Red Grange Bowl History
2016 — College of DuPage def. Central Lakes College 25-22 OT
2017 — College of DuPage def. Mesabi Range College 35-0
2018 — Nassau (N.Y.) def. Northland Community College 46-6
2019 — College of DuPage def. Itasca Community College 14-0
2020 — No game played (COVID-19)
2021 — College of DuPage def. Nassau (N.Y), 34-29
2022 — College of DuPage def. North Dakota State College of Science 14-12
2023 — College of DuPage def. Rochester Community 33-29
2024 — College of DuPage def. Louisburg (N.C.) 30-17

Note: Beginning in 2021, NJCAA recognized Division III football with the NJCAA Division III Football Championship at the Red Grange Bowl)

Red Grange — The Galloping Ghost

Early 20^th century football in America brings out iconic images of toughness; a leather helmet sans facemask, baggy canvas pants and a thick wool jersey that adorned the bodies of those early pioneers of the gridiron.
 
One man stood out above all others.

What Harold E. "Red" Grange accomplished nearly a century ago will never be forgotten. The NJCAA annual non-scholarship bowl game played in his honor here at College of DuPage helps maintain his legacy for the sport he loved.
 
Red Grange is one of football's all-time greats and he remains arguably the game's greatest all-time offensive player. The Wheaton native, nicknamed the "Galloping Ghost" and the "Wheaton Iceman", is a charter member of both the Pro (1963) and College (1951) Football Halls of Fame. His single-greatest feat remains almost fantasy — scoring four touchdowns in the opening 12 minutes vs. Michigan in the University of Illinois Memorial Stadium dedication game on Oct. 18, 1924. All told in that game, he was responsible for six TDs against the Wolverines and totaled 409 yards.
 
Grange went on to earn three All-American honors at Illinois and became the first major signing by Chicago Bears owner and head coach George Halas. Later that year, Halas took Grange and the Bears on a coast-to-coast tour in which the club played 16 games in nine weeks. That effort is thought to have saved the National Football League and fortified Grange as a household name in America, among the likes of such legends as Babe Ruth and Jack Dempsey.
 
Always humble, Grange never failed to give credit to his teammates for his personal glories on the gridiron. That characteristic endeared him even more to his fans, family and in particular, to those who made Wheaton their home.
 
Grange died at the age of 87 on Jan. 28, 1991.