1960 Gator Bowl (January)

Setting

The 1960 Gator Bowl featured Georgia Tech, led by Bobby Dodd, against his protege Frank Broyles, who coached Arkansas, and was a former GT alumnus. Georgia Tech was 11–2 in bowl games entering the contest.

Georgia Tech started 4–0, but struggled the rest of the year, losing to Auburn, Duke, and Georgia at home, and Alabama in Birmingham.

Arkansas finished their SWC schedule 5–1, losing only to #3 Texas, and winning a share of the conference championship. The Hogs also lost to #6 Ole Miss at Crump Stadium in a non-conference match-up.

The Yellow Jackets and Razorbacks had one common opponent, the SMU Mustangs. Georgia Tech defeated SMU 16–12, and Arkansas beat the Mustangs, 17–14.

Game summary

Georgia Tech began the game by controlling the ball for over eleven minutes, but missed a field goal from the Arkansas 8-yard line. However, it took only two plays on Tech's second drive to hit pay dirt as Georgia Tech quarterback Marvin Tibbetts scrambled 51 yards for a touchdown, giving the Yellowjackets a 7-0 lead. Joe Paul Alberty scored from one yard out on the ensuing Razorback possession to tie the game at 7. In the second half, Hogs rushers Lance Alworth and Jim Mooty took over, working in tandem to go 78 yards with Mooty finishing the drive with a 19 yard score, putting Arkansas ahead 14-7. Neither team would score in the fourth quarter, and the Razorbacks would win their first Gator Bowl, 14-7, over the Ramblin' Wreck.

Arkansas' record in the postseason improved to 2–1–2, with Tech dropping to 11–3.

Two members were later inducted into the Gator Bowl Hall of Fame, Maxie Baughan, a center and linebacker named an All-American during 1959 from Georgia Tech, and Frank Broyles, the head coach of Arkansas.

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