Pythian Bowl

The Pythian Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game played from 1949 through 1951.[1] In 1952, the game was played under the name of Lions Bowl.[2] The game was played each year in December in Salisbury, North Carolina, at Shuford Stadium[3] on the grounds of Catawba College. The bowl's original name came from the Knights of Pythias, a fraternal organization, with proceeds from the game going to a local orphanage.[3] The 1952 game was named after Lions Clubs International, with game proceeds again being used for charitable works. 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]

  1. ^ a b "BOWL/ALL STAR GAME RECORDS" (PDF). NCAA. 2016. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
  2. ^ "West Chester In Lions Bowl". The Greenville News. Greenville, South Carolina. AP. November 18, 1952. Retrieved March 29, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference slatedtoday was invoked but never defined (see the help page).