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Bacardi Bowl was a college football bowl game played seven times in Havana, Cuba at La Tropical Stadium.

Sometimes referred to as the Rhumba Bowl or the Cigar Bowl, the game was the climaxing event of Cuba ’ s annual National Sports Festival.

The first five occurrences matched an American college team ( all from the Deep South ) against Cuban universities or athletic clubs.

The 1937 and 1938 games were billed under the Bacardi Bowl and Rhumba Bowl monikers.

The 1946 game is sometimes considered the first of the Cigar Bowl games.