1965 Sun Bowl

TCU Horned Frogs	Texas Western Miners
(6–4)	(7–3)
12	13
Head coach: Abe Martin	Head coach: Bobby Dobbs

	1	2	3	4	Total
TCU	0	10	0	2	12
Texas Western	0	0	10	3	13

Date

December 31, 1965

Season

1965

Stadium

Sun Bowl

Location

El Paso, Texas

MVP

QB Billy Stevens

Attendance

27,450

The 1965 Sun Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the TCU Horned Frogs and the Texas Western Miners.

Background

TCU tied for second in the Southwestern Conference, in the penultimate season for Coach Abe Martin, and first bowl game since 1959. Dobbs was in his first season with the independent Texas Western team, in their first bowl game since 1957. This was their seventh appearance in the Sun Bowl.

Game summary

TCU dominated the first half with 48 rushing plays to Texas Western’s 20, which led to a 10-0 halftime lead. In the first period, Bruce Alford's field goal attempt from the 28 fell short. However, in the second quarter, Kent Nix threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to David Smith, and added in a field goal by Alford later in the second quarter. In the third quarter, the Miners came to life. Billy Stevens shot a 34-yard touchdown pass to Chuck Hughes, narrowing the lead to three. Later in the period, they drove 70 yards for a 21-yard field goal, tying the game at 10. In the fourth quarter, the Miners scored early on an 18-yard field goal, to take the lead at 13-10 after recovering a fumble at the 29. TCU scored with 43 seconds left after sacking Stevens in the end zone, to make it 13-12. The Frogs were given the ball back after the Safety, but they only managed to advance 8 yards, falling just short.^[1]

Aftermath

The Miners would return to the Sun Bowl two years later and win. They have not won a Sun Bowl since. The Horned Frogs would not return to the Sun Bowl until 1998, which they won to break their 37-year drought.

Statistics

Statistics	TCU	TWU
First Downs	18	14
Yards Rushing	100	12
Yards Passing	157	202
Return Yards	42	72
Total Yards	299	286
Punts-Average	4-48.5	5-39.0
Fumbles-Lost	4-3	2-0
Interceptions	3	3
Penalties-Yards	5-35	3-45

References

↑ http://www.gofrogs.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/tcu/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/06-mg-section-9

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.

TCU Horned Frogs bowl games

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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