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summary" style="font-size:125%;"><span class="dtstart">1949</span> Sun Bowl</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-style:italic;">15th Sun Bowl</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><table class="nowraplinks" style="width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/1948_West_Virginia_Mountaineers_football_team" title="1948 West Virginia Mountaineers football team">West Virginia Mountaineers</a></td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/1948_Texas_Mines_Miners_football_team" title="1948 Texas Mines Miners football team">Texas Mines Miners</a></td> </tr><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">(8–3)</td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">(8–1–1)</td> </tr><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center;"><i>Independent</i></td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center;"><i><a href="/wiki/Border_Conference" title="Border Conference">Border Conference</a></i></td> </tr><tr> <td style="font-size:300%; line-height:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">21</td> <td style="font-size:300%; line-height:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">12</td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align:center;">Head coach: <br /><b><a href="/wiki/Dudley_DeGroot" title="Dudley DeGroot">Dudley DeGroot</a></b></td> <td style="text-align:center;">Head coach: <br /><b><a href="/wiki/Jack_Curtice" title="Jack Curtice">Jack Curtice</a></b></td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><table align="center" style="font-size: 90%"> <tbody><tr> <th></th> <th style="text-align:center; width: 20px; vertical-align: bottom">1</th><th style="text-align:center; width: 20px; vertical-align: bottom">2</th><th style="text-align:center; width: 20px; vertical-align: bottom">3</th><th style="text-align:center; width: 20px; vertical-align: bottom">4</th> <th style="text-align:center; width: 20px; vertical-align: bottom">Total</th> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align:right; white-space: nowrap"><b>West Virginia</b></td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">0</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">7</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">14</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">0</td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight: bold">21</td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align:right; white-space: nowrap"><b>Texas Mines</b></td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">0</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">6</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">0</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">6</td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight: bold">12</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data">January 1, 1949</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Season</th><td class="infobox-data"><a 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</tr><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center; padding-right:1em"><b>  < <a href="/wiki/1948_Sun_Bowl" title="1948 Sun Bowl"> 1948</a></b> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center; padding-left:1em"><b><a href="/wiki/1950_Sun_Bowl" title="1950 Sun Bowl"> 1950</a> >  </b></td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1949 Sun Bowl</b> was a <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">college football</a> postseason <a href="/wiki/Bowl_game" title="Bowl game">bowl game</a> between the <a href="/wiki/1948_Texas_Mines_Miners_football_team" title="1948 Texas Mines Miners football team">Texas Mines Miners</a> and the <a href="/wiki/1948_West_Virginia_Mountaineers_football_team" title="1948 West Virginia Mountaineers football team">West Virginia Mountaineers</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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In late November, the independent <a href="/wiki/1948_Lafayette_Leopards_football_team" title="1948 Lafayette Leopards football team">Lafayette Leopards</a> of <a href="/wiki/Easton,_Pennsylvania" title="Easton, Pennsylvania">Easton, Pennsylvania</a>, were invited to play in the Sun Bowl against Texas Mines, the second-place team in the <a href="/wiki/Border_Conference" title="Border Conference">Border Conference</a>, under the condition that their star halfback, <a href="/wiki/David_Showell" title="David Showell">David Showell</a>, an African-American, did not play. Four days later, Lafayette rejected the bid. West Virginia was selected to play against the Miners. The Lafayette–Texas Mines contest that was not held is referred to as "The Greatest Game They Never Played", which was turned into a song.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This was the second bowl appearance for Texas Mines, and first since 1937, which was also in the Sun Bowl. This was West Virginia's first bowl game since 1938. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Game_summary">Game summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1949_Sun_Bowl&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Game summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After a scoreless first quarter, the Miners struck first quickly on a Harvey Gabrel touchdown dive. The extra point was not converted, leaving it at 6–0. The Mountaineers soon responded when James Walthall threw a 25-yard pass to Clarence Cox, who ran into the end zone to give West Virginia a 7–6 lead at halftime. They struck back in the second half with two James Devonshire touchdown runs before the third quarter ended to make the lead 21–6. Texas Mines closed the score to 21–12 on a Fred Wendt 60-yard kickoff return, but did not score again as West Virginia won.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Statistics">Statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1949_Sun_Bowl&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Statistics</th> <th>West Virginia</th> <th>Texas Mines </th></tr> <tr> <td>First downs</td> <td>13</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rushing yards</td> <td>183</td> <td>245 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Passing yards</td> <td>122</td> <td>57 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Passes intercepted</td> <td>1</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Total offense</td> <td>305</td> <td>302 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Fumbles–lost</td> <td>1–0</td> <td>4–4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Penalties–yards</td> <td>6–50</td> <td>3–25 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Punts–average</td> <td>9–27.0</td> <td>5–42.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Punt returns–yards</td> <td>3–25</td> <td>3–18 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kickoff returns–average</td> <td>3–27</td> <td>2–34 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1949_Sun_Bowl&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This was the final Sun Bowl played with no MVP awarded. 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Bowl">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Sun_Bowl" title="1960 Sun Bowl">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_Sun_Bowl" title="1961 Sun Bowl">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Sun_Bowl" title="1962 Sun Bowl">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Sun_Bowl" title="1963 Sun Bowl">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Sun_Bowl" title="1964 Sun Bowl">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Sun_Bowl" title="1965 Sun Bowl">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Sun_Bowl" title="1966 Sun Bowl">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Sun_Bowl" title="1967 Sun Bowl">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Sun_Bowl" title="1968 Sun Bowl">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Sun_Bowl" title="1969 Sun Bowl">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Sun_Bowl" title="1970 Sun Bowl">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Sun_Bowl" title="1971 Sun Bowl">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Sun_Bowl" title="1972 Sun Bowl">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Sun_Bowl" title="1973 Sun Bowl">1973</a></li> 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title="1987 Sun Bowl">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Sun_Bowl" title="1988 Sun Bowl">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_John_Hancock_Bowl" title="1989 John Hancock Bowl">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_John_Hancock_Bowl" title="1990 John Hancock Bowl">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_John_Hancock_Bowl" title="1991 John Hancock Bowl">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_John_Hancock_Bowl" title="1992 John Hancock Bowl">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_John_Hancock_Bowl" title="1993 John Hancock Bowl">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Sun_Bowl" title="1994 Sun Bowl">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Sun_Bowl" title="1995 Sun Bowl">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Sun_Bowl" title="1996 Sun Bowl">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Sun_Bowl" title="1997 Sun Bowl">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Sun_Bowl" title="1998 Sun Bowl">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Sun_Bowl" title="1999 Sun Bowl">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Sun_Bowl" title="2000 Sun Bowl">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Sun_Bowl" title="2001 Sun Bowl">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Sun_Bowl" title="2002 Sun Bowl">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Sun_Bowl" title="2003 Sun Bowl">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Sun_Bowl" title="2004 Sun Bowl">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Sun_Bowl" title="2005 Sun Bowl">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Sun_Bowl" title="2006 Sun Bowl">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Sun_Bowl" title="2007 Sun Bowl">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Sun_Bowl" title="2008 Sun Bowl">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Sun_Bowl" title="2009 Sun Bowl">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Sun_Bowl" title="2010 Sun Bowl">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Sun_Bowl" title="2011 Sun Bowl">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Sun_Bowl" title="2012 Sun Bowl">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Sun_Bowl" title="2013 Sun Bowl">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Sun_Bowl" title="2014 Sun 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