1935 Sugar Bowl

1935 Sugar Bowl
1935 Sugar Bowl
Temple Owls	Tulane Green Wave
(7–0–2)	(9–1)
Independent	SEC
14	20
Head coach: ; Pop Warner	Head coach: ; Ted Cox
Date	January 1, 1935
Season	1934
Stadium	Tulane Stadium
Location	New Orleans, Louisiana
Referee	Everett Strupper
Attendance	22,206
Payout	US$27,800 (each)
Sugar Bowl
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The 1935 Sugar Bowl was the first Sugar Bowl game. Tulane (9–1) hosted unbeaten Temple (7–0–2) before a crowd of 22,206 in New Orleans with the kickoff at 1:30 pm CST. Temple took a 14–0 lead before Tulane came back to win the game, 20–14.^[2] The game was played at Tulane's home field, so it was technically a home game for the Green Wave. Temple had been ranked 15th in a November 15, 1934, AP football poll.^[3]

The Mid-Winter Sports Association of New Orleans was formed in 1934 to formulate plans for an annual New Year’s Day football classic. On December 2, 1934, the Association’s executive board selected Tulane and unbeaten Temple to play in the first game. Columbia and Colgate were also considered by the Association to represent the east.^[4]

The most notable play of the game came in the second quarter when Tulane's quarterback John McDaniel caught a Temple kickoff, ran to the right to draw tacklers, then threw a lateral pass to his teammate Monk Simons who ran 75 yards for the touchdown. Two more Tulane touchdowns in the second half outweighed Temple's early lead.^[5]

References

^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). "Bowl/All-Star Game Records" (PDF). 2011 NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA.org. p. 33. Retrieved September 30, 2011.
^ "Tulane Victory Assures More N.O. Games". San Antonio Light. January 2, 1935. p. 10.
^ "11/15/1934 AP Football Poll". Associated Press. Archived from the original on February 13, 2009. Retrieved December 29, 2009.
^ "Name 'Sugar Bowl' Elevens Tonight". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. December 3, 1934. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
^ "Sport: At Rest". TIME. January 14, 1935. Archived from the original on May 1, 2008. Retrieved May 15, 2011.

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[1] National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). "Bowl/All-Star Game Records" (PDF). 2011 NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA.org. p. 33. Retrieved September 30, 2011.

[2] "Tulane Victory Assures More N.O. Games". San Antonio Light. January 2, 1935. p. 10.

[3] "11/15/1934 AP Football Poll". Associated Press. Archived from the original on February 13, 2009. Retrieved December 29, 2009.

[4] "Name 'Sugar Bowl' Elevens Tonight". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. December 3, 1934. Retrieved May 15, 2011.

[5] "Sport: At Rest". TIME. January 14, 1935. Archived from the original on May 1, 2008. Retrieved May 15, 2011.

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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, 1995 and 2022. The game was a College Football Playoff semifinal in its 2015, 2018, 2021, and 2024 editions.