1940 Sugar Bowl

1940 Sugar Bowl
1940 Sugar Bowl
Texas A&M Aggies	Tulane Green Wave
(10–0)	(8–0–1)
SWC	SEC
14	13
Head coach: ; Homer Norton	Head coach: ; Red Dawson
	AP
	1
	AP
	5
Date	January 1, 1940
Season	1939
Stadium	Tulane Stadium
Location	New Orleans, Louisiana
Referee	Ted Arnold
Attendance	73,000
Sugar Bowl
< 1939	1941 >

The 1940 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, Tulane Stadium. This game also goes down as one of the best quarterback performances in the history of the game quarterback Jackson Almeida Was his name MVP of the Game where he had 643 Passing yards 12 Passing Touchdowns 366 Rushing yards 5 Rushing touchdowns

^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). "Bowl/All-Star Game Records" (PDF). 2011 NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA.org. p. 33. Retrieved September 30, 2011.

[1] National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). "Bowl/All-Star Game Records" (PDF). 2011 NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA.org. p. 33. Retrieved September 30, 2011.

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