The Grantland Rice Bowl was an annual college football bowl game held from 1964 through 1977. The game originated as an NCAA College Division regional final, then became a playoff game for Division II. It was named in honor of Grantland Rice, an early 20th century American sportswriter known for his elegant prose, and was originally played in his hometown of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Grantland Rice Bowl
Ticket stub from the 1975 game, reflecting the shortened "Rice Bowl" name.
Henry Grantland Rice was an early 20th-century American sportswriter known for his elegant prose. His writing was published in newspapers around the country and broadcast on the radio.
Rice on telephone and microphone, c. 1920
Rice at Vanderbilt University in 1901
Grantland Rice's Sportlights ad in Exhibitor's Trade Review (Nov 1924–Feb 1925)
Cartoon by Grantland Rice & Jay Norwood "Ding" Darling in the New York Tribune of September 28, 1919