1967 Grantland Rice Bowl
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Date | December 9, 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||
Season | 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Horace Jones Field | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Murfreesboro, Tennessee | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 7,000[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1967 Grantland Rice Bowl was an NCAA College Division game following the 1967 season, between the Eastern Kentucky Colonels and the Ball State Cardinals.[2] Eastern Kentucky quarterback Jim Guice was named the game's most outstanding player.[1]
Notable participants[]
Ball State tackle Oscar Lubke and guard Elie Ghattas were selected in the 1968 NFL/AFL Draft, as was Eastern Kentucky wide receiver Aaron Marsh. Ball State running back Amos Van Pelt was selected in the 1969 NFL/AFL Draft.
Eastern Kentucky head coach Roy Kidd was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2003.
Scoring summary[]
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References[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/56/GrantlandRiceBowl-Program1967.jpg/220px-GrantlandRiceBowl-Program1967.jpg)
Program cover for 1967 game
- ^ a b c Barton, Bill (December 10, 1967). "E. Kentucky Tips Ball State 27-13". The Town Talk. Alexandria, Louisiana. Retrieved February 7, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ball State Gets Grantland Berth". The Pantagraph. Bloomington, Illinois. AP. November 23, 1967. Retrieved February 7, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Barnet, Bob (December 11, 1967). "In Victory or Defeat: First-Class Fighting Men". The Muncie Star. Muncie, Indiana. Retrieved January 27, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Bigger, Roy (December 11, 1967). "BSU Finds Eastern too Fast". Muncie Evening Press. Muncie, Indiana. Retrieved February 7, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
Further reading[]
- "Ceremony to Honor Contributions of African-Americans Who Broke Barriers at University". eku.edu. February 15, 2012. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
- "Former Gridiron Great Returns to Campus to Mentor Business Students". eku.edu. April 28, 2015. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
Categories:
- 1967 NCAA College Division football season
- Grantland Rice Bowl
- Ball State Cardinals football bowl games
- Eastern Kentucky Colonels football bowl games
- Murfreesboro, Tennessee
- December 1967 sports events in the United States
- 1967 in sports in Tennessee