1951 Sun Bowl

1951 Sun Bowl
1951 Sun Bowl
West Texas State Buffaloes	Cincinnati Bearcats
(9–1)	(8–3)
Border Conference	MAC
14	13
Head coach: ; Frank Kimbrough	Head coach: ; Sid Gillman
Date	January 1, 1951
Season	1950
Stadium	Sun Bowl
Location	El Paso, Texas
Attendance	16,000[1]

The 1951 Sun Bowl was a college football bowl game that took place in El Paso, Texas, on January 1, 1951, between the West Texas State Buffaloes and the University of Cincinnati Bearcats.[1] This was the 17th Sun Bowl (16th between collegiate teams) that had been played in El Paso, the second oldest bowl game, the only older being the Rose Bowl.

Scoring summary

Gene Rossi threw 14-of-29 for 170 yards. The winning touchdown occurred on a fourth down punt. Punter Frank Wise moved under center and took the snap, lateraling to the right to quarterback Gene Mayfield. Mayfield completed a pass to Billy Cross at the Cincinnati 40 and Cross broke several tackles to finish the 62-yard touchdown dash. With the game running out, the Bearcats managed to get to the West Texas A&M 27, but two straight sacks doomed Cincinnati.[2]

Second Quarter

West Texas A&M - Bill Cross 4-yard run (Roy Lee Dunn Kick)
Cincinnati - Tom McKeever 3-yard run (kick failed)

Third Quarter

Cincinnati - Bob Stratton 17-yard pass from Gene Rossi (Bill Shalonsky kick)
West Texas A&M - Cross 62-yard pass from Gene Mayfield (Dunn kick)

Statistics

Statistics	Cincinnati	West Texas A&M
First Downs	12	19
Rushing Yards	106	238
Passing yards	170	123
Passing A-C-I	30-14-3	15-6-3
Punts-Average	5-30.4	4-39.5
Fumbles-Lost	3-0	3-0
Penalties-Yards	8-70	8-80

References

"University of Cincinnati Official Athletics Site - Football". Gobearcats.cstv.com. 1951-01-01. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
"West Texas State 14, Cincinnati 13 | Recaps - Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl | December 31, 2021 | el Paso, Texas".

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[autogenerated1-1] "University of Cincinnati Official Athletics Site - Football". Gobearcats.cstv.com. 1951-01-01. Retrieved 2011-01-11.

[2] "West Texas State 14, Cincinnati 13 | Recaps - Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl | December 31, 2021 | el Paso, Texas".

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Notes	Util the 1957 season, the Sun Bowl was played in January of the ensuing year (for example, the 1935 season game played in January 1936). Since 1958 (except in 1976), the Sun Bowl is played in December. The 1976 season Sun Bowl was played in January 1977 and the 1977 season Sun Bowl was played in December 1977. No game was held in the 2020 season because of pandemic-related issues.