Temple vs. Tulane

Tuesday, January 1, 1935, Sugar Bowl

Tulane beat Temple 20–⁠14. It was their first meeting; after it, Tulane led the series 1–⁠0.

Neutral siteTemple7–⁠1–⁠2 in 1934
14
Neutral siteTulane10–⁠1 in 1934
20

FinalAttendance 22,206Payout $27,800 (each) (Wikipedia)Referee: Everett StrupperThe game on Wikipedia

In the newspapers

  • The 's story: TULANE WHIPS TEMPLE 2O-l4 Southern Team Comes Back With Rush to Beat Warmers Club

    , January 2, 1935

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    TULANE WHIPS TEMPLE 2O-l4 Southern Team Comes Back With Rush to Beat Warmers Club NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 2. -P1- The Southland’s Sugar Bowl game, It’s inaugural made sweeter by Tulanes 20 to IA triumph over Temple Tuesday. Is an assured fixture IN sports Thirty thousand spectators. one Of thaStlargest crowds which ever wit “a ID a grid game in the south. pf We’d the stadium TO watch a game ID Eed with thrills. rhe satisfaction over the initial clash brought ready agreement that the game be continued each year between a southern opponent and some outstanding team frofl an other section. Both teams had thrill producing stars. For Temple. ne was the giant Dynamite Dave” Snukler. who time after time tore through the Tulane line. His passing was a constant threat and his punting fell lust short OF rulane’s. Tulane’s ace, Little Monk” SimonS. recover ing from “A fractured collarbone suffered a month ago. shared honorS with “A remarkable end. Dick Hardy. Both teams were teted at a BAN uuet Tuesday night after which the temple squad ~entrained for the return trip 10 Philadelphia. Temple rolled I’D its IA points in the first half before Tuiane got started. Fumbles paved the way TO both touchdowns. In the first quarter. Barnet MintZ, Tulane halfback. fumbled and Stan lev Gurzynski, Temple guard, recovered on Tulaneis l0-yard line. Smukler pIoughed through for five wards and then he threw a touch down pass 10 Daniel Tesla, half back. In the next quarter, Temple recovered a tumble by Stanley Lodriguez, Tulane lullback. on Tulane’s 2O-yard line. and Smukler went over for q touchdown after several line plungeS. He kicked both extra point. But then Tulane started. On the kickoff after Temples second touchdown John Mcdaniel, Tulane quarter, took the ball and, after decoying tacklers to the left. tossed IL 10 Simons who raced 80 yards for a touchdown. Barney MintE, hall5ack, kicked the extra poitn. Third quarter line Smashes placed thu ball on the ll-yard line. where nhEeky Bryan, Tulane half. passed % Elrdy for a Touchdown. MintZ myoFp v-ada the axfra nnfrr Then, In the last quarter, MlntZi standing on Temples 43-yard line. tossed a long pass which Horace Mowrey. half. tipped IN into the arms Of Hardy, who dashed for a score. Mintz’ attempted p~lacekick was blocked.

  • The The Indianapolis times's story: THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES Monk SirnOnS Leads Tulane in Close Win Dixie Star Runs 80 Yards to Help Beat Temple Grid Team.

    The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], January 2, 1935, page 1

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    THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES Monk SirnOnS Leads Tulane in Close Win Dixie Star Runs 80 Yards to Help Beat Temple Grid Team. bU LNtttu ETfNS NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 1.-THE first Sugar Bowl game vas history today, but fans Of the deep South had something to talk about for years to come as they recounted the great plays by which a fighting Tulane eleven came from behind to beat the hitherto undefeated Temple Owls, 20 to IA. The contest was packed with thrills from start to finish. Both teams had fast, tricky offensives, and every play was a potential scoring one. Led by its great sophomore sensaton, Dynamite Dave Smukler, Temple surged into a 14-point lead in the first two periods, and apparently was headed for a one-sided victory. But Monk Simons, playing with a badly injured shoulder, proved the difference in two great teams. TAX ing a short lateral from Quarter Back Mcdaniel on the kickoff after Temples second touchdown, Monk cut to the sideline and raced 80 yards to score. 1t was the best run of the day. When Barney Mintz place-kicked the extra point Tulane’s hopes rose. They scored again in the third quarter after driving to Temples IL yard line, when Bucky Bryan passed to Dick Harry for a touchdown. Mintz again kicked the extra point to tie up the game. Victory came in an unexpected manner when Harry Hardy scored after grabbing a pass that Horace (Bogo) Mowrey, Temple back, had partially blocked. The extra point was missed, but the game was won.

  • The The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current's story: TULANE RALLY BEATS TEMPLE, 2O.l4, IN SUGAR BOWL GAME Bucknell Scores 26-O Triumph Over Miami

    The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, January 2, 1935, page 1

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    TULANE RALLY BEATS TEMPLE, 2O.l4, IN SUGAR BOWL GAME Bucknell Scores 26-O Triumph Over Miami Miami. Fla. Jan. 2.-(P)-There we’re no excuses Wednesday from University Of Miami gridmen for the 300 trampling they suffered as the laundering herd of Bucknell Uni versity marched roughshod through the Orange Bowl football game here.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Photos from the game

  • Aerial view of the Sugar Bowl held on January 1, 1935
    Aerial view of the Sugar Bowl held on January 1, 1935Photo: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Tulane 51% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Tied 4–⁠4 in eight meetings, counting the seven since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Tulane 37, Temple 13
2024Tulane 52, Temple 6
2020Tulane 38, Temple 3
2019Temple 29, Tulane 21
2016Temple 31, Tulane 0
2015Temple 49, Tulane 10

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