| 1974 Sun Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 28, 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Sun Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | El Paso, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | FB Terry Vitrano | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 26,035 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Lindsey Nelson John Sauer Jane Chastain | ||||||||||||||||||
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The1974 Sun Bowl was acollege footballbowl game between theMississippi State Bulldogs and theNorth Carolina Tar Heels.
Mississippi State tied for fourth in theSoutheastern Conference while the Tar Heels tied for second in theAtlantic Coast Conference. This was the first Sun Bowl for the Bulldogs and the first bowl game since1963. The Tar Heels had appeared in the Sun Bowl justtwo years earlier. A freak winter storm the night before the game left frost on the field. The morning warmth of the sun created a rising steam from the field during the first half, thus inspiring the game to be one of three football games to be nicknamed the "Fog Bowl".[1]
On the first play, Terry Vitrano ran for 55 yards, which set the tone for the rest of the game.
Terry Vitrano rushed for 164 yards on 20 carries with one touchdown en route to being named MVP of the game. His teammate Walter Packer ran for 183 yards on 24 attempts, for two touchdowns. The 455 yards of rushing by the Bulldogs established a new Sun Bowl record.[2][3][4]
The Bulldogs returned to the Sun Bowl in1980 while the Tar Heels reappeared in1994.
| Statistics | Mississippi State | North Carolina |
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| First downs | 25 | 22 |
| Rushing yards | 455 | 277 |
| Passing yards | 44 | 125 |
| Total yards | 499 | 402 |
| Passes (C–A–I) | 3–8–0 | 5–15–1 |
| Fumbles–lost | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Penalties–yards | 5–45 | 2–30 |
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