Refrigerator Bowl

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".

Refrigerator Bowl (defunct)
StadiumReitz Bowl[1]
LocationEvansville, Indiana

Game results
Date playedWinning teamLosing teamAttendanceNotes
December 4, 1948Evansville13Missouri Valley7[2]
December 3, 1949Evansville22Hillsdale7[3][4]
December 2, 1950Abilene Christian14Gustavus Adolphus7
December 2, 1951Arkansas State46Camp Breckinridge1210,000[5][6][7]
December 7, 1952Western Kentucky34Arkansas State199,000[8]
December 6, 1953Sam Houston State14College of Idaho127,000[9]
December 5, 1954Delaware19Kent State73,000[10][11]
December 4, 1955Jacksonville State12Rhode Island107,000[12][13]
December 1, 1956Sam Houston State27Middle Tennessee133,000[14]

References
  1. "Reitz Bowl". March 23, 2013.
  2. "Missouri Valley's Streak Of 41 Grid Wins Snapped". The Hartford Courant. December 5, 1948.
  3. Evansville Athletics – Football
  4. "Evansville On Top, 22-7; Pins First Defeat on Hillsdale in Refrigerator Bowl". The New York Times. December 4, 1949.
  5. "Arkansas State Team Ready for Bowl Today". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. Associated Press. December 2, 1951. p. 28. Retrieved January 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  6. Middlemas, Larry (December 3, 1951). "Arkansas State Bombs Camp Breckenridge Eleven, 46-12". The Evansville Courier. Evansville, Indiana. p. 10. Retrieved January 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  7. "Arkansas State Wins Refrigerator Bowl". The Washington Post. December 3, 1951.
  8. Robertson, Bill (December 8, 1952). "Powerful Western Kentucky Dethrones Arkansas State, 34-19". The Evansville Press. Evansville, Indiana. p. 18. Retrieved February 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  9. "Safety wins for Sam Houston in muddy bowl". Evansville Press. December 7, 1953. Retrieved January 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Cartwright, Al (December 6, 1954). "Delaware Rally Conquers Kent State Foe and Thrills Refrigerator Bowl Territory". Journal-Every Evening. Wilmington, Del. p. 31 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Delaware Beats Kent State, 19-7; Wins in Refrigerator Bowl as Zaiser Scores Twice in Fourth Period". The New York Times. December 6, 1954.
  12. "Rhode Island Loses Refrigerator Bowl Duel To Jacksonville, Ala., State, 12-10". The Hartford Courant. December 5, 1955.
  13. "Jacksonville rips Rhode Island, 12–10". The Evansville Courier. December 5, 1955. Retrieved December 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. "Sam Houston defeats Middle Tenn. 27–13". The Paducah Sun. December 2, 1956. Retrieved January 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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