The Sugar Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played in New Orleans, Louisiana. Played annually since January 1, 1935, it is tied with the Orange Bowl and Sun Bowl as the second-oldest bowl games in the country, surpassed only by the Rose Bowl Game.
Sugar Bowl: Champs| 1957| 1942| Final score| Who won| MVP
Champs:
Saturday night’s Sugar Bowl matchup between Ole Miss and Baylor took a turn for the worst late in the first quarter, when Ole Miss quarterback Matt Corral was forced out of the game after suffering an apparent right leg injury.
Corral remained on the ground in pain, and was eventually carted off the field to the locker room.
1957:
The 1957 Sugar Bowl to the featured the second-ranked Tennessee Volunteers and the 11th-ranked Baylor Bears. Behind a strong defense, the Baylor Bears upset undefeated Tennessee.
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1957 Sugar Bowl.
| Baylor Bears | Tennessee Volunteers |
|---|---|
| AP Coaches 11 11 | AP Coaches 2 2 |
1942:
The 1942 edition of the Sugar Bowl featured the Missouri Tigers and the Fordham Rams. It was played at Tulane Stadium on New Orleans, Louisiana, on Thursday, January 1, 1942.
Those who watched the game were concerned by the entry of the United States into World War II following the attack on Pearl Harbor, which had occurred less than four weeks earlier. Despite this, the bowl game was played on schedule on New Year’s Day 1942.
Final score:
No. 7 Baylor beat No. 8 Ole Miss 21-7 Saturday night, as the Bears capped off a historic season in Dave Aranda’s second year.
In winning the Sugar Bowl for the first time since 1957, the Bears not only notched their first 12-win season in program history, but gained their first New Year’s Six/BCS bowl victory since the system was introduced in 1998.
Who won:
Entering Saturday night, he had completed 260 of 380 passes (68.4%) for 3,339 yards, 20 touchdowns and four interceptions.
The 6-foot-2, 205-pound signal-caller (school measurements) also rushed for 11 TDs. He finished seventh in the voting for the 2021 Heisman Trophy, despite clearly being limited by a lower-body injury for much of the season.
