1969 Sun Bowl

American college football game August 2023 December 2025 Sun Bowl 36th edition December 20 1969 1969 Nebraska Cornhuskers 8–2 Bob Devaney Big Eight 14 12 18 0 14 13 Paul Rogers (Nebraska K) Georgia Bulldogs 5–4–1 Vince Dooley SEC 0 0 0 6 bg Nebraska by 7 pointshttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2QNaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JUsNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1630%2C3615146 Victoria Advocate Texas) Associated Press Nebraska-Georgia to play today in Sun Bowl Classic December 20, 1969 1B Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas Vance Carlson (Big Eight;split crew: Big Eight, SEC) 31,176 CBS Frank Glieber, Don Perkins The 1969 Sun Bowl was the 36th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday, December 20. It featured the Georgia Bulldogs of the Southeastern Conference and the fourteenth-ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers of the Big Eight Conference.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_ZFfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7TAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5966%2C4166410 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press Nebraska's field goals, defense stops Georgia December 21, 1969 17https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6REcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WVAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7102%2C2022067 Pittsburgh Press UPI Nebraska rips Georgia, 45-6 December 21, 1969 2, section 4 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KAMqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PCgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1428%2C256158 Milwaukee Journal press dispatches Nebraska crushes Georgia, 45–6 December 21, 1969 1, sports Teams Georgia 1969 Georgia Bulldogs football team Georgia was sixth in the Southeastern Conference; after a 5–1 start, the Bulldogs were winless in their last four games to finish the regular season at 5–4–1. It was their second appearance in the Sun Bowl; they won five years earlier. Nebraska 1969 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team The Cornhuskers finished as co-champions of the Big Eight Conference with Missouri after losing to them on October 11. While Missouri went to the Orange Bowl, Nebraska made its first appearance in the Sun Bowl. Game summary Ultimately, a favorable wind for one team and a long running quarter proved to be the outlines for victory. Nebraska's Paul Rogers kicked four field goals in the first quarter (50, 32, 42, 37) while also scoring a touchdown run by Jeff Kinney to make it 18–0 by the end of the first quarter. It was later determined by Sun Bowl officials that the first quarter had possibly run too long, in part due to a scoreclock malfunction. While Georgia held the Huskers in the second quarter, Nebraska took back control in the third on two touchdowns, one from a Mike Green touchdown reception from Van Brownson, and the other on a Brownson touchdown run. Dan Schneiss made it 38–0 in the fourth on a touchdown plunge of his own. Paul Gilbert scored on a 6-yard touchdown run to get Georgia on the scoreboard. Reserve quarterback Jerry Tagge made the final score 45–6 on his 2-yard touchdown run. For his kicking efforts, Rogers was named MVP.Bowl History - Nebraska too much for Dogs in 1969 Sun Bowl http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/geo/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/15fb-history-bowl-recaps.pdf grfx.cstv.com https://web.archive.org/web/20151222124036/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/geo/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/15fb-history-bowl-recaps.pdf December 22, 2015 79 deadhttp://www.sunbowl.org/the_sun_bowl_game/recap/36 Nebraska 45, Georgia 6 | Recaps – Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl | December 31, 2021 | el Paso, Texashttps://huskers.com/news/2002/07/09/1969-sun-bowl 1969 Sun Bowl The Huskers forced eight Georgia turnovers: two fumbles and six interceptions. Nebraska finished 9–2 and climbed to eleventh in the final AP poll; Georgia fell to 5–5–1. Scoring First quarter Nebraska – Field goal, Paul Rogers 50 Nebraska – Field goal, Rogers 32 Nebraska – Jeff Kinney 10 run (pass failed) Nebraska – Field goal, Rogers 42 Nebraska – Field goal, Rogers 37 Second quarter No scoring Third quarter Nebraska – Mike Green 7 pass from Van Brownson (Rogers kick) Nebraska – Brownson 1 run (Rogers kick) Fourth quarter Nebraska – Dan Schneiss 1 run (kick failed) Georgia – Paul Gilbert 6 run (kick failed) Nebraska – Jerry Tagge 2 run (Rogers kick) Source: Statistics {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" ! Statistics !!   Georgia   !! Nebraska |- |align=left|First downs ||11 ||17 |- |align=left|Rushing yards ||55 ||190 |- |align=left|Passing yards ||130|| 165 |- |align=left|Passes || 11–35–6 || 18–35–2 |- |align=left|Total yards ||185||355 |- |align=left|Return yardage ||86||34 |- |align=left|Fumbles–lost ||2–2 || 1–0 |- |align=left|Turnovers by || 8 || 2 |- |align=left|Punts–average ||10–42.2||7–35.6 |- |align=left|Penalties–yards ||3–31||6–50 |} Source: Aftermath Nebraska won national championships in the next two seasons and this was the first of six straight bowl wins, the last five in major bowls. The Huskers returned to the Sun Bowl in 1980 and Georgia in 1985. The Bulldogs and Cornhuskers did not meet again until the 2013 Capital One Bowl. References Sun Bowl Category:Sun Bowl Category:Georgia Bulldogs football bowl games Category:Nebraska Cornhuskers football bowl games Category:1969 in sports in Texas Category:December 1969 sports events in the United States