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The '''Knute Rockne Bowl''' (named after football coach [[Knute Rockne]]) was an American [[college football]] [[bowl game]] founded by the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] in October 1969.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/377144958/?match=1&clipping_id=137791346|work=Chicago Tribune|title=Bowl Games Ok'd|date=October 22, 1969|access-date=December 31, 2023}}</ref> Along with its counterpart, the [[Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl]], it was "created by the NCAA ... for its [[NCAA College Division|College Division]] II schools, those 100-plus smallest schools in the NCAA."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/70476713/?match=1&clipping_id=137790415
The '''Knute Rockne Bowl''' (named after football coach [[Knute Rockne]]) was an American [[college football]] [[bowl game]] founded by the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] in October 1969.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/377144958/?match=1&clipping_id=137791346|work=Chicago Tribune|title=Bowl Games Ok'd|date=October 22, 1969|access-date=December 31, 2023}}</ref> Along with its counterpart, the [[Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl]], it was "created by the NCAA ... for its [[NCAA College Division|College Division]] II schools, those 100-plus smallest schools in the NCAA."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/70476713/?match=1&clipping_id=137790415
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When the College Division was subdivided into the current [[NCAA Division II|Division II]] and [[NCAA Division III|Division III]] in 1973, the NCAA made the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl the [[Division III football championship]] game, and the Knute Rockne Bowl was discontinued. After an absence of three seasons, it was revived as a Division II national semifinal game for [[1976 NCAA Division II football season#Postseason|1976]] and [[1977 NCAA Division II football season#Postseason|1977]], alongside the Grantland Rice Bowl.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/patriot/lehigh/yearly_results.php?year=1975 |title=Lehigh Game by Game Results |access-date=2009-11-24 |archive-date=2009-11-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091114104409/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/patriot/lehigh/yearly_results.php?year=1975 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Knute Rockne Bowl was no longer contested after 1977, when the NCAA stopped attaching "bowl" designations to the Division II semifinals.
When the College Division was subdivided into the current [[NCAA Division II|Division II]] and [[NCAA Division III|Division III]] in 1973, the NCAA made the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl the [[Division III football championship]] game, and the Knute Rockne Bowl was discontinued. After an absence of three seasons, it was revived as a Division II national semifinal game for [[1976 NCAA Division II football season#Postseason|1976]] and [[1977 NCAA Division II football season#Postseason|1977]], alongside the Grantland Rice Bowl.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/patriot/lehigh/yearly_results.php?year=1975 |title=Lehigh Game by Game Results |access-date=2009-11-24 |archive-date=2009-11-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091114104409/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/patriot/lehigh/yearly_results.php?year=1975 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Knute Rockne Bowl was no longer contested after 1977, when the NCAA stopped attaching "bowl" designations to the Division II semifinals.


While the first, fifth, and sixth Knute Rockne Bowls were played on the home field of one of the participants, the second, third, and fourth games (1970 through 1972) were held indoors at [[Boardwalk Hall|Convention Hall]] in [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]], which was also home to the [[Boardwalk Bowl]] (1961-1973). In the three seasons that they shared the venue, the games were played two weeks apart.
The second, third, and fourth Knute Rockne Bowls (1970 through 1972) were held indoors at [[Boardwalk Hall|Convention Hall]] in [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]], which was also home to the Boardwalk Bowl (1961-1973). In the three seasons that they shared the venue, the games were played two weeks apart. The remaining three Knute Rockne Bowls (1969, 1976, and 1977) were played at the home stadium of one of the participating teams.






