Tobacco Bowl Explained

Tobacco Bowl
Full Name:Tobacco Festival Bowl
Defunct:Yes
Stadium:City Stadium
Location:Richmond, Virginia
Years:1949–1982
Conference Tie-Ins:None
Sponsors:National Tobacco Festival

The Tobacco Bowl (or Tobacco Festival Bowl) was a college football game held in Richmond, Virginia from 1949 to 1982.[1] [2] Despite its "bowl" designation, it was not a postseason game, but an in-season neutral-site contest that typically featured regional rivals from Virginia and neighboring states.[2] The Tobacco Bowl was always played in Richmond City Stadium. Virginia Tech (branded as VPI until the 1970s, after its official name, Virginia Polytechnic Institute), played in the most Tobacco Bowls (12), followed by Virginia (11) and VMI (10), but the game hosted the Virginia-Virginia Tech rivalry game just twice, and the VMI-Virginia Tech rivalry game only once. After appearing in just four of the first 29 Tobacco Bowls, the city's own University of Richmond Spiders played in each of the last five games, against a visiting team from elsewhere in the southeast.

The Tobacco Bowl was Richmond's counterpart to the longer-lasting Oyster Bowl in Norfolk, Virginia, and the short-lived Harvest Bowl in Roanoke, Virginia, which were also regular season neutral-site contests. The game served as centerpiece of the National Tobacco Festival, which was held in Richmond every fall from 1948 until 1984. The festival included multiple activities in addition to the football game, including a parade, dinners, balls, beauty contests. The queen was selected from a group of crowned tobacco princesses who arrived in Richmond from all over the East Coast.[3]

The National Tobacco Festival was originally held in South Boston, Virginia from its inception in 1935 to 1941, when it was suspended during World War II.

Game results

Note: Results are difficult to find; the following results have been compiled from various sources.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

AnnualDateWinnerLoserRef.
1stOctober 15, 1949 14 7 [10]
2ndOctober 14, 1950 26 21 [11]
3rdOctober 13, 1951 7 6 [12]
4thOctober 18, 1952 33 14 [13]
5thSeptember 19, 1953 16 14 [14]
6thSeptember 25, 1954 32 0 [15]
7thOctober 8, 1955 26 7 [16]
8thOctober 13, 1956 27 13 [17]
9thOctober 19, 1957 38 7 [18]
10thOctober 25, 1958 21 20 [19]
11thOctober 17, 1959 40 14 [20]
12thSeptember 24, 1960 15 0 [21]
13thSeptember 30, 1961 42 0 [22]
14thSeptember 29, 1962 14 0 [23]
15thOctober 5, 1963 30 12 [24]
16thOctober 11, 1964 20 19 [25]
17thOctober 16, 1965 41 0 [26]
18thOctober 15, 1966 21 6 [27]
19thOctober 7, 1967 33 28 [28]
20thOctober 19, 1968 20 0 [29]
21stOctober 11, 1969 28 10 [30]
22ndOctober 24, 1970 38 12 [31]
23rdOctober 16, 1971 32 15 [32]
24thOctober 28, 1972 17 16 [33]
25thOctober 13, 1973 42 Southern Miss20 [34]
26thOctober 5, 1974 22 17 [35]
27thOctober 18, 1975 24 19 [36]
28thOctober 9, 1976 37 7 [37]
29thOctober 8, 1977 17 8 [38]
30thOctober 14, 1978 23 6 [39]
31stOctober 13, 1979 34 7 [40]
32ndOctober 25, 1980 18 7 [41]
33rdOctober 10, 1981 17 13 [42]
34thOctober 23, 1982 14 0 [43]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ehrenstamm . F. . UR Active in Tobacco Festival . The Collegian . University of Richmond . October 11, 1973 . PDF . November 4, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110720035225/http://collegian.richmond.edu/gsdl/collect/richcoll/archives/19731011.dir/doc4.pdf . July 20, 2011 .
  2. Web site: Tobacco Bowl Football Game . Flickr. November 4, 2009.
  3. News: From the Archives: Parades . . Richmond Va. 2023-02-04 .
  4. Web site: Football (College) – Programs – Assorted Bowl Games . University of Notre Dame . November 4, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090527054450/http://www.nd.edu/~joycecol/Football/fbcolprobg.html . May 27, 2009 .
  5. Web site: An All-American Story Bakhtiar Uses Football to Pursue His Dream . Virginia Athletics Foundation . 2007 . November 4, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080516035139/http://www.virginiaathleticsfoundation.com/CFL/Bahktiar.htm . May 16, 2008 .
  6. Web site: William and Mary Tribe Football Media Guide . College of William and Mary . 2009 . PDF . November 4, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100804082428/http://tribeathletics.com/files/fb/2009/mg/7a.pdf . August 4, 2010 .
  7. Web site: VMI Football Media Guide . Virginia Military Institute . 2009 . November 26, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100107010520/http://vmikeydets.com/ . January 7, 2010 .
  8. Web site: College Football Data Warehouse. D. DeLassus. November 27, 2009. October 25, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081025035706/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/. dead.
  9. News: Gaillard. L.. History Doesn't Interest Clemson's Hootie Ingram. August 10, 2011. The Spartanburg Herald. October 13, 1971. B4.
  10. Web site: Howell. J.. 1949 Games. Division I-A Historical Scores. D. Howell. Madison, WI. TXT. January 14, 2012.
  11. Web site: Howell. J.. 1950 Games. Division I-A Historical Scores. D. Howell. Madison, WI. TXT. January 14, 2012.
  12. Web site: Howell. J.. 1951 Games. Division I-A Historical Scores. D. Howell. Madison, WI. TXT. January 14, 2012.
  13. Web site: Howell. J.. 1952 Games. Division I-A Historical Scores. D. Howell. Madison, WI. TXT. January 14, 2012.
  14. Web site: Howell. J.. 1953 Games. Division I-A Historical Scores. D. Howell. Madison, WI. TXT. January 14, 2012.
  15. Web site: Howell. J.. 1954 Games. Division I-A Historical Scores. D. Howell. Madison, WI. TXT. January 14, 2012.
  16. Web site: Howell. J.. 1955 Games. Division I-A Historical Scores. D. Howell. Madison, WI. TXT. January 14, 2012.
  17. Web site: Howell. J.. 1956 Games. Division I-A Historical Scores. D. Howell. Madison, WI. TXT. January 14, 2012.
  18. Web site: Howell. J.. 1957 Games. Division I-A Historical Scores. D. Howell. Madison, WI. TXT. January 14, 2012.
  19. Web site: Howell. J.. 1958 Games. Division I-A Historical Scores. D. Howell. Madison, WI. TXT. January 14, 2012.
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  27. Web site: Howell. J.. 1966 Games. Division I-A Historical Scores. D. Howell. Madison, WI. TXT. January 14, 2012.
  28. Web site: Howell. J.. 1967 Games. Division I-A Historical Scores. D. Howell. Madison, WI. TXT. January 14, 2012.
  29. Web site: Howell. J.. 1968 Games. Division I-A Historical Scores. D. Howell. Madison, WI. TXT. January 14, 2012.
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