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1951 Sun Bowl
1 2 3 4 Total
West Texas State 0 7 7 0
14
Cincinnati 0 6 7 0
13
Date January 1, 1951 Season 1950 Stadium Sun Bowl Location El Paso, Texas Attendance 16,000[1]
The 1951 Sun Bowl was a college football bowl game that took place in El Paso, Texas , on January 1, 1951, between the West Texas State Buffaloes and the University of Cincinnati Bearcats .[1] Rose Bowl .
Scoring summary [ edit ]
Gene Rossi threw 14-of-29 for 170 yards. The winning touchdown occurred on a fourth down punt. Punter Frank Wise moved under center and took the snap, lateraling to the right to quarterback Gene Mayfield . Mayfield completed a pass to Billy Cross at the Cincinnati 40 and Cross broke several tackles to finish the 62-yard touchdown dash. With the game running out, the Bearcats managed to get to the West Texas A&M 27, but two straight sacks doomed Cincinnati.[2]
Second Quarter [ edit ]
West Texas A&M - Bill Cross 4-yard run (Roy Lee Dunn Kick)
Cincinnati - Tom McKeever 3-yard run (kick failed)
Third Quarter [ edit ]
Cincinnati - Bob Stratton 17-yard pass from Gene Rossi (Bill Shalonsky kick)
West Texas A&M - Cross 62-yard pass from Gene Mayfield (Dunn kick)
Statistics [ edit ]
Statistics
Cincinnati
West Texas A&M
First Downs
12 19
Rushing Yards
106
238
Passing yards
170
123
Passing A-C-I
30-14-3
15-6-3
Punts-Average
5-30.4
4-39.5
Fumbles-Lost
3-0
3-0
Penalties-Yards
8-70
8-80
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