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Annual NCAA football game
The 1944 Sugar Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 1944, at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana . It was the tenth playing of the Sugar Bowl . The Tulsa Golden Hurricane returned to the game for the second consecutive season and faced the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets , who became the first team to have played in all four major bowls; they had previously participated in the 1929 Rose Bowl , the 1940 Orange Bowl , and the 1943 Cotton Bowl Classic . The Golden Hurricane had an 18–7 lead at halftime, but Georgia Tech roared back, scoring 13 unanswered points to win.
Scoring summary [ ]
First quarter [ ]
Tulsa: Ed Shedlosky 15-yard pass from Clyde LeForce (kick failed); 6–0 Tulsa
Second quarter [ ]
Tulsa: Jimmy Ford 76-yard run (kick failed); 12–0 Tulsa
GT: Frank Broyles 1-yard run (Eddie Prokop kick); 12–7 Tulsa
Tulsa: LeForce 1-yard run (kick failed); 18–7 Tulsa
Third quarter [ ]
GT: Phil Tinsley 46-yard pass from Prokop (kick failed); 18–13 Tulsa
Fourth quarter [ ]
GT: Ed Scharfscherdt 1-yard run (Prokop kick); 20–18 Georgia Tech
References [ ]
History & conference tie-ins Games Notes
Categories :
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