Coal Bowl
Statistics
California Vulcans IUP Crimson Hawks
Sport	Football
First meeting	October 17, 1908 Tie, 0–0
Latest meeting	October 7, 2023 Cal U, 30–20
Next meeting	2024
Trophy	Coal Miners Pail Trophy
Meetings total	98
All-time series	IUP leads, 65–30–3
Trophy series	Cal U leads, 9–5
Largest victory	IUP, 69–0 (1912)
Longest win streak	IUP, 20 (1985–2004)
Current win streak	Cal U, 1 (2023–present)
California (PA) IUP Locations in Pennsylvania

The Coal Bowl is an American college football game between Pennsylvania Western University California and Indiana University of Pennsylvania. The two universities, both members of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education and the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC). The two universities first competed in 1918. The name was added to the rivalry in 2009. The winner will earn the Coal Miners Pail Trophy, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Coal Association.

The trophy was established by brothers Barry "Buck" and Bob Lippencott. Buck played football at Indiana (IUP) and Bob played at California, competing against each other in 1963 and 1964. The brothers made a donation to their universities to establish an athletic scholarship.^[1] In addition, proceeds from sponsorship of the Pennsylvania Coal Association will be split between the two schools.^[2]^[3]

Game results

Cal U victories	IUP victories	Tie games	Forfeits

No.	Date	Location	Winning team		Losing team
1	1908	California, PA	Tie	0	Tie	0
2	1912		IUP	69	Cal U	0
3	1918		IUP	20	Cal U	2
4	1918		IUP	19	Cal U	16
5	1919		IUP	21	Cal U	0
6	1921		Cal U	14	IUP	0
7	1922	Indiana, PA	IUP	6	Cal U	0
8	1927		Cal U	18	IUP	0
9	1928	Indiana, PA	IUP	6	Cal U	0
10	1929	California, PA	IUP	12	Cal U	7
11	1930	Indiana, PA	IUP	8	Cal U	6
12	1931	California, PA	Tie	0	Tie	0
13	1932	Indiana, PA	Cal U	9	IUP	8
14	1933	California, PA	Cal U	7	IUP	0
15	1934	Indiana, PA	IUP	41	Cal U	7
16	1935	California, PA	IUP	17	Cal U	6
17	1936	Indiana, PA	IUP	20	Cal U	0
18	1937	California, PA	IUP	19	Cal U	0
19	1939	Brownsville, PA	IUP	19	Cal U	6
20	1940	Indiana, PA	IUP	33	Cal U	0
21	1946	California, PA	Cal U	18	IUP	6
22	1947	Indiana, PA	IUP	27	Cal U	7
23	1948	California, PA	Cal U	14	IUP	12
24	1949	Indiana, PA	Cal U	27	IUP	7
25	1950	California, PA	IUP	20	Cal U	0
26	1951	Indiana, PA	IUP	13	Cal U	6
27	1952	California, PA	Cal U	28	IUP	19
28	1953	Indiana, PA	IUP	28	Cal U	20
29	1954	California, PA	Cal U	18	IUP	7
30	1955	Indiana, PA	IUP	14	Cal U	7
31	1956	California, PA	IUP	6	Cal U	0
32	1957	Indiana, PA	IUP	14	Cal U	13
33	1958	California, PA	Cal U	13	IUP	0
34	1959	Indiana, PA	Cal U	18	IUP	7
35	1960	California, PA	Cal U	33	IUP	14
36	1961	Indiana, PA	Cal U	13	IUP	7
37	1962	Indiana, PA	Tie	14	Tie	14
38	1963	California, PA	IUP	7	Cal U	0
39	1964	Indiana, PA	IUP	26	Cal U	13
40	1965	California, PA	IUP	43	Cal U	27
41	1966	Indiana, PA	IUP	24	Cal U	0
42	1967	California, PA	Cal U	27	IUP	20
43	1968	Indiana, PA	IUP	41	Cal U	0
44	1969	California, PA	IUP	46	Cal U	6
45	1970	Indiana, PA	Cal U	14	IUP	6
46	1971	California, PA	IUP	34	Cal U	0
47	1972	Indiana, PA	IUP	28	Cal U	14
48	1973	California, PA	IUP	34	Cal U	28
49	1974	Indiana, PA	IUP	20	Cal U	0
50	1975	California, PA	IUP	35	Cal U	26

