Tobacco Bowl

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Tobacco Bowl (defunct)
Tobacco Festival Bowl
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The Tobacco Bowl in 1949
Stadium City Stadium
Location Richmond, Virginia
Operated1949–1982
Conference tie-insNone
Sponsors
National Tobacco Festival

The Tobacco Bowl (or Tobacco Festival Bowl) was a college football bowl game that was held in Richmond, Virginia from 1949 to 1982. [1] [2] It was not a postseason bowl game, and it typically featured regional teams from Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. [2] The Tobacco Bowl was always played in Richmond City Stadium and was, on occasion, the host of the annual Virginia–Virginia Tech rivalry game. The football game eventually became just the University of Richmond Spiders against a visiting team from elsewhere in the southeast.

The game was part of the National Tobacco Festival, which was held in Richmond every fall from 1948 until 1984. The festival included multiple activities in addition to the football game, including a parade, dinners, balls, beauty contests. The queen was selected from a group of crowned tobacco princesses who arrived in Richmond from all over the East Coast. [3]

The National Tobacco Festival was originally held in South Boston, Virginia from its inception in 1935 to 1941, when it was suspended during World War II.

Game results

Note: Results are difficult to find; the following results have been compiled from various sources. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
AnnualDateWinnerLoserRef.
1stOctober 15, 1949 VMI 14 Richmond 7 [10]
2ndOctober 14, 1950 Virginia 26 Washington and Lee 21 [11]
3rdOctober 13, 1951 William & Mary 7 Wake Forest 6 [12]
4thOctober 18, 1952 Virginia 33 VMI 14 [13]
5thSeptember 19, 1953 William & Mary 16 Wake Forest 14 [14]
6thSeptember 25, 1954 VPI 32 Wake Forest 0 [15]
7thOctober 8, 1955 Penn State 26 Virginia 7 [16]
8thOctober 13, 1956 South Carolina 27 Virginia 13 [17]
9thOctober 19, 1957 Virginia 38 VPI 7 [18]
10thOctober 25, 1958 West Virginia 21 VPI 20 [19]
11thOctober 17, 1959 VPI 40 Virginia 14 [20]
12thSeptember 24, 1960 VPI 15 West Virginia 0 [21]
13thSeptember 30, 1961 Duke 42 Virginia 0 [22]
14thSeptember 29, 1962 West Virginia 14 VPI 0 [23]
15thOctober 5, 1963 Duke 30 Maryland 12 [24]
16thOctober 11, 1964 Virginia 20 VMI 19 [25]
17thOctober 16, 1965 Virginia 41 West Virginia 0 [26]
18thOctober 15, 1966 VPI 21 Vanderbilt 6 [27]
19thOctober 7, 1967 William & Mary 33 VMI 28 [28]
20thOctober 19, 1968 West Virginia 20 William & Mary 0 [29]
21stOctober 11, 1969 Virginia 28 VMI 10 [30]
22ndOctober 24, 1970 Richmond 38 East Carolina 12 [31]
23rdOctober 16, 1971 Clemson 32 Virginia 15 [32]
24thOctober 28, 1972 William & Mary 17 Virginia Tech 16 [33]
25thOctober 13, 1973 Richmond 42 Southern Miss 20 [34]
26thOctober 5, 1974 VMI 22 Virginia Tech 17 [35]
27thOctober 18, 1975 Richmond 24 VMI 19 [36]
28thOctober 9, 1976 Virginia Tech 37 VMI 7 [37]
29thOctober 8, 1977 Virginia Tech 17 William & Mary 8 [38]
30thOctober 14, 1978 VMI 23 Richmond 6 [39]
31stOctober 13, 1979 Duke 34 Richmond 7 [40]
32ndOctober 25, 1980 Richmond 18 Virginia Tech 7 [41]
33rdOctober 10, 1981 East Carolina 17 Richmond 13 [42]
34thOctober 23, 1982 VMI 14 Richmond 0 [43]

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