| 1959 Bluebonnet Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1st Bluebonnet Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
.png) Ron Scrudato runs the ball for Clemson | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 19, 1959 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1959 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Rice Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Houston, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 55,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The1959 Bluebonnet Bowl was acollege football postseasonbowl game between theTCU Horned Frogs and theClemson Tigers. This was the firstBluebonnet Bowl, a bowl game that usually featured a team from Texas against an out-of-state opponent, with 19 out of the 29 games in this series involving a team from Texas, or from theSouthwest Conference.
This was TCU's thirdSouthwest Conference (SWC) title in five seasons. Clemson was the first school to play in two bowls in the same calendar year (after playing in the1959 Sugar Bowl on January 1), with their thirdAtlantic Coast Conference (ACC) title in four years. They were looking to win a bowl game for the first time since 1950.
Clemson started the scoring with a 22-yard field goal by Lon Armstrong, but TCU struck back with a 19-yard pass from Jack Redding to Harry Moreland with 5:45 left in the first half, to give the Frogs a 7–3 halftime lead. The game went scoreless in the third period, but in the fourth quarter,Harvey White threw a pass toGary Barnes, who galloped in for a touchdown to give the Tigers the lead. Two plays later, Donald George's pass was intercepted by Armstrong. Clemson scored 13 more points with the help ofLowndes Shingler, as the Tigers won 23–7. Shingler ran for 65 yards on 3 carries, and threw for 24 yards on 2 for 4 passing. White went 4 for 9 with 69 yards passing and 1 interception.[2]
The Horned Frogs would return to the Bluebonnet Bowl just once more, 25 years later in the1984 edition. The Tigers did not win another bowl game until1978.
| Statistics | TCU | Clemson |
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| First Downs | 12 | 16 |
| Yards Rushing | 89 | 203 |
| Yards Passing | 70 | 103 |
| Yards Returned | 10 | 61 |
| Total Yards | 169 | 367 |
| Punts-Average | 5-32.0 | 3-37.0 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 1-0 | 3-1 |
| Interceptions | 4 | 1 |
| Penalties-Yards | 5-35 | 3-23 |
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