1957 Sun Bowl

(7–1–1)

(9–1)

Head coach:
Bo Sherman

Head coach:
Mike Brumbelow

AP	Coaches
17	NR

	1	2	3	4	Total
George Washington	7	0	0	6	13
Texas Western	0	0	0	0	0

Date

January 1, 1957

Season

1956

Stadium

Kidd Field

Location

El Paso, Texas

MVP

RB Claude Austin

Favorite

Miners by 14

The 1957 Sun Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the George Washington Colonials and the Texas Western Miners.

Background

The Miners were in their fourth Sun Bowl of the 1950s in the final year for coach Mike Brumbelow. Don Maynard was part of the Miner backfield. The Miners won the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association championship with a 5-0 conference record, their first ever conference title. The Colonials had just one loss on the season (to West Virginia) and one tie (to Boston) while finishing second in the Southern Conference, but the Colonials were 17th ranked going into their first ever bowl game, though the Miners were favored due to the game being played at the Miners' home field.

Game summary

Defense proved to be the key ingredient for victory, as the Colonials forced six turnovers and scored a few points of their own in the process. While the Miners stopped the Colonials twice in the first quarter near the endzone, they could not stop them the third time as Ray Looney threw a pass to Paul Thompson, who ran into the end zone for the touchdown. Only 28% of the passes in the game combined were caught (7 out of 25), with three being intercepted. Ted Colna intercepted a pass and Pete Spera ran in for a touchdown to seal the game for the Colonials in the fourth. Claude Austin ran for 98 yards on 18 carries to earn MVP honors. This was the first shutout since Southwestern did it against Mexico in 1945. ^[1]^[2]

Aftermath

The Colonials would not return to a bowl game before they disbanded in 1967. The Miners would return to the Sun Bowl eight years later.

Statistics

Statistics	GWU	Texas Western
First Downs	14	10
Yards Rushing	257	146
Yards Passing	61	22
Return Yards	18	68
Total Yards	336	236
Punts-Average	7-33	8-34
Fumbles-Lost	3-2	3-3
Interceptions	0	3
Penalties-Yards	7-55	3-45

References

↑ "George Washington 13, UTEP 0 | Recaps - Hyundai Sun Bowl | December 26, 2015 | El Paso, Texas". Sunbowl.org. 1957-01-01. Retrieved 2015-07-25.
↑ "1957 Sun Bowl - University of Texas at El Paso Official Athletic Site". Utepathletics.com. Retrieved 2015-07-25.

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.

George Washington Colonials football

Venues	Griffith Stadium (1930s–1940s) RFK Stadium (1961–1966)

Bowls and rivalries	1957 Sun Bowl

Culture and lore	George the Colonial "Hail to the Buff and Blue"

People	Head coaches

Seasons	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

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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