1961 Sugar Bowl

1961 Sugar Bowl
1961 Sugar Bowl
Ole Miss Rebels	Rice Owls
(9–0–1)	(7–3)
SEC	SWC
14	6
Head coach: ; Johnny Vaught	Head coach: ; Jess Neely
AP	Coaches
2	3
Date	January 2, 1961
Season	1960
Stadium	Tulane Stadium
Location	New Orleans, Louisiana
Sugar Bowl
< 1960	1962 >

The 1961 Sugar Bowl featured the second-ranked Ole Miss Rebels and the unranked Rice Owls. After winning the game, Ole Miss was named national champion by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), although Minnesota was the pick of other selectors.

In the first quarter, Rebels quarterback Jake Gibbs scored on an 8-yard touchdown run. In the third quarter, Rice scored on a 2-yard run by Blume, but the extra point missed and Rice was still trailing, 7–6. In the fourth quarter, Ole Miss put the game away with a 3-yard touchdown run from Gibbs as Ole Miss won, 14–6. Rice won the statistical battle, but their quarterback threw 4 interceptions, and the team made some key mistakes.

Jake Gibbs was named the game's MVP.

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Notes	The 2006 game took place in Atlanta, Georgia due to Hurricane Katrina. The game was also the national title game for either the Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, or Bowl Championship Series in 1993, 1997, 2000, and 2004. There was a Sugar Bowl in January and December in 1972 and 1995. This will next happen in 2022. The game was a College Football Playoff semifinal in its 2015 and 2018 editions.