The Red Carpet Bowl Classic was instituted in 1962 as a postseason football game played to benefit Leo Puckett, a local high school athlete who was paralyzed during a high school football game.

Five men from Vicksburg had a vision after seeing a need (Leo Puckett) and formed The Red Carpet Bowl Classic committee to meet the demands of that need.

The founding fathers of the Red Carpet Bowl Classic were:

Gene Allen — former Head Coach of H. V. Cooper High School in Vicksburg.

Harold Baldwin — local businessman

Billy Ray — former Vicksburg Evening Post sports editor

Ray Roberts, Sr. — former Chief to the Superintendent of Illinois Central Railroad

Travis T. Vance, Sr. — former Mayor for the City of Vicksburg/

Red Carpet Bowl Scores

1962 – Cooper High 13, Columbus Lee 7

1963 – Noxubee County 20, South Pike 0

1964 – Rolling Fork 6, Forest Hill 0

1965 – Greenville 21, McComb 6

1966 – Murrah 26, Moss Point 18

1967 – Hattiesburg 31, Greenwood 14

1968 – Cooper 33, Yazoo City 12

1969 – Rolling Fork 38, Jackson-St. Joe 12

1970 – Temple 7, St. Augustine (La.) 0

1971 – Warren Central 34, St. Aloysius 0

1972 – Laurel 13, South Vicksburg 0

1973 – Vicksburg 7, Greenwood 7

1974 – St. Aloysius 20, Tallulah High 0

1975 – No game

1976 – Brandon 26, St. Aloysius 0

1977 – Meridian 21, Warren Central 14

1978 – Vicksburg 35, Callaway 21

1979 – Warren Central 33, West Monroe 0

1980 – Columbus Lee 14, Vicksburg 0

1981 – Brandon 15, Columbus Lee 7

1982 – St. Aloysius 28, Wesson 0

1983 – West Point 48, Vicksburg 0

1984 – Moss Point 41, Warren Central 20

1985 – Warren Central 21, Callaway 13

1986 – No game

1987 – St. Aloysius 32, North Carrollton 8

1988 – Warren Central 33, Picayune 14

1989 – Warren Central 23, Pascagoula 9

1990 – Vicksburg 21, Southaven 0

1991 – Warren Central 17, Murrah 0

1992 – St. Aloysius 19, Mercy Cross 8

Warren Central 28, Madison Central 0

Vicksburg 23, Louisville 7

1993 – St. Aloysius 34, Gulfport-St. John 7

Vicksburg 15, Gulfport 9

Warren Central 27, South Pike 20

1994 – St. Aloysius 53, Enterprise 0

Warren Central 34, Cleveland 7

Provine 14, Vicksburg 13

1995 – St. Aloysius 21, Enterprise 12

Murrah 10, Vicksburg 7

Warren Central 9, Provine 5

1996 – East Central 9, Warren Central 3

Vicksburg 40, Columbus 3

1997 – South Pike 21, Vicksburg 7

Warren Central 41, T.L. Weston 20

1998 – Provine 21, Warren Central 0

Vicksburg 21, Philadelphia 13

1999 – Picayune 44, Vicksburg 23

Warren Central 26, Greenwood 19

2000 – Warren Central 30, Picayune 0

Vicksburg 21, Greenwood 20

2001 – Vicksburg 20, John Ehret (La.) 7

Wayne County 15, Warren Central 10

2002 – Warren Cent. 35, Liberty-Eylau (Texas) 14

Wayne County 28, Vicksburg 14

2003 – Southaven 33, Vicksburg 18

Warren Central 17, Gulfport 7

2004 – Warren Central 33, Southaven 7

Gulfport 20, Vicksburg 8

2005 – Vicksburg 14, Memphis-Kirby 8

Warren Central 49, Indianola-Gentry 0

2006 – Warren Central 37, Memphis-Kirby 0

Vicksburg 42, Indianola-Gentry 19

2007 – South Panola 31, Warren Central 18

Clarksdale 28, Vicksburg 17

2008 – Warren Central 21, Clarksdale 12

South Panola 27, Vicksburg 6

2009 – Ocean Springs 47, Vicksburg 6

Gulfport 35, Warren Central 21