The Elks Bowl was a postseason
college football
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bowl game
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played after the 1953 and 1954 regular seasons.
There was also an earlier playing of the game, at the
junior varsity
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level, in 1952. Each game was held at a different venue in
North Carolina
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. The bowl's name came from the
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
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, a
fraternal order
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, with proceeds from the game going to their charitable works.
Like some other postseason match-ups of the era, such as the
Grape Bowl,
Glass Bowl
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, and
Optimist Bowl
The Optimist Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game played in 1946. It was held at Public School Stadium (later known as Robertson Stadium), in Houston.
Origins
The game was sponsored by the Houston Optimist Club, through agreement rea ...
, results are listed in
NCAA
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records, but the games were not considered NCAA-sanctioned bowls.
Game results
The 1952 game was played between junior varsity teams.
Notes
* Morris Harvey
halfback Jimmy Carr
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was selected as most valuable player of the January 1954 game.
* 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.
See also
*
List of college bowl games
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References
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Defunct college football bowls