1951 Sun Bowl

American college football game December 2025 August 2023 1951 Sun Bowl 1950 West Texas State Buffaloes West Texas State College Cincinnati Bearcats University of Cincinnati 9–1 Border Conference 8–3 MAC Frank Kimbrough Sid Gillman 0 7 7 0 0 6 7 0 January 1 Kidd Field El Paso, Texas 16,000http://gobearcats.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/bowl-history-51-sun.html https://web.archive.org/web/20081218041417/http://gobearcats.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/bowl-history-51-sun.html dead December 18, 2008 University of Cincinnati Official Athletics Site - Football Gobearcats.cstv.com 1951-01-01 2011-01-11 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. 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.http://www.sunbowl.org/the_sun_bowl_game/recap/17 West Texas State 14, Cincinnati 13 | Recaps - Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl | December 31, 2021 | el Paso, Texas 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&MFirst downs 12 19Rushing yards 106238Passing yards 170 123Passing A-C-I 30-14-3 15-6-3Punts-Average 5-30.4 4-39.5Fumbles-Lost 3-0 3-0Penalties-Yards 8-70 8-80 References Sun Bowl Category:Sun Bowl Category:Cincinnati Bearcats football bowl games Category:West Texas A&M Buffaloes football bowl games Sun Bowl Category:January 1951 sports events in the United States