The 1960 Bluebonnet Bowl

Bluebonnet Bowl

The Bluebonnet Bowl was an annual college football bowl game played in Houston, Texas. A civic group was appointed by the Houston Chamber of Commerce Athletics Committee in 1959 to organize the bowl game. It was held at Rice Stadium from 1959 through 1967, and again in 1985 and 1986. The game was...

, part of the 1960 bowl game season, was the second annual contest and took place on December 17, 1960, at Rice Stadium

Rice Stadium

Rice Stadium is a football stadium located on the Rice University campus in Houston, Texas. It has been the home of the Rice University football team since its completion in 1950 and hosted Super Bowl VIII in 1974....

 in Houston, Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

. The competing teams were the Alabama Crimson Tide, representing the Southeastern Conference

Southeastern Conference

The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...

 (SEC), and the Texas Longhorns, representing the Southwest Conference (SWC). In a defensive struggle, the game ended in a 3–3 tie.

Alabama

The 1960 squad was Bear Bryant

Bear Bryant

Paul William "Bear" Bryant was an American college football player and coach. He was best known as the longtime head coach of the University of Alabama football team. During his 25-year tenure as Alabama's head coach, he amassed six national championships and thirteen conference championships...

's third at Alabama. The Crimson Tide lost to and tied en route to an 8–1–1 regular season. They accepted an invitation to play in the Bluebonnet Bowl against Texas following their 3–0 victory over long-time rival

Iron Bowl

The Iron Bowl is an American college football rivalry game played annually by the Alabama Crimson Tide football team of the University of Alabama and the Auburn Tigers football team of Auburn University. The series is considered one of the best and most hard-fought rivalries in all of sports...

  November 26. The appearance was the fourteenth overall bowl appearance and the first in the Bluebonnet Bowl for Alabama.

Texas

The 1960 Texas squad finished the regular season 7–3. The Longhorns lost to Nebraska

1960 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

The 1960 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska and member of the Big Eight Conference in the 1960 college football season...

, Arkansas and . They accepted an invitation to play in the Bluebonnet Bowl against Alabama following their 21–14 victory over long-time rival

State Farm Lone Star Showdown

The State Farm Lone Star Showdown was the official moniker for all varsity men's and women's athletics competitions between the University of Texas and Texas A&M University...

  November 24. The appearance was the tenth overall bowl appearance and the first in the Bluebonnet Bowl for Texas.

Game summary

The only points were scored on a pair of field goals. The first came in the third by Tommy Booker for Alabama and the second in the fourth by Dan Petty for Texas.

External link

• Bluebonnet Bowl 1960