1953 Sugar Bowl
The 1953 Sugar Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on January 1, 1953, at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana. The game the featured the second-ranked Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, and the seventh-ranked Ole Miss Rebels. Georgia Tech won 24–7 to complete their national championship season. (Undefeated Michigan State was the top-ranked team in both final polls, released in early December)
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| Date | January 1, 1953 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1952 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Tulane Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | New Orleans, Louisiana | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Leon Hardeman | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Georgia Tech by 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Fred Koster (SEC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 80,187 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Jim Britt and Tom Leavitt | ||||||||||||||||||||
This was the first televised Sugar Bowl, carried by ABC.
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