1950 Sun Bowl

Georgetown Hoyas	Texas Western Miners
(5–4)	(7–2–1)
20	33
Head coach: Robert Margarita	Head coach: Jack Curtice

	1	2	3	4	Total
Georgetown	0	0	7	13	20
Texas Western	0	13	7	13	33

Date

January 1, 1950

Season

1949

Stadium

Kidd Field

Location

El Paso, Texas

MVP

Harvey Gabrel, HB

The 1950 Sun Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the Texas Western Miners and the Georgetown Hoyas.

Background

The Miners finished 3rd in the Border Conference in Curtice's final year with the team, as they tried to get their first Sun Bowl victory. This was Georgetown's second and final bowl game.

Game summary

2nd quarter

Chesak 1-yard run (kick failed) - UTEP 6-0
Gabrel 1-yard run (Haesler kick) - UTEP 13-0

3rd quarter

Fraser 32-yard run (Davis kick) UTEP 13-7
Kivas 3-yard run (Haesler kick) UTEP 20-7

4th quarter

Gabrel 19-yard run (kick blocked) - UTEP 26-7
Schmidt 14-yard pass from Deacon (kick failed) - UTEP 26-13
Hansen 51-yard kickoff return (Davis kick) - UTEP 33-13
Fornaciari 54-yard pass from Deacon (Haesler kick) - UTEP 33-20

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Aftermath

The Miners made four Sun Bowls in the decade, along with two more in the next decade. Curtice left for Utah after the game.

Statistics

Statistics	Texas Western	Georgetown
First Downs	14	13
Yards Rushing	348	82
Yards Passing	24	226
Total Yards	372	308
Punts-Average	5-36.0	10-33.0
Fumbles-Lost	2-2	2-1
Interceptions	0	3
Penalties-Yards	11-95	7-65

References

↑ "1950 Sun Bowl - University of Texas at El Paso Official Athletic Site" (PDF). Utepathletics.com. Retrieved 2015-08-03.
↑ http://www.sunbowl.org/the_sun_bowl_game/recap/16

1949–50 NCAA football bowl game season

Refrigerator (Dec. 3) Glass (Dec. 3) Junior Sugar (Dec. 9) Junior Rose (Dec. 10) Gold Dust (Dec. 16) Silver (Dec. 17) Raisin (Dec. 31) Rose (Jan. 2) Sugar (Jan. 2) Orange (Jan. 2) Cotton (Jan. 2) Sun (Jan. 2) Oleander (Jan. 2) Pineapple (Jan. 2) Gator (Jan. 2) Salad (Jan. 2) Tangerine (Jan. 2)

All-Star Games: North-South Shrine Game (Dec. 26) Blue-Gray Football Classic (Dec. 26) East–West Shrine Game (Dec. 31) Senior Bowl

Sun Bowl

History & conference tie-ins	History Jones Stadium Kidd Field Sun Bowl Broadcasters Pac-12 Conference Atlantic Coast Conference

Games	1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1977 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Notes	There was a Sun Bowl in January and December in 1958 and 1977. There was no Sun Bowl in 1976.

Georgetown Hoyas football

Venues	Boundary Field (1891–1893) Griffith Stadium (1921–1950) Cooper Field (2003–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games 1941 Orange Bowl 1950 Sun Bowl Steven Dean Memorial Trophy

Culture & lore	Jack the Bulldog "There Goes Old Georgetown"

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

UTEP Miners bowl games

1937 Sun Bowl 1949 Sun Bowl 1950 Sun Bowl 1954 Sun Bowl 1955 Sun Bowl 1957 Sun Bowl 1965 Sun Bowl 1967 Sun Bowl 1988 Independence Bowl 2000 Humanitarian Bowl 2004 Houston Bowl 2005 GMAC Bowl 2010 New Mexico Bowl 2014 New Mexico Bowl

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