1949 Delta Bowl
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| 1949 Delta Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1949 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1948 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Crump Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Memphis, Tennessee | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | K.C. Gerard | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 15,069[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1949 Delta Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the Oklahoma A&M Cowboys and the William & Mary Tribe. This was the second and final Delta Bowl.
This was William & Mary's second straight bowl game, after finishing 4th in the Southern Conference. They were selected after the Delta Bowl's first choice (selected prior to the season), Tulsa, finished 0-9-1. Oklahoma A&M was champion of the Missouri Valley Conference for the third time in five seasons.