1935 Sun Bowl

American college football game December 2025 Sun Bowl Inaugural Sun Bowl January 1 1935 1934 Ranger High School Ranger Bulldogs 5–1 Ottis "Red" Moore 0 7 0 14 El Paso High School El Paso All-Stars N/A Mack Saxon &Harry Phillips 6 0 19 0 Jones Stadium El Paso, Texas Bob Carson 3,000 yes The 1935 Sun Bowl was the inaugural edition of the Sun Bowl, an American football postseason bowl game. Played on New Year's Day of 1935, the game featured high school teams and was sponsored by the El Paso Kiwanis club. The following year's game, the 1936 edition, was the first Sun Bowl matchup between college football teams. The game has been held annually in El Paso, Texas, from 1935 to the present. Teams The El Paso All-Stars started practice in mid-December with players from the Austin, Bowie, Cathedral, and El Paso High Schools.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26495388/opponent_not_selected_for_sun_bowl_tilt/ Opponent Not Selected For Sun Bowl Tilt El Paso Herald-Post 6 December 10, 2018 December 25, 2018 newspapers.comhttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/26504312/sun_bowl_selected_as_name_for_new/ 'Sun Bowl' Selected As Name For New Year's Grid Battle Here El Paso Times 8 December 6, 1934 December 25, 2018 newspapers.com Selected as their opponent were the Bulldogs of Ranger High School in Ranger, Texas.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26495752/oil_district_team_accepts_bid_for_tilt/ Oil District Team Accepts Bid For Tilt El Paso Herald-Post 9 December 11, 2018 December 25, 2018 newspapers.com Ranger entered the Sun Bowl with a 5–1 record, having defeated Breckenridge High School for their district championship when both teams were 4–0,https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26502964/district_two_standings/ District Two (standings) The Pampa Daily News Pampa, Texas 3 November 27, 1934 December 25, 2018 newspapers.comhttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/26503033/football_results/ Football Results Big Spring Daily Herald Big Spring, Texas 9 November 30, 1934 December 25, 2018 newspapers.com then losing to Amarillo High School in a state playoff game.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26503105/amarillo_knocks_ranger_out_of_state_race/ Amarillo Knocks Ranger Out of State Race AP Austin American-Statesman 10 December 9, 1934 December 25, 2018 newspapers.com The El Paso team was co-coached by Mack Saxon, head coach of the Texas Mines Miners (now the UTEP Miners), and Harry Phillips, who had been a running back for the Texas Longhorns in the late 1920s.https://elpasosports.wordpress.com/author/elpasosports/page/2/ History of El Paso Sports Continues to Spread Ray Sanchez El Paso Sports October 9, 2016 December 25, 2018 The Ranger team was coached by Ottis "Red" Moore.https://www.angelfire.com/tx/rangerexes/34champs.htm 1934 District Football Champions Ranger Exes Memorial December 25, 2018 Game summary Scoring summary EPAS RNGR 1 EPAS RecTD Gilberto Salcedo Ken Heineman 65 no good Heineman 6 0 2 RNGR RushTD Rankin Britt 45 good Aaron Anderson 6 7 3 EPAS RushTD Heineman 7 no good Armando Cisneros 12 7 3 EPAS RecTD George Crysler Heineman 30 good Heineman 19 7 3 EPAS IntTD Heineman 70 no good Cisneros 25 7 4 RNGR RushTD Anderson 1 good Anderson 25 14 4 RNGR RushTD Anderson 3 good Anderson 25 21 25 21 Source:http://www.sunbowl.org/the_sun_bowl_game/recap/1 El Paso All-Stars 25, Ranger (Texas) 21 sunbowl.org January 1, 1935 December 25, 2018https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26504154/el_paso_allstars_beat_ranger_2521/ El Paso All-Stars Beat Ranger, 25-21 El Paso Times 6 January 2, 1935 December 25, 2018 newspapers.comhttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/26504183/el_paso_allstars_beat_ranger_2521/ El Paso All-Stars Beat Ranger, 25-21 (cont'd) El Paso Times 6 January 2, 1935 December 25, 2018 newspapers.com Statistics All-Stars 6 0 19 0 Bulldogs 0 7 0 14 Statistics El Paso Ranger First downs 10 8 Rushing yards 196 -51 174 -8 Passing yards 212 58 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 9–22–3 6–18–2 Fumbles: Total–Lost 3–1 1–1 Penalties: Number–Yards 3–15 2–10 Source:https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26504006/the_summary/ The Summary El Paso Times 6 January 2, 1935 December 25, 2018 newspapers.com References 30em Further reading https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26503408/bulldogs_will_arrive_monday/ Bulldogs Will Arrive Monday El Paso Times 10 December 28, 1934 December 25, 2018 newspapers.com External links Aaron Anderson bio Rankin Britt bio Ken Heineman obit Category:Sun Bowl Category:January 1935 sports events in the United States Sun Bowl