1975–76 NCAA football bowl games

Series of post-season NCAA football games

Season

1975

Number of bowls

Bowl games

December 20, 1975 –
January 1, 1976

National Championship

1976 Orange Bowl

Location of Championship

Miami Orange Bowl,
Miami, Florida

Champions

Oklahoma

Bowl record by conference
Conference	Bowls	Record	Final AP poll

The 1975–76 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games played in December 1975 and January 1976 to end the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. A total of 11 team-competitive games were played. The post-season began with the Tangerine Bowl on December 20, 1975, and concluded on January 1, 1976, with the Orange Bowl.

Schedule

Date	Game	Site	TV	Teams	Results
Dec. 20	Tangerine Bowl	Orlando Stadium Orlando, Florida	—	No. 16 Miami (OH) (10–1) South Carolina (7–4)	Miami 20 South Carolina 7
Dec. 22	Liberty Bowl	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, Tennessee	ABC	USC (7–4) No. 2 Texas A&M (10–1)	USC 20 Texas A&M 0
Dec. 26	Sun Bowl	Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas	CBS	No. 20 Pittsburgh (7–4) No. 19 Kansas (7–4)	Pittsburgh 33 Kansas 19
Dec. 26	Fiesta Bowl	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona	CBS	No. 7 Arizona State (11–0) No. 6 Nebraska (10–1)	Arizona State 17 Nebraska 14
Dec. 27	Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl	Astrodome Houston, Texas	ABC	No. 9 Texas (9–2) No. 10 Colorado (9–2)	Texas 38 Colorado 21
Dec. 29	Gator Bowl	Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, Florida	ABC	No. 17 Maryland (8–2–1) No. 13 Florida (9–2)	Maryland 13 Florida 0
Dec. 31	Peach Bowl	Fulton County Stadium Atlanta, Georgia	Mizlou	West Virginia (8–3) NC State (7–3–1)	West Virginia 13 NC State 10
Dec. 31	Sugar Bowl	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana	ABC	No. 4 Alabama (10–1) No. 8 Penn State (9–2)	Alabama 13 Penn State 6
Jan. 1	Cotton Bowl Classic	Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas	CBS	No. 18 Arkansas (9–2) No. 12 Georgia (9–2)	Arkansas 31 Georgia 10
	Rose Bowl	Rose Bowl Pasadena, California	NBC	No. 11 UCLA (8–2–1) No. 1 Ohio State (11–0)	UCLA 23 Ohio State 10
	Orange Bowl	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, Florida	NBC	No. 3 Oklahoma (10–1) No. 5 Michigan (8–1–2)	Oklahoma 14 Michigan 6

Rankings from AP Poll

References

"All-Time Bowl-Game Results And Attendance" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
"1975 College Football Bowl Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 22, 2024.

v t e 1975–76 NCAA football bowl game season
Tangerine (Dec. 20) Liberty (Dec. 22) Fiesta (Dec. 26) Sun (Dec. 26) Astro-Bluebonnet (Dec. 27) Gator (Dec. 29) Peach (Dec. 31) Sugar (Dec. 31) Cotton (Jan. 1) Orange (Jan. 1) Rose (Jan. 1)

v t e NCAA football bowl seasons
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