1943 Sun Bowl
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| Date | January 1, 1943 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1942 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Kidd Field | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | El Paso, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1942 Sun Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the Second Air Force Bombers and the Hardin–Simmons Cowboys.
Both teams were undefeated going into this game. The Border Conference champion Cowboys led by Rudy “Little Doc” Mobley, who had rushed for 1,281 yards and set an NCAA record. The Cowboys were without their coach Warren B. Woodson, who was called into duty prior to the game, leaving it up to assistant coach Clark Jarnagin to coach the game. At 28, he would be the youngest head coach in a bowl game. The Bombers were champions of the Pacific Coast Service, with highlights being a tie with Washington State and a win over Arizona. The team was stationed in Spokane, Washington.[1]