1945 Sun Bowl

American college football game December 2025 August 2023 1945 Sun Bowl Game program 1944 UNAM Pumas Pumas CU Southwestern Pirates Southwestern University 4–0–1 Liga Mayor 6–5 Texas Conference Bernard A. Hoban Randolph M. Medley 0 0 0 0 7 7 14 7 January 1 Kidd Field El Paso, Texas 13,000 6,511 1945 Sun Bowl Program.pdf The 1945 Sun Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game held at Kidd Field in El Paso, Texas, on January 1, 1945, with approximately 13,000 spectators in attendance.http://www.sunbowl.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=46&Itemid=37 Sun Bowl Year By Year Game Results December 24, 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20091202114636/http://www.sunbowl.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=46&Itemid=37 December 2, 2009 The game featured the Southwestern Pirates representing Southwestern University and the 1944 Pumas CU National Autonomous University of Mexico UNAM Pumas representing the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). This game was the first time an American football bowl game has included a team from Mexico. The next time an American Division I college would play a Mexican opponent was the 2011 Kilimanjaro Bowl. UNAM entered the game with a 4–0–1 record and had outscored its opponents 182–24.Mexican Team Invited to Play in Sun BowlJuly 2026 InternetArchiveBot , The Milwaukee Journal, December 16, 1944. Southwestern was considered a "slight" favorite over the Mexican team.TENNESSEE ELEVEN READY FOR TROJANS; TO MEET SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN ROSE BOWL FOOTBALL GAME TODAY, The New York Times, January 1, 1945. One reason given was that the game played at El Paso was 6,000 feet lower in elevation to what the Mexicans were accustomed.Mexicans Under Handicap, The Pittsburgh Press, December 31, 1944. Southwestern won with a score of 35 points to 0, becoming the first team to win back-to-back Sun Bowl championships. Southwestern set a record for the most penalty yards gained (109 yards) while UNAM set records for the fewest passing yards, fewest offensive plays, fewest offensive yards, lowest offensive average per play, fewest first downs, and fewest first down passes.http://www.sunbowl.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=52&Itemid=37 Sun Bowl Team Records December 24, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20100104234710/http://www.sunbowl.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=52&Itemid=37 January 4, 2010 dead Southwestern also set the record for most points scored in the Sun Bowl up to that point.SOUTHWESTERN TOPS MEXICAN ELEVEN, 35-0, The New York Times, January 2, 1945. References Sun Bowl Category:Sun Bowl Category:Southwestern Pirates football Category:January 1945 sports events in the United States Sun Bowl