The Bean Bowl was a non-NCAA-sanctioned North American College Football bowl game played in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, in 1949 and 1950.
The series was short-lived. It was developed with the goal of promoting the dry bean industry from the North Platte Valley. The game was held on Thanksgiving both years and was meant to remain on that holiday for the duration of the series.
The Bean Bowl was part of a post-World War II trend of "small-college" bowl games intended to showcase regional athletes, similar to the High School Shrine Bowl. Like contemporary regional games such as the Glass Bowl or Refrigerator Bowl, it struggled with financial sustainability and logistical constraints caused by the monetary demands of the Korean War. The game was discontinued in 1950, following its second iteration.