1947 Gator Bowl
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| 2nd Gator Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1947 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Attendance | 10,034 | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1947 Gator Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the Oklahoma Sooners and the NC State Wolfpack.
Background
Oklahoma was co-champion of the
Game summary
In the first two minutes, the Sooners took the lead on an Eddie Eavis touchdown run. Howard Turner threw a 58-yard pass to Al Phillips to tie the score at 7 in the second period. But the Sooners went on a 20-point rampage from three rushing touchdowns (one each from Davis, Dave Wallace and Joe Golding) in the quarter to take a 27–7 lead at halftime. The Wolfpack narrowed the lead in the fourth with a 67-yard march that ended with an eight-yard touchdown run by Les Palmer to make it 27–13. Charlie Sarratt threw a touchdown pass to make it 34–13. Golding went for 91 yards on 12 rushes. This was the Sooners' first bowl win.[1][2][3]
Aftermath
Tatum left for
Statistics
| Statistics | Oklahoma | NC State |
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| First Downs | 12 | 13 |
| Yards Rushing | 195 | 136 |
| Yards Passing | 75 | 103 |
| Total Yards | 270 | 139 |
| Punts-Average | 5-31.0 | 4-36.0 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 4-3 | 2-1 |
| Interceptions | 2 | 3 |
| Penalties-Yards | 7-34 | 3-13 |
References
- ^ "1947 Gator Bowl Recap - NC State University Official Athletic Site". Gopack.com. January 1, 1947. Retrieved July 26, 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "1947 Gator Bowl: Oklahoma v. North Carolina State - OUDaily.com: Home". OUDaily.com. December 23, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
- ^ "Oklahoma Wins" (PDF). Taxslayerbowl.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
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