| 1942 Sugar Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 8th Sugar Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
 Tulane Stadium inNew Orleans, Louisiana, hosted the Sugar Bowl. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1942 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1941 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Tulane Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | New Orleans, Louisiana[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Missouri[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | William Halloran | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 66,154 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 1942 edition of theSugar Bowl featured theMissouri Tigers and theFordham Rams.[2][3] It was played atTulane Stadium onNew Orleans,Louisiana, on Thursday,January 1, 1942.[4][5]
Those who watched the game were concerned by the entry of the United States intoWorld War II following theattack on Pearl Harbor, which had occurred less than four weeks earlier. Despite this, the bowl game was played on schedule onNew Year's Day 1942.
The game was played in a cold, driving rainstorm. During the first quarter, a blocked Tigers punt, turned back by Fordham tackle Alex Santilli, led to a two-pointsafety being scored by defensive end Stanley Ritinski. Nearly a touchdown, the referee ruled that the ball was not under control until after Ritinski slid overthe end line.[1][4][5]
As the rain continued, no further points were scored. The final score was Fordham 2, Missouri 0, the lowest possible combined point total for an untied American football game, which stands as abowl game record for an untied game as of 2022 (there have been four scoreless ties).[6] Fordham also won the game without a singleforward pass completion; their total yardage was 137 yards, all gained on the ground.[1]
The radio broadcast of the game was carried by theNBCBlue Network.[3]
| Statistics | Fordham | Missouri |
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| First Downs | 10 | 8 |
| Yards Rushing | 137 | 148 |
| Yards Passing | 0 | 21 |
| Total Yards | 137 | 169 |
| Punts-Average | 9-34.0 | 6-36.0 |
| Fumbles Lost | 1 | 2 |
| Interceptions | 0 | 2 |
| Penalties-Yards | 3-30 | 1-10 |