Bacardi Bowl
(1907-1946)
Rhumba Bowl • Cigar Bowl

Bacardi Bowl
1907  L.S.U. (W 56-0) University of Havana,  Parque Almendares, Havana  10,000  (12/25)
1910  Havana Athletic Club (W 11-0) Tulane,  Parque Almendares  (1/1)
1912  Mississippi A&M (W 12-0) Havana A.C.,  Parque Almanderes  (1/1)
1912  Florida (W 28-0) Vedado A.C.,  Parque Almanderes  (12/25)
1912  Florida (T 0-0) Vedado A.C.,  Parque Almanderes  (Dec.)
1921  Cuban A.C. (W 14-10) Mississippi,  Parque Almanderes  (12/31)
Bacardi Bowl 1937  Alabama Polytechnic Institute (T 7-7) Villanova,  La Tropical Stadium, Havana  12-18,000  (1/1)
Bacardi Bowl 1938  Rollins College v. Cuban Navy canceled,  at Campo Polar  (1/2)
Bacardi Bowl 1939  Georgia Teachers College (W 27-7) Havana,  La Tropical Stadium  (12/9)
Bacardi Bowl 1946  Southern Mississippi (W 55-0) Havana,  La Tropical Stadium  (12/7)
other games
1939  Georgia Teachers College (W 14-0) University of Havana,  at Statesboro, Georgia  (10/11-14)
1939  Rollins (W 25-0) Havana,  at Tinker Field, Orlando, Florida (n.)  (10/27)
1939  Rollins (W 71-0) Havana,  La Tropical Stadium, Havana (n.)  3,000  (12/23)
1939  Rollins (W 26-13) Tampa,  La Tropicana Stadium  (12/27)
1939  Tampa (W 28-6) Havana,  La Tropicana Stadium  3,000  (12/30)
1946  Alabama “B” team (W 53-18) Havana,  Wiregrass Memorial Stadium, Dothan, Alabama  (11/9)
Note:
   • The full names of the college include the University of Alabama, the University of Tampa and the University of Havana (a.k.a. Havana University). Mississippi A&M is today Mississippi State, Alabama Poly is Auburn University, Georgia Teachers College is now Georgia Southern University.
   • Bacardi Bowl was first officially used in 1937, before this the games wewre simply unnamed post-season games, retroactively dubbed Bacardi Bowls.
   • The 1937 and 1938 games were also called the Rhumba Bowl.
   • The 1938 game was called off due to a local plane crash.
   • The 1946 Bacardi Bowl is also called the first Cigar Bowl.

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