Red River Bowl

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The Red River Bowl was an annual National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) junior college football bowl game that was held from 1997 to 2002 at Pennington Field in Bedford, Texas.Trinity Valley defeated Garden City in 1997 to win the NJCAA National Football Championship. From 1999 to 2001, the Red River Bowl was served as the Southwest Junior College Football Conference (SWJCFC) championship game.

Game results[edit]

Date Winner Loser Attendance References
December 6, 1997 Trinity Valley 48 Garden City 13 [1]
December 5, 1998 Northeastern Oklahoma A&M 31 Coffeyville 0 1,200 [2]
December 4, 1999 Trinity Valley 48 Navarro 14 3,113 [3]
December 2, 2000 Tyler 23 Northeastern Oklahoma A&M 21 [4]
December 1, 2001 Kilgore 14 Tyler 7 7,000 [5]
December 7, 2002 Northeastern Oklahoma A&M 27 Erie 21 [6]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Miller, John (December 8, 1997). "Special teams, defense decided Red River Bowl". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. p. 16C. Retrieved May 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ Bunch, Wayne (December 6, 1998). "Norse crush Coffeyville in Red River Bowl". Tulsa World. Tulsa, Oklahoma. p. B9. Retrieved May 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ Calaway, Jeff (December 5, 1999). "Trinity Valley wins junior college title". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. p. 15C. Retrieved May 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ Calaway, Jeff (December 3, 2000). "Tyler survives late dive to win Red River Bowl". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. p. 21C. Retrieved May 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ Hicks, Phil (December 2, 2001). "Kilgore Makes It 3 In A Row". Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph. Fort Worth, Texas. p. 1, section 3. Retrieved May 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ McCoy, Scott (December 8, 2002). "Oklahoma juco wins bowl". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. p. 2CC. Retrieved May 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "NJCAA Football Record Book 2023" (PDF). National Junior College Athletic Association. p. 10. Retrieved May 29, 2024.