1956–57 NCAA football bowl games

Season

1956

Number of bowls

All-star games

Blue–Gray Football Classic
East–West Shrine Game
North–South Shrine Game
Senior Bowl

Bowl games

December 29, 1956 –
January 1, 1957

Champions

Oklahoma (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)

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 college football season. A total of seven team-competitive games, 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.

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 (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

Notes

Excludes all-star games.

References

"1956 College Football Bowl Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
"Today's Bowl Schedule". Albuquerque Journal. January 1, 1957. p. 6. Retrieved June 7, 2023 – via newspapers.com.

v t e 1956–57 NCAA football bowl game season
Gator (Dec. 29) Tangerine (Jan. 1) Sun (Jan. 1) Cotton (Jan. 1) Rose (Jan. 1) Orange (Jan. 1) Sugar (Jan. 1)

v t e NCAA football bowl seasons
1901–02 1902–14 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

NCAA football bowl seasons

1901–02
1902–14
1915–16
1916–17
1917–18
1918–19
1919–20
1920–21
1921–22
1922–23
1923–24
1924–25
1925–26
1926–27
1927–28
1928–29
1929–30
1930–31
1931–32
1932–33
1933–34
1934–35
1935–36
1936–37
1937–38
1938–39
1939–40
1940–41
1941–42
1942–43
1943–44
1944–45
1945–46
1946–47
1947–48
1948–49
1949–50
1950–51
1951–52
1952–53
1953–54
1954–55
1955–56
1956–57
1957–58
1958–59
1959–60
1960–61
1961–62
1962–63
1963–64
1964–65
1965–66
1966–67
1967–68
1968–69
1969–70
1970–71
1971–72
1972–73
1973–74
1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
1997–98
1998–99
1999–2000
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16
2016–17
2017–18
2018–19
2019–20
2020–21
2021–22
2022–23
2023–24
2024–25

Category: