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1958 Sugar Bowl
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American college football game
August 2023
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1958 File:TulaneStadiumFront1.jpg Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, hosted the Sugar Bowl. 24 Sugar Bowl Sugar Bowl 1957 Ole Miss Rebels Texas Longhorns 8–1–1 SEC 6–3–1 SWC Johnny Vaught Darrell Royal 7 8 11 11 6 13 7 13 0 0 0 7 January 1 Tulane Stadium New Orleans, Louisiana Cliff Shaw (SWC;split crew: SWC, SEC) NBC List of announcers of major college bowl games Lindsey Nelson and Red Grange
The 1958 Sugar Bowl featured the seventh-ranked Ole Miss Rebels and the eleventh-ranked Texas Longhorns.
Background
This was the first game broadcast by NBC.
Game summary
In the first quarter, Ole Miss quarterback Raymond Brown scored on a 1-yard touchdown run as the Rebels took a 6–0 lead. He finished the game with 157 yards rushing on 15 carries. In the second quarter, Brown threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Don Williams as Ole Miss led 13–0. Kent Lovelace scored on a 9–yard run as Ole Miss led 19–0 at halftime.
In the third quarter, Bobby Franklin scored on a 3-yard run as Ole Miss led 26–0. Texas scored on a 1-yard touchdown run by George Blanch to narrow the score to 26–7. Brown scored on a 92-yard touchdown run making the score 33–7. Billy Brewer's 12-yard touchdown pass to Tommy Taylor made the final score 39–7.1958 Game Recap / Allstate Sugar Bowl Casey Bienvenu http://www.allstatesugarbowl.org/site143.php https://web.archive.org/web/20150708225136/http://www.allstatesugarbowl.org/site143.php 2015-07-08 live 2015-01-11
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