1962 Bluebonnet Bowl
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| Date | December 22, 1962 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1962 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Rice Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Houston, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 55,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1962 Bluebonnet Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 22, 1962, at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas. The game pitted the Missouri Tigers and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.
After a 1–1 start (with a tie to Minnesota that dropped them from #10 to unranked), the Tigers won six straight games, rising to #6 in the rankings before a matchup with Oklahoma, the eventual Big Eight Conference champion. A 13–0 loss dropped them out permanently, with a tie to rival Kansas ending their season, though it was their sixth straight winning season. Missouri was invited to their third bowl game in four seasons. Georgia Tech won their first two games to rise to #5 in the polls, before a 10–7 loss to LSU at home dropped them out. The Yellow Jackets went 5–1–1, with a 7–6 win over #1 ranked Alabama being a highlight win. The Yellow Jackets were invited to their third bowl game in four seasons.