November 18, 2012

On December 22, 1956, Arkansas hosted the Aluminum Bowl, the only college football bowl game ever played in the state. The first national championship game of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics drew a disappointing crowd of 5,000 who braved horrible weather to watch a scoreless tie between Montana State College and St. Joseph’s College of Indiana.

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