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 as #5 Oklahoma A&M defeated #7 St. Mary's 33-13 in the 12th Annual Sugar Bowl in New Orleans.
Wedemeyer's 47-yard TD pass to Dennis O'Conner opened the scoring, but Fenimore matched it with a 28-yard toss to Cecil Hankins as the first quarter ended. Fenimore's short plunge gave A&M the lead for keeps, but just before the half, Wedemeyer lateralled to Fred DeSalvo, who weaved his way through Aggie defenders 44 yards for a touchdown. The conversion missed, and A&M led at halftime.
While the Cowboy passing game was off, the ground game produced another Fenimore TD plunge in the third period, 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, netting 206 yards in 36 plays while Wedemeyer had 184 yards in 25 plays. Fenimore also punted four times for an average of 53.2 yards.
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