The Camellia Bowl was a post-season major
college football
College football is gridiron football that is played by teams of amateur Student athlete, student-athletes at universities and colleges. It was through collegiate competition that gridiron football American football in the United States, firs ...
bowl game played at
McNaspy Stadium in
Lafayette, Louisiana
Lafayette ( , ) is the most populous city in and parish seat of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, Lafayette Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana, located along the Vermilion River (Louisiana), Vermilion River. It is Louisiana's List of municipaliti ...
, on December 30, 1948, between the
Hardin–Simmons Cowboys and the
Wichita Shockers (now known as Wichita State).
Background
The
Border Conference
The Border Conference, officially known as the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association, was an NCAA-affiliated college athletic conference founded in 1931 that disbanded following the 1961–62 school year. Centered in the southwestern Unite ...
's Cowboys, led by quarterback
Johnny Ford and wide receiver
Bob McChesney, were playing in their third bowl game of 1948 (a tie to Pacific 35–35 in the Grape Bowl on December 11, and a defeat of Ouachita College 40–12 in the Shrine Bowl a week later). Wichita was in second place in the
Missouri Valley Conference
The Missouri Valley Conference (also called MVC or simply "The Valley") is the fourth-oldest collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the United States. The conference's members are primarily located in the Midwestern Unite ...
, playing in their first bowl game.
Game summary
The Hardin-Simmons Cowboys outrushed and simply overmanned the Shockers, beating them soundly, 49–12. McChesney scored four touchdowns on passes from Ford.
The bowl was never played again due to the low attendance.
See also
*
List of college bowl games
This is a list of college football bowl games, including those proposed and defunct. Six bowl games are part of the College Football Playoff, a selection system that creates bowl matchups involving twelve of the top-ranked teams in the NCAA Divis ...
References
External links
1948 Bowl report from goldenrankings.com
1948–49 college football bowl games
1948
Events January
* January 1
** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated.
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Defunct college football bowls
1948
Events January
* January 1
** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated.
** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) ...
1948
Events January
* January 1
** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated.
** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) ...
College football bowls in Louisiana
Sports competitions in Lafayette, Louisiana
December 1948 sports events in the United States
1948 in sports in Louisiana
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