The 5th edition of the Sugar Bowl, it matched the TCU Horned Frogs against the Carnegie Tech Tartans.
Davey O'Brien led TCU to a perfect 10–0 regular season as quarterback, throwing 94 of 167 passes for 1,509 yards with 19 touchdowns.
Carnegie (who were nicknamed the Skibos and the Tartans) were the underdogs and ranked sixth in the AP poll.
Carnegie stormed back with a George Muha touchdown catch from Pete Moroz.
[2][3] TCU rallied back with a Durwood Horner touchdown catch from O'Brien, who missed the extra point once again.