In week 17, the champions each conference play each other in the Liberty Bowl (named after the base where we spent the 2006 SECFOR mission). The winner of that game is awarded the Tenequer Memorial Trophy. The champion will have his name engraved on the trophy and keep it until a new OIL champion is crowned. Although the Liberty Bowl did not exist until 2014, the Tenequer includes every previous OIL champion from 2006 to the present.
Special thanks to Kristen Leach Creative Media for the photography and
Skydance Brewing Co.—the best tap room in Oklahoma—for the location.
Skydance Brewing Co.—the best tap room in Oklahoma—for the location.
The Tenequer Memorial Trophy is named after Michael Tenequer, who served on the SECFOR mission in 2005–06. He passed away in October 2014 at the age of 47. He was much beloved by the men of the OIL, and they named the Liberty Bowl trophy in his honor, just as they named the OIL Bowl trophy after the 49th MP BDE's Isaac Lawson, the Thunder Bowl trophy after SECFOR brother Joseph "Jody" Killman, and the Patriot Bowl trophy after 158-alum Brandum Landrum.