Texas Tech vs. Miami (OH)
Thursday, January 1, 1948, Sun Bowl Share
Miami (OH) beat Texas Tech 13–12. It was their only meeting on record.
FinalAttendance 18,000The game on Wikipedia
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, January 2, 1948, page 2
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the Fasteners to four touchdowns and scored one himself. Delta Bowl Thriller Charley Conerly chucked two last quarter touchdown passes that gave Mississippi a 13–9 victory over Texas Christian in a Delta Bowl thriller before 28,80O at Memphis. Arkansas twice came from be- hind to edge William and Mary 21-l9 in the inaugural Dixie Bowl game before 21,O00 at Birmingham. College won over Philander Smith TO in the Cattle Bowl at Fort Worth, Texas. Pacific College Wins College of the Pacific, playing it’s second post-season game, roll ed to a 26–14 verdict over the University of Wichita in the Raisin Bowl at Fresno, Calf. The Har- bor Bowl at San Diego saw Hard in n-Simmons trounce San Diego State 53–0. A crowd of 12,000 turned out at Fl Paso, Texas, for the Sun Bowl game in which Miami Uni versity of Ohio repulsed Texas Tech 13–12. Catawba of Salisbury, N. C., defeated Marshall College of Huntington, w. Va, TO in the Tangerine Bowl at Orlando, Fla. Hawaii University became the Pineapple Bowl champions at Hon olulu with a “basketball’-like 33- 32 verdict over the University of Redlands (CalifD.
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.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Texas Tech 70% to win. Miami (OH) pulled the upset.
The series
Every Texas Tech–Miami (OH) gameMiami (OH) leads 1–0 in their only meeting.
Around this game
Texas Tech
- Next gamevs. West TexasSept. 18, 1948
- SeasonTexas Tech in 1947
- ProgramTexas Tech history and records
Miami (OH)
- Next gameat VirginiaSept. 25, 1948
- SeasonMiami (OH) in 1947
- ProgramMiami (OH) history and records

