Difference between revisions of "Refrigerator Bowl"
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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.) | 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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Revision as of 00:28, 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 |
