1976–77 NCAA football bowl games

Series of post-season NCAA football games

Season

1976

Number of bowls

Bowl games

December 13, 1976 –
January 2, 1977

National Championship

1977 Sugar Bowl

Location of Championship

Louisiana Superdome,
New Orleans, Louisiana

Champions

Pittsburgh

Bowl record by conference
Conference	Bowls	Record	Final AP poll

The 1976–77 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games played in December 1976 and January 1977 to end the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. A total of 12 team-competitive games were played. The post-season began with the Independence Bowl on December 13, 1976, and concluded on January 2, 1977, with the Sun Bowl.

Schedule

Date	Game	Site	TV	Teams	Results
Dec. 13	Independence Bowl	State Fair Stadium Shreveport, Louisiana	—	McNeese State (9–2) Tulsa (7–3–1)	McNeese State 20 Tulsa 16
Dec. 18	Tangerine Bowl	Orlando Stadium Orlando, Florida	Mizlou	No. 14 Oklahoma State (8–3) BYU (9–2)	Oklahoma State 49 BYU 21
Dec. 20	Liberty Bowl	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, Tennessee	ABC	No. 16 Alabama (9–3) No. 7 UCLA (9–1–1)	Alabama 36 UCLA 6
Dec. 25	Fiesta Bowl	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona	CBS	No. 8 Oklahoma (8–2–1) Wyoming (8–3)	Oklahoma 41 Wyoming 7
Dec. 27	Gator Bowl	Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, Florida	ABC	No. 15 Notre Dame (8–3) No. 20 Penn State (7–4)	Notre Dame 20 Penn State 9
Dec. 31	Peach Bowl	Fulton County Stadium Atlanta, Georgia	Mizlou	Kentucky (7–4) No. 19 North Carolina (9–2)	Kentucky 21 North Carolina 0
Dec. 31	Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl	Astrodome Houston, Texas	TVS	No. 13 Nebraska (8–3–1) No. 18 Texas Tech (10–1)	Nebraska 27 Texas Tech 24
Jan. 1	Sugar Bowl	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana	ABC	No. 1 Pittsburgh (11–0) No. 5 Georgia (10–1)	Pittsburgh 27 Georgia 3
	Cotton Bowl Classic	Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas	CBS	No. 6 Houston (9–2) No. 4 Maryland (11–0)	Houston 30 Maryland 21
	Rose Bowl	Rose Bowl Pasadena, California	NBC	No. 3 USC (10–1) No. 2 Michigan (10–1)	USC 14 Michigan 6
	Orange Bowl	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, Florida	NBC	No. 11 Ohio State (8–2–1) No. 12 Colorado (8–3)	Ohio State 27 Colorado 10
Jan. 2	Sun Bowl	Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas	CBS	No. 20 Texas A&M (9–2) Florida (8–3)	Texas A&M 37 Florida 14

Rankings from AP Poll

References

"All-Time Bowl-Game Results And Attendance" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
"1976 College Football Bowl Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 22, 2024.

v t e 1976–77 NCAA football bowl game season
Grantland Rice (Dec. 4) Independence (Dec. 13) Tangerine (Dec. 18) Liberty (Dec. 20) Fiesta (Dec. 25) Gator (Dec. 27) Peach (Dec. 31) Bluebonnet (Dec. 31) Sugar (Jan. 1) Cotton (Jan. 1) Orange (Jan. 1) Rose (Jan. 1) Sun (Jan. 2)

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