- 1940 Sugar Bowl
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Name=1940 Sugar Bowl
Date=January 1 ,1940
Year=1939
Visitor School=Texas A&M
Visitor Name Short=Texas A&M
Visitor Nickname=Aggies
Visitor Record=10-0
Visitor
Visitor Coaches=1
Visitor Coach=Homer Norton
Visitor1=7
Visitor2=0
Visitor3=0
Visitor4=7
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Visitor Total=7
Home School=Tulane University
Home Name Short=Tulane
Home Nickname=Green Wave
Home Record=8-0-1
Home
Home Coaches=5
Home Coach=Red Dawson
Home1=0
Home2=0
Home3=7
Home4=6
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Home Total=13
Type=Bowl Game
Stadium=Tulane Stadium
City=New Orleans, Louisiana The 1940 edition to the Sugar Bowl featured the top ranked
Texas A&M Aggies , and the fifth ranked Tulane Green Wave. The game was played at Tulane's home field, so it was tecnically a home game for the Green Wave.Texas A&M took a 1st quarter lead with a 1 yard touchdown run from runninb ack
John Kimbrough . He would finish the game with 159 yards rushing on 25 carries. His first rushing touchdown game A&M a 7-0 lead. In the third quarter, Tulane's Kellogg returned a punt 75 yards for touchdown as Tulane tied it at 7. In the third quarter, Tulane's Butler scored on a 2 yard touchdown run. The extra point attempt was blocked, as Tulane took a 13-7 third quarter lead. Kimbrough's second rushing touchdown of the game, rallied the Aggies to a 14-13 win.References
*ESPN College Football Encyclopedia
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