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The Golden Isles Bowl Classic, held in Brunswick, Georgia, was a college football bowl game played between 1950 and 2006.

History
The game began as a Junior College bowl game in 1950. The 1961 and 1962 games were held as College Division bowl games. The Golden Isles Bowl was restarted in 1995 as a Junior College bowl game, featuring a Junior College from Georgia against a top 25 ranked NJCAA team.

The game was established as a way to financially support middle school athletics in the Glynn County School System.

Between 1995 and 2006, this was the only Junior College bowl game to be played east of the Mississippi River.

On August 18, 2007, it was announced that the bowl had fulfilled its goal of funding Glynn County's middle school athletics programs, and the board voted to retire the bowl game.

NJCAA National Championships
The Golden Isles Bowl Classic served as the defacto NJCAA National Championship game twice.

In 2001,  #1 Georgia Military College played #4 Butler County Community College. The #2 and #3 teams were locked into state playoff games and unavailable for selection.

In 2002, the game was again for the national championship, as #1 Georgia Military College lost to #2 Joliet Junior College.

Famous Bowl Alums

 * Bobby Bowden walked the sidelines in the 1962 game, as the head coach of the Samford Bulldogs.
 * Deion Branch played in the 1998 game for Jones County Junior College.  He went on to play two years for the Louisville Cardinals before being drafted into the NFL. He was the MVP of Super Bowl XXXIX.

Sponsors

 * The Brunswick Civitan Club was the sponsor for the 1962 game.
 * Huddle House was the sponsor for the 1995 and 1996 games.
 * Sea Island Company sponsored the 1997 to 2006 games.