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College football game
The 1964 Grantland Rice Bowl was an NCAA College Division game following the 1964 season, between the Muskingum Fighting Muskies and the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders .[2] This was the inaugural playing of the bowl.
Notable participants [ edit ]
Middle Tennessee defensive back Boots Donnelly would later serve as head coach for Austin Peay and Middle Tennessee; he was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2013. Muskingum head coach Ed Sherman was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1996. Inductees of the Sports Hall of Fame at Middle Tennessee include Boots Donnelly, defensive lineman Keith Atchley, quarterback Teddy Morris, and head coach Charles "Bubber" Murphy .[3]
Scoring summary [ edit ]
Scoring summary
Quarter
Time
Drive
Team
Scoring information
Score
Plays
Yards
TOP
MC
MTSC
1
12
56
MTSC
David Petty 1-yard touchdown run, Duane Brown kick good
0
7
4
6
68
MTSC
Teddy Morris 5-yard touchdown run, Duane Brown kick good
0
14
4
0:44
MTSC
Fumble recovery returned 99 yards for touchdown by Ray Neal, 2-point run failed
0
20
"TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football .
0
20
[4] [1]
References [ edit ]
Program cover for 1964 game
^ a b Powell, Tom (December 13, 1964). "MTSC Wins 1st Rice Bowl Before 4,000" . The Tennessean . Nashville, Tennessee . Retrieved January 27, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
^ "Ball State Will Play Rice Bowl Game With Tenn. State" . The Decatur Herald . Decatur, Illinois . AP . November 27, 1964. Retrieved February 12, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
^ "Blue Raider Sports Hall of Fame" . goblueraiders.com . Retrieved February 12, 2017 .
^ "Ohioans Cooked In Rice Bowl" . News-Journal . Mansfield, Ohio . AP . December 13, 1964. Retrieved January 27, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
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