Published on 11/28/2022.
The College of the Redwoods football team is in the 2022 CCCAA NorCal Grizzly Bowl sponsored by Blue Lake Casino and Hotel.
Make sure you support your local college on December 3, as CR (7-3) battles Monterey Peninsula College (6-4) in Redwood Bowl at Cal Poly Humboldt with kickoff at 1pm.
Children under 12 are free, students with a student ID and seniors 60 and over are $5, and general admission is only $10.
Pre-sale tickets are available November 30 through December 2, at the Athletics Office in the Physical Education Building on CR’s Eureka Campus, from 1pm to 5pm.
All patrons purchasing tickets in advance must bring their ticket for proof of purchase to the gate. Tickets can also be purchased at Redwood Bowl starting at 11:30am the morning of the game.
This is the first bowl appearance for CR football since the 2009 season and the first one being hosted by CR since the 1995 Redwood Bowl. It is CR’s 10th bowl appearance overall since moving to the bowl structure in 1980.
Teams need to qualify for a bowl game with a 6-4 record or better. CR finished second this season in the Pacific 7 conference at 4-1 and a 7-3 overall record and had the next best record after each of the American Division conference champions. Feather River, who won the Pacific 7 conference at 10-0, and Merced who won the Golden West conference at 8-2.
Prior to 1980 CR football from 1967-1980 won 8 conference championships in 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 & 1976 and were State Champions in 1968, 1970, 1972 and NorCal State Champions in 1976.
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