BOWL HISTORY MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY ALL-TIME BOWL RESULTS (12 GAMES) RECORD: 6-6 Date Bowl Opponent Site Stadium Attendance W-L Score Record 1/1/37 Orange Duquesne Miami, Fla. Orange Bowl 9,210 L 12-13 0-1 1/1/41 Orange Georgetown Miami, Fla. Orange Bowl 29,554 W 14-7 1-1 12/21/63 Liberty North Carolina State Philadelphia, Pa. Philadelphia Stadium 8,309 W 16-12 2-1 12/28/74 Sun North Carolina El Paso, Texas Sun Bowl 26,035 W 26-24 3-1 12/27/80 Sun Nebraska El Paso, Texas Sun Bowl 34,723 L 17-31 3-2 12/31/81 Hall of Fame Kansas Birmingham, Ala. Legion Field 41,672 W 10-0 4-2 12/29/91 Liberty Air Force Memphis, Tenn. Liberty Bowl 61,497 L 15-38 4-3 1/1/93 Peach North Carolina Atlanta, Ga. The Georgia Dome 69,125 L 17-21 4-4 1/2/95 Peach North Carolina State Atlanta, Ga. The Georgia Dome 64,902 L 24-28 4-5 1/1/99 Cotton Texas Dallas, Texas Cotton Bowl 72,611 L 11-38 4-6 12/30/99 Peach Clemson Atlanta, Ga. The Georgia Dome 73,315 W 17-7 5-6 12/31/00 Independence Texas A&M Shreveport, La. Independence Stadium 36,974 W 43-41[OT] 6-6 COACHES IN MSU BOWL GAMES Date Bowl Opponent MSU Coach Opposing Coach 1/1/37 Orange Duquesne Ralph Sasse John Smith 1/1/41 Orange Georgetown Allyn McKeen Jack Hagerty 12/21/63 Liberty North Carolina State Paul Davis Earle Edwards 12/28/74 Sun North Carolina Bob Tyler Bill Dooley 12/27/80 Sun Nebraska Emory Bellard Tom Osborne 12/31/81 Hall of Fame Kansas Emory Bellard Don Fambrough 12/29/91 Liberty Air Force Jackie Sherrill Fisher DeBerry 1/1/93 Peach North Carolina Jackie Sherrill Mac Brown 1/2/95 Peach North Carolina State Jackie Sherrill Mike O’Cain 1/1/99 Cotton Texas Jackie Sherrill Mac Brown 12/30/99 Peach Clemson Jackie Sherrill Tommy Bowden 12/31/00 Independence Texas A&M Jackie Sherrill R.C. Slocum MSU BOWL GAME MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS 1963 LIBERTY BOWL 1993 PEACH BOWL Ode Burrell Greg Plump (MSU Offense) Marc Woodard (MSU Defense) 1974 SUN BOWL Terry Vitrano 1995 PEACH BOWL Jimmy Webb - Tim Rogers (MSU Offense) Outstanding Lineman Larry Williams (MSU Defense) 1981 HALL OF FAME BOWL 1999 PEACH BOWL John Bond Wayne Madkin - Offensive John Bond (MSU Offense) Johnie Cooks (MSU Defense) 2000 INDEPENDENCE BOWL Willie Blade - Defensive 1991 MSU LIBERTY BOWL Kenny Roberts (MSU Offense) Keo Coleman (MSU Defense) KEO COLEMAN TIM ROGERS 182 BOWL HISTORY 1937 ORANGE BOWL 1941 ORANGE BOWL 1963 LIBERTY BOWL 1974 SUN BOWL Mississippi State 12 Mississippi State 14 Mississippi State 16 Mississippi State 26 Duquesne 13 Georgetown 7 NC State 12 North Carolina 24 January 1, 1937 January 1, 1941 December 21, 1963 December 28, 1974 Orange Bowl • Miami, Fla. Orange Bowl • Miami, Fla. Philadelphia Stadium • Philadelphia, Pa. Sun Bowl • El Paso, Texas A desperation 72-yard touchdown pass The Associated Press proclaimed fol- Hot coffee froze on press box ledges Mississippi State’s 26-24 Sun Bowl win from tailback Boyd Brumbaugh to end Er- lowing State’s standout season: “Missis- between kickoff and halftime, but the over North Carolina was one of the truly nie Hefferlie spelled an end to Mississippi sippi State reigns as undisputed king of action on the fi eld was warm enough to great contests of the 1974-75 bowl sea- State’s upset hopes as Duquesne edged football in the Deep South. State’s 13-0 offset eight-degree temperatures and 17 son. the Bulldogs 13-12 in the fi rst decade of trouncing of Alabama and subsequent mile-per-hour winds outside as coach Paul Coach Bob Tyler’s Bulldogs, who fi n- Orange Bowl history. acceptance of an Orange Bowl bid elimi- Davis’ Bulldogs took a 16-12 win over the ished 9-3 and 18th in the nation, set the With time running out, coach John nated any doubt that the Maroons were North Carolina State Wolfpack. stage for the game when Most Valuable “Little Clipper” Smith’s Dukes went to gridiron kings of these parts.” As the Bulldogs capped a 7-2-2 season Offensive Player Terry Vitrano took a hand- the air. His team had thrown six straight Almost a year before the United States before their fi rst national television audi- off from quarterback Rockey Felker and incompletions before Brumbaugh heaved of America offi cially entered World War II, ence (on NBC, with the legendary Lindsey sprinted 55 yards on the