Coal Bowl

Not to be confused with Friends of Coal Bowl.

For the high school basketball tournament, see Coal Bowl (basketball tournament).

Coal Bowl

California Vulcans IUP Crimson Hawks
Sport	Football
First meeting	October 17, 1908 Tie, 0–0
Latest meeting	October 25, 2025 IUP, 38–30
Next meeting	2026
Trophy	Coal Miners Pail Trophy
Statistics
Meetings total	100
All-time series	IUP leads, 66–31–3
Trophy series	Cal U leads, 10–5
Largest victory	IUP, 69–0 (1912)
Longest win streak	IUP, 20 (1985–2004)
Current win streak	IUP, 1 (2025–present)
California (PA) IUP Locations in Pennsylvania

The Coal Bowl is an American college football game between Pennsylvania Western University California and Indiana University of Pennsylvania. The two universities, both members of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education and the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC). The two universities first competed in 1918. The name was added to the rivalry in 2009. The winner will earn the Coal Miners Pail Trophy, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Coal Association.

The trophy was established by brothers Barry "Buck" and Bob Lippencott. Buck played football at Indiana (IUP) and Bob played at California, competing against each other in 1963 and 1964. The brothers made a donation to their universities to establish an athletic scholarship. ^[1] In addition, proceeds from sponsorship of the Pennsylvania Coal Association will be split between the two schools. ^{[2] [3]}

