College Bowl

College Bowl

The College Bowl (also known as General Electric (G.E.) College Bowl) was a radio, television, and student quiz show. The program first aired on US radio stations in 1953, and then moved to US television broadcast networks, airing from 1959 to 1963 on CBS, and from 1963 to 1970 on NBC.

A team of five students, including John Bellairs, represented the University of Notre Dame and competed on the program in two consecutive broadcasts airing March 8 and March 15 of 1959.

1959 Season

The fourth episode of the first season saw the introduction of Georgetown University, which went on to win four consecutive weeks. In March they lost to the University of Notre Dame, who fell the following week to Barnard College of Manhattan, New York City. The Barnard team would eventually loose two weeks later.

Episode	Date	Team	Score
4	1/25/1959	Georgetown University Northwestern	170 120
5	2/8/1959	Georgetown University Princeton	115 115
6	2/15/1959	Georgetown University Princeton	215 70
7	3/1/1959	Georgetown University Tulane	180 170
8	3/8/1959	University of Notre Dame Georgetown University	230 110
9	3/15/1959	Barnard College University of Notre Dame	230 110
10	3/29/1959	Univ. of Southern California Barnard College	65 195
11	4/12/1959	Barnard College Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities	90 155

Notre Dame Team

The University of Notre Dame team was selected by Father John E. Walsh: "I believe that he just asked around for some likely contestants. Once chosen the team would meet once or twice a week to 'practice' although there were no books of questions similar to the ones that became popular during the time of the Trivial Pursuit game."

Person	Notre Dame Biography
	Thomas Banchoff (20, Junior) Hometown: Trenton, NJ Major: Mathematics Minor: English Hobbies: Tennis Sports: Tennis Major extracurricular activities: Member of Wranglers and Bookmen; debating team; tennis team; editorial staff of the Juggler, student literary magazine
	John Bellairs (21, Senior) Hometown: Marshall, MI Major: English literature. Minor: None Hobbies: Numismatics, archaeology Sports: None Major extracurricular activities Member of Wranglers and Bookmen; writes humor column in the Scholastic, student weekly news magazine
	Andrew Connelly (21, Senior) Hometown: New Rochelle, NY Major: English Minor: History Hobbies: Golf Sports: None Major extracurricular activities: None
	Phillips Gibson (22, Senior) Hometown: Rochester, NY Major: General Program of Liberal Education (Great Books) Minor: English Hobbies: None Sports: None Major extracurricular activities: Member of Wranglers; Confraternity of Christian Doctrine; contributions to the Juggler, student literary magazine
	Brian Moran (21, Senior) Hometown: Tulsa, OK Major: Mathematics Minor: None indicated Hobbies: Bridge Sports: None Major extracurricular activities: Member of Oklahoma Club at Notre Dame, Wranglers, Bookmen