout. touchdown run but was snagged by the arm and the Tigers failed on a fourth-and- BC kno ed the game a er Henry Woronicz blocked a Volunteer punt -- the two at midfi eld, but they s ll had one fi nal opportunity. In the fi nal minutes of the fi rst Tennessee punt to be blocked in seven years -- and Mickey Connolly ran to game, Ice directed the off ense downfi eld, but a fi ve-yard loss on a tackle by San lli paydirt from 12 yards out. The teams traded scoring runs in the third quarter, Buist forced the Tigers to se le for a 35-yard fi eld-goal a empt. ’s boot Warren went in from three yards out for the Vols, while had a short sailed straight toward the goal, but dipped just below the crossbar, handing victory scoring plunge to knot the game once again. to the Rams. That set up O’Rourke’s scoring heroics in the fourth quarter. He then solidifi ed his hero status by intercep ng a Tennessee pass late in the fi nal minutes. Tulane Stadium • A : 66,154 The victory made a na onal name of Leahy and within a month, his alma Fordham 2 0 0 0 - 2 mater, Notre Dame, hired him to a posi on from which he would win four na onal Missouri 0 0 0 0 - 0 championships. SCORING SUMMARY Tulane Stadium • A : 68,486 Fordham: Safety: Alex San lli blocks punt; ball rolls through end zone. Boston College 0 0 13 6 - 19 Tennessee 7 0 6 0 - 13 Fordham Team Sta s cs Missouri 10 First Downs 8 SCORING SUMMARY 137 Rushing Yards 148 Tenn: Van Thompson 4-yard run (Robert Foxx kick) 0-4-0 Passing 2-5-2 BC: Mickey Connolly 12-yard run (Francis Maznicki kick) 0 Passing Yards 21 Tenn: Buist Warren 3-yard run (Run failed) 137 Total Yards 169 BC: Mike Holovak 1-yard run (Maznicki kick) 9-34.0 Punts 6-36.0 BC: Charlie O’Rourke 24-yard run (Kick failed) 3-1 Fumbles – Lost 3-2 30 Penalty Yards 10 BC Team Sta s cs Tenn. 11 First Downs 13 Individual Leaders 142 Rushing Yards 124 Rushing 6-14-3 Passing 9-22-2 Missouri: Harry Ice 15-112; Bob Steuber 9-24 106 Passing Yards 121 Fordham: Steve Fillpowicz 15-58; Joseph Andrejco 12-49 248 Total Yards 245 6-35.0 Punts 7-36.0 Passing 1-1 Fumbles – Lost 1-1 Missouri: Harry Ice 2-4, 21 yards 3-25 Penal es – Yards 4-36 Receiving Individual Leaders Missouri: Marshall Shurnas 1-16; Harold Adams 1-5 Rushing BC: Charlie O’Rourke 7-52 TD Tenn: Robert Foxx 7-41; Van Thompson 11-40 TD

Passing BC: Charlie O’Rourke 5-11-2, 85 yards Tenn: Van Thompson 4-9-1, 42 yards

Receiving BC: Edward Zabilski 2-39 Tenn: James Coleman 3-49

Frank Leahy used his 1941 Sugar Bowl win at Boston College Waterlogged James Blumenstock has precious little room to jump to the Notre Dame head job. to run against Missouri in the Tulane Stadium quagmire.

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January 1, 1943 January 1, 1944 #7 Tennessee 14 (Final: 9-1-1) #13 20 (Final: 8-3-0) #4 Tulsa 7 (Final: 10-1-1) 9 #15 Tulsa 18 (Final: 6-1-1) 10

Passing and pun ng were Tulsa’s forte coming Georgia Tech’s Eddie Prokop was the man of into the contest, but it was Tennessee’s strong defense the day as he rushed for 199 yards, threw for a and solid ground game that made the diff erence in touchdown and kicked a pair of extra points to lead the game. the Yellow Jackets to victory over Tulsa before 69,000 While the Golden Hurricane tried to ride the fans. throwing and kicking of (he completed a For the fi rst three periods and past the middle of record nine straight passes at one point and had a 76- the fourth, Tulsa clinged to the lead. But in the end, yard punt), the Vols proceeded with a steady rushing Tulsa could not withstand Prokop and Georgia Tech’s a ack spearheaded by Clyde Fuson and Billy Gold, off ensive a ack, which produced a 72-yard drive that each of whom scored a touchdown. gave the Yellow Jackets a 20-18 decision. Prokop’s Early in the second quarter, Dobbs put the 199 yards stood as the Sugar Bowl rushing record Hurricane on top with a nine-yard fl ick to Cal Purdin un l Pi Heisman Trophy winner Tony Dorse rolled for a touchdown. Tennessee came right back with Bill for 202 yards in 1977. Gold slashing into the end zone from the 3, but the conversion failed and Tulsa led Tulsa stopped a Tech drive following the opening kickoff , and from their own at the half. 14-yard line, marched 86 yards to score in the fi rst fi ve minutes. A fake fi eld goal by In the second half, the Tennessee defense clamped down, focusing on Dobbs. Clyde LeForce ended up in a TD pass to Ed Shedlosky. TU tailback Jimmy Ford ran A er holding the Tulsa off ense and forcing a punt, Tennessee’s Denver Crawford around le end for a 79-yard touchdown on the fi rst play of the second quarter for burst into the end zone and blocked the Tulsa punt for a safety and a Volunteer a 12-0 Hurricane lead. advantage. Prior to hal ime, Tech scored on a one-yard plunge by , but Tulsa desperately tried to ba le back with its passing game, but a pped ball that was followed by a six-yard TD run by TU’s LeForce to give the Hurricane’s an was intercepted by Dick Jordan, se ng up the clinching score, a one-yard dart by 18-7 hal ime edge. Tech made it 18-13 in the third period on a 47-yard TD pass Clyde Fuson for a 14-7 lead. by Prokop and then put together a 79-yard drive for the two-point lead in the fi nal The last eff ort by the Hurricane was snuff ed by another intercep on, this one quarter. Tulsa could only get as close as the Tech 34-yard line before the fi nal horn by Jim Powell, who had pped the earlier intercep on. sounded.

Tulane Stadium • A : 58,361 Tulane Stadium • A : 69,134 Tennessee 0 6 2 6 - 14 Georgia Tech 0 7 6 7 - 20 Tulsa 0 7 0 0 - 7 Tulsa 6 12 0 0 - 18

SCORING SUMMARY SCORING SUMMARY Tulsa: Cal Purdin 9-yard pass from Glenn Dobbs (LeForce kick) Tulsa: Ed Shedlosky 15-yard pass from Clyde LeForce (Kick failed) Tenn: Billy Gold 2-yard run (Kick failed) Tulsa: Jimmy Ford 76-yard run (Kick failed) Tenn: Safety: Denver Crawford blocked punt out of end zone GT: Frank Broyles 1-yard run (Eddie Prokop kick) Tenn: Clyde Fuson 1-yard run (Kick failed) Tulsa: LeForce 1-yard run (Kick failed) GT: Phil Tinsley 46-yard pass from Prokop (Kick failed) Tenn. Team Sta s cs Tulsa GT: Ed Scharfscherdt 1-yard run (Prokop kick) 14 First Downs 10 208 Rushing Yards - 39 GT Team Sta s cs Tulsa 7-17-0 Passing 17-27-2 25 First Downs 8 88 Passing Yards 168 373 Rushing Yards 211 296 Total Yards 129 4-16-1 Passing 6-15-1 10-41.0 Punts 14-43.0 83 Passing Yards 87 2-2 Fumbles – Lost 0-0 456 Total Yards 298 9-100 Penal es – Yards 5-44 6-38.0 Punts 7-34.0 3 Fumbles Lost 1 Individual Leaders 60 Penalty Yards 50 Rushing Tennessee: Clyde Fuson 14-57, 1 TD; Cifer 11-48 Rushing Leaders Tulsa: Erickson 1-9 GT: Eddie Prokop 29-199; Frank Broyles 19-70, 1 TD Tulsa: Jimmy Ford 14-106, 1 TD; Clyde LeForce 5-51; Smith 5-51 Passing Tennessee: Walter Slater 7-15, 88 yards Passing Tulsa: Glenn Dobbs 11-16, 98 yards; Keithley 6-11, 70 yards GT: Eddie Prokop 3-14, 57 yards; Frank Broyles 1-2, 26 yards Tulsa: Clyde LeForce 3-6, 68 yards, 1 TD; Jimmy Ford 2-6, 18 yards Receiving Tennessee: Gaff ney 2-30; Hust 2-20 Receiving Leaders Tulsa: Judd 8-101; Cal Purdin 5-36 GT: Phil Tinsley 2-54, 1 TD. Tulsa: Ed Shedlosky 3-49, 1 TD

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January 1, 1945 January 1, 1946 #11 Duke 29 (Final: 7-3-0) #5 Oklahoma A&M 33 (9-0-0) Alabama 26 (Final: 5-2-2) 11 #7 St. Mary’s 13 (7-2-0) 12

In a seesaw aff air that saw the lead change A capacity crowd of 75,000 gathered to watch hands four mes, Duke emerged the victor with a the ba le of All-Americans, Oklahoma A&M’s Bob fran c fi nish, 29-26. “Blond Bomber” Fenimore and St. Mary’s “Squirmin” Alabama took a 26-20 lead late courtesy of Herman Wedemeyer. Hugh Morrow’s record 80-yard intercep on return Wedemeyer’s 47-yard touchdown pass to for a touchdown. Moments later, again in possession Denis O’Connor opened the scoring, but Fenimore of the football, Bama took an inten onal safety. matched it with a 28-yard toss to Cecil Haskins as That strategy backfi red, however, as Duke got a the fi rst quarter ended. Fenimore’s short plunge tremendous return by George Clark on the ensuing gave A&M the lead for keeps, but just before the kick and then needed just one play (a 20-yard romp half, Wedemeyer ran 24 yards before lateralling to by Clark) to pull ahead 29-26. Fred DeSalvo, who weaved his way through Aggie Even then the game wasn’t over as Duke had defenders 40 yards for a touchdown. The conversion to come up with a game-saving, last-play tackle of missed, and A&M led at hal ime. Bama’s to preserve the win. While the Cowboy passing game was off - the Gaels’ O’Connor added a Gilmer, a freshman, put on what was then considered an eye-popping Sugar Bowl record three intercep ons to his touchdown catch - the ground game performance, comple ng eight passes in eight a empts. produced another Fenimore TD plunge in the third quarter, and Jim Reynolds opened the fourth stanza by leaping a yard for a score. Reynolds winged a 20-yard Tulane Stadium • A : 68,822 TD pass to Joe Thomas in the fi nal minutes to end the wild scoring derby. Duke 7 6 7 9 - 29 In his ba le with Wedemeyer, Fenimore got the best of the total off ense Alabama 12 7 0 7 - 26 struggle, ge ng 206 yards in 36 plays while Wedemeyer had 184 yards in 25 plays. Fenimore also punted four mes for an average of 47.2 yards. SCORING SUMMARY Duke: Clark 15-yard run (Raether kick) Ala: Hodges 1-yard run (Kick failed) Tulane Stadium • A : 68,822 Ala: Hodges 2-yard run (Kick failed) Oklahoma A&M 7 7 6 13 - 33 Ala: Jones 13-yard pass from Gilmer (Morrow kick) St. Mary’s 7 6 0 0 - 13 Duke: Davis 1-yard run (Kick failed) Duke: Davis 1-yard run (Raether, kick) SCORING SUMMARY Ala: Morrow 80-yard intercep on return (Morrow kick) STM: O’Connor 46-yard pass from Wedemeyer (Wedemeyer kick) Duke: Safety A&M: Haskins 29-yard pass from Fenimore (Reynolds kick) Duke: Clark 20-yard run (Raether kick) A&M: Fenimore 1-yard run (Reynolds kick) STM: DeSalvo 20-yard run (Kick failed) Duke Team Sta s cs Alabama A&M: Fenimore 1-yard run (Kick failed) 21 First Downs 8 A&M: Reynolds 1-yard run (Kick failed) 64-315 Rushing 31-101 A&M: Thomas 20-yard pass from Reynolds (Reynolds kick) 4-8-1 Passing 8-8-0 46 Passing Yards 145 361 Total Yards 246 Oklahoma A&M Team Sta s cs St. Mary’s 4-39.8 Punts 6-40.7 15 First Downs 8 6-1 Fumbles – Lost 1-1 217 Rushing Yards 61 1-7 Penal es – Yards 1-1 6-13-4 Passing 11-24-2 112 Passing Yards 177 Individual Leaders 339 Total Yards 238 Rushing 4-47.2 Punts 5-43.0 Duke: Clark 14-114, 2 TDs; Davis 27-93, 2 TDs 0-0 Fumbles – Lost 2-2 Ala.: Gilmer 11-36; Hodges 11-30, 2 TDs Individual Leaders Passing Rushing Duke: Lewis 3-7-1, 40 yards, 0 TD A&M: Fenimore 25-125, 2 TDs; Reynolds 14-51, 1 TD Ala.: Gilmer 8-8-0, 145 yards, 1 TD STM: Wedemeyer 7-24; DeSalvo 1-20, 1 TD

Receiving Passing Duke: Carver 3-33, Raether 1-13 A&M: Fenimore 4-10, 76 yards, 1 TD; Reynolds 2-3, 36 yards Ala.: Jones 4-138, 1 TD STM: Wedemyer 9-19, 150 yards; 1TD; O’Connor 2-3, 27 yards

Receiving A&M: Haskins 2-48, 1 TD; Armstrong 2-28 STM: O’Connor 6-76, 1 TD

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January 1, 1947 January 1, 1948 #3 Georgia 20 (11-0-0) #5 Texas 27 (10-1-0) #9 10 (9-1-1) 13 #6 Alabama 7 (8-3-0) 14

Georgia and the legendary held Harry Gilmer completed his fi rst two passes, off an upset bid by North Carolina to come away with meaning a er four years and two Sugar Bowls, he a 20-10 victory and stake a claim on college football’s was 10-for-10 in the game. But, like the Jus ce-Trippi No. 1 spot. The win extended Georgia’s two-season matchup of the year before, the an cipated Gilmer- victory streak to 16. aerial display didn’t materialize. The contest was billed as a ba le between A er his start, Gilmer misfi red. A er those two Trippi and Carolina’s Charley “Choo Choo” Jus ce. In comple ons, Alabama’s off ense was virtually fi nished the end, Trippi was judged the winner as he rushed for the day. And the Crimson Tide was its own worst for 77 yards and threw for 64 more, including one enemy, commi ng three cri cal errors: having a punt touchdown pass, while Jus ce managed just 37 yards blocked, an intercep on, and a fumble near its end on 18 carries against the Bulldog defense. zone. All three resulted in Texas touchdowns. In the fi rst half, the Tar Heels clearly looked like The combina on of Texas’ alert defense and the the be er team, but only managed a 7-0 advantage swashbuckling Layne served Alabama its worst de- when Bob Mi en’s intercep on set up Walt Pupa for a short touchdown run. feat in 10 bowl appearances. In the second half, the Bulldogs made adjustments and came to life – while Texas opened the scoring late in the fi rst quarter as Layne drove the also being the benefi ciary of a pair of controversial calls by the referees. Longhorns 85 yards, including a 44-yard pass to Billy Pyle and a fi ve-yard scoring Joe Tereshinski picked off a Pupa pass and as he was being tackled, he pass to Ralph Blount, who was a 21-year-old war veteran and Texas legislator. pitched the ball forward to Dick McPhee. While the ball should have been dead The Tide managed to go into the half with a e a er Gilmer connected with at that point, the referees allowed the play to con nue before McPhee was taken Ed White for an eight-yard score. down at the UNC 14. followed with a four-yard touchdown run to knot The Longhorns tallied the go-ahead score when George Petrovich broke the score. through the line and blocked an Alabama punt near the Tide goal. Victor Vasicek North Carolina immediately responded with an 18-yard fi eld goal by Bobby beat a heard of other Longhorns to the ball in the end zone. Cox, but Georgia was on track following their fi rst score. On a broken play, a The worst was yet to come for Gilmer, Lew Holder an cipated a Gilmer pass scrambling Trippi delivered a pass to , who made the catch at the 50 from behind the goal line, intercepted at the 20 and returned it for a touchdown. and zigzagged to the goal line for the longest pass (67 yards) in bowl history. On the next possession, Gilmer, trying to throw from his 20, was tossed for a 10- The Bulldogs built a cushion in the fourth quarter as Rauch picked up his yard loss and fumbled. Holder recovered at the 5 and Layne scored the game’s last second touchdown on a dash from the 13. points on a dive. Another ques onable call ended UNC’s comeback hopes. As Ken Powell Gilmer ended his own sterling college career with his worst sta s cal snagged a pass in the end zone, he collided with defensive back Charlie “Rabbit” performance, three comple ons on 11 a empts and fi ve yards rushing. Smith. Powell collapsed in a heap, unconscious, and a fl ag was thrown for Meanwhile, Layne was tabbed as the fi rst-ever Most Outstanding Player of the interference – but on Powell, who was being helped from the fi eld. The offi cial Sugar Bowl. ruled Powell ins gated the contact before making the catch. Films later showed the interference call was incorrect and also that it was a Tulane Stadium • A : 73,000 missed call on the lateral that resulted in Georgia’s fi rst touchdown. Texas 7 0 7 13 - 27 Alabama 0 7 0 0 - 7 Tulane Stadium • A : 68,936 Georgia 0 0 13 7 - 20 SCORING SUMMARY North Carolina 0 7 3 0 - 10 Texas: Blount 5-yard pass from Layne (Guess kick) Ala: White 8-yard pass from Gilmer (Morrow kick) SCORING SUMMARY Texas: Vasicek fumble recovery in the end zone (Guess kick) UNC: Pupa 4-yard run (Cox kick) Texas: Holder 18-yard intercep on return (Guess kick) UGA: Rauch 4-yard run (Jernigan kick) Texas: Layne 1-yard run (Kick failed) UNC: Cox 18-yard fi eld goal UGA: Edwards 67-yard pass from Trippi (Kick blocked) Texas Team Sta s cs Alabama UGA: Rauch 13-yard run (Jernigan kick) 14 First Downs 7 59 Rushing Yards 41 Georgia Team Sta s cs North Carolina 10-24-0 Passing 4-11-2 12 First Downs 17 183 Passing Yards 62 175 Rushing Yards 166 242 Total Yards 103 3-14-1 Passing 8-14-1 5-29.3 Punts 9-38.6 81 Passing Yards 99 2 Fumbles Lost 1 256 Total Yards 265 5 Penalty Yards 15 7-32.7 Punts 6-38.0 0-0 Fumbles – Lost 1-1 Rushing Leaders Ala.: Noonan 5-20; Tew 7-17 Rushing Leaders Texas: Layne 12-51; Canady 14-24; Pyle 10-22 UGA: Trippi 15-56; Smith 8-48 UNC: Camp 8-68; Pupa 14-49; Jus ce 18-37 Passing Ala.: Gilmer 3-11, 45 yards Passing Leaders Texas: Layne 10-24, 183 yards UGA: Trippi 2-8, 68 yards UNC: Pupa 6-10, 95 yards Receiving Ala.: Davis 1-27, White 1-19, 1 TD. Receiving Leaders Texas: Pyle 2-79; Bumgardner 2-52. UGA: Edwards 1-67, 1 TD UNC: Powell 3-59 Miller Award recipient: Bobby Layne, Texas quarterback

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January 1, 1949 January 2, 1950 #5 Oklahoma 14 (10-1-0) #2 Oklahoma 35 (11-0-0) #3 North Carolina 6 (9-1-1) 15 #9 LSU 0 (8-3-0) 16

The outcome of the North Carolina-Oklahoma An overfl ow crowd of 82,000 was on hand in game may have been determined three days before the Sugar Bowl as ’s second-ranked when Choo-Choo Charley Jus ce, the Tar Heels’ Oklahoma Sooners put a record 35-0 whipping on engine, came down with a virus. LSU behind the sensa onal quarterbacking of Darrell Despite the illness, Jus ce had North Carolina Royal. looking like the favorite it was early, driving to the The Sooners, with Royal pitching frequently Oklahoma 7. Then he took the snap from the Tar Heel to George Thomas and , both of whom single-wing forma on, started to roll out, stumbled scored twice, rolled up 286 yards rushing and set a and tried to force a pass in the fl at anyway. Sugar Bowl scoring record. The win also pushed the Oklahoma linebacker Myrle Greathouse picked Sooners’ winning streak to 21 games. it off and brought the crowd to its feet as he picked For 15 minutes the LSU line actually up three blockers and rumbled 69 yards to the UNC outperformed Bud Wilkerson’s alterna ng units. 14 before Eddie Knox tackled him from behind. On its fi rst two possessions, the Tigers reached the Eight plays later, quarterback Jack Mitchell scored from the 1. Sooners 15, then the 35; while Sooner quarterback had to change The ‘Heels got right back in it, taking advantage of a lost Sooner fumble on things up to cope with the LSU defense. “Our drop-back passes were completely the OU 30. A spectacular double reverse on which Bob Kennedy, who had taken useless because they knew exactly what was coming,” Royal said. “The passes I the ball from Hosea Rodgers, gained 27 yards set up Rogers for a short TD plunge. did complete were a new set of plays that we didn’t prac ce.” A missed PAT kept the Sooners on top. Early in the second quarter, Royal went to his alternate plan, lateralling North Carolina s ll had a chance to go into the half in front, going to the 8 in to hal ack Lindell Pearson, who threw to a wide-open Bobby Goad 40 yards the fading minutes before intermission. But Jus ce was off -target with one pass downfi eld on the 8. Despite that big play, LSU held on fourth down inside the 1. and failed to gain the necessary two yards on fourth down. The Tar Heels didn’t get However, a er a lost fumble by the Tigers, the Sooner struck with back-to- past their own side of the fi eld again un l the last stages of the Sugar Bowl. back scores from George Thomas - one on a 27-yard Pearson pass and one on a “North Carolina never used it as an excuse,” said OU’s Darrell Royal, “but I 5-yard run. And the rout was on. always felt Charley Jus ce’s strength diminished as the game went along, that his Early in the second half, a er a long LSU punt, Sooner fullback Leon Heath health had a lot to do with it.” wheeled out of the Sooner split-T and blazed 86 yards, the longest scoring run of The Sooners added a second touchdown on a fortuitous play in the third all the previous Sugar Bowls, to eff ec vely end the game. quarter. Royal, who moved to quarterback for one snap, lo ed a long pass to Another lost fumble and intercep on near the LSU goal led to two more Frankie Anderson, but it was underthrown. However, defender Dick Bun ng Oklahoma touchdowns, ballooning the score. defl ected it right to Anderson at the 10. Lindell Pearson followed with an 8-yard In the fi rst 15 games the Sugar Bowl had a remarkable matchmaking record scoring run allowing the Sooners to concentrate on ball control and defense the with an average of seven points separa ng the opponents. However, the 1950 rest of the way. game remains the worst scoring diff eren al in Sugar Bowl history.

Tulane Stadium • A : 80,383 Tulane Stadium • A : 82,000 Oklahoma 7 0 7 0 - 14 Oklahoma 0 14 7 14 - 35 North Carolina 6 0 0 0 - 6 LSU 0 0 0 0 - 0

SCORING SUMMARY SCORING SUMMARY Okla: Mitchell 1-yard run (Ming kick) OU: George Thomas 27-yard pass from Lindell Pearson (Ken Tipps kick) UNC: Rodgers 2-yard run (Kick failed) OU: Thomas 5-yard run (Tipps kick) Okla: Pearson 8-yard run (Ming kick) OU: Leon Heath 86-yard run (Tipps kick) OU: Darrell Royal 5-yard run (Tipps kick) Oklahoma Team Sta s cs North Carolina OU: Heath 34-yard run (Tipps kick) 15 First Downs 12 186 Rushing Yards 128 Oklahoma Team Sta s cs LSU 1-4-0 Passing 8-21-2 10 First Downs 8 43 Passing Yards 82 286 Rushing Yards 38 229 Total Yards 210 2-11-2 Passing 9-20-4 5-36.8 Punts 7-38.0 74 Passing Yards 121 1-1 Fumbles – Lost 0-0 360 Total Yards 159 40 Penalty Yards 30 7-37.4 Punts 8-33.6 4-4 Fumbles – Lost 4-4 Rushing Leaders 8-40 Penal es – Yards 6-40 OU: Heath 12-58; Thomas 19-51 UNC: Jus ce 16-84; Rodgers 12-25, 1 TD Rushing Leaders OU: Leon Heath 15-170, 2 TDs Passing Leaders LSU: Billy West 5-28 OU: Royal 1-1-0, 43 yards UNC: Jus ce 6-13-1, 57 yards Passing Leaders OU: Lindell Pearson 2-7-0, 74 yards, 1 TD Receiving Leaders LSU: Charley Pevey 5-11-0, 82 yards OU: Anderson 1-43 UNC: Weiner 3-35; Kennedy 4-25 Receiving Leaders OU: Bobby Goad 1-40 Miller Award recipient: Jack Mitchell, Oklahoma quarterback LSU: Billy Baggert 4-50 Miller Award recipient: Leon Heath, Oklahoma fullback

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January 1, 1951 January 1, 1952 #7 Kentucky 13 (11-1-0) #3 Maryland 28 (10-0-0) #1 Oklahoma 7 (10-1-0) 17 #1 Tennessee 13 (10-1-0) 18

Bear Bryant had a plan: to off set Oklahoma’s Tennessee came into this Sugar Bowl contest lightning-quick split-T off ense, which carried the ranked No. 1 and powered by New Orleanian All- Sooners to 31 straight victories, he was going to use American at hal ack. Maryland a mul -look defense, that o en ballooned to a nine- countered with its own All-America back, Ed man line. The key to the look would be Walt Yowarsky, Modzelewski, who fi nished as the game’s “Most who was playing defense for just the second me in Outstanding” player. his life. Maryland coach changed his defense With four Kentucky tackles, including Yowarsky, in the order to cut off Lauricella’s wide runs and to on the line of scrimmage, the Wildcats’ early pressure put addi onal pressure on the passer. The changes paid dividends as Oklahoma fumbled on its fi rst play also upset Tennessee’s blocking schemes. and Yowarsky recovered at the Oklahoma 22. Tennessee coach Bob Neyland’s defense was Quarterback dropped back on fi rst rigged to stop the op on and wide plays – taylor- down, faked a handoff , faked a jump pass, then threw made for Modzelewski, a line-bus ng back. into the end zone for Wilbur Jamerson and a 7-0 Wildcat lead. It was a Terrapin day from the start. Modzelewski keyed a fi rst-quarter drive, A er Oklahoma reached the Wildcat 31 in the second quarter, Yowarsky got grinding out the yards before Ed Fullerton scored from the 2. the ball back for Kentucky by slamming Arnold down for a 12-yard loss. Shortly, On the ensuing kickoff Lauricella was sandwiched, the ball popped loose, Parilli heaved a shot to a streaking Al Bruno, who made an over-the-shoulder and Maryland recovered at the Tennessee 13. Fullerton tossed a hal ack pass to recep on at the OU 15, then dragged Jack Locke several yards before going down in the end zone and the Terrapins had a two-touchdown edge on inside the 1. Jamerson dove over on the next play. Gain missed the conversion. the na onal champions with the second quarter barely under way. Despite being behind in most of the crucial stats, Kentucky went into the Fullerton had his hand in a third Maryland touchdown by intercep ng a dressing room ahead on the scoreboard 13-0. Lauricella pass and returning it 46 yards for a score. On the fi rst Oklahoma possession of the second half, the Sooners got to the Hal Payne fi nally got Tennessee moving in the la er stages of the half, and Kentucky 4 with a fi rst-and-goal. However, on third down, from the 2, Yowarsky put the Vols on the scoreboard with a 4-yard pass to . shot into the line and threw Vessels for a monumental 5-yard loss. An incomplete Modzelewski picked up 46 yards in the third quarter before quarterback pass ended the series. sneaked in for the last Terp touchdown. That pushed Mighty Mo’s With six minutes to go, though, Oklahoma’s quarterback started rushing total for the day to 153 yards – 72 more than the en re Tennessee team, wide, drew up and passed 17 yards to Merrill Green for a touchdown, making it helping off set Maryland’s incredible 120 yards in penal es. 13-7. A crushed General Neyland wouldn’t even meet with the press; he simply A er Kentucky couldn’t move, the Wildcats punted back to the Sooners with sent out a release praising Tatum and the Terrapins. For the second consecu ve plenty of enough me to score – and steal the victory. Locke a empted to fi eld year, a na onal champion le its bones on the Sugar Bowl fi eld. the ball on the bounce, but lost control and fumbled. Recovering on the Oklahoma 32 was Yowarsky. That sealed the outcome. Tulane Stadium • A : 80,187 Maryland 7 14 7 0 - 28 Tulane Stadium • A : 80,206 Tennessee 0 6 0 7 - 13 Kentucky 7 6 0 0 - 13 Oklahoma 0 0 0 7 - 7 SCORING SUMMARY Md: Ed Fullerton 2-yard run (Decker kick), SCORING SUMMARY Md: Bob Shemonski 6-yard pass from Fullerton (Decker kick) UK: Wilbur Jamerson 22-yard pass from Babe Parilli (Gain kick) Md: Fullerton 46-yard intercep on return (Decker kick) UK: Jamerson 1-yard run (Kick failed) Tenn: Bert Rechichar 4-yard pass from Hal Payne (Kick failed) OU: Merrill Green 17-yard pass from Billy Vessels (Weathersall kick) Md: Jack Scarbath 1-yard run (Decker kick) Tenn: Payne 2-yard run (Rechichar kick) Kentucky Team Sta s cs Oklahoma 7 First Downs 18 Maryland Team Sta s cs Tennessee 84 Rushing Yards 189 18 First Downs 12 9-12-0 Passing 3-8-1 289 Rushing Yards 81 105 Passing Yards 38 7-13-1 Passing 9-19-4 189 Total Yards 227 62 Passing Yards 75 8-41.7 Punts 6-33.4 351 Total Yards 156 0-0 Fumbles – Lost 5-5 8-38.8 Punts 7-43.0 40 Penalty Yards 30 7-3 Fumbles – Lost 2-2 12-120 Penal es – Yards 2-20 Individual Leaders Rushing Rushing Leaders UK: Wilbur Jamerson 15-58, 1 TD Maryland: 28-153, Hanulak 4-35, Ed Fullerton 9-22 TD. OU: Leon Heath 20-121 Tenn: Hal Payne 11-54 TD, Kozar 9-29, Hank Lauricella 7-1.

