1950 Gator Bowl
| 1950 Gator Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 5th Gator Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 2, 1950 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1949 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Gator Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Jacksonville, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Bob Ward | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1950 Gator Bowl was the fifth edition of the Gator Bowl and featured the Missouri Tigers representing the University of Missouri and the Maryland Terrapins representing the University of Maryland. It was the first-ever meeting of the two teams.[1]
Missouri was coached by his former boss, Don Faurot, under whom Tatum had previous been an assistant coach for the U.S. Navy's Iowa Pre-Flight team. Maryland was led by third-year head coach Jim Tatum, who had engineered one season turn-arounds at Maryland and previously Oklahoma.[2] This game was the first in a six-game series between the former colleagues and would last for the remainder of Tatum's tenure at Maryland.[1]
The game was described as a "proving ground" for the
Game summary
In the first quarter, Maryland scored on an 11-yard run by
Statistical comparison
Missouri recorded 267 yards of
Maryland
References
- ^ a b Maryland vs Missouri, 1869–2007, Stassen College Football Information, retrieved 18 January 2009.
- ^ Gary King, The Forgotten Man of Oklahoma Football: Jim Tatum Archived 2009-02-22 at the Wayback Machine, Sooner Magazine, University of Oklahoma Foundation, Inc., Spring 2008, retrieved 17 December 2008.
- ^ Gator Bowl Is Proving Ground For Split-T, The Dispatch, December 22, 1949.
- ^ a b c The 5th Annual Gator Bowl – Historical Box Scores Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine, The Gator Bowl Association, retrieved 18 January 2009.
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