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The Oil Bowl is a high school football all-star game in Wichita Falls, Texas. The game began in 1938, originally between East and West Texas high school football all-stars. In 1945, the game began pitting teams from Oklahoma and Texas, and continued in that format until 2012 (except for 1961 and 2009). In 2013, a dispute concerning the disposition of Oklahoma's share of the game's charitable proceeds led the Oklahoma Coaches Association to withdraw from the game, and the 2013 game matched two Texas teams. For the years in which Texas and Oklahoma teams played, the overall record was 46–19–1 in favor of Texas.[1]
The name also applies to a high school football game played annually between Natrona County High School and Kelly Walsh High School, two cross team rivals located in Casper, Wyoming.
- ^ Ryan Aber, "High school football: Oklahoma pulls out of Oil Bowl after charity money rift. A dispute over charitable donations has brought an end to the Oil Bowl, the annual football game between All-Star teams from Oklahoma and Texas." Archived August 8, 2014, at the Wayback Machine The Oklahoman, March 14, 2013.