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 bowl game held in 1956 as the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics

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 (NAIA) championship game

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. It featured the Montana State University-Bozeman

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 and St. Joseph's College. Montana State had finished the season with a perfect 8–0 record, including the first "Brawl of the Wild

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" victory in Missoula over Montana

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 since 1902.

The game took place at 2 p.m. EST

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 on December 22, 1956 at War Memorial Stadium

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 in Little Rock, Arkansas

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. It was televised on CBS

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 and 5,000 fans attended in person. The playing field was mud-logged and the game was a defensive ground battle, with each goal line threatened just once. Montana State player Ron Warzeka tackled Saint Joseph's fullback Mike Murphy on the 16-yard line after a long rushing attempt

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. Later, Warzeka missed a field goal attempt. The Bobcats attempted only two passes, with one intercepted and the other falling incomplete. The Pumas attempted only one pass, and it was also incomplete. Montana State gained 225 rushing yards on 45 carries, and Saint Joseph's gained 153 yards on 49 carries. The final result was a scoreless tie, and the teams were named NAIA co-champions for the 1956 season.

Results

Date	Year	Site	Team		Team
December 22	1956	Little Rock, Arkansas Little Rock, Arkansas Little Rock is the capital and the largest city of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 699,757 people in the 2010 census...	Montana State Montana State Bobcats football The Montana State Bobcats football program competes in the Big Sky Conference of the NCAA's Division I Football Championship Subdivision for Montana State University. The program began in 1897 and has won three national championships...	0	St. Joseph's (Indiana)	0