game’s opening one after fading back all the way to his Mississippi State downed the Georgetown Nelson providing play-by-play) at Phila- play. own 20-yard line. Hefferlie cradled it in at Hoyas (who reigned strongly in Eastern delphia Stadium, a blocked punt helped While a rising fog blanketed the fi eld the State 25 and scored untouched for the football circles in those days) 14-7 in the provide MSU’s margin of victory for the during most of the fi rst half, Vitrano gained game-winner. ‘41 Orange Bowl to end the year with a 10- second bowl game in a row. big chunks of real estate to end the day “A shouting, shirt-sleeved crowd of 0-1 record and a No. 9 ranking nationally. In the fi rst quarter, MSU end Bill Mc- with 164 yards on 20 carries, including a 9,210 went wild when Brumbaugh’s bull’s Coach Allyn McKeen’s crew scored in Guire blocked a Dave Houtz punt at the game-winning, two-yard touchdown run in eye in the fi nal period pulled the Dukes the fi rst quarter when tackle John Tripson N.C. State 26, and fellow end Tommy In- the fourth quarter. from almost certain defeat,” a local news- covered a blocked Hoya punt in the end man scooped up the loose football and That run capped a 6:29 drive that ate paper account detailed. zone and Wilbur Dees’ extra point gave ran it 11 yards for an MSU score. Justin most of the fourth-quarter clock, ending Coach Ralph Sasse’s Bulldogs, who the Bulldogs a quick 7-0 lead. Canale’s PAT made it 7-0. Quarterback at the 3:41 mark. Three times MSU faced ended the year at a hearty 7-3-1 after the State’s rugged defense took control in Sonny Fisher gave the Bulldogs a little third downs on the drive and State faced postseason clash, scored fi rst on a 10-yard the second quarter after the Bulldogs had more breathing room later in the period as a fourth-and-2 at the UNC 25-yard line, run by back Ike Pickle. Pickle later boomed jumped ahead 14-0 when tailback Billy Jef- the Laurel, Miss., resident sprinted 3 yards where Felker called his own number, claw- an 82-yard punt for an Orange Bowl record ferson scored on a 2-yard dive play and for a second touchdown. Canale’s extra- ing for 15 yards. Felker then ran eight more that still stands. Sonny Bruce kicked the PAT. point kick failed, but the future pro foot- yards to set up Vitrano winning score. After Brumbaugh plunged 1 yard and a Georgetown dented Coach McKeen’s ball standout later redeemed himself. The drive reminded both Tyler and PAT kick put the Dukes of Pittsburgh, Pa., vaunted defense for the lone Hoyas’ TD He gave MSU a 16-0 second-quarter Felker of the Bulldogs’ 29-28 win over ahead 7-6, State reversed the advantage of the day in the third quarter when Benny lead with a 43-yard fi eld goal into the Memphis State earlier in the year, a game again when tailback Pee Wee Armstrong Castiglia hit paydirt on a 2-yard run. But gusty wind. in which State drove 98 yards in the closing of Meridian lofted a 40-yard touchdown MSU managed good ball control behind But North Carolina State made a bit of two minutes for the win. pass to Fred Walters of Laurel to give the the running of tailback Harvey Johnson a comeback bid, aided by 122 yards on 11 All-America defensive tackle Jimmy Bulldogs a 12-7 lead. That same twosome and the defensive work of all-America end penalties assessed against the aggressive Webb, named Most Valuable Defensive had combined for a 65-yard scoring pass Buddy Elrod to secure its fi rst bowl win. Bulldogs. The Wolfpack scored the last Player in the game, registered one of his to give MSU a stunning 13-7 upset at Army State was led by Starkville native Hunt- two touchdowns of the game, but both most critical 12 tackles of the day on a during the 1935 season. er Corhern, a captain of the team and an two-point conversion attempts failed. fourth-and-short situation at midfi eld in the Armstrong’s scintillating passes had outstanding guard. MSU was considered Coach Davis and his team had heaters fourth quarter to preserve the MSU win. provided State with the impetus to gain to have the fi nest line in the South during on the State bench and a Plexiglas canopy MSU’s all-SEC tailback Walter Packer the lead. His aerial strikes set up Pickle’s the ‘40 season, a group that boasted three to protect them from the frigid air.