Slab of Bacon trophy
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The Slab of Bacon trophy was a humorous, bacon-shaped traveling award once contested in the college football rivalry between the Wisconsin Badgers and Minnesota Golden Gophers.
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
college football rivalry trophy
ⓘ
humorous sports trophy ⓘ traveling trophy ⓘ |
| associatedConference | Big Ten Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Wisconsin–Minnesota game of 1943 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
College football rivalry trophies in the United States
ⓘ
Minnesota Golden Gophers football NERFINISHED ⓘ Wisconsin Badgers football NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contestedBy |
Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wisconsin Badgers football team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| currentLocation | University of Wisconsin–Madison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentUse | display piece rather than active trophy ⓘ |
| designer | Dr. W. W. “Doc” Meanwell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feature | lettering could be read as WIS or MIN depending on orientation ⓘ |
| firstUsedBy |
University of Minnesota
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
University of Wisconsin–Madison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| humorType | novelty food-themed trophy ⓘ |
| inscription | WIS-MIN NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedInSeason | 1930 ⓘ |
| introducedInYear | 1930 ⓘ |
| lastRegularUseSeason | 1942 ⓘ |
| lostAfter | 1943 Wisconsin–Minnesota game NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | wood ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bacon-shaped design
ⓘ
being predecessor to Paul Bunyan’s Axe ⓘ |
| rediscoveredAt | University of Wisconsin athletic department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rediscoveredInYear | 1994 ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Paul Bunyan’s Axe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedInYear | 1948 ⓘ |
| rivalry | Wisconsin–Minnesota football rivalry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shape | bacon-shaped slab ⓘ |
| sport | American football ⓘ |
| status | retired trophy ⓘ |
| tradition |
score of each game was written on the back of the trophy
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winning team kept the trophy until the next game ⓘ |
| usedIn | college football ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.