1942 Sugar Bowl

1942 Sugar Bowl
Fordham Rams Missouri Tigers (7–1) (8–1) 2 0 Head coach:  Jim Crowley Head coach:  Don Faurot AP 6 AP 7
1 2 3 4 Total Fordham 2 0 0 0 2 Missouri 0 0 0 0 0
Date	January 1, 1942
Season	1941
Stadium	Tulane Stadium
Location	New Orleans, Louisiana[1]

The 1942 edition to the Sugar Bowl featured the Missouri Tigers and the Fordham Rams.

Those who watched the game were concerned by the attack on Pearl Harbor, which had occurred less than four weeks previously. Despite the entry of the United States into World War II, the bowl game was played on schedule. New Year's Day, 1942, saw a cold, driving rainstorm in New Orleans. During the first quarter, a blocked Tigers punt, turned back by Fordham tackle Alex Santilli, led to a two-point safety being scored by defensive end Stanley Ritinski.^[1]

As the rain continued and no further points were scored, the final tally was Fordham 2, Missouri 0, which is the lowest possible combined point total for an untied American football game and stands as a bowl game record for an untied game (there have been four 0–0 ties).^[2] Fordham had won the game without completing a single forward pass; their total game yardage was 137 yards, all of it on the ground.^[1]

References

1. ""Eighth Annual Sugar Bowl Classic: January 1, 1942"". Allstate Sugar Bowl. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
2. Buker, Paul. "The Six lowest-scoring major college bowl games of all time". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2011-11-16.