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The Camellia Bowl was an annual college football postseason game in Sacramento, California, which is nicknamed the Camellia City. It was held sixteen times at Hughes Stadium , from 1961 through 1975, and once more in 1980 .
Camellia Bowl can refer to one of three college football bowl games: Camellia Bowl (1948), played in Lafayette, Louisiana; Camellia Bowl (1961–1980), played in Sacramento, California; Camellia Bowl (2014–2023), played in Montgomery, Alabama; renamed in 2024 as the Salute to Veterans Bowl
Hughes Stadium hosted sixteen college football bowl games known as the Camellia Bowl between 1961 and 1980. The first three games were for the NAIA national football championship . The 1964–72 games were one of four regional bowls that led up to a poll to determine the NCAA College Division championship, prior to the current Division II ...
The game was played on December 20, 1980, at Hughes Stadium in Sacramento, California. The culminating game of the 1980 NCAA Division I-AA football season, it was won by Boise State, 31–29. [3] [4] [5] The game was also known as the Camellia Bowl, [2] a name that had been used starting in 1961 for various NAIA and NCAA playoff games held in ...
The third season of I-AA football began in August 1980 and four teams were selected for the postseason, with the national semifinals played on December 13. The 1980 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was the Camellia Bowl played on December 20 at Hughes Stadium in Sacramento, California. [1] [2]
The semifinals were held at the Grantland Rice Bowl in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, [5] and the Pioneer Bowl in Wichita Falls, Texas. [6] [7] The championship game was the Camellia Bowl, held at Hughes Stadium in Sacramento, California. The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs defeated the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 34–0 to win their first national title. [2 ...
Location: 6816 Fruitridge Road, Sacramento. Idle Hour will host a Super Bowl LVIII watch party at 4 p.m. on Sunday with $3.50 shots and $4 bottled beers, the business stated on its Facebook page.
The Sacramento Mile is a national flat-track motorcycle racing event. From 1961 to 1980, Sacramento hosted the Camellia Bowl, which selected or helped select ten national champions in college football's lower divisions.