1967 Sun Bowl

Ole Miss Rebels	UTEP Miners
(6–3–1)	(6–2–1)
7	14
Head coach: Johnny Vaught	Head coach: Bobby Dobbs

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ole Miss	0	7	0	0	7
UTEP	0	0	0	14	14

Date

December 30, 1967

Season

1967

Stadium

Sun Bowl Stadium

Location

El Paso, Texas

Attendance

34,685

The 1967 Sun Bowl featured the UTEP Miners and the Ole Miss Rebels.

Background

Ole Miss had qualified for a bowl game ever since the 1957 season, and this was their 11th consecutive bowl season. They tied for 6th in the Southeastern Conference. The Miners were playing their first season after being renamed from Texas Western University to UTEP. This was their eightth bowl game, the previous seven also being in the Sun Bowl.

Game summary

UTEP's Billy Stevens was named MVP for the second time, having been named MVP in 1965. Bruce Newell gave the Rebels their only score of the day on a touchdown run set up by Mac McClure's interception return. Trailing 7–0 in the fourth, Stevens went to work, leading the Miners on a 76-yard drive culminating with a touchdown pass to David Kerns to tie the game. A forced fumble by Fred Carr recovered by Dennis Bishop set up the Miners in the position to win the game, and Larry McHenry scored four plays later with 7:52 left. But Ole Miss could not make a successful drive as UTEP held on to win their second Sun Bowl in three years. Stevens went 13 of 26 for 155 yards, outyarding the entire Ole Miss team, who only had 109 yards of offense.^[1]^[2]

Aftermath

This is to date the last bowl game the Miners have won, and they have lost their past six bowl games. They would join the Western Athletic Conference the year after this game. They have not reached the Sun Bowl since this game as well. Ole Miss would continue their bowl strak until 1971. Coincidentally, they also have not reached the Sun Bowl since this game.

Statistics

Statistics	Texas Western	Ole Miss
First Downs	16	6
Yards Rushing	75	38
Yards Passing	201	71
Total Yards	276	109
Punts-Average	12-39.8	11-42.3
Fumbles-Lost	0-0	4-3
Interceptions	1	1
Penalties-Yards	9-92	5-33

References

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.

Ole Miss Rebels 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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