| Year Game Played: | 1948 |
| Camellia Bowl | |
| Subheader: | Bowl game |
| Football Season: | 1948 |
| Visitor Name Short: | Wichita |
| Visitor Nickname: | Shockers |
| Home Name Short: | Hardin–Simmons |
| Home Nickname: | Cowboys |
| Visitor Record: | 5–3–1 |
| Visitor Conference: | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Home Record: | 4–4–2 |
| Home Conference: | Border Conference |
| Visitor Coach: | Jim Trimble |
| Home Coach: | Warren Woodson |
| Date Game Played: | December 30 |
| Stadium: | McNaspy Stadium |
| City: | Lafayette, Louisiana |
| Referee: | Kermit Laabs |
| Attendance: | 5,000 |
| First Game Ever Played: | yes |
| Last Game Ever Played: | yes |
The Camellia Bowl was a post-season major college football bowl game played at McNaspy Stadium in Lafayette, Louisiana, on December 30, 1948, between the Hardin–Simmons Cowboys and the Wichita Shockers (now known as Wichita State).[1]
The Cowboys were from the Border Conference in their third bowl game of 1948 (a tie to Pacific 35–35 in the Grape Bowl December 11, and a defeat of Ouachita College 40–12 in the Shrine Bowl a week later). Wichita was second place in the Missouri Valley Conference in their first bowl game.
The Hardin-Simmons Cowboys outrushed and simply overmanned the Shockers, beating them soundly 49–12. The bowl was never played again due to the low attendance.