The Fruit Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game held in December at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco, California. The game was held three times, following the 1947–1949 seasons. The first two games featured college teams and the last involved club teams.
The games were important due to the inclusion of schools that are considered historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in both the 1947 and 1948 games. The 1947 game featured two such schools, Wilberforce and Prairie View A&M. This was the first meeting of HBCUs in San Francisco. The 1948 game was the first inter-racial bowl game played in the United States—it featured Southern and San Francisco State.
Game results (college games only)
| Date | Winner | Loser | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 14, 1947 | Wilberforce State | 26 | Prairie View A&M | 0 | |
| December 5, 1948 | Southern | 30 | San Francisco State | 0 | |
See also
References
- "Wilberforce Won Easily". Santa Cruz Sentinel (Santa Cruz, California). December 15, 1947. p. 4. Retrieved July 11, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Southern Tops San Francisco State, 30 to 0". The Times (Shreveport, Louisiana). November 28, 1947. p. 16. Retrieved July 11, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- Defunct college football bowls
- American football competitions in the San Francisco Bay Area
- 1947 establishments in California
- 1949 disestablishments in California
- Recurring sporting events established in 1947
- Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1949
- 1940s in San Francisco
- College football bowls in California