1951 Sugar Bowl

American college football game August 2023 December 2025 1951 File:TulaneStadiumFront1.jpg Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, hosted the Sugar Bowl. Sugar Bowl 17th Sugar Bowl 1950 Kentucky Wildcats University of Kentucky Oklahoma Sooners University of Oklahoma 10–1 SEC 10–0 Big 7 Bear Bryant Bud Wilkinson 7 7 1 1 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 7 January 1 Tulane Stadium New Orleans, Louisiana Oklahoma by 6 to 7 pointshttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eJpSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SA4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7323%2C4646236 Milwaukee Sentinel Associated Press Oklahoma choice to grab 32nd grid win January 1, 1951 4, part 2 Ronald Gibbs (Big Seven;split crew: Big Seven, SEC) 80,206 Oklahoma football: A look at the Sooners' Sugar Bowl history theoklahoman.com 27 December 2013 https://www.oklahoman.com/article/3918552/oklahoma-football-a-look-at-the-sooners-sugar-bowl-history https://web.archive.org/web/20200918173724/https://www.oklahoman.com/article/3918552/oklahoma-football-a-look-at-the-sooners-sugar-bowl-history 18 September 2020 live Berry Tramel The 1951 Sugar Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 1951. The 17th playing of the Sugar Bowl, it was one of the 1950–51 bowl games concluding the 1950 college football season. Teams Kentucky 1950 Kentucky Wildcats football team Kentucky entered the bowl with a 10–1 record. The Wildcats were 5–1 in SEC play, thus winning the conference title. The Wildcats' lone loss was to Tennessee. This was the Wildcats' first appearance in a Sugar Bowl. Oklahoma 1950 Oklahoma Sooners football team Oklahoma entered the Sugar Bowl top-ranked with a 10–0 record, having won all 6 of their Big Seven regular season games, thus clinching the conference title. Both major polls (AP writers, UP coaches) awarded the Sooners with their first national championship at the end of the regular season.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8HMfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8vADAAAAIBAJ&pg=2870%2C6250747 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon United Press Sooners keep top grid spot December 5, 1950 16https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=x7BYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=W_cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4516%2C6121964 Bend Bulletin Oregon United Press Opotowsky Stan Oklahoma expected to win Sugar Bowl tilt; extend its winning streak to 32 games December 5, 1951 2 There were no post bowl polls at the time, but asked by the NCAA (who doesn't officially recognize champions in football) to retroactively apply his methods to name a champion for each year prior to the beginnings of his rankings in 1978, Jeff Sagarin named Kentucky the champion for the 1950 season. Oklahoma had a record of 2–0 in prior Sugar Bowl games, having won in 1949 and 1950. Game summary Kentucky fielded three defensive tackles for much of the game, which caused Oklahoma quarterback Claude Arnold to hurry his handoffs and passes. One Wildcat tackle was Bob Gain, winner of the Outland Trophy that season. The third was Walt Yowarsky, who had played less than five minutes on defense during the regular season. Yowarsky recovered a fumble on the Oklahoma 22-yard line, leading to Kentucky's first score: on the next play after Yowarsky's fumble recovery, Kentucky quarterback Babe Parilli threw a touchdown pass to Wilbur Jamerson for a 7–0 lead at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Wildcats drove 81 yards for a touchdown, a run by Wilbur Jamerson, and led 13–0 at halftime. In the third quarter, Oklahoma had the ball, first and goal on the Kentucky 3-yard line. The Wildcat defense held on first and second down; on third down Yowarsky tackled the Oklahoma ball carrier for a five-yard loss. On fourth down, the Sooners were stopped and Kentucky took possession. In the fourth quarter, Yowarsky recovered a fumbled punt. With seven minutes left in the game, Oklahoma quarterback Billy Vessels threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to Merrill Green. Kentucky, however, retained possession of the football for the rest of the game, with the exception of one play, for a 13–7 victory. Yowarsky was named the game's Most Valuable Player. Sugar Bowl white; text-align:center; autocollapse #fff #eee 1951 Sugar Bowl Monday, January 1, 1951 No. 7 Kentucky 7 6 0 0 No. 1 Oklahoma 0 0 0 7 Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana First quarter UK – Jamieson 22-yard pass from Parelli, kick (Kentucky 7–0) Second quarter UK – Jamieson 1-yard rush, kick failed (Kentucky 13–0) Third quarter No scoring Fourth quarter OKLA – Green 22-yard pass from Vessels, Jim Weatherall kick (Kentucky 13–7) Statistics Left Kentucky Wildcats UK Oklahoma Sooners OKLA 7 18 Right Kentucky Wildcats Kentucky Oklahoma Sooners Oklahoma References Sugar Bowl Category:Sugar Bowl Category:Kentucky Wildcats football bowl games Category:Oklahoma Sooners football bowl games Sugar Bowl Sugar Bowl