Flower Bowl (bowl game)

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 Johnson C. Smith 13 Lane 12 [1]
January 2, 1943 North Carolina A&T 14 Southern 12 [2][3]
January 1, 1944 Allen 33 Winston-Salem State 0 [4]
January 1, 1945 Texas College 18 North Carolina A&T 0 [5]
January 1, 1946 Louisiana Normal 19 Lane 6 [6]
January 1, 1947 Delaware State 7 Florida N&I 6 [7][8]
January 1, 1948 Bethune–Cookman 6 Lane 0 [9][10]

Note, the 1949 contest scheduled between Bethune–Cookman and Florida A&M did not occur.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-03-27. Retrieved 2021-03-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Squires, David (September 26, 2019). "Aggie pride built N.C. A&T into a championship football program".
  3. ^ Record, Jeff Mills (Greensboro) News & (25 November 2015). "Bowl game gives N.C. A&T the gift of extra practice time". Winston-Salem Journal.
  4. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (1944). The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide. A. S. Barnes. pp. 80, 84.
  5. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (1945). The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide. A. S. Barnes. pp. 66, 128.
  6. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (1946). The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide. A. S. Barnes. p. 45.
  7. ^ "Delaware State to Play In Flower Bowl on Jan. 1". The Morning News. December 7, 1946 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Delaware State Wins Negro Bowl Classic In Florida". The Danville Morning News. January 2, 1947 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Bethune-Cookman Wins Flower Bowl". St. Petersburg Times. January 2, 1948. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Bethune-Cookman Beats Lane 6-0 in Flower Bowl". The Pittsburgh Courier. January 10, 1948. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.


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