Misplaced Pages

#187812

37-529: The stadium, named for the game it hosts, was opened 61 years ago in 1963 with a Texas Western win over North Texas State on September 21. The opening play was a 54-yard touchdown run by Larry Durham of the Miners. The land on which the stadium sits was originally donated by the university to El Paso County , who built the stadium for the school and the Sun Bowl game. Both had previously used Kidd Field ,

74-574: A 5–1–1 conference record, Illinois earned a trip to the Rose Bowl , while the Spartans' season ended with a 4–1–1 second-place finish November 30 saw unbeaten No. 3 Mississippi go for a field goal and a tie against Mississippi State, rather than to try for a touchdown from the 3-yard line on fourth down. Billy Carl Irwin's 20-yard field goal gave the Rebels a 10–10 tie, sufficient to avoid embarrassment and give

111-612: A missed extra point and a bad punt that went only five yards and set up the Illini's touchdown. Jim Plankenhorn connected on a point after and a field goal. When the poll was released the Sooners were No. 1 and the Longhorns No. 2 as the two teams prepared to meet in Dallas. Alabama fell to No. 3, Navy rose from 6th place to 4th with a 26–13 win at Michigan, and Wisconsin dropped to No. 5. Three of

148-466: A post-season bowl game. The bowls, who feared inviting Pitt before their postponed season finale against Penn State, signed other teams, leaving Pitt without a bowl invitation. The 1963 Panthers were perhaps the best team of the modern football era to be snubbed by the bowls. When they did beat Penn State on December 7, it was too late. The Sugar Bowl selected a second SEC team, third-place finisher Alabama, to face SEC champ Ole Miss, while 2nd place Auburn

185-558: A remarkable career there in the NFL. Staubach ran two yards for a touchdown late in the game in the 28–6 loss. Navy head coach Wayne Hardin said after the game that there was "no team more deserving of being No. 1 than Texas." Alabama won the Sugar Bowl 12–7 on four field goals by Tim Davis, including 46 and 48 yards. Auburn drove down to the 11-yard line with 90 seconds left, but Nebraska batted down Jimmy Sidle's 4th down pass attempt to preserve

222-419: A score with 2:13 left. Roger Staubach 's passing and a defense that made four interceptions drove No. 10 Navy to a 24–12 upset of No. 3 Pittsburgh at Annapolis. No. 5 Mississippi beat Vanderbilt 27–7. Texas remained at No. 1 in the next poll, followed by No. 2 Illinois, No. 3 Mississippi, No. 4 Navy, and No. 5 Auburn , which moved from eighth to fifth despite being idle that week. On November 2 , all of

259-521: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 1963 NCAA University Division football season The 1963 NCAA University Division football season was played by American football teams representing 120 colleges and universities recognized the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as major programs. The remaining 299 colleges and universities that were NCAA members and fielded football teams competed in

296-561: Is not live ...". Staubach went on to lead Navy to a 21–15 win, after which the players then voted to accept an invitation to play No. 1 Texas in the Cotton Bowl . In the final AP Poll, the top five remained unchanged, confirming a showdown between the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in Dallas. Wednesday, January 1, 1964 Despite a 9–1 record and a No. 4 ranking, the Pitt Panthers were not invited to

333-544: The 1963 NCAA College Division football season . The 1963 Texas Longhorns football team compiled a perfect 11–0 record, won the Southwest Conference championship, and defeated No. 2 Navy in the Cotton Bowl . The Longhorns were the consensus national champion as chosen by 16 selectors, including the Associated Press poll , United Press International poll , Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), and

370-715: The Heisman Trophy and the Maxwell Award as the best player in college football. Baylor quarterback Don Trull led the University Division with 2,157 passing yards and won the Sammy Baugh Trophy . Other University Division leaders included Memphis State fullback Dave Casinelli (1,016 rushing yards), Kansas halfback Gale Sayers (1,072 yards from scrimmage), Baylor end Lawrence Elkins (873 receiving yards), and Maryland 's Darryl Hill (90 points scored). Hill

407-779: The National Championship Foundation . Quarterback Duke Carlisle was the team's most valuable player, and tailback Tommy Ford led the team in rushing and was a first-team All-American. Defensive tackle Scott Appleton won the Outland Trophy , and head coach Darrell Royal won the Coach of the Year Award from both the FWAA and the American Football Coaches Association . Navy quarterback Roger Staubach won

