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: | |
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• 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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