1950 Sun Bowl

Georgetown Hoyas	Texas Western Miners
(5–4)	(7–2–1)
Independent	Border Conference
20	33
Head coach: Bob 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

Sun Bowl
< 1949	1951 >

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. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 22, 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
^ "UTEP 33, Georgetown 20 | Recaps - Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl | December 31, 2021 | el Paso, Texas".

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History & conference tie-ins

Games

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