1947 Alamo Bowl

August 2023 Alamo Bowl Bowl game 1946 Hardin–Simmons Cowboys Hardin–Simmons University Denver Pioneers University of Denver 10–0 5–4–1 Warren B. Woodson Cac Hubbard 0 6 7 7 0 0 0 0 January 4, 1947 Alamo Stadium San Antonio, Texas 3,730http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1947/01/05/page/56/article/hardin-simmons-triumphs-20-0-in-alamo-bowl Hardin-Simmons Triumphs, 20-0, In Alamo Bowl Chicago Tribune January 5, 1947 January 3, 2016https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PDkbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4kwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4133%2C1135402 Pittsburgh Press United Press Cowboys blank Denver, 20-0 January 5, 1947 23https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yqZfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UDIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1297%2C300793 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press Hardin-Simmons wins delayed bowl fracas January 5, 1947 5 The 1947 Alamo Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game in Texas between the Hardin–Simmons Cowboys and Denver Pioneers, played in San Antonio on January 4 at Alamo Stadium. Originally scheduled for New Year's Day, freezing temperatures and icy conditions postponed the game three days.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nvEnAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XmoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5825%2C3390806 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associated Press Ice postpones Alamo Bowl game January 2, 1947 13https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/first-alamo-bowl-kicks-off-after-being-delayed-3-days-due-to-icy-conditions-in-1947 First Alamo Bowl kicks off after being delayed 3 days due to icy conditions in 1947 News4 San Antonio January 4, 2021 April 25, 2021 After a scoreless first quarter on a windy 28 F Saturday afternoon, Hardin–Simmons shut out Denver 20–0. Poor attendance (3,730) caused the game to be a financial failure and was not scheduled again. There is no relation between this game and the current Alamo Bowl, which began in 1993.http://www.expressnews.com/150years/military-sports/article/Alamo-Bowl-has-evolved-into-a-staple-of-the-6252029.php Once-humble Alamo Bowl aiming for title game San Antonio Express-News May 11, 2015 January 3, 2016 Briggs, Jerry See also List of college bowl games References Alamo Bowl Category:Defunct college football bowls Category:Denver Pioneers football bowl games Category:Hardin–Simmons Cowboys football bowl games Alamo Bowl