Sportshistory: St. Petersburg Bowl History     Football is one of America's favorite team sports, with the first college football game played on November 6, 1869, when Rutgers played against Princeton. The culmination of the modern college (NCAA) football season is the Bowl games played in late December and early January. Below is information on the history of the New Orleans Bowl, begun in 2008 and held in St. Petersburg, Florida.     2008 St. Petersburg Bowl: South Florida vs. Memphis Played on Dec. 20, 2008, with the Southern Florida Bulls defeating the Memphis Tigers by a score of 41 to 14.   2009 St. Petersburg Bowl: University of Central Florida vs. Rutgers Played on Dec. 19, 2009, with the Rutgers Scarlet Knights defeating the Central Florida Knights by a score of 45 to 24.   St. Petersburg Bowl Links St. Petersburg Bowl.com ESPN Bowls Page

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