SECTION 10

#1732848956188

444-576: The Texas Longhorns were next. On a Friday night game in New Orleans , No. 5 Texas beat hapless Tulane 21–0 with the help of its "shoeless kicker", Tony Crosby and halfback Phil Harris. The next day, September 21 , No. 1 USC shut out Colorado on a muddy field at Boulder, 14–0, with the Trojans' Pete Beathard running for two scores. No. 2 Ole Miss was held to a scoreless tie at Memphis State , and

481-517: The Buckeyes in the next poll: No. 1 Texas, No. 2 Wisconsin, No. 3 Pittsburgh, No. 4 Illinois, and No. 5 Mississippi. Week Six began with a Friday night 18–12 come-from-behind win by No. 4 Illinois over UCLA at Los Angeles. The next day, October 26 , No. 1 Texas beat Rice at home, 10–6, as Tommy Nobis blocked an extra point, and shoeless Tony Crosby made a field goal. No. 2 Wisconsin lost 13–10 to Ohio State at home, when Matt Snell drove over for

518-654: The Hawkeyes went for a win instead of a tie with 99 seconds left, and was stopped a foot short of a first down after a fake field goal attempt, and the No. 3 Pitt Panthers came from behind to beat West Virginia, 13–10. Previously unbeaten No. 4 Ohio State was crushed by USC at before 63,883 fans in Los Angeles, 32–3. No. 5 Ole Miss became the third Top Five team to shut out Tulane, 21–0, a team that went scoreless in six games in 1963 and finished at 1–8–1. Ohio State's Big Ten rival, No. 7 Illinois , beat Minnesota 16–6 and replaced

555-831: The Rebels an unbeaten 7–0–2 record, a 19-game streak without a loss, and the SEC championship. After the game, Ole Miss accepted an invitation to play against fellow SEC member Alabama in the Sugar Bowl . The No. 5 Pittsburgh Panthers beat the Miami Hurricanes in Florida, 31–20. In the subsequent poll Texas and Navy remained at No. 1 and No. 2, Illinois was No. 3, and Pitt rose to No. 4. The No. 9 Auburn Tigers, who had beaten No. 6 Alabama 10–8 at Birmingham, rose to fifth place and earned an Orange Bowl berth against Nebraska. On December 7 , No. 4 Pitt beat Penn State 22–21. Also, No. 2 Navy played in

592-625: The Sun Bowl stadium. The $ 15 million project would include luxury boxes installed in a new press facility, renovation of the concourses and premium seating added on the west side of the stadium. The renovations were completed in time for the 2021 season. The college football bowl game began in January 1936 and moved to the new stadium in December 1963 . All games have been played in El Paso. On February 2, 2007,

629-461: The annual Army–Navy Game in Philadelphia. American television viewers were introduced to instant replay after Army's quarterback Rollie Stichweh scored on a two-yard run for the game's first score. CBS commentator Lindsey Nelson had to explain to the home audience that they were not watching Army score again, saying "Ladies and gentlemen, what you are seeing is a tape of Army's touchdown. This

666-557: The clock. Previously unbeaten No. 2 Illinois had an 8–7 lead with minutes left in a game at home against Michigan, when a fumble gave the Wolverines the ball 11 yards from the goal line, setting up Mel Anthony's winning score for a 14–8 upset. No. 3 Mississippi shut out visiting Tampa, 41-0, No. 4 Navy mauled Maryland 42–7 at home, and No. 5 Auburn fell 13–10 to Mississippi State at Jackson . No. 6 Oklahoma defeated Iowa State 24–14, while No. 9 Michigan State shut out Purdue 23–0. Texas,

703-477: The current track and field venue, which seats 15,000. The city had realized that the game could not expand its audience or the list of teams that it could invite without a bigger stadium, so the Sun Bowl was built in a natural bowl adjacent to the west. It originally sat 30,000, with only the sideline grandstands. The playing field runs nearly north–south (tilted about 10° NW–SE) at an elevation of 3,910 feet (1,190 m) above sea level . The current press box

740-527: The day before. North Carolina State had played a Friday night game against Wake Forest , winning 42–0, and the Big Ten games were set to continue until Michigan Governor George Romney received a Saturday morning cancellation from Big Ten commissioner Bill Reed. The Pitt-Penn State game was postponed. The annual Oklahoma-Nebraska game, which would determine the Big Eight championship and an Orange Bowl berth,