Passing Passing UK: Babe Parelli 9-12-0, 105 yards, 1 TD Maryland: Jack Scarbath 6-9-0, 61 yards, 1 TD; Ed Fullerton 1-1-0, 6 yards, TD. OU: Arnold 2-5-0, 21 yards Tenn: Hal Payne 7-14-1, 61 yards; Hank Lauricella 1-5-3, 14 yards.

Receiving Receiving Leaders UK: Bruno 3-57 Maryland: Bob Shemonski 3-19 TD OU: Billy Vessels 2-21 Tenn: Bert Rechichar 3-27 1 TD

Miller Award recipient: Walt Yowarsky, Kentucky tackle Miller Award recipient: Ed Modzelewski, Maryland fullback

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January 1, 1953 January 1, 1954 #2 Georgia Tech 24 (12-0-0) #8 Georgia Tech 42 (9-2-1) #7 Ole Miss 7 (8-1-2) 19 #10 West Virginia 19 (8-2-0) 20

Ole Miss almost ran Georgia Tech out of the West Virginia coach Art “Pappy” Lewis adjusted Sugar Bowl in the fi rst seven minutes, but the Yellow his en re defense in order to shut off Georgia Tech’s Jackets turned the game around in the second wide plays, but Tech coach seized on quarter and stretched their unbeaten string to 26 what turned into a golden opportunity. straight games, 24-7. As it turned out, the Mountaineers’ defense Jim “King” Lear keyed the Rebels’ fi rst scoring did shut down Tech’s running game but opened the drive, which was capped by a four-yard score from air-ways for Franklin “Pepper” Rodgers, who hit on Wilson Dillard. Then, a er a Tech fumble, the Rebels passes of 20, 15, 9, 11, and 24 yards and a touchdown were once again in prime posi on. However, the on Tech’s fi rst possession. Yellow Jackets held on 4th-and-inches on the goal line On Tech’s second series, Rodgers threw another to get themselves on track. touchdown pass, two yards to Jimmy Durham. Ole Miss fumbled as the second quarter began Despite its dismal start, West Virginia didn’t and the ‘Jackets advanced to the Rebel 9 with a fi rst run up a white fl ag. Tommy Allman took a pitch-out down. Glenn Turner hit the line and fumbled himself, but he caught it in midair and sweep and went 60 yards for an apparent TD. However, the Mountaineers were gained four yards, se ng up Bill Brigman, who sneaked over from the 2. called for holding. Danny Williams would score on a fi ve-yard run following a 70- Instead of a two-touchdown lead, Ole Miss was all even with Georgia Tech. yard drive, though blocked Jack Stone’s PAT. The Rebels, charged right back with a drive to the ‘Jackets’ 3. But four plays The Mountaineers had an excellent opportunity for more when they gained one yard and no points as Tech had another strong stand at the goal line. recovered a fumble on the Tech 25, but a big sack by Cecil Turner was followed by Leon Hardeman and Billy Teas began fi nding holes in the line, and soon Tech a dropped pass in the end zone on fourth down. was at the Ole Miss 5 where Franklin “Pepper” Rodgers kicked a 22-yard fi eld goal Rodgers again passed the Yellow jackets downfi eld, and Henry Hair caught to give the Yellow Jackets a 10-7 hal ime lead. a 2-yard throw to infl ate the hal ime score to 20-6. At intermission Tech had a A third Rebel fumble on their 18 led to a six-yard touchdown by the 5-foot-6 record 233 yards passing to 13 for West Virginia, and the Sugar Bowl was sealed. bowling ball Hardeman in the third quarter. Rodgers, who fi nished with 16 comple ons in 26 a empts for 195 yards, Tech was in the clear by then, but sitll added to the lead when Rodgers threw was clearly the dominant player and was named recipient of the Miller Memorial a 24-yard touchdown pass to Jeff Knox in the fourth period. Trophy. Sta s cally, li le separated the Yellow Jackets and Rebels, but the stats were deceiving. In the fi rst half Ole Miss gained 164 yards. In the second half the Rebels Tulane Stadium • A : 71,666 had 123 yards against the revamped Tech defense. However, 90 of those second- Georgia Tech 14 6 9 13 - 42 half Ole Miss yards came a er Tech’s 24th point. West Virginia 0 6 0 13 - 19

Tulane Stadium • A : 80,206 SCORING SUMMARY Georgia Tech 0 10 7 7 - 24 GT: Hensley 24-yard pass from Rodgers (Rodgers kick) Ole Miss 7 0 0 0 - 7 GT: Durham 2-yard pass from Rodgers (Rodgers kick) WVU: Williams 5-yard run (Kick failed) SCORING SUMMARY GT: Hair 5-yard pass from Rodgers (Kick failed) Miss: Dillard 4-yard run (Lear kick) GT: Rodgers 18-yard fi eld goal GT: Brigman 1-yard run (Rodgers kick) GT: Hardeman 23-yard run (Kick failed) GT: Rodgers 25-yard fi eld goal WVU: Marconi 1-yard run (Allman, kick) GT: Hardeman 6-yard run (Rodgers kick) GT: Ruffi n 43-yard run (Kick blocked) GT: Knox, 24-yard pass from Rodgers (Rodgers kick) WVU: Allman 1-yard run (Kick failed) GT: Teas 9-yard run (Turner kick) Georgia Tech Team Sta s cs Ole Miss 16 First Downs 15 Georgia Tech Team Sta s cs West Virginia 194 Rushing Yards 137 19 First Downs 19 10-18-1 Passing 11-23-3 170 Rushing Yards 233 101 Passing Yards 150 20-35-2 Passing 7-16-2 295 Total Yards 287 268 Passing Yards 76 6-41.8 Punts 7-35.4 438 Total Yards 301 5-2 Fumbles – Lost 5-3 1-36.0 Punts 2-28.5 5-42 Penal es – Yards 6-60 3-1 Fumbles – Lost 5-4 7-45 Penal es – Yards 5-35 Rushing Leaders GT: Hardeman 14-76, 1 TD; Turner 20-56 Rushing Leaders Miss.: Dillard 17-39, 1 TD. Westerman 7-36 yards, 1 TD GT: Ruffi n 3-58, 1 TD; Teas 9-32, 1 TD WVU: Anderson 13-57; Moss 5-36 Passing Leaders GT: Brigman 5-7-1, 39 yards; Rodgers 4-9-0, 55 Passing Miss.: Lear 8-19-3, 122 yards GT: Rodgers 18-26-2, 195 yards, 3 TDs WVU: Wyant 4-15-2, 29 yards; Anderson 3-3-0, 49 yards Receiving Leaders GT: Hardeman 2-24; Marks 2-14 Receiving Miss.: Slay 1-45; Bridges 2-25 GT: Hensley 4-73, 1 TD; Davis 4-33; Hardemann 3-37 WVU: Pape 3-51; Hillen 2-14; Allman 2-13 Miller Award recipient: Leon Hardeman, Georgia Tech hal ack Miller Award recipient: Franklin “Pepper’’ Rodgers, Georgia Tech quarterback

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January 1, 1955 January 2, 1956 #5 Navy 21 (8-2-0) #7 Georgia Tech 7 (9-1-1) #6 Ole Miss 0 (9-2-0) 21 #11 Pi sburgh 0 (7-4-0) 22

Quarterback George Welsh stepped into the The 1956 Sugar Bowl was a historic game Navy huddle. All he heard was his teammates as it featured the fi rst African-American player in pleading for a play, not a punt. the contest’s history - Pi sbugh star Bobby Grier. It was fourth down with a foot to go at Navy’s Unfortunately, a ques onable call involving Grier own 39, against Ole Miss’ imposing defense on the turned out to be the most important play of the game’s fi rst series. a ernoon. “The fellows all said, ‘C’mon George, we can From the Pi 32, where Tech had recovered a make it. Let’s try it.” Welsh related. “So we had (Joe) fumble, quarterback Wade Mitchell lo ed a so Ga uso slant off tackle.” pitch to right end Don Ellis near the goal. The ball Ga uso gained four yards. Despite Ole Miss sailed over both the heads of Ellis and defender Grier. being off -sides and Navy accep ng the penalty, this Interference on Grier was called. play was credited with spurring the “Team Named The fi lm was inconclusive, but indicated Grier Desire” to victory. may have been out of posi on, stumbled, and fell a Ga uso would cap the drive with a short touchdown run and Jack Weaver, few yards in front of Ellis. A roar of protest erupted from the stands as the ball was who had a 24-yard gain in the drive, kicked the extra point. placed on the 1-yard line. A er Pi was penalized a half-yard for off sides, Mitchell In the second quarter, it was Navy who again threatened, going from its followed the surge of his line and made into the end zone by inches. He then 40 to the Ole Miss 8. On fourth down Welsh threw a pass to , who added the extra point. made a fl ying catch right on the goal line. It was originally called a touchdown, but The Panthers took complete control in the second quarter, allowing the overruled. Film revealed it to be a highly ques onable call. Yellow Jackets just fi ve plays, but they were unable to crack the scoring column. Navy likely secured the victory in the third quarter when Ga uso broke A 79-yard drive put Pi at the Tech 1 with me running out in the fi rst half and through right tackle, going 17 yards to the Ole Miss 17. On fourth down, Weaver, Franklin Brooks and Allen Ecker stopped a quarterback sneak on fourth-and-goal. despite having ’s arms around his neck and prac cally inside Pi sburgh had two more opportuni es to score in the third quarter, driving his jersey, made a miraculous catch of a Welsh delivery for a two-score advantage. to the Tech 16, with a 26-yard crowd-pleasing run by Grier that almost went all the Ole Miss hoped to regain life a er a 72-yard punt from Day, but Navy ran way, but an intercep on ended the threat; and to the 7, where a fumble killed the off four successive fi rst downs, one on a 22-yard run by Ga uso and another on drive. a Ga uso fumble that bounced 14 yards up-fi eld to be recovered by teammate In the fourth period, quarterback Darrell Lewis bearly broke free on a sweep Wilson Whitmire. A Weaver 21-yard dash around end set up Ga uso for his but a last-second tackle sent him pin-wheeling out-of-bounds at the 10. Due to second touchdown of the day. a malfucn oning clock, the me was being kept on the fi eld and Lewis asked an Ga uso (111 yards) and Weaver (106 yards) each outrushed the Ole Miss offi cial how much me remained and he said he was told two minutes and 39 off ense, which had just 78 yards rushing and 43 passing. seconds. Ralph Jelic gained fi ve yards on a power play. As Pi lined up again, the offi cials began waving their arms, signaling the game’s end. Tulane Stadium • A : 80,190 Time has a way of aff ec ng memory, par cularly in a game like this where Navy 7 0 14 0 - 21 Pi had all the stats and Georgia Tech had the scoreboard. Both Hunter and Lewis Ole Miss 0 0 0 0 - 0 felt the loss was racially mo vated, poin ng to a “crew of Southern offi cials.” It may or may not have been competent, but it was not a crew of Southern offi cials. SCORING SUMMARY It was a split crew, and one agreed to beforehand by Pi sburgh. Navy: Joe Ga uso 3-yard run (Jack Weaver kick) Navy: Weaver 16-yard pass from George Welsh (Weaver kick) Tulane Stadium • A : 76,535 Navy: Ga uso 1-yard run (Weaver kick) Georgia Tech 7 0 0 0 - 7 Pi sburgh 0 0 0 0 - 0 Ole Miss Team Sta s cs Navy 5 First Downs 20 SCORING SUMMARY 78 Rushing Yards 295 GT: Wade Mitchell 1-yard run (Mitchell kick) 5-18-0 Passing 12-28-4 43 Passing Yards 147 Georgia Tech Team Sta s cs Pi sburgh 121 Total Yards 442 10 First Downs 19 9-36.1 Punts 4-33.8 142 Rushing Yards 217 3-1 Fumbles – Lost 1-0 0-3-1 Passing 8-18-1 6-50 Penal es – Yards 1-15 0 Passing Yards 94 142 Total Yards 311 Rushing Leaders 6-33.8 Pun ng 4-38.7 Miss.: Cothren 7-24, J. Pa on 5-21, Murihead 7-17. 2-0 Fumbles – Lost 4-2 Navy: Joe Ga uso 16-111 2TD, Jack Weaver 16-106, Garrow 6-18. 1-15 Penal es – Yards 8-72

Passing Leaders Rushing Leaders Miss.: Eagle Day 2-9-0, 16 yards; Pa on 3-6-0, 27 yards. GT: Owen 7-29; Ma son 7-27 Navy: George Welsh 8-14-0, 78 yards, 1 TD; Echard 3-10-2, 40 yards. Pi : Bobby Grier 6-51; Cimarollo 11-37

Receiving Leaders Passing Leaders Miss.: Muirhead 2-16, J. Pa on 1-19, Fisher 1-11. GT: Wade Mitchell 0-1; Vann 0-2 Navy: Jack Weaver 3-39 TD, Ron Beagle 3-19, Smith 2-18, Gober 1-18. Pi : Salvaterra 4-9, 50

Miller Award recipient: Joe Ga uso, Navy fullback Receiving Leaders Pi : Walton 4-54; Glatz 2-48

Miller Award recipient: Franklin Brooks, Georgia Tech guard

24 A S B SUGAR BOWL GAME RECAPS

January 1, 1957 January 1, 1958 #11 Baylor 13 (Final: 9-2-0, #11) #7 Ole Miss 39 (Final: 9-1-1, #7) #2 Tennessee 7 (Final: 10-1-0, #2) 23 #11 Texas 7 (Final: 6-4-1, #11) 24

The Baylor Bears came into their fi rst Sugar Ole Miss’ Raymond Brown had a day to Bowl appearance feeling confi dent, despite being remember in the 1958 Sugar Bowl, he scored twice, heavy underdogs. And while they churned out an including a record 92-yard run, while adding a passing impressive win, the victory was overshadowed by a score and snagging three intercep ons - he was the dark incident on the fi eld. unanimous choise for the Miller Trophy. From the start, the Bears seemed in control, Brown’s day began with a one-yard scoring driving to the Vols’ 4 to start the game. However, a run late in the fi rst quarter; he followed that with missed fi eld goal ended the threat as the Tennessee a three-yard TD pass to Don Williams in the second band, directed by an Elvis Presley imitator in a cerise quarter, then intercepted a pass at the 20 which led jacket, blared the strains of “Hound Dog.” to another Rebel touchdown, making it 19-0 at the Baylor fi nally put six points to the scoreboard half. on an 80-yard touchdown drive accentuated by a 54- As the game wound down and Brown already yard run and a 12-yard touchdown pass had a lock on the MVP honor, he dropped back to from Bobby Jones to Jerry Marcontell. Berry’s extra point was wide. punt in his own end zone, but before he could boot the ball, saw a Texas end , though, had the Vols smoking to open the second half, boring in unopposed. Brown bolted, circled right end and began steaming for returning a punt to the Tennessee 46. Majors proceeded to run on nine of 11 plays the Longhorn goal 103 yards from where he had been standing. “I was weary, so and scored around end from the 1. The PAT put the Vols in front 7-6. weary that I thought about asking for a replacement to do the pun ng,” Brown Everyone braced for the exci ng fi nish that appeared to be developing, but said. “I told the fellows, ‘I don’t know if I can kick that ball 20 yards I’m so red. unfortunately, the Sugar Bowl took a sinister turn. You’ll have to get downfi eld in a hurry…I didn’t know I was in the clear ‘ l I looked Tennessee guard Bruce Burnham and Baylor guard Charley Horton got into a back near midfi eld and saw all those blue shirts around me. And I kept hearing scuffl e on the ground. Burnham got in a couple of punches. Seeing that, Baylor’s (teammate) Jackie Simpson yelling, ‘Lateral, Ray, lateral.’ I knew if he wanted the rushed in and kicked Burnham in the face. The defenseless Vol lay ball there wasn’t anyone else around but us Rebels.” sprawled on the fi eld quivering, ribbons of blood covering his features. Hickman Ole Miss scored another, meaningless, touchdown a er a Texas fumble with was banished from the game and Burnham was taken to Touro Infi rmary. For the 12 seconds remaining. rest of the Sugar Bowl, Hickman sat on the Baylor bench, head in palms, sobbing. Brown’s performance, as well as 10 Texas turnovers (six fumbles and four The Bears turned a fourth-quarter opportunity into the winning points. intercep ons) spoiled Darrell Royal’s return to the Sugar Bowl as a coach. Majors took a Shofner punt at the Vols’ 6, raced out to the 15 where he was smacked by , the ball popping out. Ruben Saage recovered for Baylor and Tulane Stadium • A : 77,484 – one of four used by Baylor – sneaked over six Ole Miss 6 13 7 13 - 39 plays later. Texas 0 0 0 7 - 7 Most of the post game talk centered not on a magnifi cent upset, but on the kicking incident. Burnham had a concussion and broken nose, but it seemed he SCORING SUMMARY wasn’t in nearly so much pain as Hickman, who stood in a corner of the Baylor Miss: Ray Brown 1-yard run (Kick failed), 3:00 (1st) locker room s ll crying. Miss: Don Williams 3-yard pass from Brown ( kick), 13:57 (2nd) Miss: Kent Lovelace 9-yard run (Khayat kick), 2:30 (2nd) Tulane Stadium • A : 78,084 Miss: Bobby Franklin 3-yard run (Khayat kick), 4:43 (3rd) Baylor 0 6 0 7 - 13 Texas: George Blanch 1-yard run ( kick), 6:28 (4th) Tennessee 0 0 7 0 - 7 Miss: Brown 92-yard run (Khayat kick), 1:58 (4th) Miss: Tommy Taylor 12-yard pass from (Kick failed), 0:12 (4th) SCORING SUMMARY BU: Jerry Marcontell 12-yard pass from Bobby Jones (Kick failed) Ole Miss Team Sta s cs Texas UT: Johnny Majors 1-yard run (Sammy Burklow kick) 18 First Downs 13 BU: 1-yard run (Donnel Berry kick) 304 Rushing Yards 192 7-16-0 Passing 2-11-4 Baylor Team Sta s cs Tennessee 71 Passing Yards 14 14 First Downs 11 375 Total Yards 206 64-275 Rushing A -Yards 146 7-34.7 Pun ng 5-38.2 3-11-0 (24) Com-A -Int (Yards) 1-10-1 (16) 5-2 Fumbles – Lost 7-4 75-299 Plays-Total Yards 162 9-95 Penal es – Yards 6-30 8-32.6 Punts-Avg. 5-41.6 0-0 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 Rushing Leaders 6-60 Penal es-Yards 5-55 Miss: Ray Brown 15-157, 2 TDs; Bobby Franklin 9-64, 1 TD Rushing Leaders Texas: George Blanch 11-58, 1 TD; Don Allen 8-43; 8-39 BU: Del Shofner 14-88, Bobby Peters 8-60, Charley Dupre 5-13 Tenn.: Johnny Majors 15-51 TD, Bronson 8-56, Gordon 9-40 Passing Leaders Miss: Ray Brown 3-8-0, 24 yards, 1 TD Passing Leaders Texas: Bobby Lackey 2-5-2, 14 yards BU: Bobby Jones 2-4-0, 19 yards, 1 TD Tenn.: Johnny Majors 1-7-2, 16 yards Receiving Leaders Miss: Tommy Taylor 2-20, 1 TD; Don Williams 2-15, 1 TD Receiving Leaders Texas: Rene Ramirez 1-3 BU: Jerry Marcontell 3-24 TD Tenn.: Urbano 1-16 Miller Award recipient: Ray Brown, Ole Miss quarterback

Miller Award recipient: Del Shofner, Baylor hal ack

2017 H R B 25 SUGAR BOWL GAME RECAPS

January 1, 1959 January 1, 1960 #1 LSU 7 (Final: 11-0-0) #2 Ole Miss 21 (Final: 10-1-0) #12 Clemson 0 (Final: 8-3-0) 25 #3 LSU 0 (Final: 9-2-0) 26

Clemson head coach Frank Howard was fully A er LSU shocked Ole Miss on Halloween Night prepared and mo vated to knock higher-ranked LSU behind star ’s fourth-quarter super- from its pedestal, but LSU had its sights set on fi nally human 89-yard punt return for a touchdown, the winning a Sugar Bowl, a er four losses in the game. Ole Miss faithful had an outstanding opportunity for Despite Howard’s plans, the quick-silver LSU revenge – the Rebels and the Tigers would rematch in Tigers drove early to the Clemson 22-yard line late in the 1960 Sugar Bowl. the fi rst quarter before a fumble thwarted the march. Coach , cri cized for his A er a bad Clemson punt, LSU inched to the 12, but conserva ve approach in the 7-3 regular season Tiger came up empty again when quarterback Warren win, gave the Rebels the green light to “go for broke.” Rabb missed on four straight passes, including one on Murky, damp weather made the fi eld muddy in a fourth-down fake fi eld goal. spots, and a cold wind lowered the temperature to 49 Later in the second, Rabb broke his hand on a 33- degrees at kickoff , opening a half in which the seven- yard run, but con nued to pilot the drive, comple ng point favorite Rebels put constant pressure on the a 24-yard pass to end Mickey Mangham and guiding the Tigers to the 1. J. W. Tigers, who were saved by an intercep on at the LSU 5, a missed fi eld goal from Brodnax crashed into the end zone but fumbled for a Clemson touchback. LSU had the 18, and at the 11 where the Tiger defense held. muff ed three scoring opportuni es in the fi rst half, and lost its quarterback in the Despite its problems, LSU kept the Rebels even on the scoreboard un l there process, changing the game plan. were 38 seconds le . Ole Miss’ found James “Cowboy” Woodruff racing Clemson fi nally clicked in the third, driving to the LSU 20 – however, George downfi eld behind end Larry Grantham for a wide-open 43-yard score. Usry was hit by Red Hendrix and fumbled the ball back to the Bayou Bengals. Grantham added an 18-yard touchdown pass from Bobby Franklin in the The key miscue key came later in the third when the Clemson center bounced third quarter, and then Franklin threw a nine-yard fourth-period TD pass to George the snap on a punt and LSU tackle Duane Leopard fell on the loose ball at the Blair. Those touchdowns were a striking illustra on of just how dominant Ole Miss Clemson 11. Taking advantage of the purple-and-golden opportunity, Billy Cannon was: The touchdown pass just before hal ime was the fi rst passing score against took a pitch-out on third and nine, rolled to his right, and shot a pass to Mangham, LSU in 14 games, and against the Rebels the Tigers yielded three in one a ernoon. who was clear in the end zone for the lone score of the a ernoon. Ole Miss held an awesome edge in sta s cs, 363 yards to 74, the lowest With me becoming cri cal, quarterback Harvey White started a drive from off ensive total in Sugar Bowl annuals; the Tigers gained 49 yards rushing but lost the Clemson 17 and whipped his unit to within sight of the goal line. Dietzel sent in 64 for a net gain of minus 15 yards. The longest Tiger gain of the day was eight his rested Chinese Bandits, the third-string unit of over-achievers that had sparked yards by Darryl Jenkins of the Chinese Bandits – the defensive unit. It had taken the Tigers throughout the season. LSU more than 25 minutes to get its ini al fi rst down – and that was the only At the 25 the Chinese Bandits threw up one of their patented stands. Gaining one the Tigers were credited with in the fi rst half. Cannon made eight yards in six one yard in three plays, White fl ipped a screen pass to Usry, who appeared to have carries. running room. The le hal ack started to run before he had complete possession and dropped the ball. Tulane Stadium • A : 81,141 LSU fi nally won a Sugar Bowl game – and in the process became the fi rst Ole Miss 0 7 7 7 - 21 na onal champion to do so since 1940. LSU 0 0 0 0 - 0

