Wheat Bowl

The Wheat Bowl was the only National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics endorsed pre-season bowl game that operated from 1995 until 2006. The Wheat Bowl Football Classic was headquartered in the Central Kansas town of Ellinwood and was played in nearby Great Bend annually as the kickoff for the NAIA season.[3]

Wheat Bowl (defunct)
Wheat Bowl Football Classic
The only sanctioned NAIA pre-season bowl game
StadiumGreat Bend High School Memorial Stadium[1]
LocationGreat Bend, Kansas
Previous locationsEllinwood, Kansas
Operated1995-2006
Conference tie-insNAIA
Sponsors
various[2]
2006 matchup
Northwestern Oklahoma vs Lindenwood (14 - 13)

In 1995 and 1996, the game was played as a "post-season" game. Beginning in 1997, the Wheat Bowl Football Classic was successfully switched to a pre-season contest to eliminate several potential obstacles: the possibility of inclement weather, conflicts with Kansas State University and University of Kansas home games as well as conflicts with high school playoffs.

Due to facilities not being available, no game was played in 2007. The next game was scheduled for August 23, 2008 at the newly renovated Great Bend Memorial Stadium.[4] According to the bowl website, it appears that the game was not played as originally scheduled and the bowl is now considered defunct. The College Fanz First Down Classic preseason bowl began in 2007 and is now considered the kick-off of the NAIA season.[5]

Game results
YearWinnerLoser
1995 MidAmerica Nazarene38Ottawa0
1996 Southwestern28Baker20
1997 Sioux Falls35Benedictine10
1998 Northwestern Oklahoma40MidAmerica Nazarene7
1999 Northwestern Oklahoma49Missouri Valley14
2000 Concordia (Nebraska)31Lindenwood14
2001 Peru State (Nebraska)21Baker14
2002 Midland Lutheran College25Bacone15
2003 MidAmerica Nazarene21Southern Nazarene14
2004 Midland Lutheran College31Avila9
2005 Graceland24Southern Nazarene20
2006 Northwestern Oklahoma14Lindenwood13

Community College

There was a game called the "Wheat Bowl" played between Kansas Community Colleges from 1948 to 1950. Although the name is the same, the organization was completely different. This particular bowl is now defunct.[6]

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References
  1. Memorial Stadium Photo
  2. Wheat Bowl - Great Bend - Kansas - Football
  3. NAIAFOOTBALL.NET-The Nation's Home for NAIA Football
  4. Wheat Bowl - Great Bend - Kansas - Football
  5. CollegeFanz "Avila University Wins College Fanz First Down Classic"
  6. Games
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