Flower Bowl (bowl game)

The Flower Bowl was an annual post-season American college football bowl game played at Durkee Field in Jacksonville, Florida, from 1942 to 1948.

Game results

Date	Winner		Loser		Ref.
January 1, 1942	Johnson C. Smith	13	Lane	12	^[1]
January 2, 1943	North Carolina A&T	14	Southern	12	^[2]^[3]
January 1, 1944	Allen	33	Winston-Salem State	0	^[4]
January 1, 1945	Texas College	18	North Carolina A&T	0	^[5]
January 1, 1946	Louisiana Normal	19	Lane	6	^[6]
January 1, 1947	Grambling	19	Lane	6	^[7]
January 1, 1948	Bethune–Cookman	6	Lane	0	^[8]^[9]

Note, the 1949 contest scheduled between Bethune–Cookman and Florida A&M did not occur.^[1]^{[better source needed]}

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