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1944 Sugar Bowl
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Tulsa Golden Hurricane
(7–3) (6–0–1)
SEC MVC
20 18
Head coach: 
William Alexander
Head coach: 
Henry Frnka
AP
13
AP
15
1234 Total
Georgia Tech 0767 20
Tulsa 61200 18
DateJanuary 1, 1944
Season1943
StadiumTulane Stadium
LocationNew Orleans, Louisiana
RefereeJ.J. Lynch
Attendance69,134
Sugar Bowl
 < 1943  1945

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 theβ€”β€”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 summaryβ€»

First quarterβ€»

  • Tulsa: Ed Shedlosky 15-yard pass from Clyde LeForce (kick failed); 6–0 Tulsa

Second quarterβ€»

  • 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 quarterβ€»

  • GT: Phil Tinsley 46-yard pass from Prokop (kick failed); 18–13 Tulsa

Fourth quarterβ€»

  • GT: Ed Scharfscherdt 1-yard run (Prokop kick); 20–18 Georgia Tech

Referencesβ€»


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