UGA Bowl History
Sinkwich Leads Bulldogs Past TCU In 1942 Orange Bowl
Georgia All-American quarterback Frankie Sinkwich, playing with an oversized chin mask to protect a broken jaw, put on an offensive display still considered by many as the greatest in any bowl game as he led his Bulldogs to a 40-26 win over Texas Christian before 35,786 fans in the 1942 Orange Bowl game (a record crowd in ’42). Sinkwich passed for touchdowns of 61, 60 and 15 yards and raced 43 yards on a QB draw for another score. He completed nine of 13 passes for 243 yards and rushed for 139 yards for a total offensive gain of 382 yards. Georgia scored first as Ken Keuper rushed two yards over the goal line to give the Dogs the early 6-0 lead. TCU tied the game less than four minutes later after a Lamar Davis fumble led to a Horned Frog score from the four yard line. TCU kicked the point after and led 7-6. Georgia answered soon after the score on a 60-yard pass play from Sinkwich to Melvin Conger, giving the Bulldogs a 12-7 lead they would never relinquish. When the Dogs left the field at halftime the score stood 33-7, prompting head coach Wally Butts to proclaim it the greatest offensive performance he ever saw by a UGA team. He also believed the Georgia squad, at the end of the 1941 season, was the most powerful he coached. The lead was 40-7 in the third quarter before TCU mounted a late three-touchdown effort. Bruce Alford caught two passes for scores from Emory Nix and Frink Kring scored on a 53-yard play from Kyle Gillespie for the 40-26 final. The 1942 Orange Bowl was played less than a month after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and was a record-setting event. Sinkwich set five individual Orange Bowl records in the win for combined rushing and passing yards (382), touchdown passes (3), points scored (24), yards gained on touchdown pass plays (136) and yards gained on all touchdown plays (179). Georgia’s four touchdown passes set a bowl team record, as well as the Dogs’ four interceptions. The combined seven touchdowns for Georgia and TCU also set a new Orange Bowl mark. Georgia 19 14 7 0 — 40 Texas Christian 7 0 7 12 — 26 GA-Keuper 2-yard run (Costa kick)-1st Q TCU-Gillespie 4-yard run (Medanich kick)-1st Q GA-Conger 61-yard pass from Sinkwich (kick failed)-1st Q GA-Kimsey 60-yard pass from Sinkwich (kick failed)-1st Q GA-Davis 15-yard pass from Sinkwich (Costa kick)-2nd Q GA-Davis 23-yard pass from Todd (Costa kick)-2nd Q GA-Sinkwich 43-yard rush (Costa kick)-3rd Q TC-Alford 20-yard pass from Nix (Roach kick)-3rd Q TC-Alford 15-yard pass from Nix (run failed)-4th Q TC-Kring 53-yard pass from Gillespie (run failed)-4th Q
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Trippi Gets Helms Award In 1943 Rose Bowl With All-American Frankie Sinkwich hobbling on two s prained ankles, his young sophomore understudy — Charley Trippi — paced Georgia to a 9-0 victory over UCLA before 90,000 in the 1943 Rose Bowl at Pasadena. Trippi rushed 27 times for a net gain of 115 yards and received the Helms Award as the game’s outstanding player. Recently the Rose Bowl named its all-time first team and put Trippi at left halfback. Tackle Red Boyd blocked a Bob Waterfield punt which rolled out of the end zone for a safety to give Georgia two points in the last quarter. A few minutes later center Clyde Ehrhardt intercepted a Waterfield pass and returned to the UCLA 25. Sinkwich finally scored from the one and Leo Costa converted. Georgia 0 0 0 9 — 9 UCLA 0 0 0 0 — 0 GA—Safety on Boyd blocked punt-4th Q GA—Sinkwich 1-yd TD run (Costa kick)-4th Q TEAM STATISTICS UCLA Georgia First Downs 5 24 Rushing Yards 97 212 Passing Yards 62 161 Passes (Att.-Comp.-Int.) 15-4-4 30-12-2 Return Yardage 35 73 Fumbles/Lost 1/1 3/1 Punts 6 (43.7) 5 (37.6) Yards Penalized 6-40 6-40 Rushing Trippi (UGA) Sinkwich (UGA) Snelling (UCLA)
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Att. Yds. TD 27 115 0 11 33 1 5 41 0
TEAM STATISTICS Texas Christian Georgia First Downs 8 12 Rushing Yards 71 218 Passing Yards 137 281 Passes (Att.-Comp.-Int.) 24-9-6 24-12-4 Fumbles/Lost 1/0 3/3 Punts 7 (37.0) 4 (22.2) Yards Penalized 2-24 7-54 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Rushing Att. Yds. TD Sinkwich (UGA) 22 139 1 Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TD Sinkwich (UGA) 13 9 243 3
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Rose Bowl MVP Charley Trippi (62) and 1942 Heisman Trophy winner Frank Sinkwich led the Bulldogs to victory in Pasadena.
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