1969 Pecan Bowl
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| Date | December 16, 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Shotwell Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Abilene, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Offense: Wayne "Bubba" Crocker, Defense: Clovis Swinney (Arkansas State) | ||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Marching Bands | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | Marching Bands | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 17,500 | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1969 Pecan Bowl was a college football bowl game played between Drake Bulldogs and Arkansas State Red Wolves (then known as the Arkansas State Indians) at Shotwell Stadium in Abilene, Texas.[1]
Scoring summary
First Quarter
Arkansas State - Lockhart 75 yard pass from Crocker (Everett kick)
Second Quarter
Arkansas State - Peyton 8 yard pass from Crocker (Crocker run)
Arkansas State - Croker 5 run (Everett kick)
Third Quarter
Drake - Sharpe 2 run (pass failed)
Drake - Miller 51 yard pass from Grejbowski (Chase kick)
Fourth Quarter
Arkansas State - Harrell 3 run (Everett kick)
Drake- Rogers 1 yard pass from Grejbowski ( Herbert pass from Grejbowski)
Individual Statistics
Rushing
ASU- Harrell 34-160, Carr 9-49
DU- Sharpe 19-60, Rodgers 3-16
Passing
ASU- Crocker 6-11-176
DU- Grejbowski 15-37-
Receiving
ASU- Lockhart 2-110, Harrell 1-42, Johnson 2-16
DU- Miller 9-192, Rodgers 5-63