Elks Bowl

The Elks Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game played after the 1953 and 1954 regular seasons.^[1] There was also an earlier playing of the game, at the junior varsity level, in 1952.^[2] Each game was held at a different venue in North Carolina. The bowl's name came from the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, a fraternal order, with proceeds from the game going to their charitable works.^[3] Like some other postseason match-ups of the era, such as the Grape Bowl, Glass Bowl, and Optimist Bowl, results are listed in NCAA records, but the games were not considered NCAA-sanctioned bowls.^[1]