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1948 game was the first inter-racial college bowl game Furniture Bowl [44] 1950 Martinsville, Virginia: Maryland State Hawks vs. Bluefield State Big Blues: Glass Bowl: 1946–1949 Toledo, Ohio: Hosted by University of Toledo: Golden Isles Bowl 1962 Brunswick, Georgia: McNeese State University vs. Samford University: Grantland Rice Bowl: 1964–1972
The Grantland Rice Bowl was an annual college football bowl game held from 1964 through 1977. The game originated as an NCAA College Division regional final, then became a playoff game for Division II. It was named in honor of Grantland Rice, an early 20th century American sportswriter known for his elegant prose, and was originally played in ...
Grantland Rice's Sportlights ad in Exhibitor's Trade Review (Nov 1924–Feb 1925). In 1907, Rice saw what he would call the greatest thrill he ever witnessed in his years of watching sports during the Sewanee–Vanderbilt football game: the catch by Vanderbilt center Stein Stone, on a double-pass play then thrown near the end zone by Bob Blake to set up the touchdown run by Honus Craig that ...
Although the game was played in Fort Worth, Centre won the game 63–7. [8] In 1923 , during TCU's first year in the SWC, it earned a 2–1–0 conference record and a 5–4–0 overall record. One loss that year was a 40–21 decision against TCU's emerging rival, the SMU Mustangs , who went 9–0 en route to a conference championship. [ 9 ]
Three games of the 2021 World Series were held at Minute Maid Park, with the Braves winning Games 1 and 6 (they also won Games 3 and 4 at Truist Park in Atlanta) to claim their fourth World Series championship. Houston's only home victory came in Game 2. Games 1, 2 and 6 of the 2022 World Series were held at Minute Maid Park. The Astros won ...
— Grantland Rice, October 18, 1924 [3] George Strickler, then Rockne's student publicity aide and later sports editor of the Chicago Tribune , made sure the name stuck. He had pitched the idea out loud at the halftime of the Army game in the press box as a tie in to the 1921 Rudolph Valentino movie The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse . [ 6 ]
Game summary. Houston jumped out to a 21–0 lead in the first quarter with rushing touchdowns from Dyral Thomas and two from Alois Blackwell, all three coming on Maryland mistakes, such as a missed 20 yard field goal, a blocked punt, and a fumble at their own 24.
TCU-SMU football history. The Horned Frogs lead the all-time series between the in-state foes 53-42-7. The first-ever matchup occurred on Oct. 8, 1915, and ended in a 43-0 win for TCU in Forth ...