Game Name: | Sugar Bowl |
Date Game Played: | January 1 |
Year Game Played: | 1944 |
Football Season: | 1943 |
Visitor School: | University of Georgia Tech |
Visitor Name Short: | Georgia Tech |
Visitor Nickname: | Yellow Jackets |
Visitor Record: | 7–3 |
Visitor Rank Ap: | 13 |
Visitor 1Q: | 0 |
Visitor 2Q: | 7 |
Visitor 3Q: | 6 |
Visitor 4Q: | 7 |
Visitor Total: | 20 |
Home School: | University of Tulsa |
Home Name Short: | Tulsa |
Home Nickname: | Golden Hurricane |
Home Record: | 6–0–1 |
Home Rank Ap: | 15 |
Home 1Q: | 6 |
Home 2Q: | 12 |
Home 3Q: | 0 |
Home 4Q: | 0 |
Home Total: | 18 |
Referee: | J.J. Lynch |
Attendance: | 69,134[1] |
Type: | Bowl Game |
City: | New Orleans, Louisiana |
The 1944 Sugar Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 1944, at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was the tenth playing of the Sugar Bowl. The Tulsa Golden Hurricane returned to the game for the second consecutive season and faced the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, who became the first team to have played in all four major bowls; they had previously participated in the 1929 Rose Bowl, the 1940 Orange Bowl, and the 1943 Cotton Bowl Classic. The Golden Hurricane had an 18–7 lead at halftime, but Georgia Tech roared back, scoring 13 unanswered points to win.