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1949 Sun Bowl
The 1949 Sun Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the 1948 Texas Mines Miners football team, Texas Mines Miners and the 1948 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, West Virginia Mountaineers. Background Controversy surrounded this game before it was played. In late November, the independent 1948 Lafayette Leopards football team, Lafayette Leopards of Easton, Pennsylvania, were invited to play in the Sun Bowl against Texas Mines, the second-place team in the Border Conference, under the condition that their star halfback, David Showell, an African-American, did not play. Four days later, Lafayette rejected the bid. West Virginia was selected to play against the Miners. The Lafayette–Texas Mines contest that was not held is referred to as "The Greatest Game They Never Played", which was turned into a song. This was the second bowl appearance for Texas Mines, and first since 1937, which was also in the Sun Bowl. This was West Virginia's first bowl game since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Curtice
Jack Camp "Cactus Jack" Curtice Jr. (May 24, 1907 – August 19, 1982) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. Curtice served as the head football coach West Texas A&M Buffaloes football, West Texas State (1940–1941), UTEP Miners football, Texas Western (1946–1949), Utah Utes football, Utah (1950–1957), Stanford Cardinal football, Stanford (1958–1962), and UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football, UC Santa Barbara (1962–1969). His teams were known for their passing offenses. His overall record was 135–115–8. Early years Curtice was born in Glasgow, Kentucky, in 1907. He attended Louisville Male High School, where he played football, basketball, and baseball and ran hurdles for the track team. He next attended Transylvania University, where he again played football, basketball, and baseball. He was the quarterback on the Transylvania football team for four years. He won all-Kentucky honors in both football and basketball. In 1930, Curtice began h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |