1976–77 NCAA football bowl games
Series of post-season NCAA football games
1976–77 NCAA football bowl games | |||||||||
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Season | 1976 | ||||||||
Number of bowls | 12 | ||||||||
Bowl games | December 13, 1976 – January 2, 1977 | ||||||||
National Championship | 1977 Sugar Bowl | ||||||||
Location of Championship | Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana | ||||||||
Champions | Pittsburgh | ||||||||
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The 1976–77 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games played in December 1976 and January 1977 to end the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. A total of 12 team-competitive games were played. The post-season began with the Independence Bowl on December 13, 1976, and concluded on January 2, 1977, with the Sun Bowl.
Schedule
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Date | Game | Site | TV | Teams | Results |
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Dec. 13 | Independence Bowl | State Fair Stadium Shreveport, Louisiana | — | McNeese State (9–2) Tulsa (7–3–1) | McNeese State 20 Tulsa 16 |
Dec. 18 | Tangerine Bowl | Orlando Stadium Orlando, Florida | Mizlou | No. 14 Oklahoma State (8–3) BYU (9–2) | Oklahoma State 49 BYU 21 |
Dec. 20 | Liberty Bowl | Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, Tennessee | ABC | No. 16 Alabama (9–3) No. 7 UCLA (9–1–1) | Alabama 36 UCLA 6 |
Dec. 25 | Fiesta Bowl | Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona | CBS | No. 8 Oklahoma (8–2–1) Wyoming (8–3) | Oklahoma 41 Wyoming 7 |
Dec. 27 | Gator Bowl | Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, Florida | ABC | No. 15 Notre Dame (8–3) No. 20 Penn State (7–4) | Notre Dame 20 Penn State 9 |
Dec. 31 | Peach Bowl | Fulton County Stadium Atlanta, Georgia | Mizlou | Kentucky (7–4) No. 19 North Carolina (9–2) | Kentucky 21 North Carolina 0 |
Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl | Astrodome Houston, Texas | TVS | No. 13 Nebraska (8–3–1) No. 18 Texas Tech (10–1) | Nebraska 27 Texas Tech 24 | |
Jan. 1 | Sugar Bowl | Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana | ABC | No. 1 Pittsburgh (11–0) No. 5 Georgia (10–1) | Pittsburgh 27 Georgia 3 |
Cotton Bowl Classic | Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas | CBS | No. 6 Houston (9–2) No. 4 Maryland (11–0) | Houston 30 Maryland 21 | |
Rose Bowl | Rose Bowl Pasadena, California | NBC | No. 3 USC (10–1) No. 2 Michigan (10–1) | USC 14 Michigan 6 | |
Orange Bowl | Miami Orange Bowl Miami, Florida | NBC | No. 11 Ohio State (8–2–1) No. 12 Colorado (8–3) | Ohio State 27 Colorado 10 | |
Jan. 2 | Sun Bowl | Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas | CBS | No. 20 Texas A&M (9–2) Florida (8–3) | Texas A&M 37 Florida 14 |
Rankings from AP Poll [2]
References
- ^ "All-Time Bowl-Game Results And Attendance" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
- ^ "1976 College Football Bowl Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
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1976–77 NCAA football bowl game season
- Grantland Rice (Dec. 4)
- Independence (Dec. 13)
- Tangerine (Dec. 18)
- Liberty (Dec. 20)
- Fiesta (Dec. 25)
- Gator (Dec. 27)
- Peach (Dec. 31)
- Bluebonnet (Dec. 31)
- Sugar (Jan. 1)
- Cotton (Jan. 1)
- Orange (Jan. 1)
- Rose (Jan. 1)
- Sun (Jan. 2)