Flower Bowl (bowl game)
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Annual post-season American college football bowl game
The Flower Bowl was an annual post-season American college football bowl game played at Durkee Field in Jacksonville, Florida, from 1942 to 1948.
| Date | Winner | Loser | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1, 1942 | Johnson C. Smith | 13 | Lane | 12 | [1] |
| January 2, 1943 | North Carolina A&T | 14 | Southern | 12 | [2][3] |
| January 1, 1944 | Allen | 33 | Winston-Salem State | 0 | [4] |
| January 1, 1945 | Texas College | 18 | North Carolina A&T | 0 | [5] |
| January 1, 1946 | Louisiana Normal ((Grambling) | 19 | Lane | 6 | [6] |
| January 1, 1947 | Delaware State | 7 | Florida N&I | 6 | [7][8] |
| January 1, 1948 | Bethune–Cookman | 6 | Lane | 0 | [9][10] |
Note, the 1949 contest scheduled between Bethune–Cookman and Florida A&M did not occur.[1][better source needed]
See also
References
- 1 2 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-03-27. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ Squires, David (September 26, 2019). "Aggie pride built N.C. A&T into a championship football program".
- ↑ Record, Jeff Mills (Greensboro) News & (25 November 2015). "Bowl game gives N.C. A&T the gift of extra practice time". Winston-Salem Journal.
- ↑ National Collegiate Athletic Association (1944). The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide. A. S. Barnes. pp. 80, 84.
- ↑ National Collegiate Athletic Association (1945). The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide. A. S. Barnes. pp. 66, 128.
- ↑ National Collegiate Athletic Association (1946). The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide. A. S. Barnes. p. 45.
- ↑ "Delaware State to Play In Flower Bowl on Jan. 1". The Morning News. December 7, 1946 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Delaware State Wins Negro Bowl Classic In Florida". The Danville Morning News. January 2, 1947 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Bethune-Cookman Wins Flower Bowl". St. Petersburg Times. January 2, 1948. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Bethune-Cookman Beats Lane 6-0 in Flower Bowl". The Pittsburgh Courier. January 10, 1948. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
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