1957 Sun Bowl

American college football game December 2025 August 2023 Sun Bowl January 1 1957 1956 Texas Western Miners 9–1 Mike Brumbelow Border Conference 0 0 0 0 RB Claude Austin George Washington Colonials 7–1–1 Bo Sherman Southern Conference 17 NR 7 0 0 6 Miners by 14 bg Kidd Field El Paso, Texas Burns McKinney (Border;split crew: Border, Southern) 1958 The 1957 Sun Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the George Washington Colonials and the Texas Western Miners. Background The Miners were in their fourth Sun Bowl of the 1950s in the final year for coach Mike Brumbelow. Don Maynard was part of the Miner backfield. The Miners won the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association championship with a 5-0 conference record, their first ever conference title. The Colonials had just one loss on the season (to West Virginia) and one tie (to Boston) while finishing second in the Southern Conference, but the Colonials were 17th ranked going into their first ever bowl game, though the Miners were favored due to the game being played at the Miners' home field. Game summary Defense proved to be the key ingredient for victory, as the Colonials forced six turnovers and scored a few points of their own in the process. While the Miners stopped the Colonials twice in the first quarter near the endzone, they could not stop them the third time as Ray Looney threw a pass to Paul Thompson, who ran into the end zone for the touchdown. Only 28% of the passes in the game combined were caught (7 out of 25), with three being intercepted. Ted Colna intercepted a pass and Pete Spera ran in for a touchdown to seal the game for the Colonials in the fourth. Claude Austin ran for 98 yards on 18 carries to earn MVP honors. This was the first shutout since Southwestern did it against Mexico in 1945.http://www.sunbowl.org/the_sun_bowl_game/recap/23 George Washington 13, UTEP 0 | Recaps - Hyundai Sun Bowl | December 26, 2015 | El Paso, Texas Sunbowl.org January 1, 1957 July 25, 2015http://www.utepathletics.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/121310aah.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150725122201/http://www.utepathletics.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/121310aah.html dead July 25, 2015 1957 Sun Bowl - University of Texas at El Paso Official Athletic Site Utepathletics.com July 25, 2015 Aftermath The Colonials would not return to a bowl game before they disbanded in 1967. The Miners would return to the Sun Bowl eight years later. Statistics Statistics GWU Texas Western First downs 14 10 Yards rushing 257 146 Yards passing 61 22 Return yards 18 68 Total yards 336 236Punts-Average 7-33 8-34Fumbles-Lost 3-2 3-3Interceptions 0 3Penalties-Yards 7-55 3-45 References Sun Bowl Category:Sun Bowl Category:George Washington Colonials football bowl games Category:UTEP Miners football bowl games Category:January 1957 sports events in the United States Sun Bowl