1951 Sun Bowl

The 1951 Sun Bowl was a college football bowl game that took place in El Paso, Texas, on January 1, 1951, between the West Texas State Buffaloes and the University of Cincinnati Bearcats.^[1] This was the 17th Sun Bowl (16th between collegiate teams) that had been played in El Paso, the second-oldest bowl game, the only older being the Rose Bowl.

Gene Rossi threw 14-of-29 for 170 yards. The winning touchdown occurred on a fourth down punt. Punter Frank Wise moved under center and took the snap, lateraling to the right to quarterback Gene Mayfield. Mayfield completed a pass to Billy Cross at the Cincinnati 40 and Cross broke several tackles to finish the 62-yard touchdown dash. With the game running out, the Bearcats managed to get to the West Texas A&M 27, but two straight sacks doomed Cincinnati.^[2]

• West Texas A&M - Bill Cross 4-yard run (Roy Lee Dunn Kick)
• Cincinnati - Tom McKeever 3-yard run (kick failed)

• Cincinnati - Bob Stratton 17-yard pass from Gene Rossi (Bill Shalonsky kick)
• West Texas A&M - Cross 62-yard pass from Gene Mayfield (Dunn kick)