1946 Sun Bowl

Denver Pioneers	New Mexico Lobos
(4–4–1)	(5–1–1)
24	34
Head coach: Cac Hubbard	Head coach: Willis Barnes

	1	2	3	4	Total
Denver	10	0	7	7	24
New Mexico	0	13	0	21	34

Date

January 1, 1946

Season

1945

Stadium

Kidd Field

Location

El Paso, Texas

Attendance

15,000

The 1946 Sun Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the New Mexico Lobos and the Denver Pioneers.

Background

New Mexico was in their first Sun Bowl since 1939, while Mountain States Conference champion Denver was in their first bowl game. Before the game, a minister intoned a prayer dedicating this game to the nine members from the previous Lobo team to make it in the Sun Bowl, who had died fighting in World War II.

Game summary

Denver took a 10-0 lead after one quarter on Karamigios' 21 yard touchdown run and Miller's 28 yard field goal. New Mexico responded with a 65 yard interception return for a touchdown by Rudy Krall. A 70 yard drive culminated in a Don Rumley 9 yard touchdown run to make it 13-10 at halftime. John Adams ran in for a two yard score to give Denver the lead. New Mexico scored three staight touchdowns in the fourth quarter, with two of those touchdowns coming to Dick Moser (Bill Moseley) from Rumley, with the final touchdown pass going to Julian McDonald to make it 34-17. With less than two minutes remaining, Karamigios caught a touchdown pass Vernon Cochran, but the scoring stopped after that, as New Mexico won their first ever bowl game, and the first win for a Border Conference team. Rumley threw for 8-of-12 for 207 yards and three touchdowns.^[1]^[2]

Aftermath

The Lobos made another bowl game the following year, but have never returned to the Sun Bowl since this game. Denver would also make a bowl game appearance the following year, which was their last. In a strange revelation, Mosley admitted in 2007 to playing under an assumed name (Dick Moser) in order to preserve his eligibility at Kentucky.

Statistics

Statistics	New Mexico	Denver
First Downs	15	13
Yards Rushing	171	238
Yards Passing	207	39
Total Yards	378	277
Punt Average	44.0	33.0
Fumbles-Lost	1-1	1-0
Interceptions	1	1
Penalty Yards	90	25

References

Sun Bowl

History & conference tie-ins	History Jones Stadium Kidd Field Sun Bowl Broadcasters Pac-12 Conference Atlantic Coast Conference

Games	1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1977 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Notes	There was a Sun Bowl in January and December in 1958 and 1977. There was no Sun Bowl in 1976.

Denver Pioneers football

Venues	DU Stadium (1926–1961)

Bowls & rivalries	1946 Sun Bowl 1947 Alamo Bowl

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961

New Mexico Lobos bowl games

1939 Sun Bowl 1944 Sun Bowl 1946 Sun Bowl 1947 Harbor Bowl 1961 Aviation Bowl 1997 Insight.com Bowl 2002 Las Vegas Bowl 2003 Las Vegas Bowl 2004 Emerald Bowl 2006 New Mexico Bowl 2007 New Mexico Bowl 2015 New Mexico Bowl 2016 New Mexico Bowl

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