Refrigerator Bowl

Refrigerator Bowl (defunct)
Stadium Arad McCutchan Stadium
Location Evansville, 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".[1]

Game results

Date playedWinning teamLosing teamNotes
December 4, 1948Evansville13Missouri Valley College7[2][3]
December 3, 1949Evansville22Hillsdale College7[4][5]
December 2, 1950Abilene Christian14Gustavus Adolphus7[6]
December 2, 1951Arkansas State College46Camp Breckinridge12[7]
December 7, 1952Western Kentucky State College34Arkansas State19[8][9]
December 6, 1953 Sam Houston State Teachers College14College of Idaho12[10]
December 5, 1954Delaware19Kent State7[11][12]
December 4, 1955Jacksonville State Teachers College12Rhode Island10[13]
December 1, 1956Sam Houston State Teachers College27Middle Tennessee State College13[14]

References

  1. ↑ http://local.evcpl.lib.in.us/views/viewimage.asp?ID=43052
  2. ↑ http://www.moval.edu/aboutmvc/press/2006/FootballHoF.pdf
  3. ↑ "Missouri Valley's Streak Of 41 Grid Wins Snapped". The Hartford Courant. 1948-12-05.
  4. ↑ Evansville Athletics - Football
  5. ↑ "EVANSVILLE ON TOP, 22-7; Pins First Defeat on Hillsdale in Refrigerator Bowl". The New York Times. 1949-12-04.
  6. ↑ Athletic Hall of Fame - Gustavus Adolphus College
  7. ↑ "Arkansas State Wins Refrigerator Bowl". The Washington Post. 1951-12-03.
  8. ↑ Western Kentucky University Official Sports Site
  9. ↑ "REFRIGERATOR BOWL GAME WON BY W. KENTUCKY". Chicago Daily Tribune. 1952-12-08.
  10. ↑ ‘Yote Notes – Aug
  11. ↑ BuckeyeXtra - The Columbus Dispatch : Former Buckeye helped rebuild Kent State program
  12. ↑ "DELAWARE BEATS KENT STATE, 19-7; Wins in Refrigerator Bowl as Zaiser Scores Twice in Fourth Period". The New York Times. 1954-12-06.
  13. ↑ "Rhode Island Loses Refrigerator Bowl Duel To Jacksonville, Ala., State, 12-10". The Hartford Courant. 1955-12-05.
  14. ↑ ESPN - Middle Tennessee bowl history - College Football
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