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{{distinguish|California Raisin Bowl}}

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| stadium            = [[Ratcliffe Stadium]]
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| location           = [[Fresno, California]]
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| years              = 1946–1949
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The '''Raisin Bowl''' was an annual post-season [[American football|American]] [[college football]] bowl game played at [[Ratcliffe Stadium]] in [[Fresno, California]], from 1946 to 1949.<ref>Foldesy, Jody. "Bowls burgeon as big business", ''The Washington Times''. December 21, 1997. Page A1.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20171216144007/http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaafb/a-look-back-at-defunct-bowl-games/ss-BBGKu4b#image=19 ]</ref>  The first four games were played on January 1, the last on December 31.  The games pitted a [[California]] team against an at-large team; the California team prevailed in four of the five games.

This game is not to be confused with the [[California Bowl]] which was later staged in Fresno, which in its later years was marketed as the [[California Raisin Bowl]] due to the sale of [[naming rights]] to the California Raisin Marketing Board.

== Game results ==
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! Date played || colspan="2" | Winner || colspan="2" | Loser || Location || Notes
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| January 1, 1946 || '''{{cfb link|year=1945|team=Drake Bulldogs|title=Drake}}''' || '''13''' || [[1945 Fresno State Bulldogs football team|Fresno State]] || 12 || [[Fresno, California]] || [[1946 Raisin Bowl|notes]]
|-
| January 1, 1947 || '''[[1946 San Jose State Spartans football team|San Jose State]]''' || '''20''' || [[1946 Utah State Aggies football team|Utah State]] || 0 || Fresno, California || [[1947 Raisin Bowl|notes]]
|-
| January 1, 1948 || '''[[1947 Pacific Tigers football team|Pacific (CA)]]''' || '''26''' || [[1947 Wichita Shockers football team|Wichita]]† || 14 || Fresno, California || [[1948 Raisin Bowl|notes]]
|-
| January 1, 1949 || '''[[1948 Occidental Tigers football team|Occidental]]''' || '''21''' || [[1948 Colorado A&M Aggies football team|Colorado A&M]]‡ || 20 || Fresno, California || [[1949 Raisin Bowl (January)|notes]]
|-
| December 31, 1949 || '''[[1949 San Jose State Spartans football team|San Jose State]]''' || '''20'''|| [[1949 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|Texas Tech]] || 13 || Fresno, California || [[1949 Raisin Bowl (December)|notes]]
|}
{{small|† Now [[Wichita State Shockers football|Wichita State]]<br>‡ Now [[Colorado State Rams football|Colorado State]]}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==See also==
* [[List of college bowl games]]

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[[Category:Defunct college football bowls]]


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