Tulane Stadium • A : 80,331 SCORING SUMMARY LSU 0 0 7 0 - 7 Miss: Woodruff 43-yard pass from Gibbs (Khayat kick) Clemson 0 0 0 0 - 0 Miss: Grantham 18-yard pass from Franklin (Khayat kick) Miss: Blair 9-yard pass from Franklin (Khayat kick) SCORING SUMMARY LSU: Mangham 9-yard pass from Cannon (Cannon kick) Ole Miss Team Sta s cs LSU 19 First Downs 6 LSU Team Sta s cs Clemson 140 Rushing Yards -15 9 First Downs 12 15-27-2 Passing 9-25-1 114 Rushing Yards 168 223 Passing Yards 89 4-11-0 Passing 2-4-0 363 Total Yards 74 68 Passing Yards 23 6-37.5 Punts 12-34.3 182 Total Yards 191 4-2 Fumbles – Lost 2-0 6-41.7 Punts 6-32.8 7-65 Penal es – Yards 4-30 4-2 Fumbles – Lost 3-2 5-35 Penal es – Yards 2-20 Individual Leaders Rushing Individual Leaders Miss.: Flowers 19-60; Blair 8-26 Rushing LSU: Cannon 6-8 LSU: Cannon 13-51; Davis 2-17 Clemson: Hayes 17-55; Usry 1-29 Passing Miss.: Franklin 10-15-1, 148 yards, 2 TDs; Gibbs 4-10-1, 65 yards Passing LSU: Rabb 4-15-0, 36 yards LSU: Rabb 2-7, 33; Cannon 1-1, 9, 1 TD Clemson: White 1-3, 21 Receiving Miss.: Flowers 4-64 Receiving LSU: Cannon 3-39; McClain 3-31 LSU: Mangham 2-33, 1 TD; McClain 1-26 Clemson: Cox 1-12; Anderson 1-11 Miller-Digby Award recipient: Bobby Franklin, Ole Miss quarterback

Miller-Digby Award recipient: Billy Cannon, LSU hal ack

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January 2, 1961 January 1, 1962 #2 Ole Miss 14 (Final: 10-0-1) #1 Alabama 10 (Final: 11-0-0) #20 Rice 6 (Final: 7-4-0) 27 #9 Arkansas 3 (Final: 8-3-0) 28

Despite being heavily favored for the 1961 Sugar This was Bear Bryant’s second trip to the Sugar Bowl, Ole Miss wasn’t razor sharp for Rice, and the Bowl, but his fi rst with Alabama, one of the top Owls very nearly took advantage. defensive teams of all- me. Ole Miss star Jake Gibbs capped a short early Arkansas coach Frank Broyles knew his team had drive by scoring on a dash around end for an early its work cut out, though he also felt the Razorbacks advantage to darken the fes ve mood in the Rice could move on anybody’s defense. They had a sec on of the stands. weapon no one had been able to neutralize: hal ack However, from that point on, Rice played the , one of the na on’s most dangerous favored Rebels on be er than even terms. ball-carriers, running, receiving or returning kicks. On fourth-and-one, 163-pound hal ack Butch It took the Tide six plays to score as running Blume went wide on a fourth-down power sweep to back Mike Fracchia scurried past a defender who give the Owls a fi rst down at the 10. However, two penetrated into the backfi eld, past another just plays later intercepted a Randy Kerbow beyond the line, and racing down the sidelines 43 pass at the Rebel 9. Rice shortly threatened again, but this me Blume’s hal ack yards to the Arkansas 12. On the next play, quarterback Pat Trammel faked a pass pass was picked off at the Ole Miss 17. and then, around le end, ran it in. In the second half, Billy Cox led an impressive 18-play Rice drive. It took four Though the Tide kept pressure on the Hogs, Bama got no more points un l downs to get it in from two and a half yards out, but Blume went around end with late in the half when Butch Wilson intercepted Arkansas quarterback George four Mississippians on his back to fi nally get the Owls on the boards. Max Webb McKinney and returned the ball 17 yards to the 20. Kicker Tim Davis booted the missed the extra point, leaving Ole Miss with a precarious 7-6 lead. fi eld goal and Alabama led 10-0 with four minutes to go. Another intercep on of the Owls gave Ole Miss possession on the Rice 11. Arkansas nearly got on the board late in the half, but a 42-yard run by Paul But a fourth-down rushing a empt was stuff ed by the rejuvenated Owls. Dudley was wasted by a missed fi eld goal. Gibbs fi nally pulled Ole Miss together. In 10 plays, primarily on the strengths In the second half, Razorback kicker Mickey Cissell had two more early of runners Jim Anderson and Art Doty, Mississippi went 42 yards to camp at the chances. One of his fi eld goals was blocked, the other was good, making it 10-3, Rice 1. There the Owls fought the Rebels to a stands ll for three downs. the fi rst points against Alabama since October. Gibbs lined up his teammates – who hadn’t gained a foot since reaching the In the fi nal minutes, Arkansas fi nally managed some big plays - a 31-yard pass apron of the goal line – took the snap, stumbled, and then raced wide. He was hit to Alworth, a 37-yard comple on to Jim Collier at the Tide 40, and another pass at the goal by two defenders. Barely slipping in and losing the ball in the process. that tantalizingly grazed Alworth’s fi nger ps in the end zone. However, Wilson It was ruled Gibbs had already crossed the line before the fumble. Ole Miss held a defl ected another pass, intercepted it and stepped out of bounds no more than 14-6 lead with fi ve minutes and 16 seconds remaining. That was enough. four inches from the Alabama goal, essen ally ending the game. Across the country, Minnesota was upended by in the Rose Alabama had won its fi rst Sugar Bowl by allowing the Razorbacks only four Bowl. Despite not winning in impressive fashion, Ole Miss found itself the na onal real chances at the end zone, and holding Alworth to 15 yards rushing. champions as selected by the Football Writers Associa on of America. Tulane Stadium • A : 82,910 Tulane Stadium • A : 79.707 Alabama 7 3 0 0 - 10 Ole Miss 7 0 0 7 - 14 Arkansas 0 0 3 0 - 3 Rice 0 0 6 0 - 6 SCORING SUMMARY SCORING SUMMARY Ala: Trammel 12-yard run (Davis kick) Miss: Gibbs 8-yard run (Green kick) Ala: Davis 32-yard fi eld goal Rice: Blume 3-yard run (Kick failed) Ark: Cissell 23-yard fi eld goal Miss: Gibbs 3-yard run (Green kick) Alabama Team Sta s cs Arkansas Ole Miss Team Sta s cs Rice 12 First Downs 7 13 First Downs 19 234 Rushing Yards 113 143 Rushing Yards 103 4-10-0 Passing 2-12-3 5-15-0 Passing 14-28-4 20 Passing Yards 55 43 Passing Yards 178 254 Total Yards 168 186 Total Yards 281 6-23.5 Punts 7-33.8 5-42.4 Punts 3-34.0 3-3 Fumbles – Lost 3-1 1-1 Fumbles – Lost 2-0 5-53 Penal es – Yards 6-34 2-10 Penal es – Yards 6-30 Individual Leaders Rushing Leaders Rushing Miss.: Anderson 15-59; Doty 4-25 Ala.: Fraccia 20-124; Trammel 18-69 Rice: Blume 7-54, 1 TD Ark.: Alworth 10-15; McKinney 6-14

Passing Leaders Passing Miss.: Gibbs 5-15-0, 43 yards Ala.: Trammel 4-10-0, 20 yards Rice: Cox 11-20-1, 143 yards Ark.: McKinney 2-10-3, 55 yards

Receiving Leaders Receiving Miss.: Crespino 2-21; Blair 2-18 Ala.: Oliver 2-13; Clark 2-7 Rice: Webb 3-31 Ark.: Alworth 2-55

Miller-Digby Award recipient: Jake Gibbs, Ole Miss quarterback Miller-Digby Award recipient: Mike Fracchia, Alabama fullback

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January 1, 1963 January 1, 1964 #3 Ole Miss 17 (Final: 10-0-0) #8 Alabama 12 (Final: 9-2-0) #6 Arkansas 13 (Final: 9-2-0) 29 #7 Ole Miss 7 (Final: 7-1-2) 30

Ole Miss quarterback Glynn Griffi ng completed Tulane Stadium really did resemble a huge sugar 14 of 23 passes for 242 yards, and broke two records bowl on the fi rst day of 1964, as New Orleans had (passing yardage and total yardage) to lead the been hit with its biggest snow storm of the century Rebels to not just a Sugar Bowl victory, but also the (over three inches) on New Year’s Eve. The moist culmina on of the school’s fi rst perfect season. 45-degree temperature played a cri cal role in the In addi on to Griffi ng, Ole Miss thanked a outcome, contribu ng to a total of 17 fumbles, 11 Herculean performance by its defensive line, which by the losing team, and bringing on an incredible for- may have been the biggest factor in the outcome. the- me four fi eld goals by Tim Davis. Ole Miss opened the scoring with a Billy Carl Playing with a second-string quarterback, Irwin fi eld goal, but Arkansas reserve quarterback 18-year-old , in place of suspended Joe Billy Gray dropped back and spo ed wingback Jerry Namath, and against the na on’s best run defense, Lamb for a 68-yard hook-up to the 13 - Buck Randall’s Bear Bryant fi gured he was in for an iff y a ernoon. desperate diving trip was the only thing that saved a However, on the fi rst series, Sloan took the touchdown - for the longest play in Sugar Bowl history. A 30-yard fi eld goal by Tom Crimson Tide on an impressive drive before being stopped at the Rebel 15, forcing McKnelly kno ed the score. Davis to come in and kick a 31-yard fi eld goal. Griffi ng then went to work. The Rebel quarterback dropped a 33-yard pass Following the kickoff , the Rebels set the tone for a frustra ng day by losing over the shoulder of Louis Guy for a touchdown and a 10-3 advantage. their fi rst fumble, leading to a 46-yard fi eld goal by Davis, breaking the Sugar Bowl An Ole Miss fumble at its own 18 early in the second half allowed Arkansas record of 32 yards that he set himself two years before against Arkansas. to even the game once again as Billy Moore rolled out from the 5, and dropped a Another lost Rebel fumble at the 16 gave Davis another chance. With 16 so pass into the cradled arms of Jesse Branch in the end zone. seconds le un l intermission Davis kicked a 22-yarder that gave Alabama a 9-0 Stung, Griffi ng brought the Rebels right back, driving 80 yards in 10 plays, hal ime lead. Davis would add a 48-yard fi eld goal, at that me the record for any including connec ons of 23- and 35-yards with Guy. Griffi ng sneaked in from the 1. bowl, in the third quarter. Scrappy Arkansas fought back, driving deep into the red zone against the Ole Miss crossed midfi eld for the fi rst me in the fourth quarter, and Perry stout Ole Miss defense. However, again it was Randall stepping up, as he broke Lee Dunn hit Larry Smith with a fi ve-yard touchdown pass; and the Rebels, through to tackle Moore at the 4, forcing the Razorbacks to kick another fi eld goal. outplayed most of the day, were now in posi on to win. Soon they were knocking Ole Miss coach Johnny Vaught did not give Broyles another chance. Despite on the door again, but on a fourth down at the 4, Dunn was stopped at the 2. not scoring in the fourth quarter, Ole Miss ate up the clock with three long drives Ole Miss, hot now, made a last bid, ge ng to the 19 where end Joe Pe ey to the 3, 8, and 9. With limited me, Arkansas did not get another sniff of the caught a pass in the numbers and near the sideline. Fi ngly, he couldn’t hold the Rebel goal. ball as he was tackled. ‘Bama recovered at the 9 to seal the victory.

Tulane Stadium • A : 82,096 Tulane Stadium • A : 73,024 Ole Miss 0 10 7 0 - 17 Alabama 3 6 3 0 - 12 Arkansas 0 3 10 0 - 13 Ole Miss 0 0 0 7 - 7

SCORING SUMMARY SCORING SUMMARY Miss: Irwin 30-yard fi eld goal Ala: Davis 31-yard fi eld goal Ark: McKnelly 30-yard fi eld goal Ala: Davis 46-yard fi eld goal Miss: Guy 33-yard pass from Griffi ng (Irwin kick) Ala: Davis 22-yard fi eld goal Ark: Branch 5-yard pass from Moore (McKnelly kick) Ala: Davis 48-yard fi eld goal Miss: Griffi ng 1-yard run (Irwin kick) Miss: Smith 5-yard pass from Dunn (Irwin kick) Ark: McKnelly 23-yard fi eld goal Alabama Team Sta s cs Ole Miss Ole Miss Team Sta s cs Arkansas 14 First Downs 9 22 First Downs 7 165 Rushing Yards 77 160 Rushing Yards 47 3-11-1 Passing 11-21-3 18-28-1 Passing 6-18-2 29 Passing Yards 171 269 Passing Yards 123 194 Total Yards 248 429 Total Yards 170 5-36.8 Pun ng 4-44.0 2-36.0 Punts 4-38.2 6-3 Fumbles – Lost 11-6 2-1 Fumbles – Lost 2-0 3-15 Penal es – Yards 5-45 4-40 Penal es – Yards 2-13 Individual Leaders Rushing Leaders Rushing Miss.: Jennings 9-39; Weatherly 9-36 Ala.: Sloan 16-51; Nelson 16-47 Ark.: Branch 7-21 Miss.: Dennis 7-37; Dunn 6-24

Passing Leaders Passing Miss.: Griffi ng 14-23-1, 242 yards, 1 TD Ala.: Sloan 3-10-1, 29 yards Ark.: Moore 5-10-0, 55 yards, 1 TD Miss.: Dunn 8-10-0, 125 yards, 1 TD

Receiving Leaders Receiving Miss.: Guy 5-107, 1 TD; Morris 5-62 Ala.: Stephens 1-15. Ark.: Lamb 3-107; Branch 3-16, 1 TD Miss.: Wells 4-76.

Miller-Digby Award recipient: Glynn Griffi ng, Ole Miss quarterback Miller-Digby Award recipient: Tim Davis, Alabama kicker

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January 1, 1965 January 1, 1966 #7 LSU 13 (Final: 8-2-1) #6 Missouri 20 (Final: 8-2-1, #6) Syracuse 10 (Final: 7-4-0) 31 Florida 18 (Final: 7-4-0) 32

In addi on to being an all- me classic on the This could have been the Mother of All gridiron, the 1965 Sugar Bowl was a memorable Comebacks. Didn’t quite make it, but it was a rousing game for off -the-fi eld reasons. It was the fi rst Sugar display – a two-minute drill that lasted 15. Bowl to include African-American players since Down 17-0 at the half, 20-0 in the third quarter, Bobby Grier and Pi sburgh played in 1955. Syracuse junior quarterback and the Florida featured running backs Floyd Li le and Jim Nance, Gators made the fourth quarter a sparkler. two stars who had scored 25 touchdowns between Charlie Brown dove into the end zone from 10 them, 14 more than LSU scored as a team in that era yards out to score the Tigers’ fi rst touchdown and when defenses dominated the sport. Missouri took further command as Johnny Roland But it was LSU’s Doug Moreau who turned out to executed a perfect hal ack pass to Early Denny a er be the central fi gure of the game. a costly Gator fumble. There were fi eld goals, a safety, touchdowns added a 37-yard fi eld goal for a 17-0 on a blocked punt and a long pass and a two-point lead before the half was over and then booted a conversion. The favored Tigers, down 10-2 in this topsy-turvy game at intermission, 34-yarder early in the second half, but that’s when Spurrier went to work. knew they were in for a ba le to the wire. Scrambling away from Tiger pressure, the junior completed six passes in six On the fi rst possession of the second half, LSU quarterback Billy Ezell pumped a empts, culmina ng with a 22-yard touchdown to Jack Harper. Coach once and lo ed the ball to a wide-open Moreau at the 25 from where he tro ed sent in instruc ons to go for two points, but the pass was off target. into the end zone. A two-point conversion pulled LSU even at 10. Following a Missouri fumble on the ensuing kickoff , Spurrier ran it in from That’s where things stood un l the game moved into the la er stages of two yards out, but Harper threw an incomplete hal ack pass on the a empted the fourth quarter the Tigers drove to the 8. Coach Charlie McClendon called on two-point conversion. Moreau to try to nail his 14th fi eld goal of the season (he had an NCAA record 13 A er forcing a Missouri punt, the Gators mounted another long drive. On fi eld goals during the season and combined with his pass-receiving du es, scored third down, Charlie Casey made a miraculous cacth in the end zone a er Tiger 73 of the Bengals’ 115 total points). defender Gary Grossnickle had defl ected Spurrier’s pass. For the third consecu ve All season, LSU had looked to the junior in crunch me, bringing him to this me Florida’s two-point a empt went astray. Given up for dead at the start of the point, in a socially-signifi cant Sugar Bowl and his 28-yard a empt with 3:48 to play fourth quarter, the Gators trailed just 20-18. But there was just 2:08 remaining and secured victory for the Tigers. the Tigers ran out the clock. While LSU won on the fi eld, the city of New Orleans was also a big winner. In the last period, the Florida junior quarterback delivered three touchdowns Syracuse was happy with its treatment. Nance exuded without solicita on, “I’m in barely 11 minutes of play. He completed 16-of-23 passes for 198 yards and two going to tell everyone about the splendid treatment we received down there.” touchdowns, and scored another himself. To put it in perspec ve, the Sugar Bowl comple on record for an en re game had been 17, set by Davey O’Brien in 1939. Tulane Stadium • A : 60,322 LSU 2 0 8 3 - 13 Tulane Stadium • A : 61,346 Syracuse 10 0 0 0 - 10 Missouri 0 17 3 0 - 20 Florida 0 0 0 18 - 18 SCORING SUMMARY SCORING SUMMARY Syr: Smith 23-yard fi eld goal Mo: Brown 10-yard run (Bates kick) LSU: Rice tackles Li le in end zone for safety Mo: Denny 11-yard pass from Roland (Bates kick) Syr: Clarke returns blocked kick 28 yards (Smith kick) Mo: Bates 37-yard fi eld goal LSU: Moreau 57-yard pass from Ezell (Ezell pass to Labruzzo) Mo: Bates 34-yard fi eld goal LSU: Moreau 28-yard fi eld goal Fla: Harper 22-yard pass from Spurrier (Pass failed) Fla: Spurrier 2-yard run (Pass failed) LSU Team Sta s cs Syracuse Fla: Casey 21-yard pass from Spurrier (Pass failed) 11 First Downs 10 161 Rushing Yards 151 Missouri Team Sta s cs Florida 6-15-1 Passing 8-20-1 18 First Downs 18 114 Passing Yards 52 257 Rushing Yards - 2 275 Total Yards 203 5-14-1 Passing 27-46-1 9-36.2 Punts 6-37.5 50 Passing Yards 352 4-0 Fumbles – Lost 3-1 307 Total Yards 350 4-46 Penal es – Yards 5-55 5-44.0 Punts 6-32.5 2-2 Fumbles – Lost 1-1 Individual Leaders 2-30 Penal es – Yards 3-25 Rushing LSU: Schwab 17-81 Rushing Leaders Syr.: Nance 15-70; Li le 8-46 Mo.: Brown 23-121, 1 TD; Lane 19-76 UF: Poe 2-11 Passing LSU: Ezell 2-5-0, 67 yards, 1 TD Passing Leaders Syr.: King 6-15-0, 41 yards Mo.: Lane 4-13-1, 39 yards UF: Spurrier 22-45-1, 352 yards, 2 TDs

Receiving Receiving Leaders LSU: Moreau 2-55, 1 TD; Labruzzo 2-45 Mo.: Phelps 2-11 Syr.: Cripps 2-18; Mahle 3-15 UF: Casey 5-108, 1 TD; Brown 9-88; Harper 4-66, 1 TD

Miller-Digby Award recipient: Doug Moreau, LSU fl anker Miller-Digby Award recipient: Steve Spurrier, Florida quarterback

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January 2, 1967 January 1, 1968 #3 Alabama 34 (Final: 12-0-0) LSU 20 (Final: 7-3-1) #6 Nebraska 7 (Final: 9-2-0) 33 #6 Wyoming 13 (Final: 10-1-0) 34

Alabama wasted no me showing its skills in Glenn Smith, an unheralded New Orleanian, the 1967 Sugar Bowl. On the game’s fi rst play from sparked a second-half uprising that li ed LSU to a scrimmage, faked a handoff , stepped comeback 20-13 win over Wyoming, the na on’s back and lo ed a pass to at the 49. only undefeated, un ed major college squad. Perkins made the catch and slithered down to the Smith, who didn’t touch the ball un l late in Nebraska 27 for a 45-yard gain. the third quarter when he was on the receiving end Perkins, who in 1983 succeeded Bryant as coach of a 39-yard pass from Nelson Stokley, gained all of of the Crimson Tide, said the comple on was no big his 74 yards in the remaining me. He scored the surprise. “We felt it would work because we were fi rst LSU TD and set up the game-winner with a 16- pre y certain our receivers could get open on their yard run. Smith turned out to be the game’s “Most defensive backs. They were kind of slow.” Outstanding,” but just as outstanding for the fast- Seven plays a erward, Les Kelley scored from star ng Cowboys, featuring Jim Kick at , the 1. was Jerry DePoyster, who repeatedly kicked Wyoming Following the opening tally, Stabler took the Tide on a 71-yard drive, then out of trouble. He averaged 48 yards per punt for the day and had two fi eld goals, went around end from the 14 as the Cornhuskers appeared to be grabbing at a one a 49-yarder that helped stake Wyoming to a 13-0 hal ime lead. ghost. Steve Davis’ PAT made the score 14-0 with 7:28 le in the opening quarter. Davis, brother of Tim, the kicking machine of the 1964 Sugar Bowl, came in Tulane Stadium • A : 72,858 to boot a 30-yard fi eld goal with 28 seconds le in the fi rst period. Bear Bryant LSU 0 0 7 13 - 20 had used 35 players in digging Nebraska’s football grave in that 15-minute swirl of Wyoming 0 13 0 0 - 13 off ense. Only the fi nal score was in ques on by this me. Bryant had his team SCORING SUMMARY gobbling up real estate at a staggering 295-112 yard advantage in the opening 30 Wyo: Kick 1-yard run (DePoyster kick) minutes. Wyo: DePoyster 24-yard fi eld goal Davis added another fi eld goal in the second half and Perkins closed the Wyo: DePoyster 49-yard fi eld goal scoring by collec ng a 45-yard TD delivery from Stabler late in the game to account LSU: Smith 1-yard run (Hurd kick) for the fi nal score. LSU: Morel 8-yard pass from Stokley (Kick failed) LSU: Morel 14-yard pass from Stokley (Hurd kick) Tulane Stadium • A : 82,000 Alabama 17 7 3 7 - 34 Nebraska 0 0 0 7 - 7 LSU Team Sta s cs Wyoming 12 First Downs 20 SCORING SUMMARY 151 Rushing Yards 167 Ala: Kelley 1-yard run (S. Davis kick) 6-20-1 Passing 14-24-4 Ala: Stabler 14-yard run (S. Davis kick) 91 Passing Yards 239 Ala: S. Davis 30-yard fi eld goal 242 Total Yards 406 Ala: Trimble 6-yard run (S. Davis kick) 9-37.1 Punts 4-49.0 Ala: S. Davis 40-yard fi eld goal 0 Fumbles Lost 1 Neb: D. Davis 15-yard pass from Churchrich (Wachholtz kick) 3-25 Penal es – Yards 5-65 Ala: Perkins 45-yard pass from Stabler (S. Davis kick)

Alabama Team Sta s cs Nebraska Individual Leaders 19 First Downs 16 Rushing 157 Rushing Yards 84 LSU: Smith 16-74, 1 TD; Allen 16-41 15-26-1 Passing 22-38-5 Wyo.: Kiick 19-75, 1 TD; Williams 16-64 279 Passing Yards 213 436 Total Yards 297 Passing 4-35.0 Punts 5-39.0 LSU: Stokley 6-20, 91, 2 TDs 3-1 Fumbles – Lost 5-2 Wyo.: Toscano 14-23, 239; Kiick 1-0 1-15 Penal es – Yards 2-30 Receiving Rushing Leaders LSU: Morel 4-38, 2 TDs; Smith 1-39 Ala: Stabler 9-34, 1 TD; Morgan 10-37 Wyo.: Anderson 3-100; 4-70. Neb.: Davis 10-37, 1 TD; Wilson 4-24; Gregory 4-24 Miller-Digby Award recipient: Glenn Smith, LSU hal ack Passing Leaders Ala.: Stabler 12-18, 218, 1 TD Neb.: Churchich 21-34, 201; Weber 1-4, 12

Receiving Leaders Ala.: Perkins 7-178, 1 TD; Homan 5-36 Neb.: Richnosky 6-48; Penny 6-42

Miller-Digby Award recipient: Ken Stabler, Alabama quarterback

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January 1, 1969 January 1, 1970 #9 Arkansas 16 (Final: 10-1-0, #6) #13 Ole Miss 27 (Final: 8-3-0, #8) #4 Georgia 2 (Final: 8-1-2, #8) 35 #3 Arkansas 22 (Final: 9-2-0, #7) 36

Upstart Arkansas rode the passing combina on Arkansas came into the 1970 Sugar Bowl ranked of quarterback Bill Montgomery and end Chuck Dicus No. 3, but as Ole Miss star Archie Manning said, “We to a 16-2 upset of No. 4 Georgia in front of 82,113. were just a hot football team. Everything was working Montgomery, who completed 17-of-39 passes for 185 for us.” yards and a touchdown, led the Razorbacks to a 10-2 The spotlight was temporarily taken from hal ime lead before Bob White fi nished the Arkansas superstar Manning, a mild-mannered, red-haired scoring with a pair of fi eld goals in the fourth quarter. quarterback who also may have been the best in the On the day, Dicus hauled in a record 12 passes for 169 country, when his teammate, work-horse fullback Bo yards and a TD and was named “Most Outstanding” Bowen, took a pitch and sideswiped defenders 69 player. Georgia’s only real scoring threats came as yards to the end zone. the result of Razorback fumbles. On their deepest Shortly a er that score, Manning displayed his penetra on, coming early in the third quarter, the hell-bent-for-leather style on 4th-and-one at the 18 Bulldogs suff ered a fumble, losing the pigskin a er when he hightailed it around end, ran over two Hogs, having a 3rd-and-goal situa on at the Razorback 2. then slashed through several more before high-stepping into the end zone. Arkansas replied with a 12-yard scoring run by Bill Burne but the Rebels Tulane Stadium • A : 82,113 followed with a 52-yard fi eld goal from Cloyce Hinton and Manning delivered Arkansas 0 10 0 6 - 16 a scoring strike to Vern Studdard. Arkansas’ own talented quarterback, Bill Georgia 0 2 0 0 - 2 Montgomery closed the half leading a furious drive that was capped by a 47-yard TD hook-up with Chuck Dicus to make it 24-12 at the break. SCORING SUMMARY The Razorbacks rallied by picking off Manning twice in the second half, Ark: Dicus 27-yard pass from Montgomery (White kick) pulling with fi ve when Montgomery found fullback Brice Maxwell for a six-yard Ga: Safety Burne tackled in end zone score. Ole Miss’ Glenn Cannon capped off a sensa onal day with the key defensive Ark: White 34-yard fi eld goal play when he forced a cri cal fumble with under two minutes to go to preserve the Ark: White 24-yard fi eld goal victory. Cannon had already snared a fourth-quarter intercep on while tallying a Ark: White 31-yard fi eld goal pair of pass break-ups. The Rebels and Arkansas each broke three Sugar Bowl records in amassing a whopping total of 954 yards. If not the most important game played that day, it Arkansas Team Sta s cs Georgia was the most entertaining. 13 First Downs 13 40 Rushing Yards 75 Tulane Stadium • A : 82,500 17-39-1 Passing 11-31-3 Ole Miss 14 10 3 0 - 27 185 Passing Yards 117 Arkansas 0 12 3 7 - 22 225 Total Yards 192 10-33.6 Punts 10-38.5 SCORING SUMMARY 4-2 Fumbles – Lost 5-5 Miss: Bowen 69-yard run (King kick) 4-31 Penal es – Yards 4-25 Miss: Manning 18-yard run (King kick) Ark: Burne 12-yard run (Kick failed) Miss: Hinton 52-yard fi eld goal Individual Leaders Miss: Studdard 30-yard pass from Manning (King kick) Rushing Ark: Dicus 47-yard pass from Montgomery (Pass failed) Ark.: Burne 2-31 Miss: Hinton 36-yard fi eld goal UGA: Johnson 12-45 Ark: McClard 36-yard fi eld goal Ark: Maxwell 6-yard pass from Montgomery (McClard kick) Passing Ark.: Montgomery 17-39-1, 185 yards, 1 TD Ole Miss Team Sta s cs Arkansas UGA: Cavan 9-22-1, 103 yards 21 First Downs 24 154 Rushing Yards 189 Receiving 21-35-2 Passing 16-34-2 Ark.: Dicus 12-169 yards, 1 TD; Peacock 3-15 273 Passing Yards 338 UGA: Whi emore 5-56; Lawrence 3-54 427 Total Yards 527 6-37.6 Punts 2-30.5 Miller-Digby Award recipient: Chuck Dicus, Arkansas fl anker 0-0 Fumbles – Lost 1-1 11-101 Penal es – Yards 3-22

