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Season | 1956 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of bowls | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All-star games |
BlueβGray Football Classic EastβWest Shrine Game NorthβSouth Shrine Game Senior Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowl games | December 29, 1956 β January 1, 1957 [a] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Champions | Oklahoma (AP, Coaches, FWAA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1956β57 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.
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 |
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12/29 | Gator Bowl |
Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, Florida |
2:00 p.m. | CBS |
Georgia Tech 7 (9β1) (
SEC), Pittsburgh 14 (7β2β1) ( Independent) |
#4 #13 |
#4 #12 |
1/1 | Cotton Bowl Classic |
Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas |
2:00 p.m. | NBC |
TCU 28 (7β3) (
SWC), Syracuse 27 (7β1) ( Independent) |
#14 #8 |
#14 #8 |
1/1 | Orange Bowl |
Burdine Stadium Miami |
2:00 p.m. | CBS |
Colorado 27 (7β2β1) (
Big Seven), Clemson 21 (7β1β1) ( ACC) |
#20 #19 |
#18 NR |
1/1 | Sugar Bowl |
Tulane Stadium New Orleans, Louisiana |
2:00 p.m. | ABC |
Baylor 13 (8β2) (
SWC), Tennessee 7 (10β0) ( SECβ ) |
#11 #2 |
#11 #2 |
1/1 | Sun Bowl |
Kidd Field El Paso, Texas |
4:30 p.m. | β |
George Washington 13 (7β1β1) (
SoCon), Texas Western 0 (9β1) ( Borderβ ) |
#17 NR |
NR NR |
1/1 | Rose Bowl |
Rose Bowl Pasadena, California |
5:00 p.m. | NBC |
Iowa 35 (8β1) (
Big Tenβ ), Oregon State 19 (7β2β1) ( PCCβ ) |
#3 #10 |
#3 #13 |
1/1 | Tangerine Bowl |
Tangerine Bowl (stadium) Orlando, Florida |
8:00 p.m. | β |
West Texas State 20 (7β2) (
Border), Mississippi Southern 13 (7β1β1) ( Independent) |
NR n/a |
NR n/a |
β denotes conference champion
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Season | 1956 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of bowls | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All-star games |
BlueβGray Football Classic EastβWest Shrine Game NorthβSouth Shrine Game Senior Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowl games | December 29, 1956 β January 1, 1957 [a] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Champions | Oklahoma (AP, Coaches, FWAA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1956β57 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.
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 |
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12/29 | Gator Bowl |
Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, Florida |
2:00 p.m. | CBS |
Georgia Tech 7 (9β1) (
SEC), Pittsburgh 14 (7β2β1) ( Independent) |
#4 #13 |
#4 #12 |
1/1 | Cotton Bowl Classic |
Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas |
2:00 p.m. | NBC |
TCU 28 (7β3) (
SWC), Syracuse 27 (7β1) ( Independent) |
#14 #8 |
#14 #8 |
1/1 | Orange Bowl |
Burdine Stadium Miami |
2:00 p.m. | CBS |
Colorado 27 (7β2β1) (
Big Seven), Clemson 21 (7β1β1) ( ACC) |
#20 #19 |
#18 NR |
1/1 | Sugar Bowl |
Tulane Stadium New Orleans, Louisiana |
2:00 p.m. | ABC |
Baylor 13 (8β2) (
SWC), Tennessee 7 (10β0) ( SECβ ) |
#11 #2 |
#11 #2 |
1/1 | Sun Bowl |
Kidd Field El Paso, Texas |
4:30 p.m. | β |
George Washington 13 (7β1β1) (
SoCon), Texas Western 0 (9β1) ( Borderβ ) |
#17 NR |
NR NR |
1/1 | Rose Bowl |
Rose Bowl Pasadena, California |
5:00 p.m. | NBC |
Iowa 35 (8β1) (
Big Tenβ ), Oregon State 19 (7β2β1) ( PCCβ ) |
#3 #10 |
#3 #13 |
1/1 | Tangerine Bowl |
Tangerine Bowl (stadium) Orlando, Florida |
8:00 p.m. | β |
West Texas State 20 (7β2) (
Border), Mississippi Southern 13 (7β1β1) ( Independent) |
NR n/a |
NR n/a |
β denotes conference champion