1956–57 NCAA football bowl games
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| Bowl games | December 29, 1956 – January 1, 1957[a] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Champions | Oklahoma (AP, Coaches, FWAA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1956–57 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games played in December 1956 and January 1957 to end the 1956 NCAA University Division football season. A total of seven team-competitive games,[1] and four all-star games, were played. The post-season began with the Gator Bowl on December 29, 1956, and concluded on January 5, 1957, with the season-ending Senior Bowl all-star game.
Schedule
The following table lists bowl games involving University Division teams; bowl games at lower levels are listed in the See also section.
| Date | Game | Site | Time[2] (US EST) |
TV | Matchup (pre-game record) |
AP pre-game rank |
UPI (Coaches) pre-game rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/29 | Gator Bowl | Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, Florida |
2:00 p.m. | CBS | Independent )
|
#4 #13 |
#4 #12 |
| 1/1 | Cotton Bowl Classic | Dallas, Texas
|
2:00 p.m. | NBC | Independent )
|
#14 #8 |
#14 #8 |
| 1/1 | Orange Bowl | Burdine Stadium Miami |
2:00 p.m. | CBS | Colorado 27 (7–2–1) (Big Seven), Clemson 21 (7–1–1) (ACC) |
#20 #19 |
#18 NR |
| 1/1 | Sugar Bowl | New Orleans, Louisiana
|
2:00 p.m. | ABC
|
Baylor 13 (8–2) (SWC), Tennessee 7 (10–0) (SEC†) |
#11 #2 |
#11 #2 |
| 1/1 | Sun Bowl | Kidd Field El Paso, Texas |
4:30 p.m. | — | George Washington 13 (7–1–1) (SoCon), Texas Western 0 (9–1) (Border†) |
#17 NR |
NR NR |
| 1/1 | Rose Bowl | Rose Bowl Pasadena, California |
5:00 p.m. | NBC | Iowa 35 (8–1) (Big Ten†), Oregon State 19 (7–2–1) (PCC†) |
#3 #10 |
#3 #13 |
| 1/1 | Tangerine Bowl | Tangerine Bowl (stadium)
Orlando, Florida |
8:00 p.m. | — | Independent )
|
NR n/a |
NR n/a |
† denotes conference champion
See also
Notes
- ^ Excludes all-star games.
References
- ^ "1956 College Football Bowl Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
- ^ "Today's Bowl Schedule". Albuquerque Journal. January 1, 1957. p. 6. Retrieved June 7, 2023 – via newspapers.com.