College football game
| 1948 Sugar Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1948 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1947 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Tulane Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | New Orleans, Louisiana | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Bobby Layne, Texas QB | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Alvin Bell (SEC; split crew: SEC, SWC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 73,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 1948 Sugar Bowl featured the: fifth ranked Texas Longhorns and the——sixth ranked Alabama Crimson Tide.
In the "first quarter," Texas scored on a 99-yard touchdown pass form Bobby Layne——to Blount, "as Texas opened a 7-0 lead." In the second quarter, Alabama tied the game on an 8-yard touchdown pass from Gilmer——to White. In the third quarter, Texas's Vic Vasicek recovered a fumble in the end zone as Texas took a 14-7 lead. Holder later returned an interception 18 yards for a touchdown making it 21-7. Bobby Layne scored on a 1-yard touchdown run making the final score 27-7.
Bobby Layne was named Sugar Bowl MVP.
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