1969 Pecan Bowl

1969 Pecan Bowl
NCAA College Division regional final
Arkansas State Indians Drake Bulldogs (8–1–1) (7–2–2) 29 21 Head coach:  Bennie Ellender Head coach:  Jack Wallace
1 2 3 4 Total Arkansas State 7 15 0 7 29 Drake 0 0 13 8 21
Date	December 16, 1969
Season	1969
Stadium	Memorial Stadium
Location	Arlington, Texas
MVP	Offense: Wayne "Bubba" Crocker, Defense: Clovis Swinney (Arkansas State)
National anthem	Marching Bands
Halftime show	Marching Bands
Attendance	7,500
United States TV coverage
Network	ABC
Pecan Bowl  ← 1968   1970 →

The 1969 Pecan Bowl was a college football bowl game played between Drake Bulldogs and Arkansas State Indians at Memorial Stadium in Arlington, Texas. ^{[1] [2]} It was one of four regional finals in the NCAA College Division, which became Division II (and III) in 1973. The other three regional finals in 1969 were the Boardwalk, Grantland Rice, and Camellia bowls. ^[3]

ASU jumped out to a 22–0 lead at halftime and held on to win, 29–21. ^{[1] [3]}

The Pecan Bowl was played again in Arlington in 1970, then was succeeded by the Pioneer Bowl in Wichita Falls in 1971.

Arkansas State changed its nickname from Indians to Red Wolves in 2008.

Scoring summary

First Quarter

• Arkansas State - Lockhart 75-yard pass from Crocker (Everett kick)

Second Quarter

• Arkansas State - Peyton 8-yard pass from Crocker (Crocker run)
• Arkansas State - Croker 5-yard run (Everett kick)

Third Quarter

• Drake - Sharpe 2-yard run (pass failed)
• Drake - Miller 51-yard pass from Grejbowski (Chase kick)

Fourth Quarter

• Arkansas State - Harrell 3-yard run (Everett kick)
• Drake- Rogers 1-yard pass from Grejbowski ( Herbert pass from Grejbowski)

Individual statistics

Program cover for 1969 game

Rushing

ASU- Harrell 34-160, Carr 9-49

DU- Sharpe 19-60, Rodgers 3-16

Passing

ASU- Crocker 6-11-176

DU- Grejbowski 15-37-

Receiving

ASU- Lockhart 2-110, Harrell 1-42, Johnson 2-16

DU- Miller 9-192, Rodgers 5-63

References

1. "Arkansas State defeats Drake". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. December 14, 1969. p. 3, sports.
2. "The Pecan Bowl 1969". Archived from the original on June 8, 2011. Retrieved January 2, 2011.
3. "Arkansas State turns back Drake". Chicago Tribune. Associated Press. December 14, 1969. p. 6, section 2.