Claim: The 1949 Florida State Seminoles football team won nine out of its ten games that season, and went to the Cigar Bowl, which was played at Philipps Field and sponsored as a fundraiser by Egypt Temple Shrine until 1955.
Evidence: 9–1 (4–0 Dixie) The Seminoles went to their first bowl, the 1950 Cigar Bowl. It was played at Phillips Field, which was located across the Hillsborough River from downtown Tampa at the current site of Tampa Preparatory School and Julian Lane Riverfront Park. The Cigar Bowl itself was sponsored by the local Egypt Temple Shrine as a fundraising event. The Shriners discontinued support in 1955, and the bowl folded.