Refrigerator Bowl

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]

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

Game results
Date playedWinning teamLosing teamNotes
December 4, 1948Evansville13Missouri Valley7[3][4]
December 3, 1949Evansville22Hillsdale7[5][6]
December 2, 1950Abilene Christian14Gustavus Adolphus7[7]
December 2, 1951Arkansas State46Camp Breckinridge12[8]
December 7, 1952Western Kentucky34Arkansas State19[9][10]
December 6, 1953Sam Houston State14College of Idaho12[11]
December 5, 1954Delaware19Kent State7[12][13]
December 4, 1955Jacksonville State12Rhode Island10[14]
December 1, 1956Sam Houston State27Middle Tennessee13[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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