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!Date||Winning team||Score||Losing Team||Score||Location||notes||NCAA playoff
!Date||Winning Team||Score||Losing Team||Score||Location||notes||NCAA playoff
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|November 29, 1969 || {{cfb link|year=1969|team=Randolph–Macon Yellow Jackets|title=Randolph–Macon}}|| align=center|47 || {{cfb link|year=1969|team=Bridgeport Purple Knights|title=Bridgeport}} || align=center|28 || [[Bridgeport, Connecticut]] ||align=center|<ref name=rmbfoe>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SvggAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UXQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=894%2C4062949 |newspaper=The Day |location=(New London, Connecticut)|agency=Associated Press |title=Randolph-Macon Bridgeport foe in Rockne Bowl |date=November 25, 1969 |page=18 }}</ref> ||rowspan= 4 align=center|College Division II<br>East Region<br>Championship
|November 29, 1969 || {{cfb link|year=1969|team=Randolph–Macon Yellow Jackets|title=Randolph–Macon}}|| align=center|47 || {{cfb link|year=1969|team=Bridgeport Purple Knights|title=Bridgeport}} || align=center|28 || [[Bridgeport, Connecticut]] ||align=center|<ref name=rmbfoe>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SvggAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UXQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=894%2C4062949 |newspaper=The Day |location=(New London, Connecticut)|agency=Associated Press |title=Randolph-Macon Bridgeport foe in Rockne Bowl |date=November 25, 1969 |page=18 }}</ref> ||rowspan= 4 align=center|College Division II<br>East Region<br>Championship
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|November 26, 1971 || {{cfb link|year=1971|team=Bridgeport Purple Knights|title=Bridgeport}}|| align=center|17 || {{cfb link|year=1971|team=Hampden–Sydney Tigers football|title=Hampden–Sydney}} || align=center|12 || Atlantic City, New Jersey ||align=center|<ref name=rvfbp>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=o6hIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FQENAAAAIBAJ&pg=6039%2C3769092 |newspaper=Morning Record |location=(Meriden, Connecticut)|agency=Associated Press|title=Rockne victory for Bridgeport |date=November 27, 1971 |page=8}}</ref>
|November 26, 1971 || {{cfb link|year=1971|team=Bridgeport Purple Knights|title=Bridgeport}}|| align=center|17 || {{cfb link|year=1971|team=Hampden–Sydney Tigers football|title=Hampden–Sydney}} || align=center|12 || Atlantic City, New Jersey ||align=center|<ref name=rvfbp>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=o6hIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FQENAAAAIBAJ&pg=6039%2C3769092 |newspaper=Morning Record |location=(Meriden, Connecticut)|agency=Associated Press|title=Rockne victory for Bridgeport |date=November 27, 1971 |page=8}}</ref>
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|November 24, 1972 || {{cfb link|year=1972|team=Bridgeport Purple Knights|title=Bridgeport}}|| align=center|27 || {{cfb link|year=1972|team=Slippery Rock Rockets|title=Slippery Rock}} || align=center|12 || Atlantic City, New Jersey || align=center|<ref name=bwtsvn>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=d6tHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JP8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=4146%2C3957704 |newspaper=Morning Record |location=(Meriden, Connecticut)|title=Bridgeport wins 27-22 in Knute Rockne Bowl |agency=Associated Press |date=November 25, 1972 |page=4}}</ref>
|November 24, 1972 || [[1972 Bridgeport Purple Knights football team|Bridgeport]]|| align=center|27 || {{cfb link|year=1972|team=Slippery Rock Rockets|title=Slippery Rock}} || align=center|12 || Atlantic City, New Jersey || align=center|<ref name=bwtsvn>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=d6tHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JP8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=4146%2C3957704 |newspaper=Morning Record |location=(Meriden, Connecticut)|title=Bridgeport wins 27-22 in Knute Rockne Bowl |agency=Associated Press |date=November 25, 1972 |page=4}}</ref>
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|-
|December 4, [[1976 NCAA Division II football season#Postseason|1976]] || [[1976 Akron Zips football team|Akron]] || align=center|29 || {{cfb link|year=1976|team=Northern Michigan Wildcats|title=Northern Michigan}} || align=center|26 || [[Akron, Ohio]] ||align=center|<ref name=akwn76>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=A6QfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GdYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5759%2C686955 |newspaper=Gadsden Times |location=(Alabama) |agency=Associated Press |title=In overtime, Akron wins Rockne Bowl |date=December 5, 1976 |page=32}}</ref> ||rowspan= 2 align=center|Division II<br>Semifinal
|December 4, [[1976 NCAA Division II football season#Postseason|1976]] || [[1976 Akron Zips football team|Akron]] || align=center|29 || {{cfb link|year=1976|team=Northern Michigan Wildcats|title=Northern Michigan}} || align=center|26 || [[Akron, Ohio]] ||align=center|<ref name=akwn76>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=A6QfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GdYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5759%2C686955 |newspaper=Gadsden Times |location=(Alabama) |agency=Associated Press |title=In overtime, Akron wins Rockne Bowl |date=December 5, 1976 |page=32}}</ref> ||rowspan= 2 align=center|Division II<br>Semifinal

