1951 Salad Bowl

August 2023 Salad Bowl January 1 1951 1950 Arizona State Sun Devils 9–1 Ed Doherty 0 7 7 7 Miami Redskins 8–1 Woody Hayes 7 14 6 7 bg Montgomery Stadium Phoenix, Arizona 24,000 The 1951 Salad Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the Arizona State Sun Devils and the Miami Redskins. Background The Sun Devils were making their fourth bowl appearance in 11 years, and 2nd straight Salad Bowl after a 2nd place finish in the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Miami was making their second bowl appearance in three years after being champion of the Mid-American Conference.http://www.mvptoday.com/archives/1411 Archived copy 2015-07-26 2016-03-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235220/http://www.mvptoday.com/archives/1411 dead Game summary A fierce Miami defense held Arizona State All-American Wilford White to 106 yards rushing as for the fourth time the visiting team won the Salad Bowl. White was held to his second-lowest rushing total of the season, though he did rush for one touchdown and also caught a touchdown. But Miami had a 21–7 halftime lead, as the Sun Devils could only muster 14 points to Miami's 13 in the second half. A balanced offensive attack led the way for Miami, who became the third straight visiting team to win the Salad Bowl. John Pont got the scoring started with a touchdown run in the first quarter. Jim Bailey had 108 yards rushing and two touchdowns while quarterback Nobby Wirkowski completed 16 of 24 passes for 231 yards and one touchdown.http://thesundevils.com/pdf9/2525487.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=30300 Archived copy July 26, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20160307154859/http://thesundevils.com/pdf9/2525487.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=30300 March 7, 2016 dead Scoring summary MU – Pont 1 run (Stauffer kick) MU – Bailey 1 run (Stauffer kick) ASC – White 27 pass from Aja (Fuller kick) ASC – Wahlin 4 run (Fuller kick) MU – Maccioli 7 pass from Wirkowski (kick failed) MU – Bailey 50 run (Stauffer kick) ASC – White 15 run (Fuller kick) Statistics Statistics Arizona State Miami (Ohio)First downs 21 22Rushing yards 240 225Passes attempted 22 24Passes completed 10 16Passes intercepted 2 2Passing yards 171 231Penalties–yards 6–32 4–20Punts–average 5–33.2 5–28.5Fumbles lost 3 2 Aftermath The Redskins (later renamed the RedHawks) would wait 11 years to play in another bowl game. The Sun Devils would wait longer, until 1970. Doherty left the Sun Devils after the game, citing job security. Hayes also left, for Ohio State. References Salad Bowl Category:Salad Bowl (game) Category:Arizona State Sun Devils football bowl games Category:Miami RedHawks football bowl games Salad Bowl Category:January 1951 sports events in the United States