1945 Sugar Bowl

American college football game August 2023 December 2025 Sugar Bowl January 1 1945 File:TulaneStadiumFront1.jpg Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, hosted the Sugar Bowl. 11th Sugar Bowl 1944 Tulane Stadium New Orleans, Louisiana University of Alabama Alabama Crimson Tide 5–1–2 Frank Thomas SEC 12 7 0 7 Duke University Duke Blue Devils 5–4 11 Eddie Cameron SoCon 7 6 7 9 J.D. Thomason (SEC;split crew: SEC, Southern) 72,000http://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 The 1945 Sugar Bowl, part of the 1944 bowl game season, took place on January 1, 1945, at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana. The competing teams were the Alabama Crimson Tide, representing the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and the Duke Blue Devils, representing the Southern Conference (SoCon). Duke won the game 29–26.Duke ralley in final minutes beats fighting Tide in Sugar Bowl clash https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IPE-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=SE0MAAAAIBAJ&pg=6358%2C32972 The Tuscaloosa News 7 January 2, 1945 January 9, 2011 Teams Alabama 1944 Alabama Crimson Tide football team The 1942 Alabama squad finished the regular season 5–1–2 with its loss coming to the Georgia Bulldogs and the two ties coming against the LSU Tigers and the Tennessee Volunteers. With most of America's youth still serving in the armed forces, Frank Thomas scrambled to assemble a team in 1944. Finally he was able to fill out a roster, mostly composed of 17-year-old freshmen and students who had been rejected as unsuitable for military service. This team went down in Tide history as the "War Babies".Scott, Richard. Legends of Alabama Football. Sports Publishing LLC, 2004, 978-1-58261-277-5, p. 12 On November 25, the Crimson Tide was invited to compete in the Sugar Bowl, marking the first time that a school had competed in the four major bowls at that time (Rose, Cotton, Orange and Sugar Bowls).Alabama will play Duke eleven in Sugar Bowl game New Years Day https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BeY-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=E00MAAAAIBAJ&dq=sugar-bowl%20alabama%20duke&pg=6481%2C6079780 Norman Bassett The Tuscaloosa News 6 November 26, 1944 January 9, 2011 The appearance marked the first for Alabama in the Sugar Bowl, and their eighth overall bowl appearance. Duke Duke Blue Devils football Game summary Alabama Duke expand 1 12:35 Duke 67 yards, 5 plays RushTD George Clark 14 good Harold Raether 0 7 1 Alabama 64 yards, 6 plays RushTD Norwood Hodges 1 no good Hugh Morrow 6 7 1 Alabama 97 yards, 7 plays RushTD Norwood Hodges 1 blocked Hugh Morrow 12 7 2 Alabama 80 yards, 6 plays RecTD Ralph Jones Harry Gilmer 12 good Hugh Morrow 19 7 2 Duke 63 yards, 4 plays RushTD Tom Davis 2 no good Harold Raether 19 13 3 Duke 64 yards, 12 plays RushTD Tom Davis 1 good Harold Raether 19 20 4 Alabama IntTD Hugh Morrow 78 good Hugh Morrow 26 20 4 Duke SafetyOther Harry Gilmer intentionally grounded the ball in endzone for a safety 26 22 4 Duke 40 yards, 2 plays RushTD George Clark 20 good Harold Raether 26 29 26 29 References Sugar Bowl Category:Sugar Bowl Category:Alabama Crimson Tide football bowl games Category:Duke Blue Devils football bowl games Sugar Bowl Sugar Bowl