History of The Beacon Iced Tea BowlIn 1998, co-owners of The World Famous Beacon Drive-In in Spartanburg, Sam Maw (Wofford graduate) and Steve McManus (graduate of The Citadel) made a friendly wager. The person whose team lost the game would have to don a cheerleading uniform and serve Beacon Iced Tea at the restaurant the following Monday. For the first Iced Tea Bowl, The Citadel won 20-14 and Maw donned the Citadel cheerleading uniform on Monday and the Beacon Iced Tea Bowl was born. While they never donned a cheerleading uniform after the first game, the spirit of the rivalry lives on better than ever.
It has now become a tradition for every Citadel-Wofford football game in Spartanburg to be dubbed the “Iced Tea Bowl.”
Just why is it called the "Iced Tea Bowl"? Because The Beacon serves more
iced tea than any other single restaurant entity in the USA.
The Iced Tea Bowl returns for its 9th installment on Saturday, October 4 at 1:30 pm. The game will be televised on ESPN3 and it will be Family Weeknd on campus.
Commemorative t-shirts bearing the game logo (similar to the photo shown from 2012) are now on-sale at the Wofford Athletic Ticket office inside the Richardson Building or by calling (864) 597-4090. T-shirts are $15.
The final scores of each Beacon Iced Tea Bowl:
Sep. 12, 1998 Beacon Iced Tea Bowl I The Citadel 20 Wofford 14
Oct. 28, 2000 Beacon Iced Tea Bowl II Wofford 31 The Citadel 10
Nov. 2, 2002 Beacon Iced Tea Bowl III Wofford 27 The Citadel 14
Oct. 30, 2004 Beacon Iced Tea Bowl IV Wofford 38 The Citadel 17
Oct. 7, 2006 Beacon Iced Tea Bowl V Wofford 28 The Citadel 21
Nov. 8, 2008 Beacon Iced Tea Bowl VI Wofford 33 The Citadel 28
Oct. 30, 2010 Beacon Iced Tea Bowl VII Wofford 35 The Citadel 0
Oct. 27, 2012 Beacon Iced Tea Bowl VIII Wofford 24 The Citadel 21
Oct. 4, 2014 Beacon Iced Tea Bowl IX Wofford The Citadel
A special thanks to Wofford web designer Michelle Thilges for designing the 2014 game commemorative game logo.
