Flower Bowl (bowl game) explained
The Flower Bowl was an annual post-season American college football bowl game played at Durkee Field in Jacksonville, Florida, from 1942 to 1948.
Game results
| --> Date | Winner | Loser | Ref. |
|---|
| -->January 1, 1942 | | 13 | | 12 | |
| -->January 2, 1943 | | 14 | | 12 | [1] [2] |
| -->January 1, 1944 | | 33 | | 0 | [3] |
| -->January 1, 1945 | | 18 | | 0 | [4] |
| -->January 1, 1946 | | 19 | | 6 | [5] |
| -->January 1, 1947 | Grambling | 19 | | 6 | [6] |
| -->January 1, 1948 | Bethune–Cookman | 6 | | 0 | [7] [8] | |
Note, the 1949 contest scheduled between Bethune–Cookman and Florida A&M did not occur.[9]
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Aggie pride built N.C. A&T into a championship football program. David. Squires. September 26, 2019.
- Web site: Bowl game gives N.C. A&T the gift of extra practice time. Jeff Mills (Greensboro) News &. Record. Winston-Salem Journal. 25 November 2015 .
- Book: National Collegiate Athletic Association. The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide. 1944. A. S. Barnes. 80, 84.
- Book: National Collegiate Athletic Association. The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide. 1945. A. S. Barnes. 66, 128.
- Book: National Collegiate Athletic Association. The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide. 1946. A. S. Barnes. 45.
- Book: Martin Gitlin. The Greatest College Football Rivalries of All Time: The Civil War, the Iron Bowl, and Other Memorable Matchups. 14 August 2014. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 978-1-4422-2984-6. 257.
- News: Bethune-Cookman Wins Flower Bowl. St. Petersburg Times. January 2, 1948. 20. Newspapers.com.
- News: Bethune-Cookman Beats Lane 6-0 in Flower Bowl. The Pittsburgh Courier. January 10, 1948. 14. Newspapers.com.
- Web site: Archived copy . 2021-03-09 . 2021-03-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210327013205/https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/pdfs/13000484.pdf . dead .
