1971 Pioneer Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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Date | December 11, 1971 | ||||||||||||||||||
Season | 1971 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Memorial Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Wichita Falls, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Ken Lantrip (QB, La. Tech) Fred Dean (DL, La. Tech) | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 8,156 | ||||||||||||||||||
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.