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On This Date: 1959 (11)Clemson- 23 (7)TCU- 7 Bluebonnet Bowl
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On This Date: 1959 (11)Clemson- 23 (7)TCU- 7 Bluebonnet Bowl

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Dec 1, 2023, 8:58 AM

12/01/1959
Houston, TX


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The 1959 Bluebonnet Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the TCU Horned Frogs and the Clemson Tigers. This was the first Bluebonnet Bowl, a bowl game that usually featured a team from Texas against an out-of-state opponent, with 19 out of the 29 games in this series involving a team from Texas, or from the Southwest Conference.


Ron Scrudato runs the ball for Clemson

This was TCU's third Southwest Conference (SWC) title in five seasons. Clemson was the first school to play in two bowls in the same calendar year (after playing in the 1959 Sugar Bowl on January 1), with their third Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) title in four years. They were looking to win a bowl game for the first time since 1950.


TCU coach Abe Martin shakes hands with Clemson coach Frank Howard immediately after Clemson's 23-7 defeat of TCU in the 1959 Bluebonnet Bowl

Clemson started the scoring with a 22-yard field goal by Lon Armstrong, but TCU struck back with a 19-yard pass from Jack Redding to Harry Moreland with 5:45 left in the first half, to give the Frogs a 7–3 halftime lead. The game went scoreless in the third period, but in the fourth quarter, Harvey White threw a pass to Gary Barnes, who galloped in for a touchdown to give the Tigers the lead. Two plays later, Donald George's pass was intercepted by Armstrong. Clemson scored 13 more points with the help of Lowndes Shingler, as the Tigers won 23–7. Shingler ran for 65 yards on 3 carries, and threw for 24 yards on 2 for 4 passing. White went 4 for 9 with 69 yards passing and 1 interception. The Tigers would not win another bowl game until 1978.

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Re: On This Date: 1959 (11)Clemson- 23 (7)TCU- 7 Bluebonnet Bowl

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Dec 1, 2023, 9:07 AM

they have throwback games with throwback unis (not recommending we do it). It would be cool if the coaches dressed like that for the game. The had and the whole bit. Where can you even find a hat like that these days.

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Re: On This Date: 1959 (11)Clemson- 23 (7)TCU- 7 Bluebonnet Bowl

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Dec 1, 2023, 9:14 AM

Anybody else remember when the only way to see any of these lower tier bowls on TV was if your local team made it and the local TV station aired a condensed or highlights only version of it late at night or at the butt crack of dawn on the weekend? As a kid, that was the only reason I knew the Blue Bonnet Bowl existed.

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