Rushing Leaders Miss.: Brown 12-94, 1 TD; Manning 13-39, 1 TD Ark.: Maxwell 8-108; Burne 17-59, 1 TD

Passing Miss.: Manning 21-35-2, 273 yards, 1 TD Ark.: Montgomery 17-34-1, 338, 2 TDs

Receiving Leaders Miss.: Studdard 5-108, 1 TD; Reed 2-22 Ark.: Dicus 6-171, 1 TD; Maxwell 9-137, 1 TD

Miller-Digby Award recipient: Archie Manning, Ole Miss quarterback

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January 1, 1971 January 1, 1972 #4 Tennessee 34 (Final: 11-1-0, #4) #3 Oklahoma 40 (Final: 11-1-0, #2) #11 Air Force 13 (Final: 9-3-0, #16) 37 #5 Auburn 22 (Final: 9-2-0, #12) 38

In a game that amounted to an aerial circus - Displaying the most potent off ense ever seen 92 passes were thrown - Tennessee exploded for 24 in a Sugar Bowl to that point, Oklahoma crushed points in the fi rst quarter and fl ew to a 31-13 win. Auburn, 40-22, before a crowd of 84,031. With Jack UT’s Bobby Sco , the game’s “Most Outstanding” Mildren direc ng the OU wishbone a ack on the way player, had a hand in all of the Vol’s early scoring and to the Miller-Digby Award, the Sooners rolled to a ended the day comple ng 22-of-40 passes for 288 then-record 31 points in the fi rst half. yards. On the night’s fi rst play from scrimmage, Mildren The Vols were devasta ng from the start, gained 17 yards on a keeper and the Sooners never taking advantage of two lost Falcon fumbles and a looked back. Six minutes removed from the kickoff , short punt to open a 24-0 lead. Then, capping off Leon Crosswhite scored from the 4. Tennessee’s touchdown barrage was a 57-yard punt Auburn Hesiman Trophy winner, Pat Sullivan return by Bobby Majors. misplaced a handoff and Ray Hamilton recovered for Oklahoma on the Auburn 41. In eight plays, with the Tulane Stadium • A : 75,087 OU off ense humming near-perfectly, the Sooners were back in the end zone as Tennessee 24 0 7 3 - 34 Mildren went in from the 5. John Carroll, who missed the fi rst, made the PAT to li Air Force 7 0 6 0 - 13 the score to 13-0. Joe Wylie was the next Sooner to touch the ball. He gathered in a punt at the SCORING SUMMARY Oklahoma 29, slipped through two onrushing Tigers and headed down the right Tenn: McLeary 5-yard run (Hunt kick) sideline. Mark Driscoll chopped down the last man with a chance of catching the Tenn: Hunt 30-yard fi eld goal runner, and Wyle skipped into the end zone. Tenn: McLeary 20-yard run (Hunt kick) As nobody could catch Wylie, at this point, with a three-touchdown lead Tenn: Theiler 10-yard pass from Sco (Hunt kick) and the fi rst quarter not even over, nobody was going to catch Oklahoma either – AFA: Haas fumble recovery in end zone (Barry kick) despite the Sooners missing on fi ve a er-touchdown conversions. Tenn: Majors 57-yard punt return (Hunt kick) “I just started playing bad,” Sullivan off ered a erward. “As big and strong as AFA: Bassa 27-yard pass from Parker (Kick failed) they were, I knew they were going to score a lot, and we were just going to have Tenn: Hunt 32-yard fi eld goal to out-score them. We just weren’t able to.”

Tulane Stadium • A : 84,031 Tennessee Team Sta s cs Air Force Oklahoma 19 12 3 6 - 40 24 First Downs 15 Auburn 0 0 7 15 - 22 86 Rushing Yards - 12 24-46-2 Passing 23-46-4 SCORING SUMMARY 306 Passing Yards 239 OU: Crosswhite 4-yard run (Kick failed) 392 Total Yards 227 OU: Mildren 5-yard run (Carroll kick) 5-31.4 Punts 8-34.5 OU: Wylie 71-yard punt return (Pass failed) 7-3 Fumbles – Lost 7-4 OU: Mildren 4-yard run (Run failed) 6-74 Penal es – Yards 0-0 OU: Mildren 7-yard run (Pass failed) OU: Carroll 53-yard fi eld goal OU: Prui 2-yard run (Kick failed) Individual Leaders AU: Cannon 11-yard pass from Sullivan (Je kick) Rushing AU: Unger 1-yard run (Beck run) Tenn.: Watson 14-57; McLeary 14-39, 2 TDs AFA: Bream 16-16 Oklahoma Team Sta s cs Auburn 28 First Downs 15 Passing 439 Rushing Yards 40 Tenn.: Sco 22-40-2, 288 yards, 1 TD 1-4-0 Passing 20-45-2 AFA: Parker 23-46-4, 239 yards, 1 TD 11 Passing Yards 250 450 Total Yards 290 Receiving 5-35.4 Punts 5-48.6 Tenn.: Thompson 9-125 5-2 Fumbles – Lost 5-1 AFA: Bassa 10-114, 1 TD; Bolen 6-60 3-12 Penal es – Yards 0-0

Miller-Digby Award recipient: Bobby Sco , Tennessee quarterback Rushing Leaders OU: Mildren 30-149, 3 TDs; Prui 18-95, 1 TD; Crosswhite 17-78, 1 TD AU: Unger 6-38, 2 TDs; Lowry 5-12

Passing Leaders OU: Mildren 1-4-0, 11 yards AU: Sullivan 20-44-1, 250 yards, 1 TD

Receiving Leaders OU: Chandler, 1-11 AU: Beasley 6-117; Unger 5-36

Miller-Digby Award recipient: , Oklahoma quarterback

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December 31, 1972 December 31, 1973 #2 Oklahoma 14 (Final: 11-1-0, #2) #3 Notre Dame 24 (Final: 11-0-0, #1) #5 Penn State 0 (Final: 10-2-0, #10) 39 #1 Alabama 23 (Final: 11-1-0, #4) 40

Oklahoma freshman Tinker Owens led the A daring end zone gamble late in the fourth methodical Sooners to a 14-0 win over Penn State quarter preserved Notre Dame’s 24-23 win over on New Year’s Eve in the fi rst Sugar Bowl played at Alabama and gave the Figh ng Irish, which entered night. Penn State played without its off ensive leader the game ranked No. 3, a claim on the na onal tle in John Cappelle , who was ba ling the fl u, and went front of 85,161. In a game that saw six lead changes, against one of the na on’s most s ngy defenses. The ’ 36-yard pass to Robin Weber from his Ni any Lions didn’t cross midfi eld un l late in the own 2-yard line served to seal the win for the Irish. third quarter, and its only serious scoring threat of Notre Dame’s scoring came courtesy of touchdowns the evening ended with a fumble at the OU 19. by Wayne Bullock, Eric Pennick and Al Hunter (a Oklahoma was stymied un l the Sooners started record 93-yard kickoff return) and a fi eld goal by Bob hammering the Ni any Lions in the middle. Then Thomas with 4:26 le in the game. quarterback Dave Robertson looked for Owens, who Alabama, which came in ranked No. 1, countered made an over-the-shoulder catch at the 7 between with TD’s by Randy Billingsly, and two defenders, worked himself loose and into the end zone. Richard Todd (a 25-yard throwback pass from Mike Stock) and a Billy Davis fi eld Two minutes into the fourth quarter, Gary Hayman dropped an Oklahoma goal. punt and Ken Jones recovered on the Lions’ 33. A er a couple of plays, Joe Wylie unleashed a hal ack pass in the highlight (though disputed) of the night. Tulane Stadium • A : 85,161 The Penn State con ngent, and some reporters, felt the recep on at the 1 Notre Dame 6 8 7 3 - 24 was trapped. The fi lm was unclear. Owens maintained it was a catch. “I caught it,” Alabama 0 10 7 6 - 23 he said. “I knew I had it then, I know I had it now.” Leon Crosswhite went in two plays later and, a er Rick Fulcher’s kick, SCORING SUMMARY Oklahoma led 14-0 with 9:46 to go. ND: Bullock 6-yard run (Kick failed) Owens, in his third star ng assignment, had fi ve recep ons for 132 yards, Ala: Billingsley 6-yard run (Davis kick) which resulted in one touchdown and set up another. He became the fi rst ND: Hunter 93-yard kickoff return (Demmarle pass from Clements) freshman to receive the Miller-Digby Trophy. Ala: Davis 39-yard fi eld goal Three months later there was a ques on of having to change the score: A joint Ala: Jackson 5-yard run (Davis kick) inves ga on by the and the Big Eight Conference revealed ND: Penick 12-yard run (Thomas kick) that two high school transcripts had been tampered with. As a result, Oklahoma Ala: Todd 25-yard pass from Stock (Kick failed) voluntarily forfeited every game in which the pair par cipated, including the Sugar ND: Thomas 19-yard fi eld goal Bowl. However, the NCAA s ll recognizes those victories and the Sooners s ll claim the 1972 conference tle. Notre Dame Team Sta s cs Alabama Tulane Stadium • A : 80,123 20 First Downs 23 Oklahoma 0 7 0 7 - 14 252 Rushing Yards 190 Penn State 0 0 0 0 - 0 7-12-0 Passing 10-15-1 169 Passing Yards 127 SCORING SUMMARY 421 Total Yards 317 Okla: Owens 27-yard pass from Robertson (Fulcher kick) 7-35.8 Punts 6-46.3 Okla: Crosswhite 1-yard run (Fulcher kick) 4-3 Fumbles – Lost 5-2 5-45 Penal es – Yards 3-32 Oklahoma Team Sta s cs Penn State 20 First Downs 11 278 Rushing Yards 49 Individual Leaders 7-12-0 Passing 12-31-1 Rushing 175 Passing Yards 147 ND: Bullock 19-79, 1 TD; Clements 15-74 453 Total Yards 196 Ala.: Jackson 11-62, 1 TD; Billingsley 7-54, 1 TD 8-32.8 Punts 10-42.9 8-5 Fumbles – Lost 6-4 Passing 3-55 Penal es – Yards 3-15 ND: Clements 7-12-0, 169 yards Ala.: Rutledge 7-12-1, 88 yards Rushing Leaders OU: Prui 21-86; Crosswhite 22-82, 1 TD Receiving PSU: Nagle 10-22; Addie 7-18 ND: Casper 3-75; Demmerle 3-59 Ala.: Pugh 2-28; Jackson 2-22 Passing Leaders OU: Robertson 3-6-0, 88 yards, 1 TD Miller-Digby Award recipient: Tom Clements, Notre Dame quarterback PSU: Huff nage 12-31-1, 147 yards

Receiving Leaders OU: Owens 5-132, 1 TD; Prui 2-43 PSU: Sco 3-59; Bland 3-39

Miller-Digby Award recipient: Tinker Owens, Oklahoma fl anker

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December 31, 1974 December 31, 1975 #8 Nebraska 13 (Final: 9-3-0, #9) #4 Alabama 13 (Final: 11-1-0, #3) #18 Florida 10 (Final: 7-4-0, #15) 41 #10 Penn State 6 (Final: 9-3-0, #10) 42

A fourth-quarter, 13-point awakening gave For the Sugar Bowl debut in the already-world- Nebraska a comeback win over Florida, 13-10, before famous Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans was 68,890 New Year’s Eve watchers. took over treated to a pair of coaches would go down in history for (who had thrown four intercep ons) as true legends: Alabama’s Bear Bryant and Penn and moved the Huskers 99 yards for a Monte Anthony State’s Joe Paterno. touchdown and then pushed them to 37-and 39-yard Alabama quarterback Richard Todd, who had Mike Coyle fi eld goals, the last with 1:46 remaining. suff ered a Christmas-Day cut on his fi nger, came out Tony Davis, the game’s “Most Outstanding” player, with his fi nger bandaged, and found Joe Dale Harris, had 126 yards in 17 carries. Florida broke out to a who turned a simple turn-in pa ern into a 54-yard 10-0 hal ime lead on Tony Green’s touchdown and gain. Danny Ridgeway followed with a 25-yard fi eld Dave Posey’s 40-yard fi eld goal, and the Gators had goal for a 3-0 Alabama lead that held up to the half. a chance to put the game away early in the second Chris Bahr ed things with a 42-yard fi eld goal in half but couldn’t convert on third- and fourth-down the third quarter, but Todd brought the Tide roaring running a empts from the Nebraska 1. A er the goal-line stand, Luck entered the back, using a pump fake to free , who broke back to the sideline game, and the Nebraska comeback began. and caught the pass 30 yards upstream, being brought down on the 10. Mike Stock swept into the end zone behind a ferocious block by Newsome for a 10-3 lead. Tulane Stadium • A : 68,890 Bahr cut the margin to 10-6 with a 37-yard fi eld goal in the fourth quarter, but Nebraska 0 0 0 13 - 13 Ridgeway answered with a 28-yarder. Florida 7 3 0 0 - 10 With 3:19 le , Penn State got one last chance. The Ni any Lions inched out to their 39, where, on fourth-and-one, they went for it. Alabama held with 1:15 to SCORING SUMMARY go, and Bear Bryant had his fi rst bowl victory since 1967. Fla: Green 21-yard run (Posey kick) Todd, with his bandaged throwing hand, completed 10 of his 12 passes for Fla: Posey 40-yard fi eld goal 210 yards and in the process probably prevented a Ni any Lions victory. Neb: Anthony 2-yard run (Coyle kick) Neb: Coyle 37-yard fi eld goal Louisiana Superdome • A : 75,212 Neb: Coyle 39-yard fi eld goal Alabama 3 0 7 3 - 13 Penn State 0 0 3 3 - 6

Nebraska Team Sta s cs Florida SCORING SUMMARY 18 First Downs 13 Ala: Ridgeway 25-yard fi eld goal 304 Rushing Yards 178 PSU: Bahr 42-yard fi eld goal 2-14-4 Passing 5-10-1 Ala: Stock 14-yard run (Ridgeway kick) 16 Passing Yards 97 PSU: Bahr 37-yard fi eld goal 320 Total Yards 275 Ala: Ridgeway 28-yard fi eld goal 4-37.0 Punts 6-32.5 3-1 Fumbles – Lost 3-1 1-17 Penal es – Yards 5-41 Alabama Team Sta s cs Penn State 14 First Downs 12 106 Rushing Yards 157 Individual Leaders 10-12-0 Passing 8-14-1 Rushing 210 Passing Yards 57 Neb.: Davis 17-126; Anthony 15-64, 1 TD 316 Total Yards 214 UF: Dubose 17-84; Green 14-73, 1 TD 5-40.8 Punts 4-48.5 1-0 Fumbles – Lost 1-0 Passing 3-22 Penal es – Yards 0-0 Neb.: Humm 2-12-4, 18 yards UF: Gaff ney 5-10-1, 97 yards Individual Leaders Receiving Rushing Neb.: Westbrook 2-16 Ala.: Shelby 8-45; Davis 12-32 UF: McGriff 2-52; Darby 1-32 PSU: Geise 8-46; Taylor 12-36

Miller-Digby Award recipient: Tony Davis, Nebraska fullback Passing Ala.: Todd 10-12-0, 210 yards PSU: Andress 8-14-1, 57 yards

Receiving Ala.: Newsome 4-97; Harris 2-69 PSU: Cefalo 2-18; Petchel 2-13

Miller-Digby Award recipient: Richard Todd, Alabama quarterback

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January 1, 1977 January 2, 1978 #1 Pi sburgh 27 (Final: 12-0-0, #1) #3 Alabama 35 (Final: 11-1-0, #2) #4 Georgia 3 (Final: 10-2-0, #10) 43 #9 Ohio State 6 (Final: 9-3-0, #10) 44

Ma Cavanaugh’s passing and Tony Dorse ’s Coaching legends Paul “Bear” Bryant and running spurred No. 1 Pi sburgh to a 27-3 win over Woody Hayes were well-matched, but Alabama’s Jeff Georgia in the Bowl’s return to New Year’s Day. Rutledge was not as the Tide rolled over the Buckeyes Cavanaugh, the game’s “Most Outstanding” player, 35-6 before 76,811, a then-Superdome football hit on 7-of-11 passing a empts in the fi rst half for record. Rutledge, the Miller-Digby honoree, hit 8-of- 185 yards and a touchdown as the Panthers rolled 11 passes for 103 yards and two touchdowns as to a 21-0 bulge. Scoring the fi rst TD himself from the Alabama, ranked No. 2, moved to a 21-0 lead through 6-yard line, Cavanaugh then teamed with Gordon three periods. Major Ogilvie and Johnny Davis blew Jones on a 59-yard scoring pass. Dorse , who ran it open with successive fourth-period touchdowns for a then-record 202 yards, including 137 on 15 a er Ohio State had pulled to within 21-6 on Rodney second-half carries, slipped in from the 11 just before Gerald’s 38-yard pass to Jim Harrell. hal ime. Pi ’s scoring chores were then turned over to Carson Long for a pair of fi eld goals, while Georgia never did get its off ense untracked, taking advantage of a Panther fumble for an Louisiana Superdome • A : 76,811 Allan Leavi 25-yard FG in the third for its only score. Alabama 0 13 8 14 - 35 Ohio State 0 0 0 6 - 6 Louisiana Superdome • A : 76,117 Pi sburgh 7 14 3 3 - 27 SCORING SUMMARY Georgia 0 0 3 0 - 3 Ala: Nathan 1-yard run (Chapman kick) Ala: Bolton 27-yard pass from Rutledge (Kick failed) SCORING SUMMARY Ala: Neal 3-yard pass from Rutledge (Nathan pass from Rutledge) Pi : Cavanaugh 6-yard run (Long kick) OSU: Harrell 38-yard pass from Gerald (Run failed) Pi : Jones 59-yard pass from Cavanaugh (Long kick) Ala: Ogilvie 1-yard run (Chapman kick) Pi : Dorse 11-yard run (Long kick) Ala: Davis 5-yard run (Chapman kick) UGA: Leavi 25-yard fi eld goal Pi : Long 42-yard fi eld goal Pi : Long 31-yard fi eld goal Alabama Team Sta s cs Ohio State 25 First Downs 13 280 Rushing Yards 160 Pi sburgh Team Sta s cs Georgia 8-11-0 Passing 7-17-3 24 First Downs 14 109 Passing Yards 103 288 Rushing Yards 135 389 Total Yards 263 10-18-0 Passing 3-22-4 1-33.0 Punts 4-37.5 192 Passing Yards 46 0-0 Fumbles – Lost 10-2 480 Total Yards 181 1-5 Penal es – Yards 4-40 5-36.8 Punts 8-42.1 2-1 Fumbles – Lost 4-2 6-66 Penal es – Yards 4-30 Individual Leaders Rushing Ala.: Davis 24-95, 1 TD; Crow 5-46 Individual Leaders OSU: Springs 10-74; Logan 13-57 Rushing Pi : Dorse 32-202, 1 TD Passing UGA: Goff 17-76 Ala.: Rutledge 8-11-0, 109 yards, 2 TDs OSU: Gerald 7-17-3, 103 yards, 1 TD Passing Pi : Cavanaugh 10-18-0, 192 yards, 1 TD Receiving UGA: Robinson 2-15-2, 33 yards Ala.: Newsome 2-45; Ferguson 2-28 OSU: Hunter 2-25; Springs 2-6 Receiving Pi : Walker 3-80; Taylor 4-72 Miller-Digby Award recipient: Jeff Rutledge, Alabama quarterback UGA: Davis 1-19; Pyburn 1-14; McLee 1-13

Miller-Digby Award recipient: Ma Cavanaugh, Pi sburgh quarterback

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January 1, 1979 January 1, 1980 #2 Alabama 14 (Final: 11-1-0, #1) #1 Alabama 24 (Final: 12-0-0, #1) #1 Penn State 7 (Final: 11-1-0, #4) 45 #6 Arkansas 9 (Final: 10-2-0, #8) 46

Billed as the game to determine college football’s Alabama repeated as na onal champions supremacy, No. 2 Alabama got a game-saving, goal- before 77,484 in the Superdome as the Tide rode the line stand in the fourth quarter to preserve a 14-7 running of Major Ogilvie to a win over Arkansas. The win over No. 1 Penn State and the na onal tle. wishboning of Steadman Shealy stripped the Hogs of Alabama struck fi rst with eight seconds le in the their main defensive asset - quickness. He pitched to fi rst half when Bruce Bolton made a diving grab just Ogilvie, the game’s “MVP”, for scoring runs of one inside the end zone. In the second half, Penn State and 22 yards. Ogilvie became the fi rst player to score ed things on a 17-yard shot to Sco a TD in three successive Sugar Bowls. A er an Alan Fitzkee just before the Tide’s Major Ogilvie slipped in McElroy fi eld goal, Steve Whitman clinched the game from the 7 for the winner. Alabama, nursing a 14-7 with a 12-yard spurt up the middle to cap a 98-yard lead, lost the ball at its 19 late in the fourth quarter, drive. Arkansas scored fi rst on an Ish Ordonez fi eld se ng the stage for the stand. A er a Ni any Lion goal following a fumble by Alabama on the opening fi rst down at the Bama 8-yard line, Don McNeal made kickoff . a touchdown-saving tackle at the 1. On third down, stopped Ma Suhey less than a foot away. On fourth down, tried the middle, but Louisiana Superdome • A : 77,484 the Tide’s stopped him short. Alabama 14 3 0 7 - 24 Arkansas 3 0 6 0 - 9 Louisiana Superdome • A : 76,824 Alabama 0 7 7 0 - 14 SCORING SUMMARY Penn State 0 0 7 0 - 7 Ark: Ordonez 34-yard fi eld goal Ala: Ogilvie 22-yard run (McElroy kick) SCORING SUMMARY Ala: Ogilvie 1-yard run (McElroy kick) Ala: Bolton 30-yard pass from Rutledge (McElroy kick) Ala: McElroy 25-yard kick PSU: Fitzkee 17-yard pass from Fusina (Bahr kick) Ark: Farrell 3-yard pass from Scanlon (Run failed) Ala: Ogilvie 8-yard run (McElroy kick) Ala: Whitman 12-yard run (McElroy kick)

Alabama Team Sta s cs Penn State Alabama Team Sta s cs Arkansas 12 First Downs 12 18 First Downs 21 208 Rushing Yards 19 284 Rushing Yards 97 8-15-2 Passing 15-30-4 4-7-2 Passing 22-40-2 91 Passing Yards 163 70 Passing Yards 245 299 Total Yards 182 354 Total Yards 342 10-38.8 Punts 10-38.7 8-36.2 Punts 7-36.2 2-1 Fumbles – Lost 2-0 1-1 Fumbles – Lost 1-1 11-75 Penal es – Yards 8-51 7-61 Penal es – Yards 1-15

Individual Leaders Individual Leaders Rushing Rushing Ala.: Nathan 21-127; Whitman 11-51 Ala.: Jackson 13-120; Ogilvie 14-67, 2 TDs; Whitman 6-37, 1 TD PSU: Suhey 10-48; Guman 9-22 Ark.: Bowles 15-46; Anderson 6-28

Passing Passing Ala.: Rutledge 8-15-2, 91 yards, 1 TD Ala.: Shealy 4-7-0, 70 yards PSU: Fusina 15-30-4, 163 yards, 1 TD Ark.: Scanlon 22-39-1, 245 yards, 1 TD

Receiving Receiving Ala.: Bolton 2-46, 1 TD; Whitman 2-27 Ala.: Jackson 3-62 PSU: Guman 5-59; Fitzkee 3-38, 1 TD Ark.: Anderson 7-53; Farrell 3-51, 1 TD

Miller-Digby Award recipient: Barry Krauss, Alabama linebacker Miller-Digby Award recipient: Major Ogilvie, Alabama running back

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January 1, 1981 January 1, 1982 #1 Georgia 17 (Final: 12-0-0, #1) #8 Pi sburgh 24 (Final: 11-1-0, #4) #7 Notre Dame 10 (Final: 9-2-1, #9) 47 #2 Georgia 20 (Final: 10-2-0, #6) 48

Georgia, “unbeaten, un ed and unbelievable,” The decision in the ba le of went staked claim on college football’s No. 1 spot with a 17- to Pi sburgh’s over Georgia’s running 10 victory over Notre Dame before 77,896 (including machine (84 yards rushing, two President Jimmy Carter), a then-Superdome record. TDs) when Marino connected with John Brown for a Herschel Walker and Sco Woerner were the Bulldog game-winning, 33-yard touchdown pass with just 35 by words: Walker gained 150 yards, scored twice seconds le to give the Panthers a 24-20 win over the and won the Miller-Digby Award, while Woerner No. 2-rated Bulldogs before 77,224 in the fi rst New had two intercep ons (one a touchdown saver, the Year’s night Sugar Bowl. Marino, who completed other stopped Notre Dame’s fi nal drive). Notre Dame 26-of-41 passes for 261 yards, was voted the game’s grabbed an early 3-0 lead before Georgia countered “Most Outstanding” player over teammate Bryan with a fi eld goal and Walker’s two scores. The Irish’s Thomas (129 yards on 25 carries). The game swapped Phil Carter scored in the third quarter to close the leads fi ve mes. gap to 17-10, but the Georgia defense was unyielding from that point forward. Louisiana Superdome • A : 77,224 Pi sburgh 0 3 7 14 - 24 Louisiana Superdome • A : 77,896 Georgia 0 7 6 7 - 20 Georgia 10 7 0 0 - 17 Notre Dame 3 0 7 0 - 10 SCORING SUMMARY UGA: Walker 8-yard run (Butler kick) SCORING SUMMARY Pi : Evere 41-yard fi eld goal ND: Oliver 50-yard fi eld goal Pi : Dawkins 30-yard pass from Marino (Evere kick) UGA: Robinson 46-yard fi eld goal UGA: Walker 10-yard run (Kick failed) UGA: Walker 1-yard run (Robinson kick) Pi : Brown 6-yard pass from Marino (Evere kick) UGA: Walker 2-yard run (Robinson kick) UGA: Kay 6-yard pass from Belue (Butler kick) ND: Carter 1-yard run (Oliver kick) Pi : Brown 33-yard pass from Marino (Evere kick)

