1957–58 NCAA football bowl games

Season

1957

Number of bowls

All-star games

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

Bowl games

December 28, 1957 –
January 1, 1958

Champions

Auburn (AP)
Ohio State (Coaches, FWAA)

Bowl record by conference
Conference	Bowls	Record	Final AP poll
Independents	4	2–2 (0.500)
SWC	3	0–3 (0.000)
SEC	2	2–0 (1.000)
Big Ten	1	1–0 (1.000)
Big Seven	1	1–0 (1.000)
Lone Star	1	1–0 (1.000)
ACC	1	0–1 (0.000)
PCC	1	0–1 (0.000)

The 1957–58 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games played in December 1957 and January 1958 to end the 1957 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 28, 1957, and concluded on January 11, 1958, 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.

The seven team-competitive bowls were unchanged from the prior season.

Date	Game	Site	Time (US EST)	TV	Matchup (pre-game record)	AP pre-game rank	UPI (Coaches) pre-game rank
12/28	Gator Bowl	Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, Florida	2:00 p.m.	CBS	Tennessee 3 (7–3) (SEC) Texas A&M 0 (8–2) (SWC)	#13 #9	#16 #10
1/1	Orange Bowl	Burdine Stadium Miami, Florida	1:30 p.m.	CBS	Oklahoma 48 (9–1) (Big Seven) Duke 21 (6–2–2) (ACC)	#4 #16	#4 #14
1/1	Sugar Bowl	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, Louisiana	1:45 p.m.	NBC	Ole Miss 39 (8–1–1) (SEC) Texas 7 (6–3–1) (SWC)	#7 #11	#8 #11
1/1	Cotton Bowl Classic	Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas	4:15 p.m.	CBS	Navy 20 (8–1–1) (Independent) Rice 7 (7–3) (SWC)	#5 #8	#6 #7
1/1	Sun Bowl	Kidd Field El Paso, Texas	4:15 p.m.	—	Louisville 34 (8–1) (Independent) Drake 20 (7–1) (Independent)	NR NR	NR NR
1/1	Rose Bowl	Rose Bowl Pasadena, California	4:45 p.m.	NBC	Ohio State 10 (8–1) (Big Ten) Oregon 7 (7–3) (PCC)	#2 NR	#1 #17
1/1	Tangerine Bowl	Tangerine Bowl (stadium) Orlando, Florida	8:00 p.m.	—	East Texas State 10 (8–1) (Lone Star) Mississippi Southern 9 (8–2) (Independent)	n/a	n/a

Notes

Excludes all-star games.
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

"1957 College Football Bowl Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
"Bowl Lineup". The Palm Beach Post. January 1, 1958. p. 6. Retrieved June 7, 2023 – via newspapers.com.

v t e 1957–58 NCAA football bowl game season
Gator (Dec. 28) Cotton (Jan. 1) Orange (Jan. 1) Rose (Jan. 1) Sugar (Jan. 1) Sun (Jan. 1) Tangerine (Jan. 1)

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