Series of post-season NCAA football games
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 [ 1]
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