bowl game

American  

noun

1. bowl.

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Etymology

Origin of bowl game

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

Then, just before the bowl game, Lynn left for the same job at his alma mater, Penn State, after rejecting the school’s advances a year earlier.

From Los Angeles Times

Indiana hadn’t won a bowl game since 1991.

From The Wall Street Journal

Here’s how crazy Indiana’s run is: The Hoosiers had not won a bowl game—any bowl game—since the Copper Bowl in 1991.

From The Wall Street Journal

The only bowl game that still carries any weight is the Rose Bowl, which may have just unofficially crowned a national champion for the second consecutive year.

From Los Angeles Times

Keith Jackson’s family continues to keep the famed broadcaster’s memory alive, with the Rose Bowl Game reminding them how special he was as a husband and father.

From Los Angeles Times