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1968 Grantland Rice Bowl information


1968 Grantland Rice Bowl
1234 Total
Akron 0760 13
Louisiana Tech 210012 33
DateDecember 14, 1968
Season1968
StadiumHorace Jones Field
LocationMurfreesboro, Tennessee
MVPTerry Bradshaw (QB, La. Tech)
Attendance2,500[1]
Grantland Rice Bowl
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The 1968 Grantland Rice Bowl was an NCAA College Division game following the 1968 season, between the Akron Zips and the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs.[2] This was the last time that the Grantland Rice Bowl was played in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference times was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Louisiana Tech Season Schedule - databaseFootball.com/NCAA". Archived from the original on November 30, 2015. Retrieved February 5, 2017.

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