1960 Bluebonnet Bowl
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| Date | December 17, 1960 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1960 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Rice Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Houston, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Alabama by 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 68,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1960 Bluebonnet Bowl, part of the 1960 bowl game season, was the second annual contest and took place on December 17, 1960, at Rice Stadium in Houston. The competing teams were the Alabama Crimson Tide, representing the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and the Texas Longhorns, representing the Southwest Conference (SWC). In a defensive struggle, the game ended in a 3–3 tie.