1946 Sugar Bowl

(7-1)

(8-0)

Head coach:
James Phelan

Head coach:
Jim Lookabaugh

	1	2	3	4	Total
Saint Mary's	7	6	0	0	13
Oklahoma A&M	7	7	6	13	33

Date

January 1, 1946

Season

1945

Stadium

Tulane Stadium

Location

New Orleans, Louisiana

Attendance

68,822

The 1946 Sugar Bowl matched the Oklahoma A&M Cowboys and the St. Mary's Gaels.

Background

The Cowboys won the Missouri Valley Conference for the 2nd straight year. St. Mary's was a small school that notably started the season 6-0 with notable wins over USC, California, and Nevada, before a loss to UCLA in the last game ending the unbeaten streak. Both teams were invited after Alabama accepted the invite to the 1946 Rose Bowl instead and Army retained their bowl ban.^[1]

Game summary

The Gaels were small compared to the Cowboys, being undersized by at least 15 pounds to a team that averaged 203 pounds and that had war veterans such as Jim Reynolds and Burt Cole. But St. Mary's scored first on a Herman Wedemeyer touchdown pass to Dennis O'Connor. Bob Fenimore responded with a touchdown pass to Cecil Haskins, and Fenimore scored on a touchdown run later in the half. Wedemeyer contributed to the Gaels' final touchdown as he lateraled to guard Carl DeSalvo, who ran 20 yards for a touchdown. But the kick failed, making it only 14-13 at halftime. Fenimore and Reynolds added in touchdown runs in the second half as the lineman size started to make a difference, with St. Mary's four turnovers mattering more than Oklahoma A&M's. Joe Thomas caught a touchdown in the final five minutes to make the final score 33-13 as the Gaels were shut out in the second half, and the Cowboys won their 2nd straight bowl game.^[2]

Aftermath

After a Bowl appearance the following year, the Gaels never qualified for a bowl game again, disbanding their team in 2004. The Cowboys did not return to the Sugar Bowl until 2016.

Statistics

Statistics	St. Mary's	A&M
First Downs	8	15
Yards Rushing	61	217
Yards Passing	166	112
Total Yards	238	339
Punts-Average	5-43.0	4-47.2
Fumbles-Lost	2-2	0-0
Interceptions	2	4

References

↑ Casey Bienvenu. "1946 - How They Got Here / Allstate Sugar Bowl". allstatesugarbowl.org. Retrieved 2015-01-10.
↑ Casey Bienvenu. "1946 Game Recap / Allstate Sugar Bowl". allstatesugarbowl.org. Retrieved 2015-01-10.

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Notes	The 2006 game took place in Atlanta, Georgia due to Hurricane Katrina. The game was also the national title game for either the Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, or Bowl Championship Series in 1993, 1997, 2000, and 2004. There was a Sugar Bowl in January and December in 1972 and 1995. The game was a College Football Playoff semifinal in its 2015 edition.

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