Georgia Team Sta s cs Notre Dame Pi sburgh Team Sta s cs Georgia 10 First Downs 17 27 First Downs 11 120 Rushing Yards 190 208 Rushing Yards 141 1-13-0 Passing 12-28-3 26-41-2 Passing 8-15-2 7 Passing Yards 138 261 Passing Yards 83 127 Total Yards 328 469 Total Yards 224 11-38.5 Punts 5-42.0 2-44.5 Punts 6-39.5 0-0 Fumbles – Lost 1-1 5-3 Fumbles – Lost 2-2 6-32 Penal es – Yards 8-69 14-96 Penal es – Yards 5-35

Individual Leaders Individual Leaders Rushing Rushing UGA: Walker 36-150, 2 TDs Pi : Thomas 26-129; DiBartola 13-68 ND: Carter 27-109, 1 TD UGA: Walker 25-84, 2 TDs

Passing Passing UGA: Belue 1-12-0, 7 yards Pi : Marino 26-41-2, 261 yards, 3 TDs ND: Kiel 14-27-3, 138 yards UGA: Belue 8-15-2, 83 yards

Receiving Receiving UGA: Arnold 1-7 Pi : Dawkins 6-77, 1 TD; DiBartola 8-64; Brown 6-62, 2 TDs ND: Holohan 4-44 UGA: Walker 3-53

Miller-Digby Award recipient: Herschel Walker, Georgia tailback Miller-Digby Award recipient: Dan Marino, Pi sburgh quarterback

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January 1, 1983 January 2, 1984 #2 Penn State 27 (Final: 11-1-0, #1) #3 Auburn 9 (Final: 11-1-0, #3) #1 Georgia 23 (Final: 11-1-0, #4) 49 #8 Michigan 7 (Final: 9-3-0, #10) 50

This game matched No. 1 Georgia against No. 2 had the chance to realize every kid’s Penn State in a showdown for the na on’s top spot. dream. The Auburn kicker had to make a kick for the In the end, Penn State outlasted the Bulldogs, 27-23, Tigers to beat Michigan in the Sugar Bowl and win the before a then-record crowd of 78,124. Using a big- na onal championship – though the storybook fi nish play off ense spearheaded by , the turned into a horror story. game’s “Most Outstanding” player, the Ni any Lions Michigan, a three-and-a-half point underdog, jumped off to a 20-3 lead late in the second on two scored on its second possession with quarterback Curt Warner touchdowns and two Nick Gancitano Steve Smith rolling in from the 4 a er an intercep on. fi eld goals. Georgia cut the margin to 10 with fi ve Two turnovers and the workmanlike Wolverine seconds le in the fi rst half on a John Las nger defense kept the Tigers off the scoreboard in the fi rst to Herman Archie pass. Herschel Walker became half – only the second me all season Auburn had the second player to score a touchdown in three been held scoreless at hal ime. Auburn superstar Bo successive Sugar Bowls (the fi rst was Major Ogilvie of Jackson had handled the ball only eight mes for 67 Alabama in 1978, ‘79 and ‘80) when he pulled the Bulldogs within three points, yards in the fi rst half. 20-17, in the third quarter. Penn State clinched its tle when Blackledge hit Greg Finally, a er Auburn’s second series of the second half, Del Greco put the Tigers Garrity for a TD. Georgia scored a late touchdown to round out the scoring. on the scoreboard with a 31-yard fi eld goal. Nursing a 7-3 lead early in the fi nal quarter, Smith was hit by linebacker Jeff Louisiana Superdome • A : 78,124 Jackson and his pass fl u ered weakly into the arms of linebacker Gregg Carr. Penn State 7 13 0 7 - 27 The Auburn wishbone, which would spring Jackson for 131 yards, Tommy Georgia 3 7 7 6 - 23 Agee for 93 and Lionel James for 84, was now opera ng at a high degree of effi ciency, going to the 15 where Del Greco booted his second fi eld goal, this one SCORING SUMMARY of 32 yards. PSU: Warner 2-yard run (Gancitano kick) On the following Auburn series, at the end of a drive that consumed 7:21 UGA: Butler 27-yard fi eld goal while going 61 yards in 10 plays, Del Greco got to live his imaginary game: With PSU: Gancitano 38-yard fi eld goal seconds to go, for what might be for the na onal championship, he booted a 19- PSU: Warner 9-yard run (Gancitano kick) yard fi eld goal. PSU: Gancitano 45-yard fi eld goal In other bowls, Georgia beat No. 2 Texas (20-9) and Miami upset No. 1 UGA: Archie 10-yard pass from Las nger (Butler kick) Nebraska (31-30), seeming to set up the Tigers for the tle. However, the next day UGA: Walker 1-yard run (Butler kick) fi h-ranked Miami leaped to No. 1. Third-place Auburn, a er playing a schedule PSU: Garrity 47-yard pass from Blackledge (Gancitano kick) that included nine bowl teams and won a cumula ve 70-percent of its games, UGA: Kay 9-yard pass from Las nger (Run failed) remained at No. 3.

Louisiana Superdome • A : 77,893 Penn State Team Sta s cs Georgia Auburn 0 0 3 6 - 9 19 First Downs 19 Michigan 7 0 0 0 - 7 160 Rushing Yards 139 13-23-0 Passing 12-28-2 SCORING SUMMARY 228 Passing Yards 166 Mich: Smith 4-yard run (Bergeron kick) 388 Total Yards 305 AU: Del Greco 31-yard fi eld goal 7-42.5 Punts 8-41.7 AU: Del Greco 32-yard fi eld goal 2-1 Fumbles – Lost 3-0 AU: Del Greco 19-yard fi eld goal 7-39 Penal es – Yards 7-42 Auburn Team Sta s cs Michigan 21 First Downs 12 Individual Leaders 301 Rushing Yards 118 Rushing 2-6-1 Passing 9-25-1 PSU: Warner 18-177, 2 TDs 21 Passing Yards 125 UGA: Walker 28-103, 1 TD 322 Total Yards 243 4-42.0 Punts 8-38.3 Passing 4-3 Fumbles – Lost 2-1 PSU: Blackledge 13-23-0, 228 yards, 1 TD 3-15 Penal es – Yards 6-49 UGA: Las nger 12-27-2, 166 yards, 2 TDs Rushing Leaders Receiving AU: Jackson 22-130; Agee 16-93 PSU: Garrity 4-116, 1 TD Mich.: Rogers 17-86; Garre 5-18 UGA: Kay 5-61, 1 TD Passing Leaders Miller-Digby Award recipient: Todd Blackledge, Penn State quarterback AU: Campbell 2-6-1, 21 yards Mich.: Smith 9-25-1, 125 yards

Receiving Leaders AU: James 1-15 Mich.: Markray 3-60; Bean 3-37.

Miller-Digby Award recipient: , Auburn tailback

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January 1, 1985 January 1, 1986 #5 Nebraska 28 (Final: 10-2-0, #4) #8 Tennessee 35 (Final: 9-1-2, #4) #11 LSU 10 (Final: 8-3-1, #15) 51 #2 Miami 7 (Final: 10-2-0, #9) 52

Nebraska’s Craig Sundberg, the game’s “Most It Defense and Daryl Dickey were the keys Outstanding” player, rebounded from the fl u and for Tennessee as the underdog Volunteers ripped threw for three touchdowns and ran for another as second-ranked Miami 35-7 in the 52nd Sugar Bow; he led the Cornhuskers to a 28-10 come-from-behind before a raucous and heavily orange-clad crowd. win over LSU before 75,608 fans. The underdog Tigers Miami star quarterback , a er jumped out to a 10-0 lead on a 27-yard Ron Lewis having to call a meout before his fi rst snap because fi eld goal and a Dalton Hilliard 2-yard TD run. It was of crowd noise, threw an 18-yard touchdown to 10-7 at the half a er Sundberg hit Doug Dubose with on the game’s fi rst series. a 31-yard scoring screen. The second half, however, No one could have guessed, though, that the belonged to Nebraska and Sundberg. The Cornhusker Hurricanes, averaging just under 40 off ensive points, defense completely shut down LSU’s off ense, were through scoring for the night. intercep ng four passes and choking off the running A er a big sack of Testaverde by Richard Brown, game. Meanwhile, Sundberg scored on a run of nine the tying touchdown was scored by Jeff Smith from yards and threw for a pair of TDs. In earning the game’s Miller-Digby Award he the 6 one play into the second quarter. Dickey cranked up another drive with just completed 10-of-15 passes for 143 yards. under fi ve minutes to go un l hal ime which was capped with a fortuitous bounce as Tim McGee fell on a fi rst-down fumble in the end zone for a touchdown and a Louisiana Superdome • A : 75,608 14-7 Tennessee lead. Nebraska 0 7 7 14 - 28 By the me the score mounted to a jarring 34-7, with six minutes le and an LSU 3 7 0 0 - 10 extra point s ll to be kicked, the fans were treated to the sight of a player skipping off the fi eld with his index fi nger raised to the Superdome ceiling. It was Dickey SCORING SUMMARY celebra ng early the 6-0-1 record he had charted as a starter since Tony Robinson LSU: Lewis 31-yard fi eld goal was injured. LSU: Hilliard 2-yard run (Lewis kick) The Tennessee defense squeezed Miami as it hadn’t been squeezed in years. Neb: Dubose 31-yard pass from Sundberg (Klein kick) The Hurricanes had a net of 269 yards. Testaverde was sacked seven mes for Neb: Sundberg 9-yard run (Klein kick) losses of 84 yards, and was belted into losing the ball three mes. Neb: Frain 24-yard pass from Sundberg (Klein kick) Yet, a mixture of chemistry, of an unheralded Daryl Dickey at quarterback Neb: Frain 17-yard pass from Sundberg (Klein kick) and retread , gave Tennessee one of its most sa sfying football moments. The Vols became the biggest underdog to win a Sugar Bowl. Nebraska Team Sta s cs LSU 23 First Downs 19 Louisiana Superdome • A : 77,432 280 Rushing Yards 183 Tennessee 0 14 14 7 - 35 10-18-3 Passing 20-38-5 Miami 7 0 0 0 - 7 143 Passing Yards 221 423 Total Yards 404 SCORING SUMMARY 5-30.6 Punts 4-39.8 Mia: Irwin 18-yard pass from Testaverde (Cox kick) 0-0 Fumbles – Lost 3-1 Tenn: Smith 6-yard pass from Dickey (Reveiz kick) 9-74 Penal es – Yards 5-36 Tenn: McGee fumble recovery in end zone (Reveiz kick) Tenn: Henderson 1-yard run (Reveiz kick) Tenn: Powell 60-yard run (Reveiz kick) Individual Leaders Tenn: Wilson 6-yard run (Reveiz kick) Rushing Neb.: DuBose 20-102 Tennessee Team Sta s cs Miami LSU: Hilliard 16-86, 1 TD 16 First Downs 22 211 Rushing Yards 32 Passing 15-25-1 Passing 23-44-4 Neb.: Sundberg 10-15-1, 143 yards, 1 TD 131 Passing Yards 237 LSU: Wickersham 20-37-5, 221 yards 342 Total Yards 269 6-39.1 Punts 6-37.6 Receiving 2-1 Fumbles – Lost 5-2 Neb.: Frain 4-53, 2 TDs 11-125 Penal es – Yards 15-120 LSU: James 4-25 Rushing Leaders Miller-Digby Award recipient: Craig Sundberg, Nebraska quarterback Tenn.: Powell 11-104, 1 TD Mia.: Williams 8-45

Passing Leaders Tenn.: Dickey 15-25, 131 yards, 1 TD Mia.: Testaverde 20-36-3, 217 yards, 1 TD

Receiving Leaders Tenn.: McGee 7-94 Mia.: Irvin 5-91, 1 TD; Perriman 5-41

Miller-Digby Award recipient: Daryl Dickey, Tennessee quarterback

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January 1, 1987 January 1, 1988 #6 Nebraska 30 (Final: 10-2-0, #5) #4 Syracuse 16 (Final: 11-0-1, #4) #5 LSU 15 (Final: 9-3-0, #10) 53 #6 Auburn 16 (Final: 9-1-3, #7) 54

Sixth-ranked Nebraska made the most of its When Auburn kicker Win Lyle’s third fi eld season fi nale, cruising to a 30-15 victory over fi h- goal of the night sailed through the yellow ranked LSU. uprights, Syracuse coach Dick MacPherson On the game’s fi rst play from scrimmage, Tommy vented his anger by throwing his game plan to Hodson found for a 43-yard Tiger gain the Superdome turf. to the Nebraska 23. Six plays later, Harvey Williams scored from the 1 to give LSU a 7-0 lead. The source of MacPherson’s ire was the That – with 2:54 gone in the fi rst quarter – was decision by Tiger coach to go for a the LSU high point. The Tigers self-destructed in tying fi eld goal with four seconds remaining. a emp ng to build on the lead. Back-to-back drives Dye, whose team had no chance at a na onal inside the 30 were foiled by penal es and sacks. And championship, was willing to se le for the e. then Nebraska took control. Un l the fi nal three-and- However, the e was the only blot on Syracuse’s a-half minutes of the game, LSU made only two fi rst record and a fi re in MacPherson’s belly. downs and 32 plays that produced a total of 38 yards. Minutes before, when his team had to decide whether to go for it Nebraska took advantage of an LSU fumble to score its fi rst points on a 42- yard fi eld goal. On the next ‘Husker series, Steve Taylor quarterbacked Nebraska on fourth-and-inches at the Auburn 22, MacPherson’s choice had been to 78 yards in nine plays. Taylor’s score from the 1 gave the Cornhuskers a 10-7 kick for a 16-13 lead, feeling a team with no shot at No. 1 would have to hal ime margin. go for the winning touchdown against an unbeaten, un ed opponent in a Nebraska began pulling away with a third-quarter touchdown, but one bowl game. So he called for Tom Vesling to boot the go-ahead 38-yarder. drama c play made Tiger pulses race. Facing fourth-and-15 at the LSU 35, with a Dye said his Tigers – two and a half point favorites – simply played 10-point lead and a minute to go in the period, Osborne decided to go for a 52- with “too much character and class” to risk going for a 13-yard touchdown yard fi eld goal. Noseguard Henry Thomas roared in, blocked the kick and put LSU in the fading seconds against the fourth-ranked Orangemen. in business at the Nebraska 17. But Hodson was sacked twice for losses of 15 and Following the kick, the Tigers drove 62 yards to the 13. And with four nine yards. For the third me, the Bengals had penetrated the Huskers’ 30 and were turned away pointless. The Sugar Bowl essen ally ended there. seconds remaining, Dye sent in Lyle, to the accompaniment of boos from The defeat stung the Tigers because LSU was clearly an improved team and all ends of the Superdome. Nebraska not quite as good as it was two years before when the squads played, a more compe ve game in the Superdome. Louisiana Superdome • A : 76,496 Syracuse 0 7 3 6 - 16 Louisiana Superdome • A : 76,234 Auburn 7 3 0 6 - 16 Nebraska 0 10 7 13 - 30 LSU 7 0 0 8 - 15 SCORING SUMMARY Aub: Tillman 17-yard pass from Burger (Lyle kick) SCORING SUMMARY Syr: Glover 12-yard pass from McPherson (Vesling kick) LSU: Williams 1-yard run (Browndyke kick) Aub: Lyle 40-yard fi eld goal Neb: Klein 42-yard fi eld goal Syr: Vesling 27-yard fi eld goal Neb: Taylor 2-yard run (Klein kick) Aub: Lyle 41-yard fi eld goal Neb: Knox 1-yard run (Klein kick) Syr: Vesling 32-yard fi eld goal Neb: Millikan 3-yard pass from Taylor (Klein kick) Syr: Vesling 38-yard fi eld goal Neb: Knox 1-yard run (Kick failed) Aub: Lyle 30-yard fi eld goal LSU: Moss 24-yard pass from Hodson (Lee pass from Hodson) Auburn Team Sta s cs Syracuse Nebraska Team Sta s cs LSU 14 First Downs 23 22 First Downs 10 41 Rushing Yards 174 242 Rushing Yards 32 25-34-1 Passing 11-21-0 11-20-0 Passing 14-30-1 229 Passing Yards 140 110 Passing Yards 159 270 Total Yards 314 352 Total Yards 191 6-44.8 Punts 5-35.6 4-30.5 Punts 6-42.0 1-0 Fumbles – Lost 2-0 5-2 Fumbles – Lost 6-1 5-43 Penal es – Yards 2-20 5-78 Penal es – Yards 12-130 Individual Leaders Rushing Leaders Rushing Neb.: Knox 16-84 yards, 2 TDs AU: Danley 13-42 LSU: Williams 12-48, 1 TD Syr.: Drummond 17-82; Johnston 14-50

Passing Leaders Passing Neb.: Taylor 11-19-0, 110 yards, 1 TD AU: Burger 24-33-1, 171 yards, 1 TD LSU: Hodson 14-30-1, 159 yards, 1 TD Syr.: McPherson 11-21-0, 140 yards, 1 TD

Receiving Leaders Receiving Neb.: Banderas 4-42 AU: Tillman 6-125, 1 TD; Danley, 7-34 LSU: Davis 3-63 Syr.: Glover 6-91, 1 TD; Kane 2-30

Miller-Digby Award recipient: Steve Taylor, Nebraska quarterback Miller-Digby Award recipient: Don McPherson, Syracuse quarterback

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January 1, 1989 January 1, 1990 #4 Florida State 13 (Final: 11-1-0, #3) #2 Miami 33 (Final: 11-1-0, #1) #7 Auburn 7 (Final: 10-2-0, #8) 55 #7 Alabama 25 (Final: 10-2-0, #9) 56

The 1989 Sugar Bowl was expected to be a Miami, ranked No. 2 in the country, was a heavy showcase game for Auburn’s s fl ing defense – a favorite to not only win the 1990 Sugar Bowl, but much ballyhooed unit that came into the game also to collect its third na onal tle in eight years. surrendering just 63.2 yards per game. No single back However, in the fi nal minutes of the game, SEC had cracked it for a hundred yards since 1986. champion Alabama was suddenly within reach of e. But on Florida State’s fi rst series, the Seminoles With 2:53 to go, Alabama’s Gary Hollingsworth took straight aim at the Tigers, driving 84 yards before found Prince Wimbly for a nine-yard touchdown, scoring on a two-yard touchdown run by fullback then connected with Lamonde Russell for the two- Dayne Williams. All but 23 yards of the drive were by point conversion and all of a sudden ‘Bama could foil rushing – just a hair under Auburn’s per game yield – the dreams of the Hurricanes. and tailback gained 34 on his own. However, the Hurricanes saved their tle hopes The Seminoles then added a pair of fi eld goals by when fullback Alex Johnson pounced on a bounding Bob Mason to build a 13-0 lead. on-sides kick to retain possession. Auburn climbed back into the game in the second quarter when Alabama’s 17 points in the fi rst half were the most the Hurricanes had hit Walter Reeves with a 20-yard touchdown pass a er Deion Sanders bit on a fake allowed in a half all season, but Miami s ll held a 20-17 advantage. pitch and le his zone uncovered. The Hurricane defense asserted itself in the second half, limi ng the Crimson Leading 13-7 early in the fourth period, FSU mishandled a pass play on third- Tide to just 89 yards. Meanwhile, quarterback , who had been red- and-goal from the 1 and wound up fumbling the ball to the Tigers at the 18. hot all game, connected with for an 11-yard touchdown midway With 8:05 remaining, on fourth-and-nine from the FSU 15, Auburn went through the third quarter and then found Randy Bethel from 12 yards out to make for it all. The Seminoles chased Slack out of the pocket and Slack was called it 33-20 early in the fourth quarter, which proved to be enough for the Canes. for grounding the football. Auburn did get the ball back and Slack mounted an In winning the na onal championship, Miami coach became impressive last-minute drive, conver ng three fourth-down situa ons to reach the the fi rst man to win a na onal tle in his fi rst season as head coach at a school FSU 22 with 12 seconds le . since Bennie Oosterban at Michigan in 1948. He then lo ed an end zone shot to Lawyer Tillman. Sanders, though, med his pursuit of the ball perfectly. Seemingly out of nowhere, the star defender Louisiana Superdome • A : 77,452 stepped in front of Tillman and snatched the poten al winning touchdown away Miami 7 13 6 7 - 33 from the receiver, securing the victory for the third-ranked Seminoles. Alabama 0 17 0 8 - 25 The Seminoles gained 305 yards, most of any Auburn opponent in 1988, and Smith gained 115 of that total. Further, the Tigers managed only 270 total yards, SCORING SUMMARY 135 fewer than their season average. MIA: Stephen McGuire 3-yard run ( kick), 4:55 (1st) ALA: Marco Ba le 4-yard pass from Gary Hollingsworth (Philip Doyle kick), 14:07 (2nd) Louisiana Superdome • A : 75,098 MIA: Wesley Carroll 19-yard pass from Craig Erickson (Kick blocked), 12:10 (2nd) Florida State 10 3 0 0 - 13 ALA: Doyle 45-yard fi eld goal, 8:58 (2nd) Auburn 0 7 0 0 - 7 MIA: Alex Johnson 3-yard run (Huerta kick), 5:08 (2nd) ALA: Lamonde Russell 7-yard pass from Hollingsworth (Doyle kick), 0:40 (2nd) SCORING SUMMARY MIA: Rob Chudzinski 11-yard pass from Erickson (Pass failed), 6:54 (3rd) FSU: Dayne Williams 2-yard run (Richie Andrews kick), 9:48 (1st) MIA: Randy Bethel 12-yard pass from Erickson (Huerta kick), 12:35 (4th) FSU: Bill Mason 35-yard fi eld goal, 5:57 (1st) ALA: Prince Wembley 9-yard pass from Hollingsworth (Russell pass from FSU: Bill Mason 31-yard fi eld goal, 11:00 (2nd) Hollingsworth), 2:53 (4th) AU: Walter Reeves 20-yard pass from Reggie Slack (Win Lyle kick), 4:09 (2nd) Alabama Team Sta s cs Miami Auburn Team Sta s cs Florida State 17 First Downs 24 18 First Downs 21 29-38 Rushing A -Yards 50-227 36-108 Rushing A -Yards 47-148 27-43-1 (214) Com-A -Int (Yards) 17-27-1 (250) 19-33-3 (162) Com-A -Int (Yards) 14-27-1 (157) 72-252 Plays-Total Off ense 77-477 69-270 Plays-Total Off ense 74-305 34 13 4-35.8 Punts-Avg. 4-35.0 8-38.3 Punts-Avg. 5-31.4 3-2 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 5-65 Penal es-Yards 6-45 3-24 Penal es-Yards 11-77 26:25 Time of Possession 33:35 29:22 Time of Possession 30:38

Rushing Leaders Rushing Leaders FSU: Sammie Smith 24-115, 7-25, Dayne Williams 7-16. ALA: 9-21, 4-13, Mar n Houston 4-6. AU: Stacy Danley 19-68, James Joseph 8-47, Vincent Harris 4-6. MIA: 18-84, Stephen McGuire 17-80 TD, Alex Johnson 9-58 TD.

Passing Passing FSU: 14-26-1, 157 yards. ALA: Gary Hollingsworth 27-43-1, 214, 3 TDs. AU: Reggie Slack 19-33-3, 162 yards, 1 TD. MIA: Craig Erickson: 17-27-1, 250, 3 TDs.

Receiving Receiving Leaders FSU: Terry Anthony 3-47, Dexter Carter 3-25, Tom O’Malley 2-31. ALA: Marco Ba le 4-42 TD, Lamonde Russell 3-25 TD, Prince Wimbley 3-48 TD. AU: Greg Taylor 5-35, Lawyer Tillman 4-48, Freddy Weygand 3-46. MIA: Wesley Carroll 5-88 TD, 4-64, Rob Chudzinski 2-21 TD.

