Vulcan Bowl
The Vulcan Bowl was a college football bowl game played at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama. The game was played on New Year's Day between 1941 and 1949 and again in 1952, between historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The game was one of the longer-lasting bowls for HBCUs established in the 1940s.[1] The first game in the series was called the "Steel Bowl," and the bowl game served as an early era black college football national championship game by matching the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference champion against the best team from the other HBCU conferences.[2]
Game results
A total of ten games were played.[3]
| Date | Winner | Loser | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1, 1941 | Morris Brown | 19 | Wilberforce | 3 | [4] |
| January 1, 1942 | Langston | 13 | Morris Brown | 0 | |
| January 1, 1943 | Texas College | 13 | Tuskegee | 0 | |
| January 1, 1944 | Tuskegee | 12 | Clark (GA) | 7 | |
| January 1, 1945 | Tennessee A&I | 12 | Tuskegee | 7 | |
| January 1, 1946 | Tennessee A&I | 33 | Texas College | 6 | |
| January 1, 1947 | Tennessee A&I | 32 | Louisville Municipal | 0 | |
| January 1, 1948 | Wilberforce State | 27 | Grambling | 21 | |
| January 1, 1949 | Kentucky State | 23 | North Carolina A&T | 13 | |
| January 1, 1952 | Bethune–Cookman | 27 | Texas College | 13 | |
References
- ^ Roger B., Saylor (May 2000). "Black College Football" (PDF). College Football Historical Society Newsletter. p. 6.
- ^ "Vulcan Bowl Game Set". Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News (p. 11). 7 November 1941.
- ^ http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/bowls/bowl_results.php?bowlid=317
- ^ John Rodgers (11 January 1941). "Morris Brown Tops Wilberforce In Thrilling Steel Bowl Game". Durham Carolina Times (p. 5).