1970 Sun Bowl

American college football game August 2023 December 2025 1970 Sun Bowl 1970 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Texas Tech Red Raiders 8–3 Independent 8–3 SWC Bud Carson Jim Carlen 13 17 19 NR 7 3 0 7 0 0 9 0 December 19 Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas DT Rock Perdoni (Georgia Tech) 30,512 CBS List of announcers of major college bowl games Don CriquiFrank Gifford The 1970 Sun Bowl was a college football bowl game that featured the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and the Texas Tech Red Raiders. Background After three straight 4-6 seasons, the Yellow Jackets had finally broken through in Bud Carson's fourth season as coach and first bowl since the 1967 Orange Bowl. The Red Raiders had finished third in the Southwest Conference in Jim Carlen's first season with the Red Raiders. This was Texas Tech's first bowl since 1965, and their first Sun Bowl since 1964. This was Georgia Tech's first ever Sun Bowl. Game summary Jack Williams led the Yellow Jackets on an 11-play, 62-yard drive, culminating with Rob Healy giving the Jackets a 7–0 lead on his 2-yard touchdown run with 10:23 left in the first quarter. Jack Moore made it 10–0 at halftime on his 21-yard field goal with :42 remaining in the half. Texas Tech responded with a Larry Hargrave 50-yard run that set up Doug McCutchen's 7-yard touchdown score to make it 10–7 with 8:13 in the third quarter. When Georgia Tech lined up to punt, Donald Rivers blocked the punt, with the ball sailing into the endzone to make it 10–9 with 6:41 remaining in the 3rd. Early in the fourth quarter, the Red Raiders had a chance to take the lead. However, the short field goal attempt by Dickie Ingram fell short. A Tech fumble was recovered by Bill Flowers at the Red Raider 25, and Kevin McNamara ran in for a 2-yard score six plays later to make it 19–10 with 1:44 remaining. Rock Perdoni had 13 tackles in an MVP effort. Quarterback Jack Williams completed 11 of 14 passes for 123 yards for the Yellow Jackets.http://www.ramblinwreck.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/geot/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/bowls01 Georgia Tech Official Athletic Site – RamblinWreck.com ramblinwreck.com December 28, 2015Georgia Tech 17, Texas Tech 9 | Recaps – Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl | December 31, 2021 | El Paso, Texas Scoring summary Georgia Tech – Healy 2 yard touchdown run (Thigpen Kick), 10:23, 1st Georgia Tech – Moore 21 yard field goal, 0:42, 2nd Texas Tech – McCutchen 7 yard touchdown run (Ingram Kick), 8:13, 3rd Texas Tech – Safety, 6:41, 3rd Georgia Tech – McNamara 2 yard touchdown run (Thigpen Kick), 1:44, 4th Aftermath Texas Tech returned to the Sun Bowl in 1972, while the Yellow Jackets did not return until 2011. Statistics Statistics Georgia Tech Texas TechFirst downs 18 13Rushing yards 186 215Passing yards 138 28Total yards 324 243Passes: comp-att (int) 13–19 (1) 3–11 (3)Fumbles–lost 0–0 6–3Punts–average 6–34.3 4–41.0Penalties–yards 7–66 4–40 References Sun Bowl Category:Sun Bowl Category:Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football bowl games Category:Texas Tech Red Raiders football bowl games Category:December 1970 sports events in the United States Sun Bowl