| Camellia Bowl | |||||||||
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| Bowl game | |||||||||
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| Date | December 30, 1948 | ||||||||
| Season | 1948 | ||||||||
| Stadium | McNaspy Stadium | ||||||||
| Location | Lafayette, Louisiana | ||||||||
| Referee | Kermit Laabs | ||||||||
| Attendance | 5,000 | ||||||||
The Camellia Bowl was a post-season major college football bowl game played at McNaspy Stadium in Lafayette, Louisiana, on December 30, 1948, between the Hardin–Simmons Cowboys and the Wichita Shockers (now known as Wichita State).[1]
The Cowboys were from the Border Conference in their third bowl game of 1948 (a tie to Pacific 35–35 in the Grape Bowl December 11, and a defeat of Ouachita College 40–12 in the Shrine Bowl a week later). Wichita was second place in the Missouri Valley Conference in their first bowl game.
The Hardin-Simmons Cowboys outrushed and simply overmanned the Shockers, beating them soundly 49–12. The bowl was never played again due to the low attendance.