1968 Sugar Bowl

1968 Sugar Bowl
34th edition
Wyoming Cowboys LSU Tigers
(10–0) (6–3–1)
WAC SEC
13 20
Head coach: 
Lloyd Eaton		 Head coach: 
Charles McClendon
APCoaches
65
1234 Total
Wyoming 01300 13
LSU 00713 20
DateJanuary 1, 1968
Season1967
StadiumTulane Stadium
LocationNew Orleans, Louisiana
MVPGlenn Smith (LSU RB)
FavoriteLSU by 7 [1]
RefereeJames M. Artley (SEC);
split crew: SEC, WAC)
Attendance78,963
United States TV coverage
NetworkNBC
AnnouncersCharlie Jones
Elmer Angsman
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The 1968 Sugar Bowl was the 34th edition of the college football bowl game, played at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Monday, January 1. The unranked LSU Tigers of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) rallied to top the undefeated and sixth-ranked Wyoming Cowboys of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), 20–13.[2][3][4]

Entering the bowl season, Wyoming was the only undefeated team in the nation among major schools,[5] but LSU was favored by a touchdown, largely because it had faced a tougher schedule than the Cowboys and virtual home field advantage, as the Tigers were playing just eighty miles (130 km) from their campus.[1]

  1. ^ a b "New Year's bowl crowds to total 325,000". Pittsburgh Press. UPI. December 31, 1967. p. 2, part 4.
  2. ^ "LSU rallies in Sugar Bowl to spoil Wyoming dream". Victoria Advocate. (Texas). Associated Press. January 2, 1968. p. 15.
  3. ^ "Tigers upset Wyoming". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. January 2, 1968. p. 2B.
  4. ^ "LSU digs down deep pulls out gem in Sugar". Pittsburgh Press. UPI. January 2, 1968. p. 36.
  5. ^ "Wyoming gets bid; Cowboys' 10–0 year brings Sugar berth". The Bulletin. Bend, Oregon. UPI. November 21, 1967. p. 10. Retrieved February 13, 2017.