Bacon Bowl
Encyclopedia
The Bacon Bowl was an annual charity
football
game which started out being played between members of the Seattle Police Department on one side, and members of the Tacoma
Police Department, Pierce County sheriff's deputies, and state police working in Pierce County on the other side. Over the years, participation grew to include personnel from other law enforcement bodies in the counties. It was the second largest charity football game played in the USA. All money raised, after expenses, went to various children's charities around the Puget Sound
region. Through 2001, $2.4 million dollars had been distributed to charities.
The Bacon Bowl was played from 1979 through 2005. By 2004, there was criticism that too much of the money raised went to a telemarketing firm and expenses. In 2002, although the game raised nearly $350,000, after expenses only $18,380 went to charities. Other problems were a decrease in attendance. It was replaced in 2006 in favor of other athletic events, including a 3.1-mile (5-kilometre) run and walk. A still later replacement for the football game in 2007 was a boxing event. Over 3,000 players participated over the years. Its name derives from the eponym
ous pork product
, a play on "pig," which is a pejorative
term for police officer
s in the United States.
At the conclusion of the 27 game series, standings were:
Philanthropy
Philanthropy etymologically means "the love of humanity"—love in the sense of caring for, nourishing, developing, or enhancing; humanity in the sense of "what it is to be human," or "human potential." In modern practical terms, it is "private initiatives for public good, focusing on quality of...
football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
game which started out being played between members of the Seattle Police Department on one side, and members of the Tacoma
Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma is a mid-sized urban port city and the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. The city is on Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, northeast of the state capital, Olympia, and northwest of Mount Rainier National Park. The population was 198,397, according to...
Police Department, Pierce County sheriff's deputies, and state police working in Pierce County on the other side. Over the years, participation grew to include personnel from other law enforcement bodies in the counties. It was the second largest charity football game played in the USA. All money raised, after expenses, went to various children's charities around the Puget Sound
Puget Sound
Puget Sound is a sound in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a complex estuarine system of interconnected marine waterways and basins, with one major and one minor connection to the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Pacific Ocean — Admiralty Inlet being the major connection and...
region. Through 2001, $2.4 million dollars had been distributed to charities.
The Bacon Bowl was played from 1979 through 2005. By 2004, there was criticism that too much of the money raised went to a telemarketing firm and expenses. In 2002, although the game raised nearly $350,000, after expenses only $18,380 went to charities. Other problems were a decrease in attendance. It was replaced in 2006 in favor of other athletic events, including a 3.1-mile (5-kilometre) run and walk. A still later replacement for the football game in 2007 was a boxing event. Over 3,000 players participated over the years. Its name derives from the eponym
Eponym
An eponym is the name of a person or thing, whether real or fictitious, after which a particular place, tribe, era, discovery, or other item is named or thought to be named...
ous pork product
Bacon
Bacon is a cured meat prepared from a pig. It is first cured using large quantities of salt, either in a brine or in a dry packing; the result is fresh bacon . Fresh bacon may then be further dried for weeks or months in cold air, boiled, or smoked. Fresh and dried bacon must be cooked before eating...
, a play on "pig," which is a pejorative
Pejorative
Pejoratives , including name slurs, are words or grammatical forms that connote negativity and express contempt or distaste. A term can be regarded as pejorative in some social groups but not in others, e.g., hacker is a term used for computer criminals as well as quick and clever computer experts...
term for police officer
Police officer
A police officer is a warranted employee of a police force...
s in the United States.
Venues
- KingdomeKingdomeThe Kingdome was a multi-purpose stadium located in Seattle's SoDo neighborhood. Owned and operated by King County, the Kingdome opened in 1976 and was best known as the home stadium of the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League , the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball , and the...
- Husky StadiumHusky StadiumHusky Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium on the campus of the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the home of the Washington Huskies...
- Qwest FieldQwest FieldCenturyLink Field is a multi-purpose stadium in Seattle, Washington, United States. It serves as the home field for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League and Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer...
At the conclusion of the 27 game series, standings were:
- Tacoma PD: 15 Wins
- Seattle PD: 12 Wins
External links
- http://web.archive.org/web/20080513080149/http://www.baconbowl.org/index.htm Official Bacon Bowl website, last revision, as of May 13, 2008, retrieved from Wayback Machine Internet Archive on September 17, 2010.