777-422: The game, 12–7. Both of the Spartans' two-point attempts failed. No. 5 Oklahoma won at Missouri 13–3, but dropped to sixth and was replaced by Pittsburgh (which had trounced Army, 28–0) at the fifth spot. Texas, Navy, Ole Miss, and Michigan State stayed at the top four spots. Most of the games that had been scheduled for November 23 , 1963 were canceled or postponed after the assassination of President Kennedy

SECTION 20

#1732848956188

814-521: The game, when Tommy Wade's pass was picked off by A&M's John Bortheron. Bortheron fumbled, however, and Texas recovered on the 44 to continue the drive. Duke Carlisle scored the winning touchdown with 1:19 left, and the Longhorns won 15–13 to finish with a 10–0–0 record. No. 4 Michigan State lost 13–0 at home to No. 8 Illinois in a game that determined the Big Ten championship. The Illini, who had gone 0–9–0 two years earlier, finished 7–1–1 in 1963. With

851-510: The only major team to remain unbeaten and untied, kept the No. 1 spot, followed by No. 2 Navy, No. 3 Mississippi, No. 4 Michigan State, and No. 5 Oklahoma. November 16 , No. 1 Texas went to 9–0 with a 17–0 home win over TCU . No. 2 Navy won 38–25 at Duke and No. 3 Mississippi shut out Tennessee, 20–0, at a game in Memphis. No. 4 Michigan State was trailing Notre Dame 7–6 at home in the fourth quarter, but Sherm Lewis ran 85 yards from scrimmage to win

888-616: The pontiff's visit to Ciudad Juárez , Mexico, several miles away across the Rio Grande . For a short time before moving to Dudley Field , the El Paso Patriots soccer team in the Premier Development League (now known as USL League Two ) made its home at the Sun Bowl. The Patriots played their final seasons at Patriot Stadium . 1963 Texas Western Miners football team The 1963 Texas Western Miners football team

925-410: The result was enough to take the Rebels out of the poll. No. 3 Alabama won at Georgia , 32–7, and after falling behind 14-0 at home, No. 4 Oklahoma rallied to beat Clemson 31–14. In the poll that followed, the results were No. 1 USC, No. 2 Alabama, No. 3 Oklahoma, and No. 4 Texas, with Navy moving from ninth to fifth on the strength of a 51–7 win at West Virginia . On September 28 , No. 1 USC

962-592: The same venue, No. 1 Oklahoma played against No. 2 Texas before a crowd of 75,504. Texas won the game 28–7 to take over the top ranking. Third-ranked Alabama lost on its home field to unranked Florida , 10–6. Joe Namath scored for the Tide with 2:05 left, but tries for the 2-point conversion and an onside kick both failed. No. 5 Wisconsin hosted Purdue , winning 38–20. No. 8 Ohio State , which had shut out its first two opponents, tied Illinois 20–20. No. 6 Pittsburgh and No. 10 Mississippi were both idle, but moved into

999-564: The stadium hosted the inaugural Texas vs. The Nation all-star college football game ; the Nation defeated Texas 24–20. Since the 1990s, the Sun Bowl has hosted several concerts such as The Rolling Stones , U2 , Pink Floyd , Ricky Martin , NSYNC , One Direction (a sellout), Guns 'n' Roses , and a co-headlining performance by Mötley Crüe , Def Leppard , and Alice Cooper . Notably, the Mexican pop group RBD kicked off their Soy Rebelde Tour at

1036-514: The stadium, marking their first live show in nearly 15 years. British rock band Coldplay are scheduled to perform at Sun Bowl on June 13 and 14, 2025 as part of their Music of the Spheres World Tour , they will become the first act to hold two concerts at the stadium during a single tour. On February 17, 2016, the stadium hosted festivities and a simulcast of the Mass held by Pope Francis during

1073-400: The top five after the string of losses by higher-ranked teams. The next poll was No. 1 Texas, No. 2 Wisconsin, No. 3 Pittsburgh, No. 4 Ohio State, and No. 5 Mississippi. In Week Five ( October 19 , the top three teams managed narrow wins. Halfback Tommy Ford ran for two scores to help No. 1 Texas beat Arkansas at Little Rock , 17–13. No. 2 Wisconsin won 10–7 at Iowa , as Paul Krause of

