{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2014}} {{Use British English|date=April 2014}} The '''Vulcan Bowl''' was a college football bowl game played at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama. The game was played on New Year's Day between 1941 and 1949 and again in 1952, between historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The game was one of the longer-lasting bowls for HBCUs established in the 1940s.<ref name="May2000">{{cite news|first=Saylor|last=Roger B.|title=Black College Football|url=http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv13/CFHSNv13n3b.pdf|work=College Football Historical Society Newsletter|page=6|date=May 2000|archive-date=13 June 2010|access-date=21 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613011028/http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv13/CFHSNv13n3b.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> The first game in the series was called the '''Steel Bowl''', and the bowl game served as an early era black college football national championship game by matching the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference champion against the best team from the other HBCU conferences.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vulcan Bowl Game Set|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19411107&id=m9Q-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=uUwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3460,3188048&hl=en|work=Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News (p. 11)|date=November 7, 1941}}</ref> The final contest was also called the Steel Bowl and was played at Legion Field.<ref name="1952steel">{{cite news|title=Daytona team Steel Bowl winner|newspaper=The Birmingham News|date=January 2, 1952|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79526556/daytona-team-steel-bowl-winner/|accessdate=June 13, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
==Game results== {| class="wikitable" ! Date !! colspan="2" | Winner !! colspan="2" | Loser !! Ref. |- | January 1, 1941 || '''Morris Brown''' || '''19''' || {{cfb link|year=1940|team=Wilberforce Green Wave|title=Wilberforce}} || 3 || <ref>{{cite web|author=John Rodgers|date=January 11, 1941|title=Morris Brown Tops Wilberforce In Thrilling Steel Bowl Game|url=http://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn83045120/1941-01-11/ed-1/seq-5/|work=Durham Carolina Times (p. 5)}}</ref> |- | January 1, 1942 || ''' Langston''' || '''13''' || Morris Brown || 0 || <ref>{{cite news|title=Langston wins Vulcan Bowl game, 13 To 0|newspaper=The Birmingham News|date=January 2, 1942|page=23|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40934045/langston_wins_vulcan_bowl_game_13_to_0/|accessdate=June 13, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |- | January 1, 1943 || '''Texas College''' || '''13''' || {{cfb link|year=1942|team=Tuskegee Golden Tigers|title=Tuskegee}} || 10 || <ref>{{cite news|title=Texas College rally wins Vulcan Bowl battle, 13–10 over Tuskegee Institute|newspaper=Tyler Morning Telegraph|date=January 2, 1943|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79524492/texas-college-rally-wins-vulcan-bowl-bat/|accessdate=June 13, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |- | January 1, 1944 || '''{{cfb link|year=1943|team=Tuskegee Golden Tigers|title=Tuskegee}}''' || '''12''' || {{cfb link|year=1943|team=Clark Panthers|title=Clark (GA)}} || 7 || <ref>{{cite news|title=Tigers make breaks, beat Clark, 12 to 7|newspaper=The Birmingham News|date=January 2, 1944|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79524740/tigers-make-breaks-beat-clark-12-to-7/|accessdate=June 13, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |- | January 1, 1945 || '''Tennessee A&I''' || '''13''' || {{cfb link|year=1944|team=Tuskegee Golden Tigers|title=Tuskegee}} || 0 || <ref>{{cite news|title=Tennessee State rips Tuskegee|newspaper=The Tennessean|date=January 2, 1945|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79524981/tennessee-state-rips-tuskegee/|accessdate=June 13, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |- | January 1, 1946 || '''Tennessee A&I''' || '''33''' || {{cfb link|year=1945|team=Texas College Steers|title=Texas College}} || 6 || <ref>{{cite news|title=Texas negros lose Vulcan Bowl crown|newspaper=The Austin American|date=January 2, 1946|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79525533/texas-negros-lose-vulcan-bowl-crown/|accessdate=June 13, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |- | January 1, 1947 || '''Tennessee A&I''' || '''32''' || Louisville Municipal || 0 || <ref>{{cite news|title=Tennessee State wallops Louisville in Vulcan Bowl|newspaper=The Tennessean|date=January 2, 1947|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79525647/tennessee-state-wallops-louisville-in-vu/|accessdate=June 13, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |- | January 1, 1948 || '''Wilberforce State''' || '''27''' || Grambling || 21 || <ref>{{cite news|title=Wilberforce cops Vulcan Bowl fray|newspaper=The Lima News|date=January 2, 1948|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79525842/wilberforce-cops-vulcan-bowl-fray/|accessdate=June 13, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |- | January 1, 1949 || '''{{cfb link|year=1948|team=Kentucky State Thorobreds|title=Kentucky State}}''' || '''23''' || North Carolina A&T || 13 || <ref>{{cite news|title=Kentucky State Thorobreds win in Vulcan Bowl, 23–13|newspaper=Lexington Herald-Leader|date=January 2, 1949|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79526017/kentucky-state-thorobreds-win-in-vulcan/|accessdate=June 13, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |- | January 1, 1952 || '''{{cfb link|year=1951|team=Bethune–Cookman Wildcats|title=Bethune–Cookman}}''' || '''27''' || Texas College || 13 || <ref name="1952steel"/> |}
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Category:Defunct college football bowls Category:American football competitions in Birmingham, Alabama Category:College football bowls in Alabama Category:1941 establishments in Alabama Category:1952 disestablishments in Alabama Category:Black college football