1956–57 NCAA football bowl games

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 NCAA University Division 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.

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[lower-alpha 1]
ChampionsOklahoma (AP, Coaches, FWAA)
Bowl record by conference
Conference Bowls Record Final AP Poll
Independents 3 0–3 (0.000)
SWC 2 2–0 (1.000)
Border 2 1–1 (0.500)
SEC 2 1–1 (0.500)
Big Seven 1 1–0 (1.000)
Big Ten 1 1–0 (1.000)
SoCon 1 1–0 (1.000)
ACC 1 0–1 (0.000)
PCC 1 0–1 (0.000)

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

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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