1968 Sugar Bowl

American college football game August 2023 December 2025 1968 Sugar Bowl File:TulaneStadiumFront1.jpg Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, hosted the Sugar Bowl. 34th Sugar Bowl 1967 Wyoming Cowboys University of Wyoming 10–0 WAC Lloyd Eaton 6 5 0 13 0 0 LSU Tigers Louisiana State University 6–3–1 SEC Charles McClendon 0 0 7 13 January 1 Tulane Stadium New Orleans, Louisiana Glenn Smith (LSU RB) LSU by 7 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=E8QbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pU8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7321%2C4113844 Pittsburgh Press UPI New Year's bowl crowds to total 325,000 December 31, 1967 2, part 4 James M. Artley (SEC);split crew: SEC, WAC) 78,963 NBC List of announcers of major college bowl games Charlie JonesElmer Angsman The 1968 Sugar Bowl was the 34th edition of the college football bowl game, played at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Monday, January 1. The unranked LSU Tigers of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) rallied to top the undefeated and sixth-ranked Wyoming Cowboys of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), 20–13.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qcpaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Cn8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5173%2C183822 Victoria Advocate Texas Associated Press LSU rallies in Sugar Bowl to spoil Wyoming dream January 2, 1968 15https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=20QSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OOEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5784%2C208347 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Tigers upset Wyoming January 2, 1968 2Bhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1tIbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LFEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7305%2C193575 Pittsburgh Press UPI LSU digs down deep pulls out gem in Sugar January 2, 1968 36 Entering the bowl season, Wyoming was the only undefeated team in the nation among major schools,Wyoming gets bid; Cowboys' 10–0 year brings Sugar berth https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1243&dat=19671121&id=0uNYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=N_cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2662,6541031 February 13, 2017 The Bulletin Bend, Oregon UPI November 21, 1967 10 but LSU was favored by a touchdown, largely because it had faced a tougher schedule than the Cowboys and virtual home field advantage, as the Tigers were playing just 80 mi in from their campus. Teams 1967 NCAA University Division football season Wyoming 1967 Wyoming Cowboys football team LSU 1967 LSU Tigers football team Game summary The first game of a major bowl tripleheader (Rose, Orange) on NBC, it kicked off at 1 pm CST. Following morning rains, the game was played on soggy natural turf in clammy 45 F temperatures. After a scoreless first quarter, Wyoming drove eighty yards and scored on a one-yard sweep run from halfback Jim Kiick; Jerry DePoyster added field goals of 24 and 49 yards and the Cowboys led 13–0 at halftime. In the third quarter, LSU running back Glenn Smith came off of the bench and scored on a one-yard touchdown run, making the score 13–7. In the fourth quarter, Tiger quarterback Nelson Stokley completed touchdown passes of eight and fourteen yards to end Tommy Morel as LSU rallied for a 20–13 win.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Jt4jAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_ycEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7232%2C253032 Milwaukee Journal press dispatches LSU rallies in 2nd half to defeat Wyoming, 20-13 January 2, 1968 18 December 8, 2018 January 26, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200126143510/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Jt4jAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_ycEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7232,253032 dead The last score occurred with more than four minutes remaining; quarterback Paul Toscano advanced the Cowboys deep into LSU territory, but Wyoming flanker Gene Huey was tackled in-bounds on the five-yard line and time ran out. Smith, a third-string sophomore from New Orleans' Holy Cross High School, entered the game late in the third quarter and was named the game's most valuable player. Scoring First quarter No scoring Second quarter Wyo – Jim Kiick 1 run (Jerry DePoyster kick), 14:56 Wyo – DePoyster 24 FG, 2:58 Wyo – DePoyster 49 FG, 0:01 Third quarter LSU – Glenn Smith 1 run (Roy Hurd kick), 2:10 Fourth quarter LSU – Tommy Morel 8 pass from Nelson Stokley (Hurd kick), 11:39 LSU – Morel 14 pass from Stokley (Hurd kick), 4:22 Source: Statistics {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" ! Statistics !! Wyoming !! 3 LSU 3 |- |First downs||20||12 |- |Rushing yards||48–167||48–151 |- |Passes||14–24–4||6–20–1 |- |Passing yards||239||91 |- |Total offense||72–406||68–242 |- |Punts–average||4–49.0||9–37.1 |- |Fumbles lost||1||0 |- |Turnovers||5||1 |- |Penalties–yards||5–65||3–25 |} Source: Aftermath This was the only victory for the Southeastern Conference (SEC) this bowl season: Ole Miss lost the Sun Bowl, Alabama the Cotton, and Tennessee the Orange. LSU's next major bowl appearance was three years later in the Orange Bowl. They did not return to the Sugar Bowl until 1985, and their next major bowl win was the 2002 Sugar Bowl. This remains Wyoming's only New Year's Day bowl appearance. References Sugar Bowl Category:Sugar Bowl Category:LSU Tigers football bowl games Category:Wyoming Cowboys football bowl games Sugar Bowl Sugar Bowl