1956–57 NCAA football bowl games

1956–57 NCAA football bowl games
Season1956
Number of bowls7
All-star gamesBlue–Gray Football Classic
East–West Shrine Game
North–South Shrine Game
Senior Bowl
Bowl gamesDecember 29, 1956 –
January 1, 1957[a]
ChampionsOklahoma (AP, Coaches, FWAA)
Bowl record by conference
Conference Bowls Record Number of teams
in final AP poll
Independents 3 0–3 (0.000) 4
SWC 2 2–0 (1.000) 3
Border 2 1–1 (0.500) 0
SEC 2 1–1 (0.500) 2
Big Seven 1 1–0 (1.000) 2
Big Ten 1 1–0 (1.000) 5
SoCon 1 1–0 (1.000) 1
ACC 1 0–1 (0.000) 1
PCC 1 0–1 (0.000) 2

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 college 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 Georgia Tech 7 (9–1) (SEC),
Pittsburgh 14 (7–2–1) (Independent) 		#4
#13 		#4
#12
1/1 Cotton Bowl Classic Cotton Bowl
Dallas, Texas 		2:00 p.m. NBC TCU 28 (7–3) (SWC),
Syracuse 27 (7–1) (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 Tulane Stadium
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. — West Texas State 20 (7–2) (Border),
Mississippi Southern 13 (7–1–1) (Independent) 		NR
n/a 		NR
n/a

† denotes conference champion

Conference performance in bowl games

Conference Games Record Bowls
W L Pct. Won Lost
Independents 3 0 3 .000 — Cotton, Gator, Tangerine
SWC 2 2 0 1.000 Cotton, Sugar —
Border 2 1 1 .500 Tangerine Sun
SEC 2 1 1 .500 Gator Sugar
Big Seven 1 1 0 1.000 Orange —
Big Ten 1 1 0 1.000 Rose —
Southern 1 1 0 1.000 Sun —
ACC 1 0 1 .000 — Orange
Pacific Coast 1 0 1 .000 — Rose

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Excludes all-star games.

References

  1. ^ "1956 College Football Bowl Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  2. ^ "Today's Bowl Schedule". Albuquerque Journal. January 1, 1957. p. 6. Retrieved June 7, 2023 – via newspapers.com.
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