No.	Date	Location	Winning team		Losing team
51	1976	Indiana, PA	IUP	16	Cal U	0
52	1977	California, PA	IUP	47	Cal U	7
53	1978	Indiana, PA	IUP	28	Cal U	6
54	1979	California, PA	IUP	38	Cal U	16
55	1980	Indiana, PA	IUP	28	Cal U	14
56	1981	California, PA	Cal U	35	IUP	16
57	1982	Indiana, PA	Cal U^†	24	IUP	10
58	1983	California, PA	IUP	35	Cal U	21
59	1984	Indiana, PA	Cal U	31	IUP	14
60	1985	California, PA	IUP	28	Cal U	0
61	1986	Indiana, PA	IUP	39	Cal U	0
62	1987	California, PA	IUP	24	Cal U	0
63	1988	Indiana, PA	IUP	34	Cal U	0
64	1989	California, PA	IUP	17	Cal U	14
65	1990	Indiana, PA	IUP	42	Cal U	15
66	1991	California, PA	IUP	10	Cal U	8
67	1992	Indiana, PA	IUP	36	Cal U	20
68	1993	California, PA	IUP	52	Cal U	13
69	1994	Indiana, PA	IUP	62	Cal U	33
70	1995	California, PA	IUP	44	Cal U	20
71	1996	Indiana, PA	IUP	42	Cal U	6
72	1997	California, PA	IUP	20	Cal U	10
73	1998	California, PA	IUP	31	Cal U	0
74	1999	Indiana, PA	IUP	42	Cal U	14
75	2000	California, PA	IUP	24	IUP	7
76	2001	Indiana, PA	IUP	41	Cal U	0
77	2002	Indiana, PA	IUP	20	Cal U	9
78	2003	California, PA	IUP	14	Cal U	7
79	2004	California, PA	IUP	35	Cal U	23
80	2005	Indiana, PA	Cal U	38	IUP	23
81	2006	California, PA	IUP	21	Cal U	17
82	2007	Indiana, PA	Cal U	38	IUP	12
83	2008	California, PA	Cal U	21	IUP	19
84	2009	Indiana, PA	Cal U	41	IUP	28
85	2010	California, PA	Cal U	18	IUP	15^OT
86	2011	Indiana, PA	Cal U	28	IUP	10
87	2012	California, PA	Cal U	26	IUP	24
88	2013	Indiana, PA	IUP	20	Cal U	7
89	2014	California, PA	Cal U	21	IUP	13
90	2015	Indiana, PA	IUP	20	Cal U	15
91	2016	California, PA	Cal U	31	IUP	28
92	2016^	California, PA	Cal U	44	IUP	23
93	2017	Indiana, PA	IUP	26	Cal U	10
94	2018	California, PA	Cal U	36	IUP	24
95	2019	Indiana, PA	IUP	17	Cal U	6
96	2021	Indiana, PA	Cal U	38	IUP	34
97	2022	California, PA	IUP	22	Cal U	21
98	2023	Indiana, PA	Cal U	30	IUP	20
Series: IUP leads 65–30–3
† Cal U forfeited win.^[4] ^Coal Miners Pail Trophy was not at stake in the 2016 playoff game.

References

^ Burglund, Matthew (October 2, 2009). "Hawks, Vulcans to play for Coal Bowl title". Indiana Gazette. Retrieved October 2, 2009.
^ "Cal U-IUP to meet in first-ever Coal Bowl". California University of Pennsylvania. September 28, 2009. Retrieved October 2, 2009.
^ "IUP hosting first Coal Bowl Oct. 3 with California University of Pennsylvania" (PDF). Indiana University of Pennsylvania. September 28, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2012. Retrieved October 2, 2009.
^ "Indiana Opponents". September 6, 2015. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved December 5, 2019.

v t e California Vulcans football
Venues	Adamson Stadium (1971–present)
Bowls & rivalries	IUP: Coal Bowl
Culture & lore	Blaze the Vulcan
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

v t e IUP Crimson Hawks football
Venues	Miller Stadium
Bowls & rivalries	California (PA): Coal Bowl
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1943–1944 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

v t e Pennsylvania Western University California
Facilities	Consol Energy Park Convocation Center Elmo Natali Student Center Hamer Hall Hepner–Bailey Field at Adamson Stadium Old Main
Media	California University Television WCAL
Athletics	Football

v t e Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Located in Indiana, Pennsylvania
Buildings	List of buildings Breezedale (1868) John Sutton Hall (1875) Fisher Auditorium (1939) Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex (2010)
Branch Campuses	Monroeville (Graduate and Professional Center) Freeport (Northpointe regional campus) Punxsutawney (Regional campus, Academy of Culinary Arts) Harrisburg (Dixon University Center)
Athletics	Crimson Hawks Football Coal Bowl Men's Basketball Facilities George P. Miller Stadium Ed Fry Arena S&T Bank Arena Coaches Chuck Klausing Frank Cignetti, Sr. Lou Tepper Joe Lombardi Curt Cignetti
People	Alumni Presidents Robert Wilburn John E. Worthen John Welty Tony Atwater
Media	WIUP-FM
Life	Alma mater Campus Greek life Accolades

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