The 1966 Grantland Rice Bowl was an NCAA College Division game following the 1966 season, between the Tennessee State Tigers and the Muskingum Fighting Muskies.
[2] Tennessee State quarterback Eldridge Dickey was named the game's most valuable player.
Additional Tennessee State players were selected in the 1968 NFL/AFL Draft – defensive end Claude Humphrey, quarterback Eldridge Dickey, wide receiver John Robinson, wide receiver Leo Johnson, and guard Tommy Davis.
Muskingum running back Rick Harbold was inducted to his university's hall of fame in 1985.
[4] Both head coaches have been inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame – John Merritt of Tennessee State in 1994, and Ed Sherman of Muskingum in 1996.