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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.) | ||
| + | ==='''Results'''=== | ||
| + | {|class="wikitable zebra" style="width:500px;" | ||
| + | |style="width:70px;"|04 DEC 1948 | ||
| + | |[[Evansville]] | ||
| + | |style="width:30px;"|13 | ||
| + | |[[Missouri Valley]] | ||
| + | |style="width:30px;"|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 | ||
| + | |} | ||
[[category:Bowl Games]] | [[category:Bowl Games]] | ||
Latest revision as of 21:22, 7 April 2015
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.)
Results
| 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 |
