Football | 9/6/2014 9:23:00 AM

An afternoon of fun and football are planned for the third annual Lincoln Bowl, slated for 1:00 p.m. on Saturday at Knox's Stisser Field at the Knosher Bowl.

There will be inflatable games and face painting for the kids while the Prairie Fire take the field for their season-opener against the Eureka Red Devils for bragging rights and the Lincoln Trophy, a bronze bust of young Abraham Lincoln donated by former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar.

Knox and Eureka first met on the gridiron in 1893. The Prairie Fire hold the upper-hand in the all-time series against the Red Devils with a 16-7-1 edge. The Lincoln Bowl recognizes the two colleges' historic ties to President Abraham Lincoln, who spoke at both schools in the 1850s.