When was the Bluebonnet Bowl played?

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The Bluebonnet Bowl was an annual college football bowl game played in Houston, Texas. A civic group was appointed by the Houston Chamber of Commerce Athletics Committee in 1959 to organize the bowl game. It was held at Rice Stadium from 1959 through 1967, and again in 1985 and 1986. read more

Photograph, 1959 Bluebonnet Bowl ticket in Rice Stadium, Houston, Texas. The first Bluebonnet Bowl was played by Clemson University and Texas Christian University. Image available on the Internet and included in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107. read more