Tobacco Bowl

Tobacco Bowl (defunct)
Tobacco Festival Bowl

The Tobacco Bowl in 1949
Stadium City Stadium
Location Richmond, Virginia
Operated 1949—1982
Conference tie-ins None
Sponsors
National Tobacco Festival
1982 matchup
VMI vs. Richmond (14-0)

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 game was part of the National Tobacco Festival, which was held in Richmond every fall from 1948 until 1984. The football game eventually became just the University of Richmond Spiders against a visiting team from elsewhere in the southeast.[2] Both "the game and festival both died off, apparently just another tobacco-related casualty."[3]

Game results

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

References

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