1957–58 NCAA football bowl games

1957–58 NCAA football bowl games
Season1957
Number of bowls7
All-star gamesBlue–Gray Football Classic
East–West Shrine Game
North–South Shrine Game
Senior Bowl
Bowl gamesDecember 28, 1957 –
January 1, 1958[a]
ChampionsAuburn (AP)
Ohio State (Coaches, FWAA)
Bowl record by conference
Conference Bowls Record Number of teams
in final AP poll
Independents 4 2–2 (0.500) 3
SWC 3 0–3 (0.000) 3
SEC 2 2–0 (1.000) 5
Big Ten 1 1–0 (1.000) 4
Big Seven 1 1–0 (1.000) 1
Lone Star 1 1–0 (1.000) 0
ACC 1 0–1 (0.000) 2
PCC 1 0–1 (0.000) 0
Border 0 0–0 (–) 1
SoCon 0 0–0 (–) 1

The 1957–58 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games played in December 1957 and January 1958 to end the 1957 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 28, 1957, and concluded on January 11, 1958, with the season-ending Senior Bowl all-star game.

Schedule

The following table lists bowl games involving University Division teams;[b] bowl games at lower levels are listed in the See also section.

The seven team-competitive bowls were unchanged from the prior season.

Date Game Site Time[2]
(US EST) 		TV Matchup
(pre-game record) 		AP
pre-game
rank 		UPI (Coaches)
pre-game
rank
12/28 Gator Bowl Gator Bowl Stadium
Jacksonville, Florida 		2:00 p.m. CBS Tennessee 3 (7–3) (SEC)
Texas A&M 0 (8–2) (SWC) 		#13
#9 		#16
#10
1/1 Orange Bowl Burdine Stadium
Miami, Florida 		1:30 p.m. CBS Oklahoma 48 (9–1) (Big Seven)
Duke 21 (6–2–2) (ACC) 		#4
#16 		#4
#14
1/1 Sugar Bowl Tulane Stadium
New Orleans, Louisiana 		1:45 p.m. NBC Ole Miss 39 (8–1–1) (SEC)
Texas 7 (6–3–1) (SWC) 		#7
#11 		#8
#11
1/1 Cotton Bowl Classic Cotton Bowl
Dallas, Texas 		4:15 p.m. CBS Navy 20 (8–1–1) (Independent)
Rice 7 (7–3) (SWC) 		#5
#8 		#6
#7
1/1 Sun Bowl Kidd Field
El Paso, Texas 		4:15 p.m. — Louisville 34 (8–1) (Independent)
Drake 20 (7–1) (Independent) 		NR
NR 		NR
NR
1/1 Rose Bowl Rose Bowl
Pasadena, California 		4:45 p.m. NBC Ohio State 10 (8–1) (Big Ten)
Oregon 7 (7–3) (PCC) 		#2
NR 		#1
#17
1/1 Tangerine Bowl Tangerine Bowl (stadium)
Orlando, Florida 		8:00 p.m. — East Texas State 10 (8–1) (Lone Star)
Mississippi Southern 9 (8–2) (Independent) 		n/a n/a

Conference performance in bowl games

Conference Games Record Bowls
W L Pct. Won Lost
Independents 4 2 2 .500 Cotton, Sun Tangerine, Sun
SWC 3 0 3 .000 — Gator, Sugar, Cotton
SEC 2 2 0 1.000 Gator, Sugar —
Big Seven 1 1 0 1.000 Orange —
Big Ten 1 1 0 1.000 Rose —
Lone Star 1 1 0 1.000 Tangerine —
ACC 1 0 1 .000 — Orange
Pacific Coast 1 0 1 .000 — Rose

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Excludes all-star games.
  2. ^ Teams in this seasons's Tangerine Bowl were not from the University Division, but the bowl is included due to its history with such teams.

References

  1. ^ "1957 College Football Bowl Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
  2. ^ "Bowl Lineup". The Palm Beach Post. January 1, 1958. p. 6. Retrieved June 7, 2023 – via newspapers.com.
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