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The '''Refrigerator Bowl''' was a minor bowl game held in Evansville, Indiana, from 1948 through 1956.  The name of the bowl game stemmed from Evansville's informal designation as "Refrigerator Capitol of the World"; at the time of the bowl game's inception, Seeger, Servel, and International Harvester all had refigerator assembly plants in the city.  By 1955 Whirlpool had acquired all three operations, and coincidentally a year later the bowl game folded.  (All refrigerator production in Evansville ceased in 2010, when Whirlpool closed the Evansville plant.)
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[[category:Bowl Games]]
 
[[category:Bowl Games]]

Revision as of 00:18, 16 June 2010

The Refrigerator Bowl was a minor bowl game held in Evansville, Indiana, from 1948 through 1956. The name of the bowl game stemmed from Evansville's informal designation as "Refrigerator Capitol of the World"; at the time of the bowl game's inception, Seeger, Servel, and International Harvester all had refigerator assembly plants in the city. By 1955 Whirlpool had acquired all three operations, and coincidentally a year later the bowl game folded. (All refrigerator production in Evansville ceased in 2010, when Whirlpool closed the Evansville plant.)

04 DEC 1948 Evansville 13 Missouri Valley 7
03 DEC 1949 Evansville 22 Hillsdale 7
02 DEC 1950 Abilene Christian 14 Gustavus Adolphus 7
02 DEC 1951 Arkansas State 46 Camp Breckinridge 12
07 DEC 1952 Western Kentucky 34 Arkansas State 19
06 DEC 1953 Sam Houston State 14 College of Idaho 12
05 DEC 1954 Delaware 19 Kent State 7
04 DEC 1955 Jacksonville State 12 Rhode Island 10
01 DEC 1956 Sam Houston State 27 Middle Tennessee State 13
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