The Tropical Bowl was a
college football
College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States.
Unlike most ...
bowl game
In North America, a bowl game is one of a number of post-season college football games that are primarily played by teams belonging to the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). For most of its history, the Division I Bowl Subdivis ...
played at
Gator Bowl Stadium
The Gator Bowl was an American football stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. Originally built in 1927, all but a small portion was razed in 1994 in preparation for the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars' inaugural season; the reconstructed stadium became Jac ...
in
Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville is a city located on the Atlantic coast of northeast Florida, the most populous city proper in the state and is the largest city by area in the contiguous United States as of 2020. It is the seat of Duval County, with which the ...
. The game was played between 1951 and 1953 between
historically black colleges and universities
Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the intention of primarily serving the African-American community. ...
(HBCUs). The first game in 1951 was organized by Jacksonville businessmen after the
1951 Florida A&M Rattlers football team
The 1951 Florida A&M Rattlers football team was an American football team that represented Florida A&M University as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) during the 1951 college football season. In their seventh s ...
neglected to play a game in Jacksonville.
Game results
See also
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Tropical Bowl (all-star game)
The Tropical Bowl is a college football postseason all-star game played annually in Florida in January since 2016. Initially played as the Tropic Bowl, it has used its current name since the January 2017 game.
Game results
Alumni
Over 350 Tropi ...
, an unrelated postseason all-star game of the same name
References
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Defunct college football bowls
Recurring sporting events established in 1951
Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1953
1951 establishments in Florida
1953 disestablishments in Florida
American football in Jacksonville, Florida
Sports competitions in Jacksonville, Florida