1935 Sugar Bowl

American college football game April 2023 April 2023 1935 1 Sugar Bowl Sugar Bowl 1934 Temple Owls Tulane Green Wave Tulane University 7–0–2 Independent 9–1 SEC Pop Warner Ted Cox 7 7 0 0 0 7 7 6 January 1 Tulane Stadium New Orleans, Louisiana Everett Strupper 22,206http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2011/Bowls.pdf Bowl/All-Star Game Records National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2011 NCAA Division I Football Records 33 NCAA.org September 30, 2011 PDF 27,800 (each) yes Cover of the 1935 Sugar Bowl program.jpg A color photograph of the cover of a game program Cover of the game program The 1935 Sugar Bowl was the first Sugar Bowl game. Tulane (9–1) hosted unbeaten Temple (7–0–2) before a crowd of 22,206 in New Orleans with the kickoff at 1:30 pm CST. Temple took a 14–0 lead before Tulane came back to win the game, 20–14.Tulane Victory Assures More N.O. Games San Antonio Light January 2, 1935 10 The game was played at Tulane's home field, so it was technically a home game for the Green Wave. Temple had been ranked 15th in a November 15, 1934, AP football poll.http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/research/1934-11-15_poll.cfm 11/15/1934 AP Football Poll Associated Press December 29, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090213140833/http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/research/1934-11-15_poll.cfm February 13, 2009 dead The Mid-Winter Sports Association of New Orleans was formed in 1934 to formulate plans for an annual New Year’s Day football classic. On December 2, 1934, the Association’s executive board selected Tulane and unbeaten Temple to play in the first game. Columbia and Colgate were also considered by the Association to represent the east.Name 'Sugar Bowl' Elevens Tonight Pittsburgh Post-Gazette December 3, 1934 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YMcwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KmkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3044,386377&dq=sugar+bowl&hl=en May 15, 2011 thumb|239x239px|Aerial view of the game The most notable play of the game came in the second quarter when Tulane's quarterback John McDaniel caught a Temple kickoff, ran to the right to draw tacklers, then threw a lateral pass to his teammate Monk Simons who ran 75 yards for the touchdown. Two more Tulane touchdowns in the second half outweighed Temple's early lead.Sport: At Rest TIME January 14, 1935 http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930780,00.html https://web.archive.org/web/20080501103759/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930780,00.html dead May 1, 2008 May 15, 2011 References External links Sugar Bowl Category:Sugar Bowl Category:Temple Owls football bowl games Category:Tulane Green Wave football bowl games Sugar Bowl Sugar Bowl Category:1930s in New Orleans