1969 Sugar Bowl

American college football game August 2023 December 2025 1969 Sugar Bowl 35th Sugar Bowl 1968 File:TulaneStadiumFront1.jpg Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, hosted the Sugar Bowl. Arkansas Razorbacks University of Arkansas 9–1 SWC Frank Broyles 9 9 0 10 0 6 Georgia Bulldogs University of Georgia 8–0–2 SEC Vince Dooley 4 4 0 2 0 0 January 1 Tulane Stadium New Orleans, Louisiana Chuck Dicus (Arkansas SE) Georgia by 7 pointshttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZWtYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FPgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2000%2C4010421 Spokane Daily Chronicle Washington Associated Press It's fun for Georgia December 31, 1968 8https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sgJaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PEsNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1883%2C46192 Victoria Advocate Texas Associated Press Razorbacks hope 3rd time is charm in Sugar battle January 1, 1969 1, section 2 James Artley (SEC; split crew: SEC, SWC) NBC List of announcers of major college bowl games Charlie Jones,George Ratterman The 1969 Sugar Bowl was the 35th edition of the college football bowl game, played at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Wednesday, January 1. It featured the fourth-ranked Georgia Bulldogs of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and the #9 Arkansas Razorbacks of the Southwest Conference (SWC). Underdog Arkansas won 16–2,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=swJaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PEsNAAAAIBAJ&pg=7100%2C216743 Victoria Advocate Texas Associated Press Razorback defense stops 'Dogs, 16-2 January 2, 1969 1, section 2https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MtlYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NfgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5364%2C488790 Spokane Daily Chronicle Washington Associated Press Arkansas defense sparkles in win over Georgia squad January 2, 1969 16 and split end Chuck Dicus was named the outstanding player after catching twelve passes.http://www.hogwired.com//pdf4/133090.pdf?SPSID=30726&SPID=2419&DB_OEM_ID=6100 1964 National Championship 2012-06-11 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120728190548/http://www.hogwired.com//pdf4/133090.pdf?SPSID=30726&SPID=2419&DB_OEM_ID=6100 2012-07-28 Teams Arkansas 1968 Arkansas Razorbacks football team Guard Jim Barnes was a consensus All-American for the Razorbacks in 1968. Bill Burnett's 16 touchdowns scored tied him for eighth-most points scored nationally. The Hogs lost only once, to the #17 Texas Longhorns, 39–29. The Razorbacks and Longhorns thus shared the Southwest Conference crown for 1968, but Texas received the bid to the Cotton Bowl based upon the head-to-head victory. Georgia Georgia Bulldogs football under Vince Dooley#1968 Season Vince Dooley's Georgia Bulldogs went 8–0–2 and won the SEC, only tying Tennessee and Houston. The Bulldogs' defense was anchored by consensus All-American end Bill Stanfill. Game summary Georgia's number-one ranked defense matched up against the ninth-ranked offense of Arkansas on New Year's Day in New Orleans. The first game of a major bowl tripleheader (Rose, Orange) on NBC, it kicked off at 1 pm CST. The first quarter was scoreless; in the second, Arkansas quarterback Bill Montgomery threw a 27-yard touchdown pass to Chuck Dicus, but Georgia got a safety to pull within 7–2. Arkansas kicker Bob White made a 34-yard field goal and the Razorbacks led 10–2 at halftime. After a scoreless third quarter, White kicked field goals of 24 and 31 yards in the fourth quarter to seal the Arkansas win at 16–2. The game had twenty punts (ten each) and eleven turnovers (eight by Georgia). ARK UGA collapsed 2 ARK 65 RecTD 27 Chuck Dicus Bill Montgomery good Bob White 7 0 2 UGA SafetyTackle Bill Burnett David McKnight 7 2 2 ARK 71 FG 34 Bob White 10 2 4 ARK 55 FG 24 Bob White 13 2 4 ARK 15 FG 31 Bob White 16 2 16 2 Statistics {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" ! Statistics !! Arkansas !!  Georgia  |- |First downs||13||13 |- |Rushing||41–40||47–75 |- |Passing||17–39–1||11–31–3 |- |Passing yards||185||117 |- |Total offense||80–225||78–192 |- |Punts–avg.||10–33.6||10–38.5 |- |Fumbles–lost||4–2||5–5 |- |Turnovers||3||8 |- |Penalties–yards||4–31||4–25 |} Source: Aftermath After twelve years, this was the last Sugar Bowl on NBC; it returned to ABC in January 1970. Arkansas returned to the Sugar Bowl the following year; Georgia's next major bowl was seven years later in the Cotton Bowl, also against Arkansas, and returned to the Sugar Bowl the following year. The teams next met in the 1991 Independence Bowl, with Georgia winning 24-15. It was Arkansas' last football game before joining the SEC; the teams met for the first time as conference foes during the 1992 season. References Sugar Bowl Category:Sugar Bowl Category:Arkansas Razorbacks football bowl games Category:Georgia Bulldogs football bowl games Sugar Bowl Sugar Bowl