1950 Sun Bowl

1950 Sun Bowl
Georgetown Hoyas Texas Western Miners
(5–4) (7–2–1)
Independent Border Conference
20 33
Head coach: 
Bob Margarita		 Head coach: 
Jack Curtice
1234 Total
Georgetown 00713 20
Texas Western 013713 33
DateJanuary 1, 1950
Season1949
StadiumKidd Field
LocationEl Paso, Texas
MVPHarvey Gabrel, HB
Sun Bowl
 < 1949  1951 > 

The 1950 Sun Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the Texas Western Miners and the Georgetown Hoyas.

Background

The Miners finished 3rd in the Border Conference in Curtice's final year with the team, as they tried to get their first Sun Bowl victory. This was Georgetown's second and final bowl game.

Game summary

2nd quarter

  • Chesak 1-yard run (kick failed) - UTEP 6-0
  • Gabrel 1-yard run (Haesler kick) - UTEP 13-0

3rd quarter

  • Fraser 32-yard run (Davis kick) UTEP 13-7
  • Kivas 3-yard run (Haesler kick) UTEP 20-7

4th quarter

  • Gabrel 19-yard run (kick blocked) - UTEP 26-7
  • Schmidt 14-yard pass from Deacon (kick failed) - UTEP 26-13
  • Hansen 51-yard kickoff return (Davis kick) - UTEP 33-13
  • Fornaciari 54-yard pass from Deacon (Haesler kick) - UTEP 33-20

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Aftermath

The Miners made four Sun Bowls in the decade, along with two more in the next decade. Curtice left for Utah after the game.

Statistics

Statistics Texas Western Georgetown
First Downs 14 13
Yards Rushing 348 82
Yards Passing 24 226
Total Yards 372 308
Punts-Average 5-36.0 10-33.0
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 2-1
Interceptions 0 3
Penalties-Yards 11-95 7-65

References

  1. ^ "1950 Sun Bowl - University of Texas at El Paso Official Athletic Site" (PDF). Utepathletics.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 22, 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  2. ^ "UTEP 33, Georgetown 20 | Recaps - Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl | December 31, 2021 | el Paso, Texas".