Miller-Digby Award recipient: Sammie Smith, Florida State tailback Miller-Digby Award recipient: Craig Erickson, Miami quarterback

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January 1, 1991 January 1, 1992 #10 Tennessee 23 (Final: 9-2-2, #8) #18 Notre Dame 39 (Final: 10-3-0, #13) Virginia 22 (Final: 8-4-0, #23) 57 #3 Florida 28 (Final: 10-2-0, #7) 58

Andy Kelly capped a superb evening with a A er a fi rst half dominated by heavy favorite handoff to Tony Thompson, who banged into the Florida, Notre Dame head coach Lou Holtz didn’t end zone. There were 31 seconds le in the Sugar waver, he stuck to the Irish’s strength - the ground Bowl and this was the last of 20 fourth-quarter game. At that point, the Irish were behind 16-7, and points to which Kelly had directed his team – each had a grand total of 34 yards rushing. one obviously consequen al in the thrilling one-point Holtz’ faith was bolstered by the presence victory. of brusing back Jerome Be s, who rewarded the On that fi nal drive, Kelly connected on 7-of-9 coach with an imagina on-stretching span of 2:44 passes for 64 yards, before Thompson, who gained late in the fourth quarter when he broke loose for 151 yards on the night, crashed in for the win. touchdown runs of 3, 49 and 39 yards and brought Perhaps the game’s most important play came Notre Dame back for a surprising 39-28 victory. seconds earlier, on fourth-and-one at the Virginia 23, Florida quarterback Shane Ma hews moved the with 50 seconds to play, when Greg Amsler slammed ball well throughout, but his only touchdown in the into the line for six yards. fi rst 47 minutes was a 15-yard fi rst quarter connec on with Willie Jackson. The Despite disloca ng the thumb on his throwing hand early, Cavalier Gators had to se le for fi ve Arden Czyzewski goals, but s ll held a 22-17 advantage quarterback and the Cavs moved almost at will, holding the ball for with fi ve minutes to go. nearly 22 minutes in the fi rst two quarters, building a 16-0 advantage. Then Be s and the Irish front line truly came to the fore. The Vols cracked the scoring column on a 27-yard Greg Burke fi eld goal and Notre Dame fi nished with 279 yards for the night, of which 141 came in the an intercep on by the Vols’ Floyd Miley late in the third quarter halted a Cavalier fourth quarter. The Gators gained an eye-popping 511 total yards. S ll, Florida’s drive deep into Tennessee territory. The Vols then drove 94 yards, slicing the inability to punch in touchdowns when the it reached the red zone was its margin to 16-10 on a seven-yard run by Thompson with 12:51 to go. downfall. In the highest scoring Sugar Bowl up to that me, the Gators had the ball Virginia responded with another fi eld goal, but Kelly found for a inside the Notre Dame 20-yard line seven mes and could come away with only 15-yard score with 4:24 remaining to pull within two at 19-17. The injured Moore two touchdowns and a Czyzewski record number of fi eld goals. coolly directed another Cavalier drive that led to a 44-yard fi eld goal with 2:31 on the clock. From then on it was Kelly against the clock. Louisiana Superdome • A : 76,447 Notre Dame 0 7 10 22 - 39 Louisiana Superdome • A : 75,132 Florida 10 6 0 12 - 28 Tennessee 0 0 3 20 - 23 Virginia 9 7 0 6 - 22 SCORING SUMMARY UF: Willie Jackson 15-yard pass from Shane Ma hews (Czyzewski kick), 10:40 (1st) SCORING SUMMARY UF: Arden Czyzewski 26-yard fi eld goal, 3:36 (1st) UVA: Gary Steele 10-yard run (Kick blocked), 9:19 (1st) UF: Czyzewski 24-yard fi eld goal, 10:29 (2nd) UVA: Jake McInerney 22-yard fi eld goal, 0:35 (1st) ND: Lake Dawson 40-yard pass from (Craig Hentrich kick), 8:01 (2nd) UVA: 1-yard run (McInerney kick), 4:06 (2nd) UF: Czyzewski 36-yard fi eld goal, 0:20 (2nd) TENN: Greg Burke 27-yard fi eld goal, 9:05 (3rd) ND: Kevin Pendergast 23-yard fi eld goal, 10:03 (3rd) TENN: Tony Thompson 7-yard run (Burke kick), 12:51 (4th) ND: Irv Smith 4-yard pass from Mirer (Hentrich kick), 2:12 (3rd) UVA: McInerney 43-yard fi eld goal, 7:34 (4th) UF: Czyzewski 37-yard fi eld goal, 13:42 (4th) TENN: Carl Pickens 15-yard pass from Andy Kelly (Burke kick), 4:24 (4th) UF: Czyzewski 24-yard fi eld goal, 11:21 (4th) UVA: McInerney 44-yard fi eld goal, 2:31 (4th) ND: Jerome Be s 3-yard run (Tony Brooks pass from Mirer), 4:48 (4th) TENN: Thompson 1-yard run, 0:31 (4th) ND: Be s 49-yard run (Pendergast kick), 3:32 (4th) UF: Harrison Houston 36-yard pass from Ma hews (Pass failed), 2:28 (4th) Virginia Team Sta s cs Tennessee ND: Be s 39-yard run (Pendergast kick), 2:04 (4th) 25 First Downs 28 58-287 Rushing A -Yards 38-191 Notre Dame Team Sta s cs Florida 9-24-3 (62) Com-A -Int (Yards) 24-35-2 (273) 23 First Downs 29 82-349 Plays-Total Off ense 73-464 49-279 Rushing A -Yards 33-141 108 Return Yards 133 14-19-1 (154) Com-A -Int (Yards) 28-58-2 (370) 1-48.0 Punts-Avg. 2-20.0 68-433 Plays-Total Off ense 91-511 1-0 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 188 Return Yards 90 5-30 Penal es-Yards 5-65 2-34.0 Punts-Avg. 2-52.5 36:28 Time of Possession 23:32 4-3 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-15 Penal es-Yards 4-40 Rushing Leaders 29:00 Time of Possession 31:00 TENN: Tony Thompson 25-154 2 TD, Greg Amsler 6-28, Roland Poles 4-18. Rushing Leaders UVA: Nikki Fisher 15-90, Shawn Moore 11-76, Terry Kirby 21-75 TD. ND: Jerome Be s 16-150 3 TD, 13-93, Tony Brooks 13-68. UF: Errict Rhe 15-63, Willie McClendon 7-34, Shane Ma hews 7-27. Passing TENN: Andy Kelly 24-35-2, 273 yards, 1 TD. Passing UVA: Shawn Moore 9-22-2, 62 yards. ND: Rick Mirer 14-19-1, 154 yards, 2 TDs. UF: Shane Ma hews 28-58-2, 370 yards, 2 TDs. Receiving TENN: Vincent Moore 7-97, Carl Pickens 6-87 TD, 4-34. Receiving Leaders UVA: Terry Kirby 4-27, 2-13, Mark Cooke 1-11, Aaron Mundy 1-8. ND: Tony Smith 7-75, Lake Dawson 2-49 TD, Derek Brown 1-11. UF: Willie Jackson 8-148 TD, Harrison Houston 3-52 TD, Alonzo Sullivan 4-47. Miller-Digby Award recipient: Andy Kelly, Tennessee quarterback. Miller-Digby Award recipient: Jerome Be s, Notre Dame fullback

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January 1, 1993 January 1, 1994 #2 Alabama 34 (Final: 13-0-0, #1) #8 Florida 41 (Final: 11-2-0, #5) #1 Miami 13 (Final: 11-1-0, #3) 59 #3 West Virginia 7 (Final: 11-1-0, #7) 60

It was billed as the game of the year in college Third-ranked and undefeated West Virginia football as unbeaten No. 1-ranked Miami faced entered the USF&G Sugar Bowl versus eighth-ranked unbeaten No. 2-ranked Alabama for the na onal Florida hoping to sneak its way into the na onal championship. In the end, Bama showed why its championship picture, and a er the Mountaineers’ defense was considered the best in the na on by fi rst possession it appeared they were on their way to completely shu ng down the Hurricane passing doing just that. Quarterback Jake Kelchner took the a ack in a 34-13 Sugar Bowl victory. Derrick Lassic WVU off ense on an easy 80-yard scoring march that proved that Bama was not just a defensive show by concluded when he hooked up with Jay Kearney for rushing for 143 yards and two touchdowns on his way a 32-yard scoring pass. With less than four minutes to winning the Miller-Digby Award. The Tide led 13-6 gone in the game, WVU led 7-0. To the chagrin of at hal ime, but the Bama “D” set the tone for the Coach Don Nehlen’s bunch, that touchdown would second half on Miami’s fi rst two possessions. First, an turn out to be the only points a s ngy Gator defense intercep on led to Lassic’s fi rst touchdown, and then would allow. Meanwhile, Florida’s off ense found defensive back intercepted another Hurricane pass and returned it its stride and came up with two fi rst-half scores. The Gator defenders got in on 31 yards for a score. the scoring act as well, coun ng a touchdown on Lawrence Wright’s 52-yard intercep on return, to give Florida a 21-7 lead at the half. Florida’s Errict Rhe Louisiana Superdome • A : 76,789 scored twice on short runs in the third quarter and was later named the winner of Alabama 3 10 14 7 - 34 the Miller-Digby Award, a er rushing for 105 yards on 25 carries and three TD’s. Miami 3 3 0 7 - 13 Florida’s Judd Davis added a pair of fourth-quarter fi eld goals to round out the 41-7 romp. SCORING SUMMARY ALA: Michael Proctor 19-yard fi eld goal, 10:56 (1st) Louisiana Superdome • A : 75,437 MIA: Dane Prewi 49-yard fi eld goal, 7:49 (1st) Florida 7 14 14 6 - 41 ALA: Proctor 23-yard fi eld goal (10:48 (2nd) West Virginia 7 0 0 0 - 7 ALA: Sherman Williams 2-yard run (Proctor kick), 6:09 (2nd) MIA: Prewi 42-yard fi eld goal, 0:00 (2nd) SCORING SUMMARY ALA: Derrick Lassic 1-yard run (Proctor kick), 10:12 (3rd) WVU: Jay Kearney 32-yard pass from Jake Kelchner (Tom Mazzone kick), 10:14 (1st) ALA: George Teague 31-yard intercep on return (Proctor kick), 9:56 (3rd) UF: Errict Rhe 3-yard run (Judd Davis kick), 0:21 (1st) MIA: Kevin Williams 78-yard punt return (Prewi kick), 12:08 (4th) UF: Lawrence Wright 52-yard intercep on return (Davis kick), 9:12 (2nd) ALA: Lassic 4-yard run (Proctor kick), 6:46 (4th) UF: Willie Jackson 39-yard pass from (Davis kick), 0:51 (2nd) UF: Errict Rhe 2-yard run (Davis kick), 10:58 (3rd) Miami Team Sta s cs Alabama UF: Rhe 1-yard run (Davis kick), 8:58 (3rd) 16 First Downs 15 UF: Davis 43-yard fi eld goal, 7:16 (4th) 18-48 Rushing A -Yards 60-267 UF: Davis 26-yard fi eld goal, 1:55 (4th) 24-56-3 (278) Com-A -Int (Yards) 4-13-2 (18) 75-326 Plays-Total Off ense 74-285 Florida Team Sta s cs West Virginia 121 Return Yards 139 30 First Downs 16 5-41.6 Punts 6-44.5 48-201 Rushing A -Yards 31-122 4-1 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 24-39-1 Comp-A -Int 16-40-1 6-37 Penal es-Yards 7-46 280 Passing Yards 143 23:56 Time of Possession 36:04 87-481 Plays-Total Yards 71-265 61 Return Yards 138 Rushing Leaders 3-52.7 Punts-Avg 8-42.0 ALA: Derrick Lassic 28-135 2 TD, Tarrant Lynch 5-39; Sherman Williams 7-23 TD. 2-1 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 MIA: Larry Jones 5-28, Donnell Benne 3-26, Stephen McHuire 4-1. 5-43 Penal es-Yards 8-71 33:22 Time of Possession 26:38 Passing ALA: 4-13-2, 18 yards. Rushing Leaders MIA: Gino Torre a 24-56-3, 278 yards. UF: Errict Rhe 25-105, 3 TDs; Terrence Foy 10-53; Chris Bilkie 2-11 WVU: Robert Walker 13-59; Rodney Woodard 2-18; Jake Kelchner 5-11 Receiving Leaders ALA: Prince Wimbley 2-11, David Palmer 1-6, Derrick Lassic 1-1. Passing MIA: 6-52, Donnell Benne 4-17, Larry Jones 3-64, Kevin Williams 3-49. UF: Terry Dean 22-37-1, 244 yards, 1 TD; Eric Kresser 2-2-0, 26 yards WVU: Jake Kelchner 13-27-0, 123 yards, 1 TD; Darrem Studs ll 3-11, 20 yards Miller-Digby Award recipient: Derrick Lassic, Alabama hal ack Receiving UF: Willie Jackson 9-131 TD; Jack Jackson 3-32; Harrison Houston 3-28 WVA: Jay Kearney 4-59, 1 TD; Mike Baker 4-46, Rahssan Vanterpool 3-19

Miller-Digby Award recipient: Errict Rhe , Florida tailback

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January 2, 1995 December 31, 1995 #7 Florida State 23 (Final: 10-1-1, #4) #13 Virginia Tech 28 (Final: 10-2, #10) #5 Florida 17 (Final: 10-2-1, #7) 61 #9 Texas 10 (Final: 10-2-1, #14) 62

An improbable 31-31 e in their regular Entering its fi rst ever major bowl game, the season clash produced a rematch of intrastate Virginia Tech Hokies stunned the cri cs with an rivals in the 61st USF&G Insurance Sugar Bowl. The upset victory against the at the mee ng between the fi h-ranked 62nd Classic. Spo ng Texas 10 points early, the and the seventh-ranked Florida State Seminoles Hokies came alive with two minutes remaining in was appropriately dubbed “Over me” or the “Fi h the fi rst half. Bryan S ll, a senior fl anker, rushed a Quarter in the French Quarter,” and certainly lived up 60-yard punt in for Tech’s fi rst touchdown. From to its advance billing. A er the Sunshine State rivals that play un l the fi nal gun, the Hokies’ defense and traded a pair of fi eld goals in the fi rst quarter, the S ll dominated play. S ll, who recorded the game’s Seminoles tallied the game’s fi rst touchdown with a “Most Outstanding” award, earned 179 all-purpose 73-yard hal ack pass from , the Miller- yards with six recep ons and two touchdowns. Digby winner, to ‘Omar Ellison. FSU scored again on its next possession when quarterback , who completed 23-of-40 passes for 252 yards in the contest, hit receiver Kez Louisiana Superdome • A : 70,283 McCorvey with a 16-yard touchdown pass to complete a 72-yard drive. The Gators Virginia Tech 0 7 7 14 - 28 answered immediately when Danny Wuerff el and speedy connected on Texas 7 3 0 0 - 10 an 82-yard scoring strike that established a Sugar Bowl record. Then, just before the half, the Seminoles got a 24-yard fi eld goal from Dan Mowrey to make the SCORING SUMMARY score 20-10 in FSU’s favor. Neither squad got much going on off ense in the second Texas: Pat Fitzgerald 4-yard pass from James Brown (Phil Dawson kick), 4:32 (1st) half. FSU managed another fi eld goal and Florida scored a touchdown late in the Texas: Dawson 52-yard fi eld goal, 13:19 (2nd) fourth quarter when Wuerff el carried it over from the 1 to provide the fi nal 23- VT: Bryan S ll 60-yard punt return (Larson kick), 2:34 (2nd) 17 margin. S ll, the outcome was in doubt un l the game’s waning seconds as VT: Marcus Parker 2-yard run (Larson kick), 2:32 (3rd) Florida regained possession for one more scoring try. However, FSU’s All-America VT: S ll 54-yard pass from (Larson kick), 12:28 (4th) linebacker picked off an errant Wuerff el pass with 1:32 to play to VT: Jim Baron 20-yard fumble return (Larson kick), 5:06 (4th) seal the victory. Virginia Tech Team Sta s cs Texas Louisiana Superdome • A : 76,224 20 First Downs 15 Florida State 3 17 3 0 - 23 32-105 Rushing A -Yards 33-78 Florida 3 7 0 7 - 17 18-24-1 Comp-A -Int 14-37-4 266 Passing Yards 148 SCORING SUMMARY 66-371 Plays-Total Yards 70-226 FSU: Dan Mowrey 21-yard fi eld goal, 7:20 (1st) 84 Return Yards 42 UF: Judd Davis 22-yard fi eld goal, 3:57 (1st) 8-37.0 Punts-Avg. 9-40.0 FSU: ‘Omar Ellison 73-yard pass from Warrick Dunn (Mowrey kick), 14:25 (2nd) 5-2 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 FSU: Kez McCorvey 16-yard pass from Danny Kanell (Mowrey kick), 7:47 (2nd) 11-99 Penal es-Yards 9-91 UF: Ike Hilliard 82-yard pass from Danny Wuerrfel (Davis kick), 6:07 (2nd) 30:25 Time of Possession 29:35 FSU: Mowrey 24-yard fi eld goal, 0:36 (2nd) FSU: Mowrey 45-yard fi eld goal, 13:57 (3rd) Rushing Leaders UF: Wuerrfel 1-yard run (Davis kick), 3:47 (4th) VT: Dwayne Thomas 15-62; Ken Oxendine 8-31; Marcus Parker 2-4 TD Texas: 12-62; Shon Mitchell 15-59 Florida State Team Sta s cs Florida 21 First Downs 23 Passing 30-76 Rushing A -Yards 29-5 VT: Jim Druckenmiller 18-34-1, 266 yards, 1 TD 24-41-0 Comp-A -Int 30-43-1 Texas: James Brown 14-36-3, 148 yards, 1 TD; McLemore 0-1-0, 0 yards 325 Passing Yards 449 71-401 Plays-Total Yards 72-454 Receiving Leaders 15 Return Yards 9 VT: Bryan S ll 6-119, 1 TD; Bryan Jennings 6-77; Jermaine Holmes 2-30 4-39.0 Punts-Avg. 3-45.7 Texas: Mike Adams 6-92; Pat Fitzgerald 3-21, 1 TD 0-0 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 0-0 Penal es-Yards 2-2 Miller-Digby Award recipient: Bryan S ll, Virginia Tech fl anker 27:56 Time of Possession 32:04

Rushing Leaders FSU: Warrick Dunn 14-58; Zach Crocke 5-19; 4-4 UF: Elijah Williams 10-27; Fred Taylor 8-18

Passing Leaders FSU: Danny Kanell 23-40-0, 252 yards, 1 TD; Warrick Dunn 1-1-0, 73 yards, 1 TD UF: Danny Wuerff el 28-39-1, 394 yards, 1 TD; 1-1-0, 52 yards

Receiving FSU: Warrick Dunn 9-51; Omar Ellison 4-102, 1 TD; Kez McCorvey 4-84, 1 TD UF: Jack Jackson 6-128; Ike Hilliard 3-119, 1 TD

Miller-Digby Award recipient: Warrick Dunn, Florida State tailback

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January 2, 1997 January 1, 1998 #3 Florida 52 (Final: 12-1, #1) #5 Florida State 31 (Final: 12-1, #4) #1 Florida State 20 (Final: 11-1, #3) 63 #9 Ohio State 14 (Final: 10-4, #9) 64

A Sugar Bowl record crowd of 78,347 saw Steve In the Bowl’s fi rst ACC-Big 10 matchup, FSU Spurrier guide his third-ranked Gators over the used a wide-open off ensive and defensive a ack to top-ranked Florida State Seminoles at the eighth thwart OSU’s more tradi onal style of play in front na onal championship game hosted by the Sugar of a New Year’s Day crowd of 67,289. Seminole QB Bowl in the last 25 years. The Gators, wasted li le passed for 334 yards and one touchdown me pu ng points on the scoreboard as they drew and the FSU defense blanketed Buckeye quarterbacks fi rst blood, on an Ike Hilliard 9-yard TD recep on and registered six sacks and three intercep ons to from Danny Wuerff el less than six minutes into the give FSU the victory. Seminole receiver E.G. Green game. The Ba le on the Bayou had begun. Florida’s received Most Outstanding Player honors scoring strategy was simple: stop Warrick Dunn and protect the Seminoles’ only passing touchdown, a 46-yard Wuerff el, while FSU’s game plan was a ack Wuerff el fi rst quarter strike from Busby. Green also tallied with its powerful defense and let Dunn wild. When a game-high 176 receiving yards. OSU jumped on the ba le was over, the Gators game plan prevailed. the scoreboard fi rst, 3-0, off a 40-yard fi eld goal by Wuerff el passed for 308 yards (18-of-34) and three touchdowns en route to his Dan Stultz, but FSU retaliated with 21-straight points and took a 21-3 lead into Most Outstanding Player Award and Dunn was limited to 40 all-purpose yards and hal ime. The Buckeyes shutout FSU in the third quarter and mustered fi ve points a rushing touchdown. Dunn scored his lone TD with 40 seconds le in the fi rst of their own. Down 24-8 just seconds into the fourth quarter, OSU gained new life half. Highlights of the scores included a 42-yard touchdown run by Florida’s Terry as hit John Lumpkin on a 50-yard bomb to cut FSU’s lead to 24-14. Jackson, who rushed for two on the night, and FSU’s defense which tallied six sacks But the Buckeyes couldn’t generate any off ense on their next possessions and the on Wuerff el and was led by Henry Crocke , who totaled 11 stops. Seminoles went ahead 31-14 on a William McCray rushing touchdown with 47 seconds le to play. Louisiana Superdome • A : 78,344 Florida 10 14 14 14 - 52 Louisiana Superdome • A : 67,289 Florida State 3 14 3 0 - 20 Florida State 7 14 0 10 - 31 Ohio State 3 0 5 6 - 14 SCORING SUMMARY UF: Ike Hilliard 5-yard pass from Danny Wuerff el (Bart Edmiston kick), 9:48 (1st) SCORING SUMMARY FSU: Sco Bentley 43-yard fi eld goal, 7:49 (1st) OSU: Dan Stultz 40-yard fi eld goal, 1:56 (1st) UF: Edmiston 32-yard fi eld goal, 2:44 (1st) FSU: E.G. Green 27-yard pass from Thad Busby (Janikowski kick), 0:00 (1st) UF: Fred Taylor 2-yard run (Edmiston kick), 11:28 (2nd) FSU: Busby 9-yard run (Sebas an Janikowski kick), 3:25 (2nd) FSU: E.G. Green 29-yard pass from Thad Busby (Bentley kick), 7:28 (2nd) FSU: William McCray 1-yard run (Janikowski kick), 0:10 (2nd) UF: Hilliard 31-yard pass from Wuerff el (Edmiston kick), 5:18 (2nd) OSU: Stultz 34-yard fi eld goal, 7:29 (3rd) FSU: Warrick Dunn 12-yard run (Bentley kick), 0:40 (2nd) OSU: Safety, 1:13 (3rd) FSU: Bentley 45-yard fi eld goal, 10:24 (3rd) FSU: Janikowski 35-yard fi eld goal, 14:56 (4th) UF: Hilliard 8-yard pass from Wuerff el (Edmiston kick), 5:43 (3rd) OSU: John Lumpkin 50-yard pass from Joe Germaine (Pass failed), 8:57 (4th) UF: Terry Jackson 42-yard run (Edmiston kick), 8:52 (4th) FSU: McCray 1-yard run (Janikowsk kick), 0:47 (4th) UF: Jackson 1-yard run (Edmiston kick), 2:12 (4th) Florida State Team Sta s cs Ohio State Florida Team Sta s cs Florida State 18 First Downs 21 26 First Downs 13 27-60 Rushing A -Yards 44-118 43-168 Rushing A -Yards 21-42 22-33-2 Comp-A -Int 16-36-3 18-34-1 (306) Comp-A -Int (Yards) 17-42-2 (271) 334 Passing Yards 207 77-474 Plays-Total Off ense 63-313 60-394 Plays-Total Yards 80-325 162 Return Yards 226 54 Return Yards 121 7-48.1 Punts-Avg. 8-46.4 6-42.7 Punts-Avg. 7-45.4 1-0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 15-102 Penal es-Yards 14-115 9-74 Penal es-Yards 10-70 36:27 Time of Possession 23:33 24:56 Time of Possession 35:04

Rushing Leaders Rushing Leaders UF: Terry Jackson 12-118, 2 TDs; Fred Taylor 18-60, 1 TD; Elijah Williams 4-2 FSU: 12-53; Dee Feaster 2-10; William McCray 2-2, 2 TDs FSU: Warrick Dunn 9-29, 1 TD; 1-12; P.B. Williams 2-7 OSU: Pepe Pearson 22-60; Ma Keller 6-20; Stanley Jackson 9-19

Passing Passing UF: Danny Wuerff el 18-34-1, 306 yards, 3 TDs FSU: Thad Busby 22-33-2, 334 yards, 1 TD FSU: Thad Busby 17-41-1, 271 yards, 1 TD; 0-1-1, 0 yards OSU: Joe Germaine 10-26-2, 173 yards, 1 TD; Stanley Jackson 6-10-1, 34 yards

Receiving Leaders Receiving Leaders UF: Ike Hilliard 7-150, 3 TDs; 5-79; Reidel Anthony 4-50. FSU: Travis Minor 9-55; E.G. Green 7-176, 1 TD; Peter Warrick 3-82 FSU: 5-48; 4-82; E.G. Green 3-86, 1 TD OSU: Dee Miller 6-79; 3-40; John Lumpkin 2-61, 1 TD

Miller-Digby Award recipient: Danny Wuerff el, Florida quarterback Miller-Digby Award recipient: E.G. Green, Florida State fl anker

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January 1, 1999 January 4, 2000 • BCS Championship #3 Ohio State 24 (Final: 11-1, #2) #1 Florida State 46 (Final: 12-0, #1) #8 Texas A&M 14 (Final: 11-3, #11) 65 #2 Virginia Tech 29 (Final: 11-1, #2) 66

Joe Germaine threw for a touchdown, Joe Peter Warrick provided the fi reworks and Florida Montgomery rushed for one and the special teams State put the exclama on point on its wire-to-wire came up with a blocked punt return for a score — all Na onal Championship season with a convincing 46- in the fi rst quarter — to li Big Ten Champion Ohio 29 victory over Virginia Tech. State to its fi rst Sugar Bowl victory, 24-14 over Texas Warrick set a Sugar Bowl record with 20 points A&M. David Boston caught a Sugar Bowl record 11 scored as posted his fi rst unbeaten passes for 105 yards to earn Most Outstanding Player. season while the Seminoles cemented their claim as The Aggies scored fi rst with a 9-yard run by the team of the 1990s with their second na onal tle Dante Hall at the 10:53 mark in the fi rst quarter, but of the decade. the Buckeyes had few problems against the Wrecking Warrick scored on a 59-yard punt return, a 64- Crew defense of Texas A&M, despite not delivering a yard touchdown recep on, a 43-yard touchdown true knockout punch. recep on and a two-point conversion. Texas A&M, which came from behind in fi ve of A er FSU pulled ahead 28-7 early in the second its victories this year, never quit. A er trailing 24-7 at hal ime, the Aggies closed quarter, the Hokies scored 22 unanswered points behind quarterback Michael to 24-14 on a 7-yard touchdown pass from to Leroy Hodge. Vick’s heroics. But FSU put 18 points on the board in the fi nal quarter to end the They tried for one more comeback but Jerry Rudzinski pped a lateral pass and Hokies’ Cinderella season. recovered the fumble to end one drive, and the Buckeyes’ defense made enough Vick fi nished with 97 yards rushing and passed for 225 yards. But the plays to keep the lead. Seminoles sacked him seven mes and didn’t give him me to throw, especially in the fourth quarter. Louisiana Superdome • A : 76,503 • ABC Ra ng: 11.5 Texas A&M 7 0 7 0 - 14 Louisiana Superdome • A : 79,280 • ABC Ra ng: 17.5 Ohio State 21 3 0 0 - 24 Virginia Tech 7 7 15 0 - 29 Florida State 14 14 0 18 - 46 SCORING SUMMARY A&M: Dante Hall 9 yd run (Russell Bynum kick), 10:53 (1st) SCORING SUMMARY OSU: Reggie 18 yd pass from Joe Germaine (Dan Stultz kick), 8:34 (1st) FSU: Peter Warrick 64 yd pass from (Sebas an Janikowski kick), 3:22 (1st) OSU: Joe Montgomery 10 yd run (Stultz kick), 4:10 (1st) FSU: Jeff Chaney 6 yd blocked punt return (Janikowski kick), 2:14 (1st) OSU: Kevin Griffi n 16 yd blocked punt return (Stultz kick), 1:59 (1st) VT: Andre Davis 49 yd pass from (Shayne Graham kick), :30 (1st) OSU: Stultz 31 yd punt return, 0:16 (2nd) FSU: 63 yd pass from Weinke (Janikowski kick), 13:45 (2nd) A&M: Leroy Hodge 7 yd pass from Stewart (Bynum kick), 5:24 (3rd) FSU: Warrick 59 yd punt return, 11:40 (2nd) VT: Vick 3 yd run (Graham kick), 0:37 (2nd) Texas A&M Team Sta s cs Ohio State VT: Graham 23 yd fi eld goal, 7:54 (3rd) 17 First Downs 25 VT: Andre Kendrick 29 yd run (Vick pass failed), 5:57 (3rd) 27-96 Rushing A -Yards 42-210 VT: Kendrick 6 yd run (Vick pass failed), 2:13 (3rd) 22-39-0 (187) Comp-A -Int (Yards) 21-38-0 (222) FSU: Dugans 14 yd pass from Weinke (Warrick pass), 12:59 (4th) 66-283 Plays-Total Off ense 80-432 FSU: Janikowski 32 yd fi eld goal, 10:26 (4th) 71 Return Yards 71 FSU: Warrick 43 yd pass from Weinke (Janikowski kick), 7:42 (4th) 10-39.8 Punts-Avg. 7-44.3 1-1 Fumbles-Lost 3-0 Virginia Tech Team Sta s cs Florida State 6-43 Penal es 6-61 24 First Downs 15 28:18 Time of Possession 31:42 52-278 Rushing A -Yards 23-30 15-29-0 (225) Comp-A -Int (Yards) 20-34-1 (329) Rushing Leaders 81-503 Plays-Total Off ense 57-359 A&M: Sirr Toombs 10-62, Dante Hall 11-53 TD, Ja’Mar Parker 1-6. 88 Return Yards 80 OSU: Joe Montgomery 9-96, Michael Wiley 16-88, Jonathan Wells 7-30. 6-29.3 Punts-Avg. 7-44.3 3-3 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 Passing 6-65 Penal es 7-59 A&M: Branndon Stewart 22-39-0, 187 yards, 1 TD 36:25 Time of Possession 23:35 OSU: Joe Germaine 21-38-0, 222 yards, 1 TD Rushing Leaders Receiving VT: Michael Vick 23-97 TD, Andre Kendrick 12-69 2 TD, Shyrone S th 11-68. A&M: Chris Taylor 5-42, Derrick Spiller 5-43, Ja’Mar Parker 3-9, Leroy Hodge 2-15 TD. FSU: Jeff Chaney 4-43, Travis Minor 9-35. OSU: David Boston 11-105, Michael Wiley 5-40, Reggie Germany 2-34 TD. Passing Miller-Digby Award recipient: David Boston, Ohio State receiver VT: Michael Vick 15-29-0, 225 yards, 1 TD. FSU: Chris Weinke 20-34-1, 329 yards, 4 TDs.

