1997–98 NCAA football bowl games
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| Season | Pro Player Stadium Miami Gardens, FL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Champions | Michigan (AP) Nebraska (Coaches) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1997–98 NCAA football bowl games concluded the
AP Poll and Nebraska by the Coaches Poll
.
A total of 20 bowl games were played between December 20, 1997 and January 2, 1998 by 40 bowl-eligible teams.[1] Two new bowl games were added this year: the Motor City Bowl (now known as the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl), and the Humanitarian Bowl (now known as the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl).
Non-Bowl Alliance bowls
| Date | Time | Game | Site | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20 | 6:00 PM | Las Vegas Bowl | Las Vegas, NV
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Oregon 41, No. 23 Air Force 13 | |
| Dec 25 | 3:30 PM | Aloha Bowl | Honolulu, HI
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No. 21 Washington 51, No. 25 Michigan State 23 | |
| Dec 26 | 8:00 PM | Motor City Bowl | Pontiac, MI
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Ole Miss 34, Marshall 31 | |
| Dec 27 | 2:30 PM | Insight.com Bowl | Tucson, AZ
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Arizona 20, New Mexico 14 | |
| Dec 28 | 8:00 PM | Independence Bowl | Shreveport, LA
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No. 15 LSU 27, Notre Dame 9 | |
| Dec 29 | 3:30 PM | Humanitarian Bowl | Boise, ID
|
Cincinnati 35, Utah State 19 | |
| 7:30 PM | Carquest Bowl | Miami Gardens, FL
|
Georgia Tech 35, West Virginia 30 | ||
| 8:00 PM | Holiday Bowl | San Diego, CA
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No. 18 Colorado State 35, No. 19 Missouri 24 | ||
| Dec 30 | 8:00 PM | Alamo Bowl | San Antonio, TX
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No. 17 Purdue 33, No. 24 Oklahoma State 20 | |
| Dec 31 | 2:00 PM | Sun Bowl | El Paso, TX
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No. 16 Arizona State 17, Iowa 7 | |
| 3:30 PM | Liberty Bowl | Memphis, TN
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No. 22 Southern Miss 41, Pittsburgh 7 | ||
| Jan 1 | 11:00 AM | Outback Bowl | Tampa, FL
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No. 12 Georgia 33, Wisconsin 6 | |
| 12:30 PM | Gator Bowl | Jacksonville, FL
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No. 7 North Carolina 42, Virginia Tech 3 | ||
| 1:00 PM | Florida Citrus Bowl | Orlando, FL
|
No. 6 Florida 21, No. 11 Penn State 6 | ||
| 1:30 PM | Cotton Bowl Classic | Dallas, TX
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No. 5 UCLA 29, No. 20 Texas A&M 23 | ||
| 5:00 PM | Rose Bowl | Pasadena, CA
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No. 1 Michigan 21, No. 8 Washington State 16 | ||
| Jan 2 | 3:00 PM | Peach Bowl | Atlanta, GA
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No. 13 Auburn 21, Clemson 17 | |
| Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. All times are in Eastern Time.[2] | |||||
Bowl Alliance bowls
| Date | Time | Game | Site | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31 | 7:00 PM | Fiesta Bowl | Tempe, AZ
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No. 10 Kansas State 35, No. 14 Syracuse 18 | |
| Jan 1 | 8:00 PM | Sugar Bowl | New Orleans, LA
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No. 4 Florida State 31, No. 9 Ohio State 14 | |
| Jan 2 | 8:00 PM | Orange Bowl (championship game) |
Miami Gardens, FL
|
No. 2 Nebraska 42, No. 3 Tennessee 17 | |
| Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. All times are in Eastern Time.[2] | |||||
References
- ^ "1997 College Football Bowl Games". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
- ^ a b "Bowl Schedule". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. December 12, 1997. p. 71 – via Newspapers.com.