Camellia Bowl (1961–1980)

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Camellia Bowl (defunct)
NAIA Championship
(1961–1963)
NCAA College Division regional final
(1964–1972)
NCAA Division II championship
(1973–1975)
NCAA Division I-AA championship
(1980)
Stadium Hughes Stadium
Location Sacramento, California
Operated1961–1975, 1980

The Camellia Bowl was an annual college football postseason game in Sacramento, California, which is nicknamed the Camellia City. It was held sixteen times at Hughes Stadium, from 1961 through 1975, and once more in 1980.

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History

The Camellia Bowl was founded in March 1961, when the Sacramento City-County Chamber of Commerce voted unanimously to accept an offer from the National Association for Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) to move its championship game to the city. For the previous four years, the game had been known as the Holiday Bowl and was played in Saint Petersburg, Florida. [1] The Camellia Bowl served as the NAIA Football National Championship game for three years.

After the transition from NAIA to NCAA affiliation, announced in January 1964, [2] the game became one of four regional finals in the NCAA College Division. At the time, there were no playoffs at any level of NCAA football. For the smaller colleges and universities, as for the major programs, the national champion was determined by polls conducted by the leading news wire services. The intent of the bowl was to match the two best non-major teams from a region consisting of the Pacific Coast and Rocky Mountain states. The other three regional finals were the Tangerine (later Boardwalk), Pecan (later Pioneer), and Grantland Rice bowls.

When the College Division was subdivided into the current Division II and Division III in 1973, the NCAA made the Camellia Bowl the Division II football championship game. It served in this capacity for three seasons (1973 to 1975). After a four-year hiatus, the bowl returned in 1980 as the NCAA Division I-AA title game. [3] [4]

Sacramento's Camellia Bowl Association signed a two-year deal to host the Division I-AA championship, but after the 1980 game drew just 8,157 fans and lost $21,659, game organizers appealed to the NCAA to cancel the contract. [5] The NCAA agreed, and the I-AA title game was moved to the Pioneer Bowl in Wichita Falls, Texas for 1981.

Game results

DateWinning teamLosing teamPlayoffRef.
December   9, 1961 Pittsburg State 12 Linfield 7 NAIA Championship [6]
December   8, 1962 Central State (OK) 28 Lenoir–Rhyne 13
December 14, 1963 Saint John's (MN) 33 Prairie View A&M 27
December 12, 1964 Montana State 29 Sacramento State 7College Division Regional Final [7]
December 11, 1965 Cal State Los Angeles 18 UC Santa Barbara 10 [8]
December 10, 1966 San Diego State 28 Montana State 7 [9]
December   9, 1967 San Diego State 34 San Francisco State 6
December 14, 1968 Humboldt State 29 Fresno State 14 [10]
December 13, 1969 North Dakota State 30 Montana 3 [11] [12]
December 12, 1970 North Dakota State 31 Montana 16 [13]
December 11, 1971 Boise State 32 Chico State 28 [14] [15]
December 10, 1972 North Dakota 38 Cal Poly 21 [16]
December 15, 1973 Louisiana Tech 34 Western Kentucky 0 NCAA Division II Championship [17]
December 14, 1974 Central Michigan 54 Delaware 14 [18]
December 13, 1975 Northern Michigan 16 Western Kentucky 14 [19]
December 20, 1980 Boise State 31 Eastern Kentucky 29 NCAA Division I-AA Championship [3] [4] [15]

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References

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  2. ↑ "NCAA Selects Camellia Bowl For Regional". The Fresno Bee . January 7, 1964. Retrieved January 4, 2024– via newspapers.com.
  3. 1 2 "Broncos squeak by Colonels, take title". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. December 21, 1980. p. B2.
  4. 1 2 "Boise gets title". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. Associated Press. December 22, 1980. p. 28.
  5. ↑ "Backers Vote To Drop Camellia Bowl". Sacramento Bee. March 3, 1981. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
  6. ↑ Archived October 29, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ Archived December 15, 2004, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ Archived October 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ JIM CNOCKAERT Chronicle Sports Writer (July 28, 2007). "Jan Stenerud: The man, the myths". The Bozeman Daily Chronicle: Sports. Retrieved August 20, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Camellia Bowl Recap – Fresno State Official Athletic Site". Gobulldogs.com. Retrieved August 20, 2013.
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  14. ↑ "Boise State 32 Chico State 28". Toledo Blade. Ohio. Associated Press. December 12, 1971. p. E2.
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  18. ↑ The Modesto Bee, Dec 15, 1974, page A19
  19. ↑ The Modesto Bee, Dec 14, 1975, page B1


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