This is article #22 in a series covering the origins of football’s terminology. All are available under the Terminology tab above. My book, Hut! Hut! Hike! describes the emergence of more than 400 football terms. Yale opened the 68,000-seat Yale Bowl in 1914. As the first enclosed stadium in the country, it earned the "bowl" description shortly after its design became public. Playing in the Yale Bowl was sometimes described as a "bowl game," and Yale's slate of home games was "bowl season."
Terminology... Pro Bowl
Terminology... Pro Bowl
Terminology... Pro Bowl
This is article #22 in a series covering the origins of football’s terminology. All are available under the Terminology tab above. My book, Hut! Hut! Hike! describes the emergence of more than 400 football terms. Yale opened the 68,000-seat Yale Bowl in 1914. As the first enclosed stadium in the country, it earned the "bowl" description shortly after its design became public. Playing in the Yale Bowl was sometimes described as a "bowl game," and Yale's slate of home games was "bowl season."