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The Oyster Bowl is a regular season college football game played annually in the Hampton Roads-area of Virginia. The game has featured match-ups between high school, NCAA Division III, and at present, NCAA Division I teams at various points in its existence. It is sponsored by the Norfolk, Virginia-based Khedive Temple of the Shriners, with a portion of the revenue going to children's charity. The 2011 Oyster Bowl was the 62nd edition of the game. During the first incarnation of the Oyster Bowl, it was held at Foreman Field in Norfolk, Virginia, and with one exception, featured NCAA major college teams. The inaugural Oyster Bowl was held in 1946 between two high schools, the local Granby Comets and the Clifton Mustangs of Clifton, New Jersey.〔〔 After a brief hiatus, the game was resurrected in 1948 and played continuously until 1995. At that time, the Oyster Bowl was discontinued for financial reasons.〔Peggy Haile, (Pages from Norfolk's Past ), Norfolk Public Library, retrieved January 31, 2009.〕〔(20th Century History ), The City of Norfolk, VA, retrieved January 31, 2009.〕〔(Oyster Bowl runs out of downs, Shriners pull plug on 49-year tradition ), ''The Virginian Pilot'', February 22, 1996, retrieved January 31, 2009.〕 The series of games from 1946 to 1995 generated more than $3 million for the Shriners Hospitals for Children.〔 During the 1977 edition between East Carolina and William & Mary, former East Carolina head coach Jim Johnson, who was attending the game as a spectator, tackled a William & Mary player about to score the game-winning touchdown. Many well known players participated in the Oyster Bowl during the time it featured Division I teams. These include Ernie Davis of Syracuse, Don Meredith of SMU, Bruce Smith of Virginia Tech, Roger Staubach of Navy, Fran Tarkenton of Georgia, and Randy White of Maryland.〔(Oyster Bowl Information ), Newport News Apprentice School, November 13, 2008, retrieved February 1, 2009.〕 In 1999, the game was revived and relocated to the Joseph S. Darling Memorial Stadium in nearby Hampton, Virginia where the Oyster Bowl now featured a match-up between Division III college teams.〔Keith McMillan, (Around the Nation ), D3 Football, November 9, 2001, retrieved January 31, 2009.〕 In 2011, it was announced that the Oyster Bowl would return to Foreman Field and feature Division I schools once again. Old Dominion University hosted James Madison University in 2011. The Fightin' Blue Hens from the University of Delaware played the Old Dominion Monarchs in 2012. ==Game results== * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oyster Bowl」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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