1969 Grantland Rice Bowl

August 2023 March 2026 Grantland Rice Bowl December 13 1969 1969 NCAA College Division BREC Memorial Stadium Baton Rouge, Louisiana Howard Wirtz (MAC;split crew: MAC, Ohio Valley, Gulf States) 16,101 East Tennessee State University East Tennessee State Buccaneers Ohio Valley Conference John Robert Bell 9–0–1 6 7 7 14 Louisiana Polytechnic Institute Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Gulf States Conference Maxie Lambright 8–1 0 0 14 0 The 1969 Grantland Rice Bowl was an NCAA College Division game following the 1969 season, between the East Tennessee State Buccaneers and the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs.http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=48&Season=1969 Louisiana Tech Season Schedule - databaseFootball.com/NCAA 2015-01-15 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20151130155814/http://www.databasefootball.com/College/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=48&Season=1969 2015-11-30 This was the first time that the Grantland Rice Bowl was played in Baton Rouge, Louisiana – prior games had been played in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Notable participants Louisiana Tech quarterback Terry Bradshaw was selected first in the 1970 NFL draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers. His teammates Larry Brewer and Tommy Spinks were also drafted. Bradshaw and Spinks are inductees of their university's athletic hall of fame, as is head coach Maxie Lambright.http://www.latechsports.com/hallfame/hall_of_fame_members.html LA TECH ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME latechsports.com February 13, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170213164543/http://www.latechsports.com/hallfame/hall_of_fame_members.html February 13, 2017 dead Bradshaw is an inductee of both the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Wide receiver Pat Hauser of East Tennessee State was also selected in the 1970 NFL Draft. Inductees of the university's athletics hall of fame include Hauser, defensive back Bill Casey, quarterback Larry Graham, and head coach John Robert Bell.http://www.etsubucs.com/halloffame/ HALL OF FAME etsubucs.com February 13, 2017 Scoring summary ETSU La. Tech 1 7:21 ETSU 5 19 RushTD Jerry Daughtry 1 failed Ron Harrold 6 0 2 9:39 ETSU 6 58 RecTD Pat Hauser Mike Young 37 good Ron Harrold 13 0 3 11:24 La. Tech 5 30 RecTD Buster Herren Terry Bradshaw 8 good Jorgen Gertz 13 7 3 9:25 ETSU 4 66 RushTD Mike Young 5 good Ron Harrold 20 7 3 2:37 La. Tech 5 48 RecTD Tommy Spinks Terry Bradshaw 19 good Jorgen Gertz 20 14 4 9:47 ETSU 88 RecTD John Gibson Larry Graham 39 good Ron Harrold 27 14 4 4:54 ETSU 9 44 RecTD Rick Anderson Larry Graham 10 good Ron Harrold 34 14 34 14 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17073404/east_tennessee_showed_terry_and_tech/ East Tennessee Showed Terry and Tech Al Nassif The Town Talk Alexandria, Louisiana newspapers.com December 14, 1969 February 4, 2017https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17073428/east_tennessee_shackles_louisiana_tech/ East Tennessee Shackles Louisiana Tech, 34-14 AP The Bridgeport Post Bridgeport, Connecticut newspapers.com December 14, 1969 February 5, 2017https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17073449/e_tennessee_wins_rice_bowl/ E. Tennessee Wins Rice Bowl UPI The Philadelphia Inquirer newspapers.com December 14, 1969 February 5, 2017 Statistics Buccaneers 6 7 7 14 Bulldogs 0 0 14 0 Statistics ETSU La. Tech First downs 15 17 Total offense, yards 419 256Rushes-yards (net) 53–245 38–(−43) Passing yards (net) 174 299Passes, Comp-Att-Int 12–18–0 20–39–3 Time of Possession Team Category Player Statistics ETSU Passing Larry Graham 11/17, 137 yds, 2 TD Rushing Receiving La. Tech Passing Terry Bradshaw 20/39, 299 yds, 2 TD, 3 INT Rushing Receiving References External links 1969 Grantland Rice Bowl memories with ETSU players (video) Members of 1969 team look back at Grantland Rice Bowl victory https://archive.today/20150118145038/http://www.etsu.edu/humanres/etsura/tales/accent031504.htm Tales of the University el Category:1969 NCAA College Division football season Category:Grantland Rice Bowl Category:East Tennessee State Buccaneers football bowl games Category:Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football bowl games Category:December 1969 sports events in the United States Grantland Rice