Garden State Bowl - Citizendia

The Garden State Bowl was an annual post-season college football bowl game played at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, from 1978-1981. College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, Colleges and military academies In the United States, a bowl game is traditionally a post-season College football game however the term "bowl" has become synonymous with a major American Giants Stadium, is the home Stadium for the New York Giants and New York Jets football teams of the NFL, and the Red Bull New East Rutherford is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Freezing temperatures and a lack of successful local college teams contributed to its demise.

Game results

Date	Winning Team		Losing Team		Location
December 16, 1978	Arizona State	34	Rutgers	18	East Rutherford, New Jersey
December 15, 1979	Temple	28	California	17	East Rutherford, New Jersey
December 14, 1980	Houston	35	Navy	0	East Rutherford, New Jersey
December 13, 1981	Tennessee	28	Wisconsin	21	East Rutherford, New Jersey

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