1110-739: The top five teams won. No. 1 Texas stayed unbeaten by defeating SMU at Dallas, 17–12, as Crosby made his 21st consecutive point after. No. 2 Illinois rolled over Purdue at home, 41–21 as Jim Grabowski scored three touchdowns and No. 3 Ole Miss overwhelmed LSU 37–3 at Baton Rouge. No. 4 Navy handed Notre Dame its second straight loss on Staubach's passing, 35–14 in South Bend and No. 5 Auburn won at home over Florida, 19–0. The poll remained unchanged. November 9 , No. 1 Texas won its eighth straight, 7–0, by shutting down Baylor's passing game. Longhorns QB Duke Carlisle, playing on defense, intercepted Don Trull's end zone pass with 22 seconds to play, then ran out

1147-486: The top four teams played at the Cotton Bowl stadium in Dallas the next weekend. In a Friday night game, No. 4 Navy lost to SMU 32–28. After Navy had gone ahead 28–26 in the final three minutes, a pass interference call set up the Mustangs' touchdown. Roger Staubach drove his team to the 7-yard line with :01 to play, but his pass attempt was batted down in the end zone by Tommy Caughren. Hours later on October 12 , at

Sun Bowl (stadium) - Misplaced Pages Continue

1184-586: Was added in 1969 , and the stadium reached the capacity of 52,000 in 1982 with the addition of the north end zone stands and the expansion of the east stands. (The south end zone is still vacant, with the ground of the bowl covered with the school's logos.) The school retook control of the land and stadium in 2001 , when hundreds of seats were removed as part of a re–configuration of the seating bowl to accommodate soccer , which lowered capacity to its current figure of 51,500. The school's Athletics Director, Jim Senter , announced on April 13, 2018 plans to renovate

1221-419: Was an American football team that represented Texas Western College (now University of Texas at El Paso ) as an independent during the 1963 NCAA University Division football season . In its first season under head coach Warren Harper , the team played home games on campus at the new Sun Bowl stadium, compiled a 3–7 record, and was outscored 142 to 98. This college football 1960s season article

1258-964: Was beaten at home at the Los Angeles Coliseum by No. 3 Oklahoma, 17–12, in a game played in 105 °F (41 °C) heat. Tulane, which had been shut out by Texas the week before, went scoreless again in a 28–0 loss to No. 2 Alabama. No. 4 Texas defeated Texas Tech at home, 49–7. No. 5 Navy shut out William & Mary at Annapolis, 28–0. In the poll, Oklahoma took over first place, Alabama stayed at second, and Texas moved up to third. Big Ten rivals Northwestern (winning 34–21 over Indiana ) and Wisconsin (which beat Notre Dame 14–9 at South Bend) tied at No. 4, while Navy moved down to sixth. Both No. 1 Oklahoma and No. 4 Wisconsin were idle on October 5 . No. 3 Texas beat Oklahoma State at home, 34–7. No. 2 Alabama beat Vanderbilt in Nashville , 21–6. No. 4 Northwestern lost at Illinois, 10–9, due to

1295-618: Was picked by the Orange Bowl to meet Big 8 champion Nebraska. The Rose Bowl pitted Big Ten titlist Illinois against unranked Washington , which was 6–4 overall but which had won the AAWU crown by going 4–1 in conference play. In the Cotton Bowl, the Longhorns' Duke Carlisle guided Texas to a score six plays after kickoff and to a 21–0 lead by halftime. Navy's Roger Staubach saw a second defeat at Dallas (after an earlier loss to SMU), but would go on to

1332-785: Was played as scheduled in Lincoln. No. 10 Nebraska won 29–20 over No. 6 Oklahoma, finishing 7–0 in Big 8 play ahead of the 6–1 Sooners. The same day, No. 9 Auburn beat Florida State 21–15. In the Battle for the Rag , LSU defeated Tulane 20–0 in the most recent daytime game at Tiger Stadium not to be televised. Tennessee beat Kentucky 19-0. The top five in the AP poll remained the same. On Thanksgiving Day (November 28) , No. 1 Texas traveled to College Station to face Texas A&M , and were down 13–9 with only minutes left in

1369-526: Was the first African-American football player in any of the southern athletic conferences composed of formerly segregated white institutions. In the preseason poll released on September 16, the defending champion USC Trojans were first, followed by Southeastern Conference (SEC) rivals, the Ole Miss Rebels and the Alabama Crimson Tide at second and third. The Oklahoma Sooners were fourth and

#187812