Receiving Leaders VT: Andre Davis 7-108 TD, Cullen Hawkins 2-49, Andre Kendrick 2-27. FSU: Peter Warrick 6-163 2 TD, Ron Dugans 5-99 2 TD, 2-25.

Miller-Digby Award recipient: Peter Warrick, Florida State receiver

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January 2, 2001 January 1, 2002 #2 Miami 37 (Final: 11-1, #2) #12 LSU 47 (Final: 10-3, #7) #7 Florida 20 (Final: 10-3, #10) 67 #7 Illinois 34 (Final: 10-2, #12) 68

Miami’s completed 22 passes for 270 This Sugar Bowl was one for the books - the yards and three touchdowns to lead the Hurricanes record books. When the smoke cleared from the to a 37-20 victory over in-state rival Florida. shootout, LSU emerged with a convincing victory Both quarterbacks heated up on their second and no fewer than a dozen records were set in the possession. fi nished a 70-yard drive highest scoring Sugar Bowl, including 595 yards of with a 25-yard touchdown pass to Kirk Wells for a total off ense, 444 passing yards by Most Outstanding 7-0 lead. Dorsey responded by taking the Hurricanes Player , four touchdowns by Domanick on consecu ve scoring drives, including an 8-yard Davis and 239 receiving yards by Josh Reed on yet touchdown pass to ght end , for a another record 14 recep ons. 10-7 lead a er one quarter. SEC Champion LSU led from start to fi nish, The teams traded fi eld goals in the second stunning Big Ten champ Illinois early with a 34-7 quarter before the pivotal third stanza. Florida’s hal ime lead. The Figh ng Illini regrouped a er Keiwan Ratliff picked off a Dorsey pass, se ng up a hal ime and outscored LSU 27-13 in the fi nal two 36-yard score by Earnest Graham for a 17-13 Gator lead. However, Dorsey found quarters behind the rocket arm of Kurt Ki ner. D.J. Williams and for touchdowns on back-to-back drives to put Ki ner fi nished the night with 262 yards and four TDS, but the Illini defi cit the Hurricanes on top for good. was too large from which to recover. The Gators added another Jeff Chandler fi eld goal in the fourth, but booted his third of the game and Davenport plunged in from three yards Louisiana Superdome • A : 77,688 • ABC Ra ng: 8.6 out to clinch the victory for Miami. Illinois 0 7 14 13 - 34 LSU 7 27 7 6 - 47 Louisiana Superdome • A : 64,407 • ABC Ra ng: 13.0 Miami 10 3 14 10 - 37 SCORING SUMMARY Florida 7 3 7 3 - 20 LSU: Domanick Davis 4 yd run (John Corbello kick), 7:22 (1st) LSU: Davis 24 yd run (Kick blocked), 13:29 (2nd) SCORING SUMMARY LSU: Davis 16 yd run (Corbello kick), 10:23 (2nd) FLA: Kirk Wells 23 yd pass from Rex Grossman (Jeff Chandler kick), 10:48 (1st) LSU: Josh Reed 5 yd pass from Rohan Davey (Corbello kick), 4:42 (2nd) MIA: Todd Sievers 44 yd fi eld goal, 8:46 (1st) ILL: Brian Hodges 2 yd pass from Kurt Ki ner (Peter Christofi lakos kick), 3:47 (2nd) MIA: Jeremy Shockey 8 yd pass from Ken Dorsey (Sievers kick), 0:50 (1st) LSU: Robert Royal 7 yd pass from Davey (Corbello kick), 0:18 (2nd) MIA: Sievers 29 yd fi eld goal, 10:44 (2nd) ILL: 17 yd pass from Ki ner (Christofi lakos kick), 10:35 (3rd) FLA: Chandler 51 yd fi eld goal, 4:21 (2nd) LSU: Reed 32 yd pass from Davey (Corbello kick), 9:29 (3rd) FLA: Earnest Graham 36 yd run (Chandler kick), 13:10 (3rd) ILL: Lloyd 10 yd pass from Ki ner (Christofi lakos kick), 7:20 (3rd) MIA: D.J. Williams 19 yd pass from Dorsey (Sievers kick), 8:23 (3rd) ILL: Walter Young 17 yd pass from Ki ner (Christofi lakos kick), 11:33 (4th) MIA: Najeh Davenport 2 yd pass from Dorsey (Sievers kick), 3:30 (3rd) LSU: Davis 4 yd run (Davey pass intcpt), 8:39 (4th) FLA: Chandler 26 yd fi eld goal, 12:50 (4th) ILL: Young 40 yd pass from Lloyd (Ki ner pass failed), 5:41 (4th) MIA: Sievers 29 yd fi eld goal, 7:48 (4th) MIA: Davenport 3 yd run (Sievers kick), 4:21 (4th) Illinois Team Sta s cs LSU 14 First Downs 32 Miami Team Sta s cs Florida 21-61 Rushing A -Yards 44-151 28 First Downs 25 15-36-1 (302) Comp-A -Int (Yards) 31-53-0 (444) 43-184 Rushing A -Yards 20-140 57-363 Plays-Total Off ense 97-595 22-40-2 (270) Comp-A -Int (Yards) 24-51-3 (312) 98 Return Yards 183 83-454 Plays-Total Off ense 71-452 9-40.4 Punts-Avg. 8-39.4 157 Return Yards 120 2-1 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-44 Punts-Avg. 5-46.8 4-39 Penal es 13-113 0-0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 20:44 Time of Possession 39:16 11-109 Penal es 9-79 35:19 Time of Possession 24:41 Rushing Leaders Illinois: Rocky Harvey 9-42, Brandon Lloyd 1-14, Carey Davis 4-13. Rushing Leaders LSU: Domanick Davis 28-122 4 TD, 13-54. Miami: Clinton Por s 18-97, James Jackson 12-62, Najeh Davenport 6-17 TD. Florida: Earnest Graham 15-136 TD, Bo Carroll 2-7, Rex Grossman 2-(-1). Passing Illinois: Kurt Ki ner 14-35-1, 262 yards, 4 TD; Brandon Lloyd 1-1-0, 40 yards, 1 TD. Passing LSU: Rohan Davey 33-53-0, 444 yards, 3 TD. Miami: Ken Dorsey 22-40-2, 270 yards,3 TDs. Florida: Rex Grossman 18-41-2, 252 yards, 1 TD; 6-10-1, 60 yards. Receiving Leaders Illinois: Walter Young 6-178 2 TD, Brandon Lloyd 5-56 2 TD, Carey Davis 2-24. Receiving Leaders LSU: Josh Reed 14-239 2 TD, Michael Clayton 8-120, Jerel Myers 4-51. Miami: 6-89, Jeremy Shockey 4-47 TD, 3-49. Florida: Jabar Gaff ney 7-75, Reche Caldwell 6-110, Earnest Graham 4-43.. Miller-Digby Award recipient: Rohan Davey, LSU quarterback

Miller-Digby Award recipient: Ken Dorsey, Miami quarterback

2017 H R B 47 SUGAR BOWL GAME RECAPS

January 1, 2003 January 4, 2004 • BCS Championship #4 Georgia 26 (Final: 13-1, #3) #2 LSU 21 (Final: 13-1, #2) #16 Florida State 13 (Final: 9-5, #21) 69 #3 Oklahoma 14 (Final: 12-2, #3) 70

Musa Smith rushed for 145 yards and Billy LSU road a dominant defense to its second Benne kicked four fi eld goals to lead Georgia to a na onal tle with a 21-14 win over Oklahoma in the 26-13 win over Florida State. BCS Na onal Championship Game. Georgia’s defense forced three turnovers by LSU opened the game up with a 64-yard the ACC champ Seminoles, including from Jus n Vincent on the fi rst play from scrimmage Bruce Thornton’s 71-yard intercep on return for a but failed to score on its fi rst possession. The Tigers touchdown. Nose tackle Ken Veal’s fumble recovery did score on their next possession a er a Corey led to one of Benne ’s fi eld goals. Smith for his eff ort Webster intercep on that put LSU on the Oklahoma on the ground a ack was selected the Bowl’s Most 32-yard line. Three plays later, scored on Outstanding Player. a 24-yard end-around to put the Tigers up 7-0. UGA, the SEC champ, jumped out to a 3-0 The teams traded scores in the second quarter lead with a fi rst quarter fi eld goal by Benne . FSU as Sooner running back Kejuan Jones ed up the took its only lead of the game when Fabian Walker game at 7-7 with a 1-yard touchdown run, and later connected with on a 5-yard scoring toss in the second quarter. in the quarter, Vincent dashed into the end zone on an 18-yard TD run to put LSU Georgia got back on the scoreboard and never looked back with Thornton’s 71- up again 14-7 at the half. yard intercep on for a score, and a 37-yard touchdown strike from D.J. Shockley The Tigers opened the second-half much like they did in the beginning of to Terrence Edwards. The rest of the scoring came on behalf of Benne ’s leg. the game by scoring fast. Marcus Spears intercepted a Jason White pass less than Boldin hit Craphonso Thorpe on a 40-yard touchdown pass with the me a minute into the third quarter for a 20-yard score. expired in the third quarter to give the Seminoles their only other points. Oklahoma pulled within seven early in the fourth quarter on another 1-yard run by Jones. The Sooners then made a late-game push to the LSU 12, but four Louisiana Superdome • A : 74,269 • ABC Ra ng: 9.2 failed pass a empts gave up the ball back to LSU, which let the clock run down for Florida State 0 7 6 0 - 13 the win. Georgia 3 17 6 3 - 26 Louisiana Superdome • A : 79,342 • ABC Ra ng: 14.8 SCORING SUMMARY LSU 7 7 7 0 - 21 UGA: Billy Benne 23 yd fi eld goal, 4:19 (1st) Oklahoma 0 7 0 7 - 14 FSU: Anquan Boldin 5 yard pass from Fabian Walker (Xavier Bei a kick), 13:41 (1st) UGA: Bruce Thornton 71 yd intercep on return (Benne kick), 6:24 (1st) SCORING SUMMARY UGA: Terrence Edwards 37 yd pass from Shockley (Benne kick), 3:43 (1st) LSU: Skyler Green 24 yd run (Ryan Gaudet kick), 11:38 (1st) UGA: Benne 42 yd fi eld goal, 11:06 (3rd) OU: Kejuan Jones 1 yd run (Trey Dicarlo kick), 7:31 (2nd) UGA: Benne 25 yd fi eld goal, 8:49 (3rd) LSU: Jus n Vincent 18 yd run (Gaudet kick), 4:21 (2nd) FSU: Craphon Thorpe 40 yd pass from Boldin (Boldin rush failed), 0:00 (3rd) LSU: Marcus Spears 20 yd intercep on return (Gaudet kick), 14:13 (3rd) UGA: Benne 35 yd fi eld goal, 10:17 (4th) OU: Jones 1 yd run (Dicarlo kick), 11:01 (4th)

Florida State Team Sta s cs Georgia LSU Team Sta s cs Oklahoma 18 First Downs 11 13 First Downs 12 41-115 Rushing A -Yards 36-151 40-159 Rushing A -Yards 33-52 13-26-2 (147) Comp-A -Int (Yards) 10-15-0 (125) 14-24-2 (153) Comp-A -Int (Yards) 13-37-2 (102) 67-262 Plays-Total Off ense 51-276 64-312 Plays-Total Off ense 70-154 125 Return Yards 113 26 Return yards 60 5-40.4 Punts-Avg. 4-48.2 8-34.0 Punts-Avg. 8-45.9 2-1 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 5-37 Penal es 6-59 8-65 Penal es 11-70 33:51 Time of Possession 26:09 31:19 Time of Possession 28:41

Rushing Leaders Rushing Leaders FSU: Leon Washington 10-48, Anquan Boldin 13-34, Nick Maddox 9-32. LSU: Jus n Vincent 16-117 TD, Ma Mauck 14-27, Skyler Green 3-22 TD. UGA: Musa Smith 23-145, Tony Milton 5-13, D.J. Shockley 3-10. OU: Kejuan Jones 20-59 2 TD, Mark Clayton 4-28, Renaldo Works 1-2.

Passing Passing FSU: Boldin 6-14-0, 78 yards, 1 TD; Walker 7-12-2, 69 yards, 1 TD. LSU: Ma Mauck 13-22-2, 124 yards; Blain Bech 1-1-0, 29 yards. UGA: David Greene 9-14-0, 88 yards; D.J. Shockley 1-1-0, 37 yards, 1 TD. OU: Jason White 13-37-2, 102 yards.

Receiving Receiving Leaders FSU: Nick Maddox 4-24, Anquan Boldin 3-34, P.K. Sam 2-11, Craphorn Thorpe 1-40. LSU: Michael Clayton 4-38, David Jones 3-54, Devery Henderson 2-24. UGA: Terrence Edwards 3-60, Fred Gibson 2-12, Michael Johnson 1-34. OU: Mark Clayton 4-32, Travis Wilson 3-31, J.D. Runnels 2-19, Kejuan Jones 2-6.

Miller-Digby Award recipient: Musa Smith, Georgia running back Miller-Digby Award recipient: Jus n Vincent, LSU running back

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January 3, 2005 January 2, 2006 #3 Auburn 16 (Final: 13-0, #2) #11 West Virginia 38 (Final: 11-1, #5) #9 Virginia Tech 14 (Final: 10-3, #10) 71 #8 Georgia 35 (Final: 10-3, #10) 72

Auburn completed a perfect season as the No. In one of the most thrilling Sugar Bowls in 3 Tigers held off a late Virginia Tech rally for a 16-13 history, West Virginia upset Georgia, 38-35, before a victory. sellout crowd in Atlanta’s Georgia Dome. The game The Tigers jumped out to a 16-0 lead before the was moved to Atlanta from New Orleans because of Hokies got on the board in the fourth quarter. Two, the devasta on from Hurricane Katrina. late fourth-quarter scores allowed Virginia Tech back West Virginia freshman ran for a into the game, but an onside kick with two minutes Sugar Bowl record 204 yards with three touchdowns, le was recovered by the Tigers. including two 52-yard runs and an 18-yard dash. , voted the Most Outstanding The Mountaineers took a commanding 28-0 lead Player, threw for 189 yards on 11-of-16 passing before the Georgia off ense came alive in the second and one score. Campbell connected with Devin quarter when tailback Kregg Lumpkin rushed for a Aromashodu on a 5-yard touchdown late in the third 34-yard score followed by a Thomas Brown 52-yard quarter, giving the Tigers a 16-0 advantage. touchdown run to cut the defi cit in half at the 28-14 The Tigers running back tandem of and Carnell Williams mark with 8:52 le in the half. A er a West Virginia fi eld goal, Georgia answered rushed for 68 and 61 yards, respec vely. when D.J. Shockley connected with Leonard Pope on a four-yard TD pass to end Place kicker connected on three fi eld goals in the fi rst half to the fi rst half. give Auburn a 9-0 lead heading into the break. With 1:51 le in the third quarter, Shockley connected with A.J. Bryant for Virginia Tech’s Josh Morgan found the end zone twice in the fourth quarter -- a 34-yard touchdown pass se ng the Georgia Dome into a frenzy as the Bulldogs the fi rst on a 29-yard recep on from and the second on an 80-yarder pulled within three at 31-28. with two minutes to play. However, Slaton silenced the Dome with his second 52-yard run of the game for a 38-28 WVU lead with 8:32 le . Shockley answered with a 43-yard Louisiana Superdome • A : 77,349 • ABC Ra ng: 9.5 pass to Bryan McClendon to put the score at 38-35 with 5:13 remaining, but the Virginia Tech 0 0 0 14 - 14 Mountaineer’s ran out the clock to clinch the victory. Auburn 6 3 7 0 - 16 Georgia Dome • A : 74,458 • ABC Ra ng: 9.0 SCORING SUMMARY West Virginia 21 10 0 7 - 38 AU: John Vaughn 23 yd fi eld goal, 8:44 (1st) Georgia 0 21 7 7 - 35 AU: Vaughn 19 yd fi eld goal, 1:10 (1st) AU: Vaughn 24 yd fi eld goal, 1:50 (2nd) SCORING SUMMARY AU: Devin Aromashodu 5 yd pass from Jason Campbell (Vaughn kick), 10:39 (3rd) WVU: Steve Slaton 52 yd run (Pat McAfee kick), 12:12 (1st) VT: Josh Morgan 29 yd pass from Bryan Randall (Randall pass fails), 6:58 (4th) WVU: Darius Reynaud 3 yd pass from White (McAfee kick), 6:27 (1st) VT: Morgan 80 yd pass from Randall (Brandon Pace kick), 2:01 (4th) WVU: Reynaud 13 yd run (McAfee kick), 4:27 (1st) WVU: Slaton 18 yd run (McAfee kick), 14:10 (2nd) Virginia Tech Team Sta s cs Auburn UGA: Kregg Lumpkin 34 yd run (Brandon Coutu kick), 12:58 (2nd) 19 First Downs 14 UGA: Thomas Brown 52 yd run (Coutu kick), 8:52 (2nd) 22-76 Rushing A -Yards 43-110 WVU: McAfee 27 yd fi eld goal, 5:37 (2nd) 21-38-2 (299) Comp-A -Int (Yards) 11-16-1 (189) UGA: Leonard Pope 4 yd pass from D.J. Shockley (Coutu kick), 0:58 (2nd) 60-375 Plays-Total Off ense 59-299 UGA: A.J. Bryant 34 yd pass from Shockley (Coutu kick), 1:44 (3rd) 71 Return Yards 75 WVU: Slaton 52 yd run (McAfee kick), 8:32 (4th) 5-35.2 Punts-Avg. 4-43.0 UGA: Bryan McClendon 43 yd pass from Shockley (Coutu kick), 5:13 (4th) 0-0 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 7-57 Penal es 4-35 West Virginia Team Sta s cs Georgia 26:26 Time of Possession 33:34 27 First Downs 27 63-382 Rushing A -Yards 28-224 Rushing Leaders 11-14-0 (120) Comp-A -Int (Yards) 20-33-0 (277) VT: Bryan Randall 9-45, Mike Imoh 6-16, Cedric Humes 6-10. 77-502 Plays-Total Off ense 61-501 AU: Ronnie Brown 14-68, Carnell Williams 19-61, Jason Campbell 6-(-3). 130 Return Yards 59 4-36.0 Punts-Avg. 3-45.7 Passing 1-0 Fumbles-Lost 4-3 VT: Bryan Randall 21-38-2, 299 yards, 2 TD. 9-74 Penal es 4-50 AU: Jason Campbell 11-16-1, 189 yards, 1 TD. 35:59 Time of Possession 24:01

Receiving Leaders Rushing Leaders VT: Josh Hyman 5-71, Josh Morgan 3-126 2 TD, Eddie Royal 3-37, Jeff King 3-12. WVU: Steve Slaton 26-204 3 TD, Owen Schmi 9-82, Pat White 24-77. AU: Courtney Taylor 5-87, Anthony Mix 2-68, Cooper Wallace 1-35. UGA: Thomas Brown 9-78 TD, D.J. Shockley 8-71, Kregg Lumpkin 9-67 TD.

Miller-Digby Award recipient: Jason Campbell, Auburn quarterback Passing WVU: Pat White 11-14-0, 129 yards, 1 TD. UGA: D.J. Shockley 20-33-0, 277 yards, 3 TD.

Receiving Leaders WVU: Darius Reynaud 6-48 TD, Brandon Myles 4-64, Steve Slaton 1-8. UGA: Leonard Pope 6-50 TD, Mohamed Massaquoi 4-43, Bryan McClendon 3-72 TD.

Miller-Digby Award recipient: Steve Slaton, West Virginia running back

2017 H R B 49 SUGAR BOWL GAME RECAPS

January 3, 2007 January 1, 2008 #4 LSU 41 (Final: 11-3, #3) #4 Georgia 41 (Final: 11-2, #2) #11 Notre Dame 14 (Final: 9-4, #17) 73 #10 Hawai’i 10 (Final: 12-1, #19) 74

A domina ng second half li ed LSU from a 14-all Hawai’i entered the 2008 Sugar Bowl with a e late to a decisive 41-14 victory over Notre Dame gaudy off ense, but the game was characterized by as the Sugar Bowl made a triumphant return to New one play from the other side of the ball: Georgia Orleans. defensive end sped through the LSU’s JaMarcus Russell completed 21 of 34 shredded Hawai’i line, took aim at his target, and passes for 332 yards with 2 touchdowns while also crashed into a back-peddling Colt Brennan at the rushing for a touchdown to lead the Tigers to their Warriors’ 5-yard line. The ball popped free and rolled third consecu ve win in the Sugar Bowl. into the end zone, where Howard recovered it for the A er LSU opened the game with touchdowns on score. its fi rst two possessions, tossed a pair The touchdown gave Howard as many as the of touchdowns to knot the game late in the second vaunted Warrior off ense would get for the night. It quarter, before LSU took charge for the remainder of li ed the third-quarter score to 31-3 as the Bulldogs the contest. dispatched the upstarts from the islands. Russell drove the Tigers on a fi ve-play, 82-yard scoring drive that ended with Brennan was sacked eight mes for minus 53 yards, and was hurried or hit his fi ve-yard TD run to give LSU a 21-14 lead with 1:15 to play un l hal ime. on at least that many. He threw three intercep ons and lost two fumbles while The big signal-caller then drove the Tigers to scoring drives on four of their fi nishing 22-of-38 for 164 yards, less than half of his 348-yard average. Hawai‘i as fi rst fi ve second-half possessions. A pair of Colt David fi eld goals preceded Russell’s a team was held to 306 yards, 228 fewer than its average – and 151 of that total 58-yard scoring pass to WR Brandon LeFell to give LSU a 34-14 lead a er three came in the fourth quarter. quarters. Georgia scored the fi rst four mes it had the ball, on runs of 17 and 11 yards Keiland Williams, who began the scoring spree for LSU, ended it in the fourth by redshirt freshman Knowshon Moreno, a 52-yard fi eld goal by senior kicker quarter with a 20-yard touchdown run for the fi nal margin. Brandon Coutu, and an 11-yard touchdown pass from sophomore Ma Staff ord to senior receiver Sean Bailey. That made the score 24-3 midway through the second Louisiana Superdome • A : 77,781 • FOX Ra ng: 9.3 quarter, and school was out for Hawai’i. Notre Dame 7 7 0 0 - 14 LSU 14 7 13 7 - 41 Louisiana Superdome • A : 74,383 • FOX Ra ng: 7.0 Hawai’i 3 0 0 7 - 10 SCORING SUMMARY Georgia 14 10 14 3 - 41 LSU: Keiland Williams 3 yd run (Colt David kick), 11:16 (1st) LSU: 11 yd pass from JaMarcus Russell (David kick), 6:03 (1st) SCORING SUMMARY ND: David Grimes 24 yd pass from Brady Quinn (Carl Giola kick), 1:26 (1st) UGA: Moreno 17 yd run (Coutu kick), 9:42 (1st) ND: Jeff Samardzija 10 yd pass from Quinn (Giola kick), 2:25 (2nd) UH: Kelly 41 yd fi eld goal, 4:20 (1st) LSU: Russell 5 yd run (David kick), 1:15 (2nd) UGA: Moreno 11 yd run (Coutu kick), 0:57 (1st) LSU: David 25 yd fi eld goal, 9:34 (3rd) UGA: Coutu 52 yd fi eld goal, 9:36 (2nd) LSU: David 37 yd fi eld goal, 3:48 (3rd) UGA: Bailey 11 yd pass from Staff ord (Coutu kick), 8:00 (2nd) LSU: Brandon LaFell 58 yd pass from Russell (David kick), 0:18 (3rd) UGA: Howard 0 yd fumble recovery (Coutu kick), 8:57 (3rd) LSU: Williams 20 yd run (Gaudet kick), 7:27 (4th) UGA: Brown 1 yd run (Coutu kick), 1:40 (3rd) UGA: Coutu 45 yd fi eld goal, 14:32 (4th) Notre Dame Team Sta s cs LSU UH: Grice-Mullen 16 yd pass from Graunke (Kelly kick), 10:32 (4th) 17 First Downs 31 31-143 Rushing A -Yards 37-245 Georgia Team Sta s cs Hawai’i 15-35-2 (248) Comp-A -Int (Yards) 21-34-1 (332) 20 First Downs 19 66-291 Plays-Total Off ense 71-577 18-(-5) Rushing a -yards 40-159 128 Return yards 48 311 Net passing yards 175 5-47.4 Punts-Avg. 2-43.5 35-57-4 Comp-A -Int 14-27-1 0-0 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 183 Return Yards 128 4-40 Penal es 9-95 3-102 Punts-Avg. 3-145 28:14 Time of Possession 31:46 2-2 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 11-90 Penal es 11-100 Rushing Leaders 30:39 Time of Possession 29:21 ND: Darius Walker 22-128, James Aldridge 3-7, Brady Quinn 3-6. LSU: Keiland Williams 14-107 2 TD, Jus n Vincent 12-71, Jacob Hester 3-25. Rushing Leaders UH: Pilares 7-26, Libre 1-7. Passing UGA: Brown 19-73 TD, Moreno 9-61 2 TD. ND: Brady Quinn 15-35-2, 148 yards, 1 TD. LSU: JaMarcus Russell 21-34-1, 332 yards, 2 TD. Passing UH: Brennan 22-38-3, 169 yds, 0 TD. Receiving Leaders UGA: Staff ord 14-23-1, 175 yds, 1 TD. ND: Jeff Samardzija 8-59 TD, Rhema McNnight 3-22, Darius Walker 2-30. LSU: 8-115, Dwayne Bowe 5-78 TD, Buster Davis 4-50. Receiving Leaders UH: Rivers 10-105, Bess 7-53, Grice-Mullen 6-37 TD. Miller-Digby Award recipient: JaMarcus Russell, LSU quarterback UGA: Massaquoi 5-54, Durham 3-48, Moreno 2-26, Bailey 2-18 TD.

