26 7 7 7 6 26 Champion Pacific Tigers football Stadium Kidd Field | 6 7 7 6 Southern Miss 0 Date 1 January 1953 People also search for 1954 Sun Bowl | |
Location Kidd Field, El Paso, Texas, United States | ||
The 1953 Sun Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game that featured the Pacific Tigers and the Southern Miss Golden Eagles.
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Background
This was the 6th bowl in 7 years and second straight Sun Bowl for Pacific. As for Southern Miss, this was their first ever bowl game, and it came in a season in which they won 10 straight games after losing to Alabama in their inaugural game of the season.
Game summary
A fumble on the kickoff return to begin the 2nd half led to another Pacific touchdown. 4 fumbles were lost on the day by the Golden Eagles. Hugh Laurin Pepper scored the only Golden Eagle touchdown, happening with little time remaining. Tom McCormack rushed for three touchdowns, a then record. J.T. Shepard blocked a block and recovered a fumble along with making some tackles, in a losing effort.
Aftermath
The Tigers never returned to a bowl game before the college dissolved the football program in 1995. The Golden Eagles returned to the Sun Bowl the following year, in a decade where they went to 4 bowl games in a span of 5 years.