Pear Bowl

The Pear Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game held on Thanksgiving weekend in Oregon.

Following the 1949 game, the Northwest Conference and Far West Conference signed an agreement to have their champions meet in the game.

The games in Ashland were designed to raise funds for a new stadium on the Southern Oregon campus, while the Medford games were sponsored by Shriners International.

The last three were sponsored by the Hillah Temple of the Shrine as a benefit for crippled children in Portland.

In September 1952, the sponsoring organization voted to cancel the game due to economic and other considerations.