Mineral Water Bowl

The Mineral Water Bowl is a bowl game held at Tiger Stadium in Excelsior Springs, Missouri. It was originally a high-school bowl game from 1947 until the Missouri High School Athletic Association banned unsanctioned post-season games in 1952. After a brief hiatus, the venue was sanctioned for a small-college level bowl game which ran from 1954-1975.

It then went dormant until revived in 1992 as a junior college bowl; in 2000, it became an NCAA Division II bowl game pitting the highest-placed teams from the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association and Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference which did not make the NCAA Division II Playoffs (except in years when one conference was unable to provide another .500-or-better team, in which case another team from that conference's respective region -- North Central for the NSIC, South Central for the MIAA -- was selected as a replacement). 2011 was the first time this occurred, with Northeastern State filling the MIAA's spot.

The game is currently one of three sanctioned bowl games for Division II, the others being the Kanza Bowl and the Pioneer Bowl.

Results

Nov 25 1954	Hastings	20	College of Emporia	14
Nov 24 1955	Missouri Valley	31	Hastings	7
Nov 22 1956	Saint Benedict's	14	Northeastern State	13
Nov 30 1957	William Jewell	33	Hastings	14
Nov 22 1958	Lincoln (MO)	21	Emporia State	0
Nov 28 1959	College of Emporia	21	Austin	20
Nov 26 1960	Hillsdale	17	Iowa Teachers	6

Nov 25 1961	Northeast Missouri State	22	Parsons	8
Nov 24 1962	Adams State	23	Northern Illinois	20
Nov 30 1963	Northern Illinois	21	Southwest Missouri State	14
Nov 28 1964	North Dakota State	14	Western State	13
Nov 27 1965	North Dakota	37	Northern Illinois	20
Nov 26 1966	Adams State	14	Southwest Missouri State	8
Nov 25 1967	William Jewell	14	Doane	14
Nov 30 1968	Doane	10	Central Missouri State	0
Nov 29 1969	Saint John's (MN)	21	Simpson (IA)	0
Nov 28 1970	Franklin	40	Wayne State (NE)	12

Dec 4 1971	Bethany (KS)	17	Missouri Valley	14
Nov 18 1972	Ottawa	27	Friends	20
Nov 1 1973	William Jewell	20	Saint Mary (KS)	9
Nov 23 1974	Midland Lutheran	32	Friends	6
Nov 22 1975	Missouri Western	44	Graceland	0

Revived Edition

Dec 2 2000 (3OT)	Winona State	43	Missouri Western	41

Dec 1 2001	Central Missouri State	48	Minnesota-Duluth	17
Dec 7 2002 (OT)	Emporia State	34	Winona State	27
Dec 6 2003	Missouri Western	24	Concordia-Saint Paul	14
Dec 4 2004	Washburn	36	Northern State	33
Dec 3 2005	Missouri Western	35	Concordia-Saint Paul	23
Dec 2 2006	Pittsburg State	35	Bemidji State	27
Dec 1 2007	Missouri Western	20	Wayne State (NE)	13
Dec 6 2008	Augustana (SD)	37	Missouri Western	16
Dec 5 2009	Missouri Western	34	Augustana (SD)	21
Dec 4 2010	Pittsburg State	13	Concordia-Saint Paul	9

Dec 3 2011	Minnesota State-Mankato	28	Northeastern State	14