The 1969 edition to the Sugar Bowl featured the 4th ranked Georgia Bulldogs

Georgia Bulldogs

The Georgia Bulldogs are the athletic teams of the University of Georgia. The Bulldogs compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I and are members of the Southeastern Conference...

, and the 9th ranked Arkansas Razorbacks

Arkansas Razorbacks

The Razorbacks, also known as the Hogs, are the names of college sports teams at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The term Arkansas Razorbacks properly applies to any of the sports teams at the university. The Razorbacks take their name from the feral pig of the same name...

. Chuck Dicus was named Sugar Bowl MVP after catching 12 passes.

Arkansas

Guard Jim Barnes was a consensus All-America

All-America

An All-America team is an honorary sports team composed of outstanding amateur players—those considered the best players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply...

n for the Razorbacks in 1968. Bill Burnett's 16 touchdowns scored tied him for eighth-most points scored nationally. The Hogs lost only once, to the #17 Longhorns of Texas, 39-29. The Razorbacks and Longhorns thustly shared the SWC crown for 1968, but it was Texas who received the bid to the 1969 Cotton Bowl Classic.

Georgia

Vince Dooley

Vince Dooley

Vincent Joseph Dooley was the head football coach and athletic director at the University of Georgia. During his 25 year coaching career at UGA, Dooley compiled a 201–77–10 record. His teams won six Southeastern Conference titles and the 1980 national championship...

's Georgia Bulldogs went 8-0-2 and won the SEC

Southeastern Conference

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, only tying Tennessee

Tennessee Volunteers

The Tennessee Volunteers and Lady Volunteers are the National Collegiate Athletic Association college sports teams at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee. Mike Hamilton is the most recent Men's Athletic Director, but resigned on June 7, 2011, and Joan Cronan is the current Women's...

 and Houston

Houston Cougars

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Game summary

Georgia's number-one ranked defense matched up against Arkansas ninth-ranked offense on New Year's Day in New Orleans.

Quarterback Bill Montgomery threw a 27 yard touchdown pass to Chuck Dicus

Chuck Dicus

Charles Wayne "Chuck" Dicus is a former American football wide receiver and a member of the College Football Hall of Fame. Dicus played college football at the University of Arkansas as well as two seasons in the National Football League...

 as Arkansas opened a 7-0 lead in the second quarter. Georgia got a safety to pull within 7-2. Arkansas got a 34 yard field goal from Bob White to lead 10-2 at halftime. After a scoreless third quarter, White kicked field goals of 24 and 31 yards in the fourth quarter to seal the Arkansas win 16-2.