Vulcan Bowl
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The Vulcan Bowl was a college football
bowl game
played at Rickwood Field
in Birmingham
, Alabama
. The game was played between 1942 and 1949 and again in 1952 on New Year's Day between historically black colleges. The game was one of the longer lasting bowls for HBCUs established in the 1940s.
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played at Rickwood Field
Rickwood Field
Rickwood FieldFacility StatisticsLocation1137 2nd Avenue WestBirmingham, AlabamaBroke GroundSpring 1910Cost$75,000OpenedAugust 18, 1910SurfaceGrassOwnerCity of BirminghamTenantsBirmingham Barons 1910-1961...
in Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama
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, Alabama
Alabama
Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...
. The game was played between 1942 and 1949 and again in 1952 on New Year's Day between historically black colleges. The game was one of the longer lasting bowls for HBCUs established in the 1940s.
Game results
| Annual | Winning Team !! colspan="2" | Losing Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | January 1, 1942 | Langston Langston University Langston University is an institution of higher learning located in Langston, Oklahoma, USA. It is the only historically black college in the state, and the westernmost historically black college in the United States... |
13 | Morris Brown Morris Brown College Morris Brown College is a private, coed, liberal arts college located in the Vine City community of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It is a historically black college affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal Church... |
0 |
| 2nd | January 1, 1943 | Texas College Texas College Texas College is a historically black four-year college located in Tyler, Texas that is affiliated with the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and the United Negro College Fund... |
13 | Tuskegee Tuskegee University Tuskegee University is a private, historically black university located in Tuskegee, Alabama, United States. It is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund... |
0 |
| 3rd | January 1, 1944 | Tuskegee | 12 | Clark Atlanta Clark Atlanta University Clark Atlanta University is a private, historically black university in Atlanta, Georgia. It was formed in 1988 with the consolidation of Clark College and Atlanta University... |
7 |
| 4th | January 1, 1945 | Tennessee State Tennessee State University Tennessee State University is a land-grant university located in Nashville, Tennessee. TSU is the only state-funded historically black university in Tennessee.-History:... |
12 | Tuskegee | 7 |
| 5th | January 1, 1946 | Tennessee State | 33 | Texas College | 6 |
| 6th | January 1, 1947 | Tennessee State | 32 | Louisville Municipal College Simmons College of Kentucky Simmons College of Kentucky, also referred to as Simmons College and Simmons Bible College, is a private, co-educational college located in Louisville, Kentucky. Founded in 1879, Simmons College is a historically black college... |
0 |
| 7th | January 1, 1948 | Central State Central State University Central State University, commonly referred to as "C-State", is a historically black university located in Wilberforce, Ohio, United States. It is the only public HBCU in Ohio.-History:... |
27 | Grambling Grambling State Tigers The Grambling Tigers represent Grambling State University in NCAA intercollegiate athletics. Grambling's sports teams participate in Division I as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference... |
21 |
| 8th | January 1, 1949 | Kentucky State Kentucky State University Kentucky State University is a four-year institution of higher learning, located in Frankfort, Kentucky, United States, the Commonwealth's capital. The school is an historically black university, which desegregated in 1954... |
23 | North Carolina A&T North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is a land-grant university located in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. It is the largest publicly funded historically black college in the state of North Carolina.NC A&T is a constituent institution of the University of North... |
13 |
| 9th | January 1, 1952 | Bethune-Cookman | 27 | Texas College | 13 |
- Results Source: Vulcan Bowl, at the College Football Data Warehouse