1991 Freedom Bowl

August 2023 Freedom Bowl Freedom Bowl VIII December 30 1991 1991 San Diego State Aztecs 8–3–1 Al Luginbill 7 7 0 3 Tulsa Golden Hurricane 9–2 David Rader 22 25 7 7 7 7 Raycom Phil Stone and Dave Rowe RB Ron Jackson (Tulsa) bg Anaheim Stadium Anaheim, California 34,217 The Freedom Bowl featured the San Diego State Aztecs and the Tulsa Golden Hurricane as their postseason bowl game to end the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season for both teams.https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-12-31-sp-1283-story.html Tulsa Runs San Diego State Aground 3 March 2016 Background While the Aztecs finished second in the Western Athletic Conference, they were invited to their first bowl game since the 1986 Holiday Bowl. They were led by Marshall Faulk, who in his freshman year ran for 1,429 yards rushing and scored 23 total touchdowns. Meanwhile, this was Tulsa's 2nd bowl appearance in three seasons. Game summary Ron Jackson scored all of Tulsa's touchdowns four in total with three of them giving Tulsa the lead and the final being the exclamation point. He rushed for 211 yards on 46 carries. Faulk gave the Aztecs the lead with a touchdown run, though Tulsa responded with by scoring two straight touchdown runs by Jackson. Lowery made the game tied at halftime with a touchdown run. But the Aztecs were stuffed in the second half, being held to a field goal with 83 total yards as Tulsa scored twice more and never looked back. A key moment in the game happened when quarterback/punter Gus Frerotte punted the ball to T. C. Wright with Tulsa leading 21–17. Wright was at his own eight when he fumbled the ball, and Billy Cole recovered for Tulsa. Two plays later, the Hurricane scored on Jackson's final touchdown to give Tulsa their first bowl win since 1964.http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/tuls/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2012-13/misc_non_event/TulsaFootballHistory.pdf 1991 Freedom Bowl 104 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Football Media Guide Tulsa Golden Hurricane Athletics January 17, 2015 March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085825/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/tuls/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2012-13/misc_non_event/TulsaFootballHistory.pdf dead Aftermath The Hurricane went into a slump from that point on, going 26–57–1 under Rader in the eight years after the game before being fired, in contrast to his 26–26 record before this game. The Freedom Bowl would play three more games before disbanding after 1994. Statistics Statistics Tulsa SDSU First downs 23 21 Yards rushing 256 189 Yards passing 122 164 Total yards 378 353Punts-Average 5-34.4 5-35.2Fumbles-Lost 4-1 3–2Interceptions 0 0Penalties-Yards 2-20 6-38 References Freedom Bowl Category:Freedom Bowl Category:1990s in Anaheim, California Category:San Diego State Aztecs football bowl games Category:Tulsa Golden Hurricane football bowl games Freedom Bowl Freedom Bowl