1959 Bluebonnet Bowl

1959 Bluebonnet Bowl
1st Bluebonnet Bowl
Ron Scrudato runs the ball for Clemson
Clemson Tigers TCU Horned Frogs (8–2) (8–2) ACC SWC 23 7 Head coach:  Frank Howard Head coach:  Abe Martin AP Coaches 11 11 AP Coaches 7 8
1 2 3 4 Total Clemson 0 3 0 20 23 TCU 0 7 0 0 7
Date	December 19, 1959
Season	1959
Stadium	Rice Stadium
Location	Houston, Texas
Attendance	55,000
United States TV coverage
Network	CBS[1]
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The 1959 Bluebonnet Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the TCU Horned Frogs and the Clemson Tigers. This was the first Bluebonnet Bowl, a bowl game that usually featured a team from Texas against an out-of-state opponent, with 19 out of the 29 games in this series involving a team from Texas, or from the Southwest Conference.