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Refrigerator Bowl (defunct)
StadiumReitz Bowl[1]
LocationEvansville, Indiana

The Refrigerator Bowl was a college football bowl game played annually from 1948 until 1956 in Evansville, Indiana. The game was named for the local refrigerator production. With 3,800 units a day being manufactured, Evansville at the time was known as the "refrigerator capital of the United States".[2]

Game results

Date played Winning team Losing team Notes
December 4, 1948 Evansville 13 Missouri Valley 7 [3][4]
December 3, 1949 Evansville 22 Hillsdale 7 [5][6]
December 2, 1950 Abilene Christian 14 Gustavus Adolphus 7 [7]
December 2, 1951 Arkansas State 46 Camp Breckinridge 12 [8]
December 7, 1952 Western Kentucky 34 Arkansas State 19 [9][10]
December 6, 1953 Sam Houston State 14 College of Idaho 12 [11]
December 5, 1954 Delaware 19 Kent State 7 [12][13]
December 4, 1955 Jacksonville State 12 Rhode Island 10 [14]
December 1, 1956 Sam Houston State 27 Middle Tennessee 13 [15]

References

  1. ^ http://reitzfootball.com/the-tradition/reitz-bowl/
  2. ^ http://local.evcpl.lib.in.us/views/viewimage.asp?ID=43052
  3. ^ http://www.moval.edu/aboutmvc/press/2006/FootballHoF.pdf
  4. ^ "Missouri Valley's Streak Of 41 Grid Wins Snapped". The Hartford Courant. December 5, 1948.
  5. ^ Evansville Athletics - Football
  6. ^ "Evansville On Top, 22-7; Pins First Defeat on Hillsdale in Refrigerator Bowl". The New York Times. December 4, 1949.
  7. ^ Athletic Hall of Fame - Gustavus Adolphus College
  8. ^ "Arkansas State Wins Refrigerator Bowl". The Washington Post. December 3, 1951.
  9. ^ Western Kentucky University Official Sports Site
  10. ^ "Refrigerator Bowl Game Won By W. Kentucky". Chicago Daily Tribune. December 8, 1952.
  11. ^ ‘Yote Notes – Aug
  12. ^ BuckeyeXtra - The Columbus Dispatch : Former Buckeye helped rebuild Kent State program
  13. ^ "Delaware Beats Kent State, 19-7; Wins in Refrigerator Bowl as Zaiser Scores Twice in Fourth Period". The New York Times. December 6, 1954.
  14. ^ "Rhode Island Loses Refrigerator Bowl Duel To Jacksonville, Ala., State, 12-10". The Hartford Courant. December 5, 1955.
  15. ^ ESPN - Middle Tennessee bowl history - College Football
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