| 1973 Grantland Rice Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 8, 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | BREC Memorial Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 15,000[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1973 Grantland Rice Bowl was an NCAA Division II game following the 1973 season, between the Grambling Tigers (now the Grambling State Tigers) and the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. This was the first year that the game served as a national semifinal for Division II – in prior years it had been the Mideast regional championship for the College Division. This was the last time that the game was played at BREC Memorial Stadium.