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The Pioneer Bowl was an annual college football postseason game held at Memorial Stadium in Wichita Falls, Texas, from 1971 through 1978 and again in 1981 and 1982. The game originated as an NCAA College Division regional final, then became a playoff game for Division II and Division I-AA .
Pioneer Bowl may refer to one of the following college football bowl games : Pioneer Bowl (1971–1982), played in Wichita Falls, Texas, first as an NCAA College Division regional bowl game, then as a Division II postseason game, and finally as the championship game for Division I-AA (today's FCS) Pioneer Bowl (HBCU), played at five different ...
The Pioneer Bowl was an annual American NCAA Division II college football bowl game contested between NCAA Division II teams from the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) and Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC), two athletic conferences traditionally consisting of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).
13,000. Pioneer Bowl. < 1972. 1974 >. The 1973 Pioneer Bowl was a college football bowl game in Texas, played between the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs and Boise State Broncos at Memorial Stadium in Wichita Falls. [1] The third edition of the Pioneer Bowl, it was one of two semifinals in the inaugural NCAA Division II playoffs played on December 8.
First bowl game for HBCUs, hosted by Prairie View A&M. Pretzel Bowl 1951 Reading, Pennsylvania: West Chester Golden Rams vs. Albright Rams: Pythian Bowl: 1949–1951 Salisbury, North Carolina: First bowl game that was played in North Carolina. Known in 1952 as the Lions Bowl. Refrigerator Bowl: 1948–1956 Evansville, Indiana: Rice Bowl 1957 ...
Attendance. 8,156. Pioneer Bowl. 1972 >. The 1971 Pioneer Bowl was a college football bowl game in Texas, played between the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs and Eastern Michigan Hurons at Memorial Stadium in Wichita Falls. [1] [2] The inaugural edition of the Pioneer Bowl, it was one of four regional finals in the College Division played on December 11.
The 1972 Pioneer Bowl was a college football bowl game in Texas, played between the Drake Bulldogs and Tennessee State at Memorial Stadium in Wichita Falls. [1] The second edition of the Pioneer Bowl, it was one of four regional finals in the College Division played on December 9. [1] The division became Division II (and III) the following season .
The 1972 Tennessee State Tigers football team represented Tennessee State University as an independent during the 1972 NCAA College Division football season.In their tenth season under head coach John Merritt, the Tigers compiled an 11–1 record, defeated Drake in the Pioneer Bowl (the Midwest region final of the NCAA College Division), and outscored all opponents by a total of 431 to 107.