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1946 Sugar Bowl - Oklahoma A&M vs. St. Mary's

A capacity crowd of 75,000 gathered to watch the battle of All-Americans, Oklahoma A&M’s Bob “Blond Bomber” Fenimore and St. Mary’s “Squirmin” Herman Wedemeyer. Wedemeyer’s 47-yard touchdown pass to Denis O’Connor opened the scoring, but Fenimore matched it with a 28-yard toss to Cecil Haskins as the first quarter ended. Fenimore’s short plunge gave A&M the lead for keeps, but just before the half, Wedemeyer ran 24 yards before lateralling to Fred DeSalvo, who weaved his way through Aggie defenders 40 yards for a touchdown. The conversion missed, and A&M led at halftime. While the Aggie passing game was off - the Gaels’ O’Connor added a Sugar Bowl record three interceptions to his touchdown catch - the ground game produced another Fenimore TD plunge in the third quarter, and Jim Reynolds opened the fourth stanza by leaping a yard for a score. Reynolds winged a 20-yard TD pass to Joe Thomas in the final minutes to end the wild scoring derby. In his battle with Wedemeyer, Fenimore got the best of the total offense struggle, getting 206 yards in 36 plays while Wedemeyer had 184 yards in 25 plays. Fenimore also punted four times for an average of 47.2 yards.