Refrigerator Bowl

Refrigerator Bowl (defunct)
Stadium	Reitz Bowl[1]
Location	Evansville, Indiana

The Refrigerator Bowl was a college football bowl game played annually from 1948 until 1956 in Evansville, Indiana. The game was named for the local refrigerator production. With 3,800 units a day being manufactured, Evansville at the time was known as the "refrigerator capital of the United States".[2]

Game results

Date played	Winning team		Losing team		Notes
December 4, 1948	Evansville	13	Missouri Valley	7	[3][4]
December 3, 1949	Evansville	22	Hillsdale	7	[5][6]
December 2, 1950	Abilene Christian	14	Gustavus Adolphus	7	[7]
December 2, 1951	Arkansas State	46	Camp Breckinridge	12	[8]
December 7, 1952	Western Kentucky	34	Arkansas State	19	[9][10]
December 6, 1953	Sam Houston State	14	College of Idaho	12	[11]
December 5, 1954	Delaware	19	Kent State	7	[12][13]
December 4, 1955	Jacksonville State	12	Rhode Island	10	[14]
December 1, 1956	Sam Houston State	27	Middle Tennessee	13	[15]

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References

http://reitzfootball.com/the-tradition/reitz-bowl/
http://local.evcpl.lib.in.us/views/viewimage.asp?ID=43052
http://www.moval.edu/aboutmvc/press/2006/FootballHoF.pdf
"Missouri Valley's Streak Of 41 Grid Wins Snapped". The Hartford Courant. December 5, 1948.
Evansville Athletics - Football
"Evansville On Top, 22-7; Pins First Defeat on Hillsdale in Refrigerator Bowl". The New York Times. December 4, 1949.
Athletic Hall of Fame - Gustavus Adolphus College
"Arkansas State Wins Refrigerator Bowl". The Washington Post. December 3, 1951.
Western Kentucky University Official Sports Site
"Refrigerator Bowl Game Won By W. Kentucky". Chicago Daily Tribune. December 8, 1952.
‘Yote Notes – Aug
BuckeyeXtra - The Columbus Dispatch : Former Buckeye helped rebuild Kent State program
"Delaware Beats Kent State, 19-7; Wins in Refrigerator Bowl as Zaiser Scores Twice in Fourth Period". The New York Times. December 6, 1954.
"Rhode Island Loses Refrigerator Bowl Duel To Jacksonville, Ala., State, 12-10". The Hartford Courant. December 5, 1955.
ESPN - Middle Tennessee bowl history - College Football

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[1] ttp://reitzfootball.com/the-tradition/reitz-bowl/

[2] ttp://local.evcpl.lib.in.us/views/viewimage.asp?ID=43052

[3] ttp://www.moval.edu/aboutmvc/press/2006/FootballHoF.pdf

[4] "Missouri Valley's Streak Of 41 Grid Wins Snapped". The Hartford Courant. December 5, 1948.

[5] Evansville Athletics - Football

[6] "Evansville On Top, 22-7; Pins First Defeat on Hillsdale in Refrigerator Bowl". The New York Times. December 4, 1949.

[7] Athletic Hall of Fame - Gustavus Adolphus College

[8] "Arkansas State Wins Refrigerator Bowl". The Washington Post. December 3, 1951.

[9] Western Kentucky University Official Sports Site

[10] "Refrigerator Bowl Game Won By W. Kentucky". Chicago Daily Tribune. December 8, 1952.

[11] ‘Yote Notes – Aug

[12] BuckeyeXtra - The Columbus Dispatch : Former Buckeye helped rebuild Kent State program

[13] "Delaware Beats Kent State, 19-7; Wins in Refrigerator Bowl as Zaiser Scores Twice in Fourth Period". The New York Times. December 6, 1954.

[14] "Rhode Island Loses Refrigerator Bowl Duel To Jacksonville, Ala., State, 12-10". The Hartford Courant. December 5, 1955.

[15] ESPN - Middle Tennessee bowl history - College Football