Tropical Bowl (HBCUs) explained

The Tropical Bowl was a college football bowl game played at Gator Bowl Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. The game was played between 1951 and 1953 between historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The first game in 1951 was organized by Jacksonville businessmen after the 1951 Florida A&M Rattlers football team neglected to play a game in Jacksonville.^[1]

Game results

Date	Winner		Loser		Ref.
December 1, 1951	Morris Brown	21		0	^[2]
December 13, 1952		54		0	^[3]
December 12, 1953		13		0	^[4]

See also

• Tropical Bowl (all-star game), an unrelated postseason all-star game of the same name

Notes and References

1. News: Tropical Bowl Game. Tampa Bay Times. December 1, 1951. 7. Newspapers.com.
2. News: M'Brown Wolverines Sink Alcorn, 21-0: Purple Wolverines Win Tropical Classic Tilt. Alabama Tribune. December 7, 1951. 6. Newspapers.com.
3. News: Bethune-Cookman Wins. Tallahassee Democrat. December 14, 1952. 12. Newspapers.com.
4. News: Bethune-Cookman Defeated 13-0 in Tropical Bowl. Fort Myers News-Press. December 13, 1953. 14. Newspapers.com.