1959–60 NCAA football bowl games
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Season | 1959 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of bowls | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All-star games | Blue–Gray Football Classic East–West Shrine Game North–South Shrine Game Senior Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowl games | December 19, 1959 – January 2, 1960[a] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Champions | Syracuse (AP, Coaches, FWAA, NFF) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1959–60 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games played in December 1959 and January 1960 to end the 1959 college football season. A total of nine team-competitive games,[1] and four all-star games, were played. The post-season began on December 19 with the Bluebonnet Bowl and Liberty Bowl, and concluded on January 9, 1960, with the season-ending Senior Bowl all-star game.
Schedule
The following table lists bowl games involving University Division teams;[b] bowl games at lower levels are listed in the See also section.
The nine team-competitive bowls consisted of seven played the prior season (the eighth, the Bluegrass Bowl, did not return) plus the first editions of the Bluebonnet Bowl and Liberty Bowl.
Date | Game | Site | Time (US EST) | TV | Matchup (pre-game record) | AP pre-game rank | UPI (Coaches) pre-game rank |
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12/19 | Liberty Bowl | Philadelphia Municipal Stadium Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1:00 p.m.[2] | NBC | Penn State 7 (8–2) (Independent) Alabama 0 (7–1–2) (SEC) | #12 #10 | #10 #13 |
12/19 | Bluebonnet Bowl | Rice Stadium Houston, Texas | 3:30 p.m.[2] | CBS | Clemson 23 (8–2) (ACC) TCU 7 (8–2) (SWC) | #11 #7 | #11 #8 |
12/31 | Sun Bowl | Kidd Field El Paso, Texas | 4:00 p.m.[3] | — | New Mexico State 28 (7–3) (Border) North Texas State 8 (9–1) (MVC) | NR NR | NR NR |
1/1 | Orange Bowl | Burdine Stadium Miami, Florida | 1:00 p.m.[4] | CBS | Georgia 14 (9–1) (SEC) Missouri 0 (6–4) (Big Seven) | #5 #18 | #5 #20 |
1/1 | Sugar Bowl | Tulane Stadium New Orleans, Louisiana | 2:00 p.m.[4] | NBC | Ole Miss 21 (9–1) (SEC) LSU 0 (9–1) (SEC) | #2 #3 | #2 #3 |
1/1 | Cotton Bowl Classic | Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas | 3:30 p.m.[4] | CBS | Syracuse 23 (10–0) (Independent) Texas 14 (9–1) (SWC) | #1 #4 | #1 #4 |
1/1 | Rose Bowl | Rose Bowl Pasadena, California | 5:00 p.m.[4] | NBC | Washington 44 (9–1) (AAWU) Wisconsin 8 (7–2) (Big Ten) | #8 #6 | #7 #6 |
1/1 | Tangerine Bowl | Tangerine Bowl (stadium) Orlando, Florida | 8:15 p.m.[4] | — | Middle Tennessee 21 (9–0–1) (OVC) Presbyterian 12 (9–1) (Little Three) | n/a | n/a |
1/2 | Gator Bowl | Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, Florida | 2:00 p.m.[5] | CBS | Arkansas 14 (8–2) (SWC) Georgia Tech 7 (6–4) (SEC) | #9 NR | #9 NR |
Source:[6]
See also
- Holiday Bowl (NAIA)
- Prairie View Bowl
Notes
References
- ^ "1959 College Football Bowl Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
- ^ a b Sakowitz, Sheldon (December 19, 1959). "Three Grid Bowl Games On Tap Today". The Paducah Sun. Paducah, Kentucky. AP. p. 18. Retrieved June 10, 2023 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Offense Key For Sun Bowl". Amarillo Globe-News. AP. December 30, 1959. p. 24. Retrieved June 10, 2023 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d e "Bowl Schedule". The Item. Sumter, South Carolina. AP. December 31, 1959. p. 8. Retrieved June 10, 2023 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "TV Highlights". Jim Thorpe Times News. Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. January 2, 1960. p. 5. Retrieved June 10, 2023 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ MacCambridge, Michael, ed. (2005). ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. New York, N.Y.: ESPN Books. p. 1256. ISBN 1-4013-3703-1.