Pioneer Bowl (1971–1982)

The Pioneer Bowl was an annual college football postseason game held at Memorial Stadium in Wichita Falls, Texas, from 1971 through 1978 and again in 1981 and 1982.

The game served as the championship for the Midwest Region in 1971 and 1972, at a time when there were no playoffs at any level of NCAA football.

For the smaller colleges and universities, as for the major programs, the national champion was determined by polls conducted by the leading news wire services.

The Wichita Falls Board of Commerce and Industry (BCI) secured the Pecan Bowl for the city in March 1971.

[5] The bowl folded after a group from Charleston, South Carolina, outbid the Wichita Falls BCI for the next contract to host the I-AA championship.