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| Date | 1 January 1945 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Stadio Giovanni Berta | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Florence, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Maj. Roy Pille[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | Peggy Jean | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 25,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
The Spaghetti Bowl was an American football bowl game played between Fifth Army and Twelfth Air Force in Florence, Italy, on 1 January 1945.[2][3] The game was won by the Army 20–0.
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- ^ "Spaghetti Bowl: Yanks have football game in Italy", Life Magazine, 29 January 1945, pages 74-75.