Latest revision as of 08:12, 14 March 2024

Knute Rockne Bowl (defunct)
NCAA College Division II
East Region Championship
(1969–1972)
NCAA Division II Semifinal
(1976–1977)
StadiumAtlantic City Convention Hall (1970–1972),
campus sites (1969, 1976–1977)
StandortAtlantic City, New Jersey (1970–1972),
campus sites (1969, 1976–1977)
Operated1969–1972, 1976–1977
Atlantic City Convention Hall
Convention Hall football field, postcard image

The Knute Rockne Bowl (named after football coach Knute Rockne) was an American college football bowl game founded by the NCAA in October 1969.[1] Along with its counterpart, the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl, it was "created by the NCAA ... for its College Division II schools, those 100-plus smallest schools in the NCAA."[2] Eligible schools were divided into an East Region (the Northeast and Middle Atlantic states) and West Region (the rest of the country), with the Knute Rockne Bowl serving as the championship of the East Region.

The NCAA thus provided postseason opportunities for schools too small to compete for spots in the four College Division regional bowls it had established in 1964 (as of 1969, these were the Camellia Bowl for the West, the Pecan Bowl for the Midwest, the Grantland Rice Bowl for the Mideast, and the Boardwalk Bowl for the East). At least for the sport of football, this accommodation in 1969 foreshadowed the decision to subdivide the College Division four years later.

When the College Division was subdivided into the current Division II and Division III in 1973, the NCAA made the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl the Division III football championship game, and the Knute Rockne Bowl was discontinued. After an absence of three seasons, it was revived as a Division II national semifinal game for 1976 and 1977, alongside the Grantland Rice Bowl.[3] The Knute Rockne Bowl was no longer contested after 1977, when the NCAA stopped attaching "bowl" designations to the Division II semifinals.

The second, third, and fourth Knute Rockne Bowls (1970 through 1972) were held indoors at Convention Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, which was also home to the Boardwalk Bowl (1961-1973). In the three seasons that they shared the venue, the games were played two weeks apart. The remaining three Knute Rockne Bowls (1969, 1976, and 1977) were played at the home stadium of one of the participating teams.






Game results

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Date Winning Team Score Losing Team Score Standort notes NCAA playoff
November 29, 1969 Randolph–Macon 47 Bridgeport 28 Bridgeport, Connecticut [4] College Division II
East Region
Championship
November 28, 1970 Montclair State 7 Hampden–Sydney 6 Atlantic City, New Jersey [5][6]
November 26, 1971 Bridgeport 17 Hampden–Sydney 12 Atlantic City, New Jersey [7]
November 24, 1972 Bridgeport 27 Slippery Rock 12 Atlantic City, New Jersey [8]
December 4, 1976 Akron 29 Northern Michigan 26 Akron, Ohio [9] Division II
Semifinal
December 3, 1977 Lehigh 39 UC Davis 30 Davis, California [10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Bowl Games Ok'd". Chicago Tribune. October 22, 1969. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
  2. ^ "Stagg Bowl Foes Set". The Pantagraph. Bloomington, IL. November 17, 1969. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
  3. ^ "Lehigh Game by Game Results". Archived from the original on 2009-11-14. Retrieved 2009-11-24.
  4. ^ "Randolph-Macon Bridgeport foe in Rockne Bowl". The Day. (New London, Connecticut). Associated Press. November 25, 1969. p. 18.
  5. ^ "Rockne Bowl teams named". Spartanburg Herald. (South Carolina). Associated Press. November 23, 1970. p. 15.
  6. ^ "Montclair State wins in Knute Rockne Bowl". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. (South Carolina). Associated Press. November 29, 1970. p. B2.
  7. ^ "Rockne victory for Bridgeport". Morning Record. (Meriden, Connecticut). Associated Press. November 27, 1971. p. 8.
  8. ^ "Bridgeport wins 27-22 in Knute Rockne Bowl". Morning Record. (Meriden, Connecticut). Associated Press. November 25, 1972. p. 4.
  9. ^ "In overtime, Akron wins Rockne Bowl". Gadsden Times. (Alabama). Associated Press. December 5, 1976. p. 32.
  10. ^ "Lehigh in II finals". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). Associated Press. December 4, 1977. p. 91.
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