1974–75 NCAA football bowl games

Series of post-season NCAA football games

Season

1974

Number of bowls

Bowl games

December 16, 1974 –
January 1, 1975

National Championship

1975 Rose Bowl

Location of Championship

Rose Bowl,
Pasadena, California

Champions

USC (Coaches Poll)

Bowl record by conference
Conference	Bowls	Record	Final AP poll

The 1974–75 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games played in December 1974 and January 1975 to end the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. A total of 11 team-competitive games were played. The post-season began with the Liberty Bowl on December 16, 1974, and concluded on January 1, 1975, with the Orange Bowl.

Schedule

Date	Game	Site	TV	Teams	Results
Dec. 16	Liberty Bowl	Memphis Memorial Stadium Memphis, Tennessee	ABC	Tennessee (6–3–2) No. 10 Maryland (8–3)	Tennessee 7 Maryland 3
Dec. 21	Tangerine Bowl	Tangerine Bowl Orlando, Florida	Mizlou	No. 15 Miami (OH) (9–0–1) Georgia (6–5)	Miami 21 Georgia 10
Dec. 23	Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl	Astrodome Houston, Texas	ABC	No. 13 NC State (9–2) Houston (8–3)	NC State 31 Houston 31
Dec. 28	Peach Bowl	Fulton County Stadium Atlanta, Georgia	Mizlou	Vanderbilt (7–4–1) Texas Tech (6–4–1)	Vanderbilt 6 Texas Tech 6
	Sun Bowl	Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas	CBS	Mississippi State (8–3) North Carolina (7–4)	Mississippi State 26 North Carolina 24
	Fiesta Bowl	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona	CBS	Oklahoma State (6–5) No. 17 BYU (7–3–1)	Oklahoma State 16 BYU 6
Dec. 30	Gator Bowl	Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, Florida	ABC	No. 6 Auburn (9–2) No. 11 Texas (8–3)	Auburn 27 Texas 3
Dec. 31	Sugar Bowl	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, Louisiana	ABC	No. 8 Nebraska (8–3) No. 18 Florida (8–3)	Nebraska 13 Florida 10
Jan. 1	Cotton Bowl Classic	Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas	CBS	No. 7 Penn State (9–2) No. 12 Baylor (8–3)	Penn State 41 Baylor 20
	Rose Bowl	Rose Bowl Pasadena, California	NBC	No. 5 USC (9–1–1) No. 3 Ohio State (10–1)	USC 18 Ohio State 17
	Orange Bowl	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, Florida	NBC	No. 9 Notre Dame (9–2) No. 2 Alabama (11–0)	Notre Dame 13 Alabama 11

Rankings from AP Poll

References

"All-Time Bowl-Game Results And Attendance" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
"1974 College Football Bowl Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 28, 2024.

v t e 1974–75 NCAA football bowl game season
Liberty (Dec. 16) Tangerine (Dec. 21) Astro-Bluebonnet (Dec. 23) Fiesta (Dec. 28) Peach (Dec. 28) Sun (Dec. 28) Gator (Dec. 30) Sugar (Dec. 31) Cotton (Jan. 1) Orange (Jan. 1) Rose (Jan. 1)

v t e NCAA football bowl seasons
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