Optimist Bowl
All-American Bowl
(Post-Season Football Game)

Optimist Bowl
Houston, Texas
Optimist Bowl 1 1946  North Texas College (W 14-13) Pacific College,   (12/21)
Tucson, Arizona
Optimist Bowl 1 1958  College All-Stars (W 56-28) Tucson Cowboys (WPFL),   (1/4)
Optimist Bowl 2 1959  Major College All-Americans (NCAA) (W 14-12) Small College All-Americans (NAIA),   (1/4)
Optimist Bowl 3 1960  Major College All_Americans (W 53-0) Small College All-Americans,   (1/2)
All-American Bowl 4 1961  Major College All_Americans (W 31-0) Small College All-Americans,   (12/30)
All-American Bowl 5 1962  Small College All_Americans (W 14-13) Major College All-Americans,   (12/29)
 Notes:
 • The WPFL was the Western Professional Football League. The Tucson Cowboys were a semi-pro football team.
 • The Optimist Bowl was also known as the All-American Optimist Bowl 1959 & 60, and just the All-American Bowl from 1961..
 • There was an Optimist Bowl football game at Asheville, North Carolina, between Western and Eastern N.C. high school All-Stars, 1947-1950.
 • There was an Optimist Bowl football game at Sweetwater, Tennessee between the best state high school teams, from 1959.
 • There was an Optimist Bowl football game at Knoxville, Tennessee, between high school teams, in 1964.
 • There was an Optimist Bowl football game at Pensacola, Florida, between the best state high school teams, from 1977 on.

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