Game results

Cal U victories

IUP victories

Tie games

Forfeits

No. Date Location Winning team Losing team 1 1908 California, PA Tie 0 Tie 0 2 1912 IUP 69 Cal U 0 3 1918 IUP 20 Cal U 2 4 1918 IUP 19 Cal U 16 5 1919 IUP 21 Cal U 0 6 1921 Cal U 14 IUP 0 7 1922 Indiana, PA IUP 6 Cal U 0 8 1927 Cal U 18 IUP 0 9 1928 Indiana, PA IUP 6 Cal U 0 10 1929 California, PA IUP 12 Cal U 7 11 1930 Indiana, PA IUP 8 Cal U 6 12 1931 California, PA Tie 0 Tie 0 13 1932 Indiana, PA Cal U 9 IUP 8 14 1933 California, PA Cal U 7 IUP 0 15 1934 Indiana, PA IUP 41 Cal U 7 16 1935 California, PA IUP 17 Cal U 6 17 1936 Indiana, PA IUP 20 Cal U 0 18 1937 California, PA IUP 19 Cal U 0 19 1939 Brownsville, PA IUP 19 Cal U 6 20 1940 Indiana, PA IUP 33 Cal U 0 21 1946 California, PA Cal U 18 IUP 6 22 1947 Indiana, PA IUP 27 Cal U 7 23 1948 California, PA Cal U 14 IUP 12 24 1949 Indiana, PA Cal U 27 IUP 7 25 1950 California, PA IUP 20 Cal U 0 26 1951 Indiana, PA IUP 13 Cal U 6 27 1952 California, PA Cal U 28 IUP 19 28 1953 Indiana, PA IUP 28 Cal U 20 29 1954 California, PA Cal U 18 IUP 7 30 1955 Indiana, PA IUP 14 Cal U 7 31 1956 California, PA IUP 6 Cal U 0 32 1957 Indiana, PA IUP 14 Cal U 13 33 1958 California, PA Cal U 13 IUP 0 34 1959 Indiana, PA Cal U 18 IUP 7 35 1960 California, PA Cal U 33 IUP 14 36 1961 Indiana, PA Cal U 13 IUP 7 37 1962 Indiana, PA Tie 14 Tie 14 38 1963 California, PA IUP 7 Cal U 0 39 1964 Indiana, PA IUP 26 Cal U 13 40 1965 California, PA IUP 43 Cal U 27 41 1966 Indiana, PA IUP 24 Cal U 0 42 1967 California, PA Cal U 27 IUP 20 43 1968 Indiana, PA IUP 41 Cal U 0 44 1969 California, PA IUP 46 Cal U 6 45 1970 Indiana, PA Cal U 14 IUP 6 46 1971 California, PA IUP 34 Cal U 0 47 1972 Indiana, PA IUP 28 Cal U 14 48 1973 California, PA IUP 34 Cal U 28 49 1974 Indiana, PA IUP 20 Cal U 0 50 1975 California, PA IUP 35 Cal U 26 51 1976 Indiana, PA IUP 16 Cal U 0 No. Date Location Winning team Losing team 52 1977 California, PA IUP 47 Cal U 7 53 1978 Indiana, PA IUP 28 Cal U 6 54 1979 California, PA IUP 38 Cal U 16 55 1980 Indiana, PA IUP 28 Cal U 14 56 1981 California, PA Cal U 35 IUP 16 57 1982 Indiana, PA Cal U† 24 IUP 10 58 1983 California, PA IUP 35 Cal U 21 59 1984 Indiana, PA Cal U 31 IUP 14 60 1985 California, PA IUP 28 Cal U 0 61 1986 Indiana, PA IUP 39 Cal U 0 62 1987 California, PA IUP 24 Cal U 0 63 1988 Indiana, PA IUP 34 Cal U 0 64 1989 California, PA IUP 17 Cal U 14 65 1990 Indiana, PA IUP 42 Cal U 15 66 1991 California, PA IUP 10 Cal U 8 67 1992 Indiana, PA IUP 36 Cal U 20 68 1993 California, PA IUP 52 Cal U 13 69 1994 Indiana, PA IUP 62 Cal U 33 70 1995 California, PA IUP 44 Cal U 20 71 1996 Indiana, PA IUP 42 Cal U 6 72 1997 California, PA IUP 20 Cal U 10 73 1998 California, PA IUP 31 Cal U 0 74 1999 Indiana, PA IUP 42 Cal U 14 75 2000 California, PA IUP 24 IUP 7 76 2001 Indiana, PA IUP 41 Cal U 0 77 2002 Indiana, PA IUP 20 Cal U 9 78 2003 California, PA IUP 14 Cal U 7 79 2004 California, PA IUP 35 Cal U 23 80 2005 Indiana, PA Cal U 38 IUP 23 81 2006 California, PA IUP 21 Cal U 17 82 2007 Indiana, PA Cal U 38 IUP 12 83 2008 California, PA Cal U 21 IUP 19 84 2009 Indiana, PA Cal U 41 IUP 28 85 2010 California, PA Cal U 18 IUP 15OT 86 2011 Indiana, PA Cal U 28 IUP 10 87 2012 California, PA Cal U 26 IUP 24 88 2013 Indiana, PA IUP 20 Cal U 7 89 2014 California, PA Cal U 21 IUP 13 90 2015 Indiana, PA IUP 20 Cal U 15 91 2016 California, PA Cal U 31 IUP 28 92 2016^ California, PA Cal U 44 IUP 23 93 2017 Indiana, PA IUP 26 Cal U 10 94 2018 California, PA Cal U 36 IUP 24 95 2019 Indiana, PA IUP 17 Cal U 6 96 2021 Indiana, PA Cal U 38 IUP 34 97 2022 California, PA IUP 22 Cal U 21 98 2023 Indiana, PA Cal U 30 IUP 20 99 2024 California, PA Cal U 16 IUP 13OT 100 2025 Indiana, PA IUP 38 Cal U 30 Series: IUP leads 66–31–3 † Cal U forfeited win. [4] ^Coal Miners Pail Trophy was not at stake in the 2016 playoff game.

See also

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games

References

1. Burglund, Matthew (October 2, 2009). "Hawks, Vulcans to play for Coal Bowl title". Indiana Gazette. Retrieved October 2, 2009.
2. "Cal U-IUP to meet in first-ever Coal Bowl". California University of Pennsylvania. September 28, 2009. Retrieved October 2, 2009.
3. "IUP hosting first Coal Bowl Oct. 3 with California University of Pennsylvania" (PDF). Indiana University of Pennsylvania. September 28, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2012. Retrieved October 2, 2009.
4. "Indiana Opponents". September 6, 2015. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved December 5, 2019.