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.{{cfb link|year=1997|team=Trinity Valley Cardinals|title=Trinity Valley}} defeated {{cfb link|year=1997|team=Garden City Broncbusters|title=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== {|class="wikitable" !Date !colspan="2"|Winner !colspan="2"|Loser !Attendance !References |- | December 6, 1997 || '''{{cfb link|year=1997|team=Trinity Valley Cardinals|title=Trinity Valley}}''' || '''48''' || {{cfb link|year=1997|team=Garden City Broncbusters|title=Garden City}} || 13 || || <ref>{{cite news |last=Miller |first=John |title=Special teams, defense decided Red River Bowl |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram/148342339/ |newspaper=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |location=Fort Worth, Texas |date=December 8, 1997 |page=16C |access-date=May 29, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref> |- | December 5, 1998 || '''{{cfb link|year=1998|team=Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Golden Norsemen|title=Northeastern Oklahoma A&M}}''' || '''31''' || {{cfb link|year=1998|team=Coffeyville Red Ravens|title=Coffeyville}} || 0 || 1,200 || <ref>{{cite news |last=Bunch |first=Wayne |title=Norse crush Coffeyville in Red River Bowl |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tulsa-world/148343827/ |newspaper=Tulsa World |location=Tulsa, Oklahoma |date=December 6, 1998 |page=B9 |access-date=May 29, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref> |- | December 4, 1999 || '''{{cfb link|year=1999|team=Trinity Valley Cardinals|title=Trinity Valley}}''' || '''48''' || {{cfb link|year=1999|team=Navarro Bulldogs|title=Navarro}} || 14 || 3,113 || <ref>{{cite news |last=Calaway |first=Jeff |title=Trinity Valley wins junior college title |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram/148346097/ |newspaper=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |location=Fort Worth, Texas |date=December 5, 1999 |page=15C |access-date=May 29, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref> |- | December 2, 2000 || '''{{cfb link|year=2000|team=Tyler Apaches|title=Tyler}}''' || '''23''' || {{cfb link|year=2000|team=Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Golden Norsemen|title=Northeastern Oklahoma A&M}} || 21 || || <ref>{{cite news |last=Calaway |first=Jeff |title=Tyler survives late dive to win Red River Bowl |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram/148355104/ |newspaper=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |location=Fort Worth, Texas |date=December 3, 2000 |page=21C |access-date=May 30, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref> |- | December 1, 2001 || '''{{cfb link|year=2001|team=Kilgore Rangers|title=Kilgore}}''' || '''14''' || {{cfb link|year=2001|team=Tyler Apaches|title=Tyler}} || 7 || 7,000 || <ref>{{cite news |last=Hicks |first=Phil |title=Kilgore Makes It 3 In A Row |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tyler-courier-times/148355374/ |newspaper=Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph |location=Fort Worth, Texas |date=December 2, 2001 |page=1, section 3 |access-date=May 30, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref> |- | December 7, 2002 || '''{{cfb link|year=2002|team=Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Golden Norsemen|title=Northeastern Oklahoma A&M}}''' || '''27''' || {{cfb link|year=2002|team=Erie Kats|title=Erie}} || 21 || || <ref>{{cite news |last=McCoy |first=Scott |title=Oklahoma juco wins bowl |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram/148355897/ |newspaper=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |location=Fort Worth, Texas |date=December 8, 2002 |page=2CC |access-date=May 30, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref> |- |} <ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=NJCAA Football Record Book 2023 |url=https://d2o2figo6ddd0g.cloudfront.net/h/x/031782a5l0d3pm/NJCAA_Football_Record_Book_-_Updated_March_2024.pdf |publisher=National Junior College Athletic Association |page=10 |access-date=May 29, 2024 }}</ref>
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