1969 Sun Bowl

(5–4–1)

(8–2)

Head coach:
Vince Dooley

Head coach:
Bob Devaney

AP	Coaches
14	12

	1	2	3	4	Total
Georgia	0	0	0	6	6
Nebraska	18	0	14	13	45

Date

December 20, 1969

Season

1969

Stadium

Sun Bowl

Location

El Paso, Texas

MVP

K Paul Rogers (Nebraska)

Attendance

31,176

United States TV coverage

Network

CBS

Announcers

Frank Glieber
Don Perkins

The 1969 Sun Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game that featured the Georgia Bulldogs and the Nebraska Cornhuskers.

Background

The Cornhuskers finished as co-champions of the Big Eight Conference with Missouri after losing to them on October 11. While Missouri went to the Orange Bowl, Nebraska was invited to their first ever Sun Bowl. As for Georgia, they had finished 6th in the Southeastern Conference after a 4-1 start spiraled into a 1-3-1 finish.

Game summary

Ultimately, a favorable wind for one team and a long running quarter proved to be the outlines for victory. Nebraska's Paul Rogers kicked four field goals in the first quarter (50, 32, 42, 37) while also scoring a touchdown run by Jeff Kinney to make it 18-0 by the end of the first quarter. It was later determined by Sun Bowl officials that the first quarter had possibly run too long, in part due to a scoreclock malfunction. While Georgia held the Huskers in the second quarter, Nebraska took back control in the third on two touchdowns, one from a Mike Green touchdown reception from Van Brownson, and the other on a Brownson touchdown run. Dan Schneiss made it 32-0 in the fourth on a touchdown plunge of his own. Paul Gilbert scored on a 6-yard touchdown run to make it 38-6. Jerry Tagge made the final score 45-6 on his 2-yard touchdown run. For his kicking efforts, Rogers was named MVP.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Aftermath

Nebraska would win national championships in the next two seasons. They returned to the Sun Bowl in 1980. As for Georgia, they returned in 1985.

Statistics

Statistics	Nebraska	Georgia
First Downs	17	11
Rushing Yards	190	55
Passing Yards	165	130
Total Yards	355	185
Interceptions Thrown	2	6
Return Yardage	34	86
Fumbles-Lost	1-0	2-2
Punts-Average	7-35.6	10-42.2
Penalties-Penalty Yards	6-50	3-31

References

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.

Georgia Bulldogs bowl games

Nebraska Cornhuskers bowl games

Pound sign (#) denotes national championship game.

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