| 1965 Grantland Rice Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 11, 1965 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1965 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Horace Jones Field | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Murfreesboro, Tennessee | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 12,000[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1965 Grantland Rice Bowl was an NCAA College Division game following the 1965 season, between the Ball State Cardinals and the Tennessee A&I Tigers.[2] Ball State quarterback Frank Houk was named the game's most outstanding player.[3]
Notable participants
Multiple players from Tennessee A&I were selected in the 1966 NFL Draft – wide receiver Willie Walker, defensive tackle Franklin McRae, wide receiver Johnnie Robinson, and guard Jim Carer. Ball State running back Jim Todd was also selected. Tennessee A&I players selected in later drafts include running back Bill Tucker and return specialist Noland Smith in the 1967 NFL/AFL Draft, also defensive end Claude Humphrey and quarterback Eldridge Dickey in the 1968 NFL/AFL Draft. Humphrey was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2014. Ball State quarterback Frank Houk was a 1985–86 inductee to his university's hall of fame.[4]
Tennessee A&I head coach John Merritt was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1994.
Scoring summary
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References
- 1 2 "Grantland Rice Bowl". Chicago Tribune. UPI. December 12, 1965. Retrieved February 11, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
- ↑ LeMasters, Ron (November 27, 1965). "Ball State Will Play Rice Bowl Game With Tenn. State". The Star Press. Muncie, Indiana. Retrieved February 11, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
- 1 2 "Cards In 14-14 Bowl Tie". The Call-Leader. Elwood, Indiana. UPI. December 13, 1965. Retrieved January 27, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Ball State Athletics Hall of Fame". ballstatesports.com. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
Further reading
- "Remembering the 1965 Grantland Rice Bowl, Ball State's First Postseason Game". Ball State University. Digital Media Repository. December 4, 2012. Archived from the original on February 12, 2017. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
- "1965 Grantland Rice Bowl, Ball State University Cardinals vs. Tennessee State University Tigers". Ball State University. Digital Media Repository. December 11, 1965. Retrieved December 27, 2016. (video)