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Tobacco Bowl (defunct) Tobacco Festival Bowl
The Tobacco Bowl in 1949
Stadium
City Stadium Location
Richmond, Virginia Operated 1949–1982 Conference tie-ins None
National Tobacco Festival
The Tobacco Bowl (or Tobacco Festival Bowl ) was a
college football
bowl game that was held in
Richmond, Virginia from 1949 to 1982.
[1]
[2] It was not a postseason bowl game, and it typically featured regional teams from
Virginia ,
North Carolina and
South Carolina .
[2] The Tobacco Bowl was always played in
Richmond City Stadium and was, on occasion, the host of the annual
Virginia–Virginia Tech rivalry game. The football game eventually became just the
University of Richmond
Spiders against a visiting team from elsewhere in the southeast.
The game was part of the National Tobacco Festival, which was held in Richmond every fall from 1948 until 1984. The festival included multiple activities in addition to the football game, including a parade, dinners, balls, beauty contests. The queen was selected from a group of crowned tobacco princesses who arrived in Richmond from all over the East Coast.
[3]
The National Tobacco Festival was originally held in
South Boston, Virginia from its inception in 1935 to 1941, when it was suspended during World War II.
Game results
Note: Results are difficult to find; the following results have been compiled from various sources.
[4]
[5]
[6]
[7]
[8]
[9]
Annual
Date
Winner
Loser
Ref.
1st
October 15, 1949
VMI
14
Richmond
7
[10]
2nd
October 14, 1950
Virginia
26
Washington and Lee
21
[11]
3rd
October 13, 1951
William & Mary
7
Wake Forest
6
[12]
4th
October 18, 1952
Virginia
33
VMI
14
[13]
5th
September 19, 1953
William & Mary
16
Wake Forest
14
[14]
6th
September 25, 1954
VPI
32
Wake Forest
0
[15]
7th
October 8, 1955
Penn State
26
Virginia
7
[16]
8th
October 13, 1956
South Carolina
27
Virginia
13
[17]
9th
October 19, 1957
Virginia
38
VPI
7
[18]
10th
October 25, 1958
West Virginia
21
VPI
20
[19]
11th
October 17, 1959
VPI
40
Virginia
14
[20]
12th
September 24, 1960
VPI
15
West Virginia
0
[21]
13th
September 30, 1961
Duke
42
Virginia
0
[22]
14th
September 29, 1962
West Virginia
14
VPI
0
[23]
15th
October 5, 1963
Duke
30
Maryland
12
[24]
16th
October 11, 1964
Virginia
20
VMI
19
[25]
17th
October 16, 1965
Virginia
41
West Virginia
0
[26]
18th
October 15, 1966
VPI
21
Vanderbilt
6
[27]
19th
October 7, 1967
William & Mary
33
VMI
28
[28]
20th
October 19, 1968
West Virginia
20
William & Mary
0
[29]
21st
October 11, 1969
Virginia
28
VMI
10
[30]
22nd
October 24, 1970
Richmond
38
East Carolina
12
[31]
23rd
October 16, 1971
Clemson
32
Virginia
15
[32]
24th
October 28, 1972
William & Mary
17
Virginia Tech
16
[33]
25th
October 13, 1973
Richmond
42
Southern Miss
20
[34]
26th
October 5, 1974
VMI
22
Virginia Tech
17
[35]
27th
October 18, 1975
Richmond
24
VMI
19
[36]
28th
October 9, 1976
Virginia Tech
37
VMI
7
[37]
29th
October 8, 1977
Virginia Tech
17
William & Mary
8
[38]
30th
October 14, 1978
VMI
23
Richmond
6
[39]
31st
October 13, 1979
Duke
34
Richmond
7
[40]
32nd
October 25, 1980
Richmond
18
Virginia Tech
7
[41]
33rd
October 10, 1981
East Carolina
17
Richmond
13
[42]
34th
October 23, 1982
VMI
14
Richmond
0
[43]
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^
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"VMI Football Media Guide" . Virginia Military Institute. 2009. Archived from
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^ Howell, J.
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^ Howell, J.
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^ Howell, J.
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^ Howell, J.
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^ Howell, J.
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^ Howell, J.
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^ Howell, J.
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^ Howell, J.
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^ Howell, J.
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^ Howell, J.
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