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1985 Sun Bowl

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1985 Sun Bowl

Georgia Bulldogs

Arizona Wildcats

(7–3–1)

(8–3)

SEC

Pac-10

Head coach:
Vince Dooley

Head coach:
Larry Smith

Coaches

	1	2	3	4	Total
Georgia	0	3	0	10	13
Arizona	0	3	10	0	13

Date

December 28, 1985

Season

1985

Stadium

Sun Bowl

Location

El Paso, Texas

MVP

K Max Zendejas (Arizona)

Referee

John Laurie (Big Eight)

Attendance

52,203

United States TV coverage

Network

CBS

Announcers

Gary Bender
Steve Davis
Pat Haden

Sun Bowl
< 1984	1986 >

The 1985 Sun Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the Georgia Bulldogs and the Arizona Wildcats.

Background

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The Bulldogs finished 5th in the Southeastern Conference in their sixth straight bowl season and first Sun Bowl since 1969. The Wildcats finished tied for 2nd in the Pacific-10 Conference in their first bowl appearance since 1979 and first Sun Bowl since 1968.

Game summary

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Steve Crumley gave Georgia a 3–0 lead on his 37-yard field goal, though he re-injured a pulled muscle in his leg, keeping him out the rest of the game. Max Zendejas tied it on a 21-yard field goal to make it 3–3. Less than five minutes into the second half, Zendejas made it 6–3 on a field goal from 51 yards out. Martin Rudolph returned an interception 35 yards for a touchdown to make it 13–6. Backup Davis Jacobs made it 13–6 on his 44-yard field goal with 13:20 left. Running back James Debow fumbled the ball at the 23 to give the ball back to the Bulldogs with 12:35 remaining. Georgia would score three minutes later on a Lars Tate touchdown run. With 1:14 remaining, Jacobs missed a field goal from 44 yards to keep it 13–13. The Wildcats drove to the 22, calling timeout to set up a 39-yard attempt by Zendejas. However, his kick went wide, keeping the game a tie. Despite this, he was named MVP. This remains the final tie in Sun Bowl history (since 1996, games cannot end in a tie). Alfred Jenkins went 13-of-22 for 133 yards for Arizona. Tate went 71 yards on 22 carries for Georgia. Zendejas was named MVP on his 2 for 3 success in attempting field goals.^[1]

Aftermath

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The Wildcats went to the Aloha Bowl the following year, in Smith's last season with the team. Neither team has been to the Sun Bowl since this game.

Statistics

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Statistics	Arizona	Georgia
First downs	11	18
Rushing yards	99	211
Passing yards	133	51
Total yards	232	262
Interceptions	0	2
Fumbles–lost	2–2	1–1
Punts–average	4–40.0	2–27.5
Penalties–penalty yards	7–50	4–20

References

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^ "Arizona 13, Georgia 13 | Recaps – Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl | December 31, 2021 | el Paso, Texas".

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