Elks Bowl

The Elks Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game played after the 1953 and 1954 regular seasons.^[1] There was also an earlier playing of the game, at the junior varsity level, in 1952.^[2] Each game was held at a different venue in North Carolina. The bowl's name came from the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, a fraternal order, with proceeds from the game going to their charitable works.^[3] Like some other postseason match-ups of the era, such as the Grape Bowl, Glass Bowl, and Optimist Bowl, results are listed in NCAA records, but the games were not considered NCAA-sanctioned bowls.^[1]

Game results

Season	Date Played	Winning Team		Losing Team		Venue	Att. (est.)
1952	October 24, 1952	North Carolina	13	Wake Forest	7	Memorial Stadium[4] – Burlington, North Carolina	1,600[4]
1953	January 2, 1954	Morris Harvey	12	East Carolina	0	College Stadium[5] – Greenville, North Carolina	4,500[1]
1954	December 11, 1954	Newberry	20	Appalachian State	13	Riddick Stadium[3] – Raleigh, North Carolina	400[6]

The 1952 game was played between junior varsity teams.

Notes

• Morris Harvey halfback Jimmy Carr was selected as most valuable player of the January 1954 game.^[7]
• For the December 1954 game, Wofford had been invited to face Appalachian State, but were unable to accept due to other commitments; Newberry was then invited and accepted.^[8]

See also

• List of college bowl games

References