1960 Bluebonnet Bowl

August 2023 March 2026 Bluebonnet Bowl December 17 1960 1960 Rice Stadium Houston, Texas University of Texas Texas Longhorns 7–3 NR 17 Darrell Royal 0 0 0 3 University of Alabama Alabama Crimson Tide 8–1–1 9 10 Bear Bryant 0 0 3 0 Alabama by 1Odds favor Bama, Bryant not so sure Charles Land The Tuscaloosa News December 16, 1960 8 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qBUfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DpoEAAAAIBAJ&dq=bluebonnet-bowl&pg=5600%2C2501237 November 16, 2010 68,000http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2011/Bowls.pdf Bowl/All-Star Game Records National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2011 NCAA Division I Football Records 37 NCAA.org September 30, 2011 PDF CBS The 1960 Bluebonnet Bowl, part of the 1960 bowl game season, was the second annual contest and took place on December 17, 1960, at Rice Stadium in Houston. The competing teams were the Alabama Crimson Tide, representing the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and the Texas Longhorns, representing the Southwest Conference (SWC). In a defensive struggle, the game ended in a 3–3 tie.Tide, Longhorns battle to 3–3 tie Charles Land The Tuscaloosa News December 18, 1960 1 Teams Alabama 1960 Alabama Crimson Tide football team The 1960 squad was Bear Bryant's third at Alabama. The Crimson Tide lost to Tennessee and tied Tulane in route to an 8–1–1 regular season.http://www.rolltide.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/alab-m-footbl-sched-1960.html 1960 Schedule & Results University of Alabama Athletics Media Relations Office September 30, 2011 RollTide.com They accepted an invitation to play in the Bluebonnet Bowl against Texas following their 3–0 victory over long-time rival Auburn November 26.Alabama accepts bid to Bluebonnet Bowl Charles Land The Tuscaloosa News November 27, 1960 1 The appearance was the fourteenth overall bowl appearance and the first in the Bluebonnet Bowl for Alabama. Texas 1960 Texas Longhorns football team The 1960 Texas squad finished the regular season 7–3.2011 Texas Football Spring Guide 2011 University of Texas Austin, Texas 200 http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/tex/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/records_year_by_year.pdf Year-by-Year Results PDF September 30, 2011 March 2, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120302212924/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/tex/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/records_year_by_year.pdf dead The Longhorns lost to Nebraska, Arkansas and Rice. They accepted an invitation to play in the Bluebonnet Bowl against Alabama following their 21–14 victory over long-time rival Texas A&M on November 24. The appearance was the tenth overall bowl appearance and the first in the Bluebonnet Bowl for Texas. Game summary The only points were scored on a pair of field goals. The first came in the third by Tommy Booker for Alabama and the second in the fourth by Dan Petty for Texas.Play-by-play account of the Bama–Texas game The Tuscaloosa News 13 December 18, 1960 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qBUfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DpoEAAAAIBAJ&dq=alabama%20bowl&pg=5692%2C2696833 Texas Alabama expand 3 7:21 Alabama 7 21 FG 30 Tommy Booker 0 3 4 3:44 Texas 13 71 FG 20 Dan Petty 3 3 3 3 References Category:1960–61 NCAA football bowl games 1960 1960 1960 Category:1960 in sports in Texas Category:December 1960 sports events in the United States