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1976–77 NCAA football bowl games

1976–77 NCAA football bowl games
Season1976
Number of bowls12
Bowl gamesDecember 13, 1976 –
January 2, 1977
National Championship1977 Sugar Bowl
Location of ChampionshipLouisiana Superdome,
New Orleans, Louisiana
ChampionsPittsburgh
Bowl record by conference
Conference Bowls Record Final AP poll

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
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