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College football game
The
1967 Bluebonnet Bowl
was a
college football
postseason
bowl game
between the
Colorado Buffaloes
and the
Miami Hurricanes
.
Background
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After winning eight games (including the Liberty Bowl) the previous season, the Hurricanes made consecutive bowl appearances for the first time since 1961-62. The Buffaloes finished 2nd in the Big Eight Conference, but they won eight games in their first bowl game appearance since 1962.
Game summary
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Larry Plantz scored first for the Buffaloes with a seven-yard touchdown run to give them a 7?0 lead with 4:16 to go in the 1st. Joe Mira responded for the Hurricanes with 14:12 to go in the 2nd with a touchdown run from two yards out to tie the game. With 5:46 to go, Jimmy Dye intercepted a Dan Kelly pass and returned it for 77 yards for a Miami touchdown. John Farler kicked a field goal with :07 left in the half to make it 14?10 Miami. An eighty-yard drive led to a touchdown culminated by QB Bobby Anderson (replacing Kelly due to an ankle problem) running in for a two-yard score to make it 17?14 with 11:11 to go in the 3rd. Jerry Daanen scored on a nine-yard touchdown catch from Bill Miller to make it 21?17 Miami with 14:55 to go in the 4th quarter. But Colorado took the lead back on an Anderson 38 yard touchdown run with 6:55 remaining. A Miami drive was stopped at their 43 on an Issac Howard interception, returned for 9 yards to the 34. With 1:02 remaining, Wilmer Cooks scored on a two-yard run to make it 31?21. Anderson was named MVP, passing for 5-of-10 for 49 yards and rushing for 108 yards on 17 carries, with two touchdowns. He also punted 7 rimes for 34.9 yards per punt. Colorado held onto the ball for 34:39, while Miami held onto it for 25:21. The Buffaloes were 7 of 15 on third downs, while the Hurricanes were 2 of 12.
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Statistics
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Statistics
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Colorado
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Miami
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First downs
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21
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14
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Rushing yards
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283
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120
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Passing yards
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82
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113
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Total yards
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365
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233
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Passing (C?A?I)
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10?21?1
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10?28?2
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Punts?average
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3?32.5
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7?37.7
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Fumbles?lost
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2?0
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2?1
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Penalties?yards
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2?10
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9?75
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Aftermath
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The Hurricanes did not compete in a bowl game again until
1981
, with
Howard Schnellenberger
at the helm, the sixth coach hired after Tate left in 1970. Four years later, Colorado won the Bluebonnet Bowl (by then renamed the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl) once again. In their next two appearances in the bowl, however, they lost both times.
References
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