1951 Gator Bowl

(9–0)

(8–2)

Head coach:
Bowden Wyatt

Head coach:
George T. Barclay

AP	Coaches
12	14

AP	Coaches
18	NR

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wyoming	0	13	7	0	20
Washington & Lee	0	0	0	7	7

Date

January 1, 1951

Season

1950

Stadium

Gator Bowl Stadium

Location

Jacksonville, Florida

MVP

HB Eddie Talboom (Wyoming)

Attendance

19,834

The 1951 Gator Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on January 1, 1951 at Gator Bowl Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. It was the sixth annual playing of the Gator Bowl. The game pitted the Wyoming Cowboys, champions of the Mountain States Conference, against the Washington & Lee Generals, champions of the Southern Conference.

Background

The Generals won the Southern Conference with a perfect conference record, led by quarterback Gil Bocetti and fullback Walt Michaels, though Michaels would be out due to an appendicitis. They had wins over West Virginia, Virginia Tech, Louisville, and Richmond while losing to Virginia and Tennessee. They were the first team from Virginia to play in a bowl game. The Cowboys were champions of the Mountain States Conference and had finished the regular season undefeated.^[1]

Game summary

After a scoreless first quarter, the Cowboys started a crucial second quarter with an Eddie Talboom touchdown pass to Dick Campbell. A crucial point in the game came on the following drive by the Generals. Bocetti was driving his team down the field when his pass was intercepted by Selmer Pederson. Talboom drove his team down the field, culminated by a touchdown run by Talboom himself, as it was 13–0 at halftime. Despite outgaining them in yards, the Generals could not capitalize on scoring until it was too late. Meanwhile, in the third quarter, fullback John Melton added in his own touchdown run, making it 20–0. With the game already decided, the Generals added a meaningless touchdown run by Gil Bocetti as the Cowboys won their first ever bowl game. Talboom went 10 for 14 for 141 yards and also rushed for 31 yards.^[2]^[3]

Aftermath

This would start Wyoming's streak of bowl game wins, winning three more before their first loss in 1968. They have not played in the Gator Bowl since this game. The Generals have never played in a bowl game since this game, as they now play in Division III.

Statistics

Statistics	Wyoming	W&L
First Downs	14	19
Yards Rushing	147	252
Yards Passing	141	31
Total Yards	291	301
Punts-Average	5-39.0	6-29.5
Penalties-Yards	6-75	2-31

References

TaxSlayer Bowl

History & conference tie-ins	History Broadcasters Big Ten Conference Southeastern Conference

Games	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1960 1960 1961 1962 1963 1965 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1971 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1989 1989 1991 1991 1992 1993 1994 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2016

Notes	There was a Gator Bowl in January and December in 1954, 1960, 1965, 1971, 1989, and 1991.

Wyoming Cowboys bowl games

1951 Gator Bowl 1956 Sun Bowl 1958 Sun Bowl (December) 1966 Sun Bowl 1968 Sugar Bowl 1976 Fiesta Bowl 1987 Holiday Bowl 1988 Holiday Bowl 1990 Copper Bowl 1993 Copper Bowl 2004 Las Vegas Bowl 2009 New Mexico Bowl 2011 New Mexico Bowl 2016 Poinsettia Bowl

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