SODA POP PLAYED A ROLE IN LINFIELD FOOTBALL 1965 BACK-TO-BACK END OF SEASON GAMES
Soda pop played a role in back-to-back end of 1965 season games for Linfield College football.
Those games were in the 1965 NAIA national championship
football playoffs:
COCA-COLA
11/27/1965 vs. Sul
Ross State -- Win 30-27 Midland,
Texas
(Sul Ross is in Alpine, Texas, but the game was played in Midland.)
--After winning the semi-final
game in an upset, the Linfield football
players enjoyed drinking Coca-Cola from glass bottles in its locker room. The
win advanced Linfield to the NAIA championship game.
ROYAL CROWN COLA
12/11/1965 vs. St.
John's (Minn.) -- Loss 33-0 Augusta, Ga.
--This was the NAIA “Champion Bowl.” NFL Baltimore Colts
quarterback Johnny Unitas is/was pictured on the front page of the game’s
printed program. He's holding a glass bottle of Royal Crown Cola.
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Yes! In 1965 in Midland,
Texas: Things (did) Go Better with Coca-Cola for football ‘Cats after upsetting
Sul Ross
https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/17663360/1116872531708850342
1965 in Midland, Texas:
Things (did) Go Better with Coca-Cola for football ‘Cats after beating Sul Ross
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