The Festival of Palms Bowl was a post-season college football

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held New Year's Day in

Miami, Florida Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a East Coast of the United States, coastal metropolis and the County seat, county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade C ...

. The game was held twice, following the 1932 and 1933 seasons, before being renamed the

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. In 1932, George E. Hussey, official greeter of Miami, organized the first Palm Festival game. With Miami suffering from both the Great Depression and the preceding Florida land bust, Hussey and other Miamians sought to help its economy by holding a game similar to Pasadena's Rose Bowl. Both games pitted an invited opponent against the

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of the

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. In the first game, played on January 2, 1933,

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defeated

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, 7–0. In the second game, played on New Year's Day 1934, Duquesne defeated

33–7. These games are not recognized as bowl games by the

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(NCAA) because one team was guaranteed a berth regardless of record. However, following the success of these games, backers organized another game for New Year's Day 1935, the

. This game did not automatically grant a berth to one team, although Miami was again a participant. For this reason, the

1935 Orange Bowl The 1935 Orange Bowl was an American college football bowl game between the Bucknell Bison and Miami Hurricanes. Bucknell won the game, 26–0. It was the first edition of the Orange Bowl and took place at Miami Field in Miami on January 1, 1935, ...

was later recognized by the NCAA as an official bowl game.Bowl Games: College Football's Greatest Tradition, by Robert Ours, 2004, pg. 28

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