The 1947 game was also the 13th edition of the Sun Bowl, which had been played every year since 1935.
The Sun Bowl marked the 24th meeting between the two schools.
Five years later, the team won its first conference championship and was invited to the Sun Bowl.
He had surgery prior to the Sun Bowl and did not play in the game.
They simply continued to refer to the game as "the Sun Bowl."
Hill was a member of the club that won the 1958 Sun Bowl.
Southwestern also set the record for most points scored in the Sun Bowl up to that point.
He led the team to an 10-3 record and an appearance in the Sun Bowl.
But they went to the Sun Bowl and we didn't go anywhere.
As a senior, he helped lead his team to an 8-3 record and a Sun Bowl berth.