1959–60 NCAA football bowl games

The 1959–60 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games played in December 1959 and January 1960 to end the 1959 NCAA University Division football season. A total of nine team-competitive games,[1] and four all-star games, were played. The post-season began on December 19 with the Bluebonnet Bowl and Liberty Bowl, and concluded on January 9, 1960, with the season-ending Senior Bowl all-star game.

1959–60 NCAA football bowl games
Season1959
Number of bowls9
All-star gamesBlue–Gray Football Classic
East–West Shrine Game
North–South Shrine Game
Senior Bowl
Bowl gamesDecember 19, 1959 –
January 2, 1960[lower-alpha 1]
ChampionsSyracuse (AP, Coaches, FWAA, NFF)
Bowl record by conference
Conference Bowls Record Final AP Poll
SEC 5 2–3 (0.400)
SWC 3 1–2 (0.333)
Independents 2 2–0 (1.000)
AAWU 1 1–0 (1.000)
ACC 1 1–0 (1.000)
Border 1 1–0 (1.000)
OVC 1 1–0 (1.000)
Big Seven 1 0–1 (0.000)
Big Ten 1 0–1 (0.000)
Little Three 1 0–1 (0.000)
MVC 1 0–1 (0.000)

Schedule

The following table lists bowl games involving University Division teams;[lower-alpha 2] bowl games at lower levels are listed in the See also section.

The nine team-competitive bowls consisted of seven played the prior season (the eighth, the Bluegrass Bowl, did not return) plus the first editions of the Bluebonnet Bowl and Liberty Bowl.

Date Game Site Time
(US EST)		 TV Matchup
(pre-game record)		 AP
pre-game
rank		 UPI (Coaches)
pre-game
rank
12/19 Liberty Bowl Philadelphia Municipal Stadium
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania		 1:00 p.m.[2] NBC Penn State 7 (8–2) (Independent)
Alabama 0 (7–1–2) (SEC)		 #12
#10		 #10
#13
12/19 Bluebonnet Bowl Rice Stadium
Houston, Texas		 3:30 p.m.[2] CBS Clemson 23 (8–2) (ACC)
TCU 7 (8–2) (SWC)		 #11
#7		 #11
#8
12/31 Sun Bowl Kidd Field
El Paso, Texas		 4:00 p.m.[3] — New Mexico State 28 (7–3) (Border)
North Texas State 8 (9–1) (MVC)		 NR
NR		 NR
NR
1/1 Orange Bowl Burdine Stadium
Miami, Florida		 1:00 p.m.[4] CBS Georgia 14 (9–1) (SEC)
Missouri 0 (6–4) (Big Seven)		 #5
#18		 #5
#20
1/1 Sugar Bowl Tulane Stadium
New Orleans, Louisiana		 2:00 p.m.[4] NBC Ole Miss 21 (9–1) (SEC)
LSU 0 (9–1) (SEC)		 #2
#3		 #2
#3
1/1 Cotton Bowl Classic Cotton Bowl
Dallas, Texas		 3:30 p.m.[4] CBS Syracuse 23 (10–0) (Independent)
Texas 14 (9–1) (SWC)		 #1
#4		 #1
#4
1/1 Rose Bowl Rose Bowl
Pasadena, California		 5:00 p.m.[4] NBC Washington 44 (9–1) (AAWU)
Wisconsin 8 (7–2) (Big Ten)		 #8
#6		 #7
#6
1/1 Tangerine Bowl Tangerine Bowl (stadium)
Orlando, Florida		 8:15 p.m.[4] — Middle Tennessee 21 (9–0–1) (OVC)
Presbyterian 12 (9–1) (Little Three)		 n/a n/a
1/2 Gator Bowl Gator Bowl Stadium
Jacksonville, Florida		 2:00 p.m.[5] CBS Arkansas 14 (8–2) (SWC)
Georgia Tech 7 (6–4) (SEC)		 #9
NR		 #9
NR

Source:[6]

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. "1959 College Football Bowl Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  2. Sakowitz, Sheldon (December 19, 1959). "Three Grid Bowl Games On Tap Today". The Paducah Sun. Paducah, Kentucky. AP. p. 18. Retrieved June 10, 2023 – via newspapers.com.
  3. "Offense Key For Sun Bowl". Amarillo Globe-News. AP. December 30, 1959. p. 24. Retrieved June 10, 2023 – via newspapers.com.
  4. "Bowl Schedule". The Item. Sumter, South Carolina. AP. December 31, 1959. p. 8. Retrieved June 10, 2023 – via newspapers.com.
  5. "TV Highlights". Jim Thorpe Times News. Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. January 2, 1960. p. 5. Retrieved June 10, 2023 – via newspapers.com.
  6. MacCambridge, Michael, ed. (2005). ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. New York, N.Y.: ESPN Books. p. 1256. ISBN 1-4013-3703-1.
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