1948 Sugar Bowl

College football game
1948 Sugar Bowl
Texas Longhorns Alabama Crimson Tide
(9–1) (8–2)
SWC SEC
27 7
Head coach: 
Blair Cherry
Head coach: 
Harold Drew
AP
5
AP
6
1234 Total
Texas 70713 27
Alabama 0700 7
DateJanuary 1, 1948
Season1947
StadiumTulane Stadium
LocationNew Orleans, Louisiana
MVPBobby Layne, Texas QB
RefereeAlvin Bell (SEC;
split crew: SEC, SWC)
Attendance73,000
Sugar Bowl
 < 1947  1949 > 

The 1948 Sugar Bowl featured the fifth ranked Texas Longhorns and the sixth ranked Alabama Crimson Tide.

In the first quarter, Texas scored on a 99-yard touchdown pass form Bobby Layne to Blount, as Texas opened a 7-0 lead. In the second quarter, Alabama tied the game on an 8-yard touchdown pass from Gilmer to White. In the third quarter, Texas's Vic Vasicek recovered a fumble in the end zone as Texas took a 14-7 lead. Holder later returned an interception 18 yards for a touchdown making it 21-7. Bobby Layne scored on a 1-yard touchdown run making the final score 27-7.

Bobby Layne was named Sugar Bowl MVP.

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