Miller-Digby Award recipient: Marcus Spears, Georgia defensive end

50 A S B SUGAR BOWL GAME RECAPS

January 7, 2008 • BCS Championship January 2, 2009 #2 LSU 38 (Final: 12-2, #1) #7 Utah 31 (Final: 13-0, #2) #1 Ohio State 24 (Final: 11-2, #5) #4 Alabama 17 (Final: 12-2, #6) 75

LSU captured its second BCS championship In a ba le between fourth-ranked Alabama, trophy in four years while sending Ohio State to its with its illustrious history and tradi on in the second straight loss in the BCS championship game, Southeastern Conference, and seventh-ranked Utah, 38-24. the undefeated li le guys from the lightly regarded Ohio State started fast as sophomore Chris , the Utes executed a Wells broke loose for a 65-yard touchdown on the perfect game plan en route to a 31-17 victory. Buckeyes’ fi rst possession. On Ohio State’s second Utah jumped out of the gate, scoring three fi rst- series, backup Brandon Saine found himself free, quarter touchdowns. Quarterback Brian Johnson courtesy of broken coverage, and caught a 44-yard threw a pair of scoring passes and Ma Asiata ran pass to the LSU 15. Three plays later, Ryan Pretorius one in a er a key intercep on by Robert Johnson. kicked a 25-yard fi eld goal. Utah scored three touchdowns and gained 150 However, from that point on, it was all LSU. The yards of off ense in a possession me of 4:53 of the Tigers had 15 of the next 19 fi rst downs and scored 31 fi rst quarter; Alabama had the ball for 10:07 and unanswered points - a 32-yard Colt David fi eld goal, a short Jacob Hester run and mustered a total of 43 yards. three touchdown passes from Ma Flynn. The go-ahead touchdown came a er Despite the early defi cit, the Tide climbed back into hailing distance. A Leigh LSU’s Ricky Jean-Francois blocked a Buckeye fi eld-goal a empt midway through Tiffi n 52-yard fi eld goal was followed by Javier Arenas returning a Utah punt 73 the second quarter. yards for a touchdown, and suddenly the Tide had a pulse, behind just 21-10. Things ghtened more in the third period when Johnson was sacked and Louisiana Superdome • A : 79,651 • FOX Ra ng: 14.4 fumbled, and Bama recvoered at the Utah 30. Glen Coff ee eventually took a four- LSU 3 21 7 7 - 38 yard pass from for a score that made it 21-17. Ohio State 10 0 7 7 - 24 However, Johnson responded with a 71-yard scoring drive, ending with a 28- yard touchdown pass to David Reed. SCORING SUMMARY A er a closing 28-yard fi eld goal by Louie Sakoda, the Utes sealed a convincing OSU: Wells 65 yd run (Pretorius kick), 13:34 (1st) victory, their second in a BCS bowl in fi ve years, and the biggest upset in the three- OSU: Pretorius 25 yd fi eld goal, 9:12 (1st) quarters of a century old Sugar Bowl. LSU: David 32 yd fi eld goal, 2:21 (1st) LSU: Dickson 13 yd pass from Flynn (David kick), 13:00 (2nd) Louisiana Superdome • A : 71,872 • FOX Ra ng: 7.8 LSU: LaFell 10 yd pass from Flynn (David kick), 7:25 (2nd) Utah 21 0 7 3 - 31 LSU: Hester 1 yd run (David kick), 4:16 (2nd) Alabama 0 10 7 0 - 17 LSU: Doucet 4 yd pass from Flynn (David kick), 9:04 (3rd) OSU: Robiskie 5 yd pass from Boeckman (Pretorius kick), 1:38 (3rd) SCORING SUMMARY LSU: Dickson 5 yd pass from Flynn (David kick), 1:50 (4th) Utah: Casteel 7 yd pass from Johnson (Sakoda kick), 11:02 (1st) OSU: Hartline 15 yd pass from Boeckman (Pretorius kick), 1:13 (4th) Utah: Asiata 2 yd run (Sakoda kick), 8:37 (1st) Utah: Godfrey 18 yd pass from Johnson (Sakoda kick), 4:01 (1st) Ohio State Team Sta s cs LSU Ala: Tiffi n 52 yd fi eld goal, 14:55 (2nd) 17 First Downs 25 Ala: Arenas 73 yd punt return (Tiffi n kick), 5:28 (2nd) 30-145 Rushing a -yards 49-152 Ala: Coff ee 4 yd pass from Wilson (Tiffi n kick), 11:41 (3rd) 208 Net passing yards 174 Utah: Reed 28 yd pass from Johnson (Sakoda kick), 10:04 (3rd) 15-26-2 Comp-A -Int 19-27-1 Utah: Sakoda 28 yd fi eld goal, 2:49 (4th) 156 Return yards 82 3-50.0 Punts-Avg. 3-56.7 Utah Team Sta s cs Alabama 3-1 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 22 First Downs 15 7-83 Penal es 4-36 13-24 Rushing a -yards 33-31 26:04 Time of Possession 33:56 336 Net passing yards 177 27-41-0 Comp-A -Int 18-30-2 Rushing Leaders 95 Return yards 222 OSU: Wells 20-146 TD, Hartline 1-6. 6-45.2 Punts-Avg. 4-41.5 LSU: Hester 21-86 TD, Murphy 2-33, Williams 2-20. 3-1 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 10-91 Penal es 7-67 Passing 28:42 Time of Possession 31:18 OSU: Boeckman 15-26-2, 208 yards, 2 TD. LSU: Flynn 19-27-1, 174 yards, 4 TD. Rushing Leaders Utah: Asiata 13-29 TD, Mack 4-8. Receiving Leaders Ala: Coff ee 13-36, Ingram 8-26. OSU: Hartline 6-75 TD, Robiskie 5-50 TD, Saine 3-69, Small 1-14. LSU: Doucet 7-51 TD, Dickson 4-44- 2 TD, Byrd 2-28, LaFell 2-15 TD. Passing Utah: Johnson 27-41-0, 336 yards, 3 TD. Most Outstanding Off ensive Player: Ma Flynn, LSU quarterback Ala: Wilson 18-30-2, 177 yards, 1 TD. Most Outstanding Defensive Player: Ricky Jean-Francois, LSU defensive tackle Receiving Leaders Utah: Brown 12-125, Godfrey 6-75 TD, Brooks 4-45, Reed 2-58 TD, Casteel 1-17 TD. Ala: Jones 7-77, Coff ee 4-40 TD, Walker 3-25.

Miller-Digby Award recipient: Brian Johnson, Utah quarterback

2017 H R B 51 SUGAR BOWL GAME RECAPS

January 1, 2010 January 4, 2011 #5 Florida 51 (Final: 13-1, #3) #6 Ohio State 31 (Final: 12-1, #5)* #3 Cincinna 24 (Final: 12-1, #8) 76 #8 Arkansas 26 (Final: 10-3, #12) 77

Florida’s Tim Tebow set Sugar Bowl and BCS Ohio State held off a furious second-half bowl records with 533 yards of total off ense to help Arkansas rally as the Buckeyes claimed a 31-26 win lead the Gators to a 51-24 win over Cincinna at in the 77th Annual Allstate Sugar Bowl Classic. the 76th Sugar Bowl. Florida ended its season with The Buckeyes led 28-10 at hal ime but Arkansas a 13-1 record becoming the fi rst FBS team to post pulled within 31-26 and had a chance for the win back-to-back 13-win seasons. a er blocking an Ohio State punt and recovering Tebow fi nished with 482 yards passing and three the ball on the Buckeye’s 18-yard line with just over touchdowns on 31-of-35 passing and added 51 a minute remaining. But OSU’s yards and another TD on the ground. The passing intercepted a Ryan Malle pass and the Buckeyes yards, touchdowns, comple ons and comple on ran out the clock to claim victory. poercentage were also Sugar Bowl records. With Arkansas trailing by 18 to open the second The Gators held the high-scoring Bearcats to 24 half, the two teams traded fi eld goals before the points and 246 yards, well below their averages pf Hogs pulled within 10 when Malle hit Jarius 39.8 points and 464.2 yards per game. Wright for a 22-yard score and D.J. Williams Tebow completed his fi rst seven pass a empts including a 7-yard touchdown stretched the ball over the goal line for the two-point conversion. pass to Aaron Hernandez on the fi rst drive and the rout was on. A Gator fi eld goal The Razorbacks opened the fourth quarter with a safety and a fi eld goal to and another Tebow scoring pass put the Gators up 16-0. pull within fi ve, 31-26, with 8:55 le in the game. Florida made it 23-0 lead before Cincinna connected on a 47-yard fi eld goal. The game opened with quarterback scrambling 34 yards to the However, Tebow hit Riley Cooper with an 80-yard touchdown strike on the Gators’ Arkansas three-yard line, only to lose the ball into the endzone. But Ohio State’s very next play and Florida took a 30-3 lead into the break. Dane Sanzenbacher corralled the loose ball to put the Buckeyes up 7-0. In the second half, the teams each scored three touchdowns, including Arkansas answered with a Malle TD strike to , but Ohio State’s Tebow’s rushing score, but the game was essen ally over. Dan Herron rushed in from nine yards out to make it 14-7. Pryor then threw touchdown passes to Sanzenbacher and DeVier Posey to push the Ohio State Louisiana Superdome • A : 65,207 • FOX Ra ng: 8.50 advantage to 28-7 before Arkansas ended the half with a Zach Hocker fi eld goal. Cincinna 0 3 7 14 - 24 Florida 9 21 14 7 - 51 Louisiana Superdome • A : 73,879 • ESPN Ra ng: 8.20 Ohio State 14 14 3 0 - 31 SCORING SUMMARY Arkansas 7 3 11 5 - 26 UF: Hernandez 7 yd pass from Tebow (Sturgis kick failed), 6:13 (1st) UF: Sturgis 40 yd FG, 1:20 (1st) SCORING SUMMARY UF: Thompson 7 yd pass from Tebow (Sturgis kick), 9:07 (2nd) OSU: Sanzenbacher 0 yd fumble recovery (Barclay kick), 11:41 (1st) UF: Moody 6 yd run (Sturgis kick), 7:05 (2nd) ARK: Adams 17 yd pass from Malle (Hocker kick), 9:43 (1st) UC: Rogers 47 yd FG, 3:11 (2nd) OSU: Herron 9 yd run (Barclay kick), 7:17 (1st) UF: Cooper 80 yd pass from Tebow (Sturgis kick), 3:02 (2nd) OSU: Sanzenbacher 15 yd pass from Pryor (Barclay kick), 9:53 (2nd) UF: Moody 2 yd run (Sturgis kick), 11:13 (3rd) OSU: Posey 43 yd pass from Pryor (Barclay kick), 1:59 (2nd) UC: Waugh 2 yd pass from Pike (Rogers kick), 4:46 (3rd) ARK: Hocker 20 yd fi eld goal, 0:00 (2nd) UF: Tebow 4 yd run (Sturgis kick), 2:06 (3rd) ARK: Hocker 46 yd fi eld goal, 9:14 (3rd) UC: Binns 3 yd pass from Pike (Rogers kick), 10:07 (4th) OSU: Barclay 46 yd fi eld goal, 4:10 (3rd) UF: Rainey 6 yd run (Sturgis kick), 7:06 (4th) ARK: Wright 22 yd pass from Malle (Williams pass from Malle ), 0:58 (3rd) UC: Alli 6 yd pass from Pike (Rogers kick), 3:43 (4th) ARK: Beque e safety, 11:52 (4th) ARK: Hocker 47 yd fi eld goal, 8:55 (4th) Cincinna Team Sta s cs Florida Ohio State Team Sta s cs Arkansas 19 First Downs 28 20 First Downs 23 23-76 Rushing a -yards 34-177 45-225 Rushing a -yards 31-125 170 Net passing yards 482 221 Net passing yards 277 27-45-0 Comp-A -Int 31-36-0 14-25-0 Comp-A -Int 24-47-1 226 Return yards 126 118 Return yards 85 6-42.2 Punts-Avg. 1-44.0 5-31.2 Punts-Avg. 7-43.7 1-0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-0 Fumbles-Lost 3-0 3-40 Penal es 12-90 2-15 Penal es 6-48 27:40 Time of Possession 32:20 27:59 Time of Possession 32:01

Rushing Leaders Rushing Leaders UC: Pead 7-48, Ramsey 6-18. OSU: Pryor 15-115, Herron 24-87 TD, Saine 4-25. UF: Gillislee 5-78, Tebow 14-51 TD, Rainey 4-27 TD, Moody 78-14 2 TD. ARK: Davis 26-139, Wingo 4-14.

Passing Passing OSU: Pryor 14-25-0, 221 yards, 2 TDs. UC: Pike 27-45-0, 170 yards, 3 TD. ARK: Malle 24-47-1, 277 yards, 2 TDs. UF: Tebow 31-35-0, 482 yards, 3 TD. Receiving Leaders Receiving Leaders OSU: Posey 3-70 TD, Sanzenbacher 3-59 TD, Stoneburner 3-39. UC: Gilyard 7-41, Binns 5-29 TD, Giudugli 5-22, Woods 4-46. ARK: Adams 9-120 TD, Williams 5-38, Wright 4-70 TD, Davis 3-8. UF: Hernandez 9-111 TD, Cooper 7-181 TD, Thompson 5-63 TD, Rainey 4-71, Moody 4-19. Miller-Digby Award Recipient: Terrelle Pryor, Ohio State quarterback

Miller-Digby Award Recipient: Tim Tebow, Florida quarterback * - Ohio State’s par cipa on was later vacated.

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January 3, 2012 January 9, 2012 - BCS Championship #13 Michigan 23 (Final: 12-1, #12) #2 Alabama 21 (Final: 12-1, #1) #11 Virginia Tech 20 (Final: 11-3, #21) 78 #1 LSU 0 (Final: 13-1, #2)

Michigan’s Brendan Gibbons hit a 37-yard fi eld Alabama’s defense held LSU to just 92 total goal in over me to li Michigan to a 23-20 win over yards as the Crimson Tide claimed the na onal Virginia Tech in the 78th Allstate Sugar Bowl. championship with a 21-0 victory over LSU in the The game was the fi rst Sugar Bowl to reach 2012 Allstate BCS Na onal Championship game. over me. The Crimson Tide won their second BCS tle in Michigan Junior Hemingway took the last three years, avenging a 9-6 regular-season home MVP honors a er a pair of highlight reel over me loss to the Tigers in the process. touchdown catches. The fi rst, a 45-yard scoring Alabama quarterback A.J. McCarron earned strike from quarterback , gave Off ensive Most Valuable Player honors a er the Wolverines a 7-6 lead just before hal ime. The throwing for 234 yards on 23-of-34 passing. second, a catch in traffi c at the back of the end zone, Crimson Tide kicker Jeremy Shelley ed an all put Michigan up 17-6 early in the third quarter. bowls record with fi ve made fi eld goals which gave Virginia Tech pulled to within 17-9 on a 36-yard Alabama a 15-0 lead a er three quarters before Jus n Myer fi eld goal in the third quarter to set up a Tide running back sealed the win wild fi nal frame that twice saw the Hokies e the game. with a 34-yard touchdown run with 4:36 le in the game. Hokie quarterback capped off a 61-yard drive with a one-yard Alabama’s Courtney Upshaw earned Defensive Most Valuable Player honors rushing touchdown before hi ng Marcus Davis on the two-point conversion to a er leading the Tide with seven tackles, including six individual stops and a sack. knot the score at 17-17 with 10:22 le in the game. The Crimson Tide posted 384 yards of total off ense while holding the Tigers Michigan re-took the lead when Gibbons nailed a 39-yard fi eld goal with 4:00 to just 92, the second-fewest in a BCS game. The Tide also had 21 fi rst downs to le in the game. But Thomas led the Hokies on an 83-yard drive, culmina ng in just fi ve for LSU. Myer’s 25-yard fi eld goal that ed the score at 20-20 and forced over me. Shelley opened the scoring for the de with a 23-yard fi eld goal a er a 49- Virginia Tech nearly scored a touchdown on their over me possession but yard punt return by Marquis Maze gave Alabama the ball in LSU territory. Coming Thomas’ pass to Danny Coale in the end zone was ruled incomplete a er video into the game, LSU had allowed just six punt return yards all season. review. That led to a 37-yard fi eld goal a empt from Myer that sailed wide right Shelley added to the lead with a pair of three-pointers in the second quarter, and set up Gibbons’ winner for the Wolverines. the fi rst from 34 yards out and the second a 41-yarder as me expired. McCarron again led the Tide down the fi eld to open the second half with a Mercedes-Benz Superdome • A : 64,512 • ESPN Ra ng: 6.1 35-yard Shelley fi eld goal and a 12-0 lead. Shelley added his fi h with 22 seconds Michigan 0 10 7 3 3 - 23 le in the third quarter to give Alabama a 15-0 advantage. Virginia Tech 3 3 3 11 0 - 20 The Tigers didn’t cross midfi eld un l midway through the fourth quarter and quarterback Jordan Jeff erson was 11-of-17 for 53 yards passing. SCORING SUMMARY VT: Myer 37 yd fi eld goal, 7:04 (1st) Mercedes-Benz Superdome • A : 78,237 • ESPN Ra ng: 14.0 VT: Myer 43 yd fi eld goal, 14:10 (2nd) Alabama 3 6 6 6 - 21 UM: Hemingway 45 yd pass from Robinson (Gibbons kick), 0:49 (2nd) LSU 0 0 0 0 - 0 UM: Gibbons 24 yd fi eld goal, 0:00 (2nd) UM: Hemingway 18 yd pass from Robinson (Gibbons kick), 9:43 (3rd) SCORING SUMMARY VT: Myer 36 yd fi eld goal, 4:48 (3rd) ALA: Shelley 23 yd fi eld goal, 5:00 (1st) VT: Thomas 1 yd run (Davis pass from Thomas), 10:22 (4th) ALA: Shelley 34 yd fi eld goal, 4:18 (2nd) UM: Gibbons 39 yd fi eld goal, 4:00 (4th) ALA: Shelley 41 yd fi eld goal, 0:00 (2nd) VT: Myers 25 yd fi eld goal, 0:02 (4th) ALA: Shelley 35 yd fi eld goal, 12:49 (3rd) UM: Gibbons 37 yd fi eld goal (OT) ALA: Shelley 44 yd fi eld goal, 0:22 (3rd) ALA: Richardson 34 yd run (Shelley kick failed), 4:36 (4th) Michigan Team Sta s cs Virginia Tech 12 First Downs 22 Alabama Team Sta s cs LSU 30-56 Rushing a -yards 48-163 21 First Downs 5 128 Net passing yards 214 35-150 Rushing a -yards 27-39 10-22-1 Comp-A -Int 19-28-1 234 Net passing yards 53 53 Return yards 115 23-34-0 Comp-A -Int 11-17-1 5-36.2 Punts-Avg. 1-36.0 99 Return yards 126 2-0 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-44.3 Punts-Avg. 9-45.7 4-26 Penal es 7-68 0-0 Fumbles-Lost 3-1 23:10 Time of Possession 36:50 1-5 Penal es 5-35 35:26 Time of Possession 24:34 Rushing Leaders UM: Toussaint 13-30, Robinson 13-13, Gallon 1-7. Rushing Leaders VT: Wilson 24-82, Thomas 16-53, Oglesby 7-35. ALA: Richardson 20-96 TD, Lacy 11-43, McCarron 4-11. LSU: Hilliard 5-16, Jeff erson 14-15, Ware 3-7, Ford 4-1. Passing Passing UM: Robinson 9-21-1, 117 yards, 2 TDs. ALA: McCarron 23-34-0, 234 yards, 0 TDs. VT: Thomas 19-28-1, 214 yards, 0 TDs. LSU: Jeff erson 11-17-1, 53 yards, 0 TDs.

Receiving Leaders Receiving Leaders UM: Hemingway 2-63 2 TDs, Koger 2-9, Toussaint 1-14. ALA: Smelley 7-39, Hanks 5-58, Norwood 4-78, Underwood 2-12. VT: Coale 8-117, Boykin 4-30, Coles 2-31. LSU: Beckham 5-38, Randle 3-13, Peterson 1-7. Miller-Digby Award Recipient: Junior Hemingway, Michigan receiver Off ensive MVP: AJ McCarron, Alabama quarterback Defensive MVP: Courtney Upshaw, Alabama linebacker

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January 2, 2013 January 2, 2014 #21 Louisville 33 (Final: 11-2, #13) #11 Oklahoma 45 (Final: 11-2, #6) #3 Florida 23 (Final: 11-2, #9) 79 #3 Alabama 31 (Final: 11-2, #7) 80 An MVP-caliber performancer by Louisville threw four touchdown passes quarterback Teddy Bridgewater led the Cardinals to while the defense tallied seven sacks and forced a 33-23 upset of Florida in the Allstate Sugar Bowl. four turnovers as Oklahoma defeated Alabama, 45- The Cardinals jumped to a quick start as 31, in the 80th Annual Allstate Sugar Bowl Classic. cornerback Terrell Floyd intercepted a pass on the Knight was named MVP a er se ng a Sugar Bowl game’s fi rst play from scrimmage and returned the record with 32 comple ons. ball 38 yards for the fi rst score of the game with just The teams traded scores early as T.J. Yeldon 15 seconds off the clock. scored on a short run for the Tide and Lacoltan A er forcing a Gator punt, the Cardinals Bester snagged a 45-yard touchdown pass from orchestrated another scoring drive as Jeremy Knight. A er ‘Bama took the lead on a Cade Foster Wright ran it in from the one for an early 14-0 edge. fi eld goal, Oklahoma made it 14-10 with another In the second quarter, Florida tallied its fi rst Knight TD strike. points with a 33-yard fi eld goal, but Louisville The Crimson Tide reclaimed the lead answered with a 27-yarder of its own. The Cardinals momentarily, 17-14, with a 67-yard scoring pass added to their lead as Bridgewater found DeVante Parker for a 15-yard scoring from quarterback AJ McCarron to DeAndrew White but then Oklahoma took strike and a 24-3 advantage. Gator quarterback Jeff Driskel then threw for 45 yards control with 17 unanswered points. and rushed for 24 to set up a one-yard plunge by Ma Jones to make it 24-10 with The burst opened with Michael Hunnicut kno ng the game on a fi eld goal, just 10 seconds remaining in the half. then Knight connected with Saunders for another touchdown before Sterling The game was eff ec vely put away when the Gators a empted an onside Shepard took an took an end-around handoff from Knight and broke free around kick to start the third quarter but Louisville not only recovered, but saw the Gators the right end to make it a 31-17 game at the half. charged with two personal fouls. On the fi rst play, Bridgewater connected with The Crimson Tide made it a one-score game twice in the second half. Damian Copeland for a 19-yard touchdown pass in the corner of the endzone. However, the Sooner defense quieted any comeback bids as Eric Striker stripped With 7:41 to go in the game, Andre Dubose registered the longest kick return McCarron of the ball with a sack before Geneo Grissom scooped up the loose ball in Sugar Bowl history, taking the boot 100 yards for a score to give the Gators a sign and rumbled eight yards for the fi nal score with 44 seconds on the clock. of life. Florida then went on a long drive, capped by a fi ve-yard Driskel touchdown pass to Kent Taylor, however, Louisville was able to run out the clock for the victory. Mercedes-Benz Superdome • A : 70,473 • ESPN Ra ng: 9.3 Oklahoma 14 17 0 14 - 45 Mercedes-Benz Superdome • A : 54,178 • ESPN Ra ng: 6.4 Alabama 10 7 7 7 - 31 Louisville 14 10 6 3 - 33 SCORING SUMMARY Florida 0 10 0 13 - 23 ALA: T.J. Yeldon 1 yd rush (Kick by Cade Foster), 13:11 (1st) SCORING SUMMARY OU: Lacoltan Bester 45 yd pass from T. Knight (Kick by M. Hunnicu ), 9:43 (1st) LOU: Terell Floyd 38 yd INT (Wallace, John kick), 14:45 (1st) ALA: Cade Foster 27 yd FG, 7:02 (1st) LOU: Jeremy Wright 1 yd run (Wallace kick), 6:47 (1st) OU: Jalen Saunders 8 yd pass from Knight (Kick by Hunnicu ), 1:53 (1st) UF: 33 yd fi eld goal, 14:50 (2nd) ALA: DeAndrew White 67 yd pass from AJ McCarron (Kick by Foster), 14:03 (2nd) LOU: Wallace 27 yd fi eld goal, 8:39 (2nd) OU: Hunnicu 47 yd FG, 11:45 (2nd) LOU: DeVante Parker 15 yd pass from T. Bridgewater (Wallace kick), 2:57 (2nd) OU: Saunders 43 yd pass from Knight (Kick by Hunnicu ), 2:59 (2nd) UF: Ma Jones 2 yd run (Sturgis kick), 0:10 (2nd) OU: Sterling Shepard 13 yd rush (Kick by Hunnicu ), 1:05 (2nd) LOU: Damian Copeland 19 yd pass from Bridgewater (Kick blocked), 14:52 (3rd) ALA: 43 yd rush (Kick by Foster), 8:49 (3rd) LOU: Wallace 30 yd fi eld goal, 7:54 (4th) OU: Shepard 9 yd pass from Knight (Kick by Hunnicu ), 10:44 (4th) UF: Andre Debose 100 yd kick return (Sturgis kick), 7:41 (4th) ALA: Henry 61 yd pass from McCarron (Kick by Foster), 6:22 (4th) UF: Kent Taylor 5 pass from Jeff Driskel (Pass failed), 2:13 (4th) OU: Geneo Grissom 8 yd fumble recovery (Kick by Hunnicu ), 0:47 (4th) Louisville Team Sta s cs Florida Oklahoma Team Sta s cs Alabama 23 First Downs 17 24 First Downs 20 36-70 Rushing a -yards 30-111 30-81 Rushing a -yards 35-129 266 Net passing yards 175 348 Net passing yards 387 20-32-1 Comp-A -Int 16-29-2 32-44-1 Comp-A -Int 19-30-2 10 Return yards 218 156 Return yards 122 1-39.0 Punts-Avg. 4-41.2 6-42.3 Punts-Avg. 4-43.5 2-0 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-0 Fumbles-Lost 3-3 2-25 Penal es 9-98 11-95 Penal es 6-45 35:37 Time of Possession 24:23 30:55 Time of Possession 29:05 Rushing Leaders Rushing Leaders OU: Brennan Clay 17-44; Keith Ford 3-15; Sterling Shepard 3-14 TD. LOU: Jeremy Wright 25-84 TD, Corvin Lamb 2-5. ALA: Derrick Henry 8-100 TD; T.J. Yeldon 17-72 TD; AJ McCarron 10-(-43). UF: Mike Gillislee 9-48, Trey Burton 5-24, Ma Jones 3-16 TD. Passing Passing OU: Trevor Knight 32-44-1, 348 yards, 4 TDs, 1 sack. LOU: Teddy Bridgewater 20-32-1, 266 yards, 2 TDs. ALA: AJ McCarron 19-30-2, 387 yards, 2 TDs, 7 sacks. UF: Jeff Driskel 16-29-2, 175 yards, 1 TD. Receiving Leaders Receiving Leaders OU: S. Shepard 7-62 TD; B. Clay 7-36; L. Bester 6-105 TD; J. Saunders 5-75 2 TDs. Louisville: A. Smith 4-55, E. Rogers 4-62, J. Wright 3-19, D. Copeland 2-31 TD. ALA: A. Cooper 9-121; D. White 3-139 TD; K. Norwood 2-30; D. Henry 1-61 TD. Florida: Q. Dunbar 5-77, O. Hines 3-34, F. Hammond 2-22, K. Taylor 1-5 TD. Miller-Digby Award Recipient: Trevor Knight, Oklahoma quarterback Miller-Digby Award Recipient: Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville quarterback

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