The 1956 Sugar Bowl featured the 7th ranked Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, and the 11th ranked Pittsburgh Panthers. The game was played on January 2, since...

with the Orange Bowl and Sun Bowl as the second-oldest bowl games in the country, surpassed only by the Rose Bowl Game. The Sugar Bowl was originally played...

for Pitt. In 1956, he was the first African American football player to break the color barrier of the United States collegiate Sugar Bowl game, which...

The 2020 Sugar Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 2020, between the Georgia Bulldogs and Baylor Bears, with kickoff scheduled for...

resulting in a public relations nightmare. Much controversy preceded the 1956 Sugar Bowl, where the Pitt Panthers, including African-American player Bobby Grier...

the first time a racially integrated team played in the Sugar Bowl since the 1956 Sugar Bowl. Syracuse had two black players, Jim Nance and Floyd Little...

1956, Bobby Grier became the first black player to participate in the Sugar Bowl. He is also regarded as the first black player to compete at a bowl game...

bowl appearances in consecutive seasons since 1955–1956 (last playing in the Sugar Bowl in January 1956). Senior halfback Tony Dorsett rushed for 1,948 yards...

The first step towards integration was made during support for the 1956 Sugar Bowl game. During his time in office Georgia Tech also became the largest...

it was announced Mackie would be attached to a film based on the 1956 Sugar Bowl which feature's his brother's Alma mater Georgia Tech. In 2014, Mackie...

The 1956 Rose Bowl was the 42nd edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on Monday, January 2. The Michigan...

And The 1956 Sugar Bowl" Archived June 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. Black Athlete Sports Network, December 28, 2005 "Bobby Grier broke bowl's color...

game the first integrated Sugar Bowl and the first integrated bowl game in the Deep South. Georgia Tech won the 1956 Sugar Bowl by the score 7–0. As athletic...

major motion film Bowl Game Armageddon was announced, which will spotlight Rosa Parks and Emmett Till leading up to the 1956 Sugar Bowl and Atlanta riots...

They accepted an invitation to the 1956 Gator Bowl, where they beat Pittsburgh, in a rematch of the 1956 Sugar Bowl, 21–14. This was the sixth straight...

2022 a film was announced about the 1956 Sugar Bowl, which included the first black player to play in a college bowl game in the deep south. Inequality...

zombie-themed productions in the city. A film about the historical 1956 Sugar Bowl event in Atlanta was announced in 2022. Besides Metro Atlanta, cities...

The 1954 Sugar Bowl matched the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and the West Virginia Mountaineers in the 20th edition of the Sugar Bowl. The Yellow Jackets...

The 1956 Sugar Bowl Archived 2007-06-10 at the Wayback Machine. Black Athlete Sports Network, December 28, 2005 Zeise, Paul – Bobby Grier broke bowl's color...

"Sugar" Sugar Ray Leonard (born 1956), American boxer Sugar Ray Marimón (born 1988), Major League Baseball pitcher from Colombia Sugar Minott (1956–2010)...

committed to maintaining segregation created controversy preceding the 1956 Sugar Bowl, when the Pitt Panthers, with African-American fullback Bobby Grier...

The 1957 Sugar Bowl to the featured the second-ranked Tennessee Volunteers and the 11th-ranked Baylor Bears. Behind a strong defense, the Baylor Bears...

and X/Y. In 2022 it was announced he was producing a film about the 1956 Sugar Bowl and Atlanta Riots along with Anthony Mackie. Berman is a member of...

career with a 12–9 record against the Bulldogs. In 1956, much controversy preceded the 1956 Sugar Bowl. Segregationists tried to keep Pitt fullback/linebacker...

1955 – Actor James Dean is killed in a highway accident 1956 – The controversial 1956 Sugar Bowl takes place. Georgia's pro segregationist governor publicly...

with the Bobby Grier (born 1933) who broke the color barrier in the 1956 Sugar Bowl.) Grier's brother Chris currently serves as the general manager for...

most recent meetings have been in bowl games: the 1994 Gator Bowl (Tennessee won 45–23) and the 2009 Chick-fil-A Bowl (Virginia Tech won 37–14). Before...

invite to the Sugar Bowl. If an independent was either first or second in the rankings, their bowl matchup would be determined by what bowl game the other...

Georgia Tech finished 6–6, and this win would ultimately allow them to become bowl eligible for the first time since 2018. They clinched eligibility with a...

Atlanta, Georgia. The Seminoles entered the game ranked No. 9 in both Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) polls and were expected to win comfortably against the...