The 1959 Bluebonnet Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the TCU Horned Frogs and the Clemson Tigers. This was the first Bluebonnet Bowl, a bowl game that usually featured a team from Texas against an out-of-state opponent, with 19 out of the 29 games in this series involving a team from Texas, or from the Southwest Conference.
^Sakowitz, Sheldon (December 19, 1959). "Three Grid Bowl Games On Tap Today". The Paducah Sun. Paducah, Kentucky. AP. p. 18. Retrieved June 10, 2023 – via newspapers.com.
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