1953 Sugar Bowl

American college football game August 2023 December 2025 1953 Sugar Bowl File:TulaneStadiumFront1.jpg Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, hosted the Sugar Bowl. 19 Sugar Bowl 1952 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Ole Miss Rebels 11–0 SEC 8–0–2 SEC Bobby Dodd Johnny Vaught 2 2 7 7 0 10 7 7 7 0 0 0 January 1 Tulane Stadium New Orleans, Louisiana Leon Hardeman Georgia Tech by 7 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2H0cAAAAIBAJ&pg=5884%2C73889 Sarasota Herald-Tribune Florida Associated Press Unbeaten Tech, Mississippi in 19th Sugar Bowl January 1, 1953 9 Fred Koster (SEC) 80,187 ABC List of announcers of major college bowl games Jim Britt and Tom Leavitt The 1953 Sugar Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on January 1, 1953, at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans. The game featured the second-ranked Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, and the seventh-ranked Ole Miss Rebels. Georgia Tech won 24–7 to complete their national championship season. Undefeated Michigan State was the top-ranked team in both final polls, released in early December. This was the first televised Sugar Bowl, carried by ABC. Background The Yellow Jackets were champions of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) with a 7–0 conference record and ranked #2 going into the game. Ole Miss finished third in the SEC, but had an undefeated regular season, highlighted by an upset win over Maryland, and were ranked in the top ten for the first time. This was the first bowl game for Ole Miss since 1948 and the program's first Sugar Bowl. This was Georgia Tech's first Sugar Bowl since 1944. http://www.allstatesugarbowl.org/site424.php Reference at www.allstatesugarbowl.org 2015-01-10 2015-01-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20150111104605/http://www.allstatesugarbowl.org/site424.php dead Game summary Ole Miss scored first on a 4-yard touchdown run by Wilson Dillard, as they took a 7–0 first quarter lead. In the second quarter, Georgia Tech scored on a 1-yard Bill Brigman run to tie the game at 7. Pepper Rodgers kicked a 25-yard field goal as Georgia Tech went up 10–7 at halftime. In the third quarter, Leon Hardeman scored on a 6-yard touchdown run as Georgia Tech went up 17–7. In the fourth quarter, Rodgers threw a 26-yard touchdown pass to Jeff Knox, as Georgia Tech won 24–7. Hardeman went 76 yards on 14 rushes with one touchdown and was named MVP. http://www.allstatesugarbowl.org/site148.php Reference at www.allstatesugarbowl.org Aftermath Both teams made two more Sugar Bowls appearances in the 1950s. Ole Miss added four more in the 1960s. Statistics Statistics GT Ole Miss First downs 16 15 Yards rushing 194 137 Yards passing 101 103 Total yards 295 287Punts-Average 6-41.8 7-35.4Fumbles-Lost 5-2 5-3Interceptions 1 3Penalties-Yards 5-42 6-60 References Sugar Bowl Category:Sugar Bowl Category:Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football bowl games Category:Ole Miss Rebels football bowl games Sugar Bowl Sugar Bowl