1953 Sun Bowl
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| 1953 Sun Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1953 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1952 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Kidd Field | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | El Paso, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | HB Tom McCormick (Pacific) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | M. Edward Wagner (Pacific Coast; split crew: Pacific Coast, SEC) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1953 Sun Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game that featured the Pacific Tigers and the Mississippi Southern.
This was the sixth bowl in seven years and second straight Sun Bowl for Pacific. Mississippi Southern came in on a ten-game winning steak after losing to Alabama in the season-opener.