1952 Salad Bowl
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| 1952 Salad Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1952 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1951 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Montgomery Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Phoenix, Arizona | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | RB Gene Shannon | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 17,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1952 Salad Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the Houston Cougars and the Dayton Flyers.
The Cougars finished 4th in the Missouri Valley Conference in their first season and earned a trip to their first bowl game. The Flyers were an independent school.
Game summary
Bobby Recker gave Dayton a 7–0 lead on his touchdown run. With :10 remaining in the first quarter, Gene Shannon rushed for a touchdown to narrow the lead to 1. Recker caught a 25-yard pass from Frank Siggins to give Dayton a 14–6 lead. Less than five minutes later, Shannon rushed for his second touchdown to narrow the lead once again. Dayton increased their lead on Siggins' pass to Jim Currin to take a 21–13 lead with :44 remaining in the half. After halftime, the Cougars limited the Flyers to five rushing yards in the second half while forcing three turnovers. Shannon narrowed the lead once again on a 1-yard touchdown run to make it 21–20. Less than two minutes later, Shannon's 10-yard run with 7:50 in the third proved to be the go-ahead touchdown as the two teams failed to score in the fourth quarter, giving Houston their first bowl win. Shannon rushed for 175 yards on 28 carries with four touchdowns, including 129 yards in the first half.[1]
