College Football Bowl Games - 1950-1959

College Football Bowl Games - 1950-1959



1950

Bowl Location Year Date Winning Team Losing Team Comment
Presidential Cup College Park, Md.
1950
12/09/50
Texas A&M
40
Georgia
20
 
Rose Bowl Pasadena, Calif.
1950
01/01/51
Michigan
14
California
6
 
Orange Bowl Miami, Fla.
1950
01/01/51
Clemson
15
Miami
14
 
Sugar Bowl New Orleans, La.
1950
01/01/51
Kentucky
13
Oklahoma
7
 
Cotton Bowl Dallas, Tex.
1950
01/01/51
Tennessee
20
Texas
14
 
Sun Bowl El Paso, Tex.
1950
01/01/51
West Texas State
14
Cincinnati
13
 
Gator Bowl Jacksonville, Fla.
1950
01/01/51
Wyoming
20
Washington & Lee
7
 
Salad Bowl Phoenix, Ariz.
1950
01/01/51
Miami of Ohio
34
Arizona State
21
 


1951

Bowl Location Year Date Winning Team Losing Team Comment
Rose Bowl Pasadena, Calif.
1951
01/01/52
Illinois
40
Stanford
7
 
Orange Bowl Miami, Fla.
1951
01/01/52
Georgia Tech
17
Baylor
14
 
Sugar Bowl New Orleans, La.
1951
01/01/52
Maryland
28
Tennessee
13
 
Cotton Bowl Dallas, Tex.
1951
01/01/52
Kentucky
20
Texas Christian
7
 
Sun Bowl El Paso, Tex.
1951
01/01/52
Texas Tech
25
Pacific Union Coll
14
 
Gator Bowl Jacksonville, Fla.
1951
01/01/52
Miami
14
Clemson
0
 
Tangerine Bowl Orlando, Fla.
1951
01/01/52
Stetson
35
Arkansas State
20
 
Salad Bowl Phoenix, Ariz.
1951
01/01/52
Houston
26
Dayton
21
 


1952

Bowl Location Year Date Winning Team Losing Team Comment
Rose Bowl Pasadena, Calif.
1952
01/01/53
Southern California
7
Wisconsin
0
 
Orange Bowl Miami, Fla.
1952
01/01/53
Alabama
61
Syracuse
6
 
Sugar Bowl New Orleans, La.
1952
01/01/53
Georgia Tech
24
Mississippi
7
 
Cotton Bowl Dallas, Tex.
1952
01/01/53
Texas
16
Tennessee
0
 
Sun Bowl El Paso, Tex.
1952
01/01/53
Pacific Union Coll
26
Mississippi Southern
7
 
Gator Bowl Jacksonville, Fla.
1952
01/01/53
Florida
14
Tulsa
13
 
Tangerine Bowl Orlando, Fla.
1952
01/01/53
East Texas State
33
Tennessee Tech
0
 


1953

Bowl Location Year Date Winning Team Losing Team Comment
Rose Bowl Pasadena, Calif.
1953
01/01/54
Michigan State
28
UCLA
20
 
Orange Bowl Miami, Fla.
1953
01/01/54
Oklahoma
7
Maryland
0
 
Sugar Bowl New Orleans, La.
1953
01/01/54
Georgia Tech
42
West Virginia
19
 
Cotton Bowl Dallas, Tex.
1953
01/01/54
Rice
28
Alabama
6
 
Sun Bowl El Paso, Tex.
1953
01/01/54
Texas Western
37
Mississippi Southern
14
 
Gator Bowl Jacksonville, Fla.
1953
01/01/54
Texas Tech
35
Auburn
13
 
Tangerine Bowl Orlando, Fla.
1953
01/01/54
East Texas State
7
Arkansas State
7
 


1954

Bowl Location Year Date Winning Team Losing Team Comment
Gator Bowl Jacksonville, Fla.
1954
12/31/54
Auburn
33
Baylor
13
 
Rose Bowl Pasadena, Calif.
1954
01/01/55
Ohio State
20
Southern California
7
 
Orange Bowl Miami, Fla.
1954
01/01/55
Duke
34
Nebraska
7
 
Sugar Bowl New Orleans, La.
1954
01/01/55
Navy
21
Mississippi
0
 
Cotton Bowl Dallas, Tex.
1954
01/01/55
Georgia Tech
14
Arkansas
6
 
Sun Bowl El Paso, Tex.
1954
01/01/55
Texas Western
47
Florida State
20
 
Tangerine Bowl Orlando, Fla.
1954
01/01/55
Nebraska-Omaha
7
Eastern Kentucky
6
 


1955

Bowl Location Year Date Winning Team Losing Team Comment
Gator Bowl Jacksonville, Fla.
1955
12/31/55
Vanderbilt
25
Auburn
13
 
Rose Bowl Pasadena, Calif.
1955
01/02/56
Michigan State
17
UCLA
14
 
Orange Bowl Miami, Fla.
1955
01/02/56
Oklahoma
20
Maryland
6
 
Sugar Bowl New Orleans, La.
1955
01/02/56
Georgia Tech
7
Pittsburgh
0
 
Cotton Bowl Dallas, Tex.
1955
01/02/56
Mississippi
14
Texas Christian
13
 
Sun Bowl El Paso, Tex.
1955
01/02/56
Wyoming
21
Texas Tech
14
 


1956

Bowl Location Year Date Winning Team Losing Team Comment
Gator Bowl Jacksonville, Fla.
1956
12/29/56
Georgia Tech
21
Pittsburgh
14
 
Rose Bowl Pasadena, Calif.
1956
01/01/57
Iowa
35
Oregon State
19
 
Orange Bowl Miami, Fla.
1956
01/01/57
Colorado
27
Clemson
21
 
Sugar Bowl New Orleans, La.
1956
01/01/57
Baylor
13
Tennessee
7
 
Cotton Bowl Dallas, Tex.
1956
01/01/57
Texas Christian
28
Syracuse
27
 
Sun Bowl El Paso, Tex.
1956
01/01/57
George Washington
13
Texas Western
0
 
Tangerine Bowl Orlando, Fla.
1956
01/01/57
West Texas State
20
Mississippi Southern
13
 


1957

Bowl Location Year Date Winning Team Losing Team Comment
Gator Bowl Jacksonville, Fla.
1957
12/28/57
Tennessee
3
Texas A&M
0
 
Rose Bowl Pasadena, Calif.
1957
01/01/58
Ohio State
10
Oregon
7
 
Orange Bowl Miami, Fla.
1957
01/01/58
Oklahoma
48
Duke
21
 
Sugar Bowl New Orleans, La.
1957
01/01/58
Mississippi
39
Texas
7
 
Cotton Bowl Dallas, Tex.
1957
01/01/58
Navy
20
Rice
7
 
Sun Bowl El Paso, Tex.
1957
01/01/58
Louisville
34
Drake
20
 
Tangerine Bowl Orlando, Fla.
1957
01/01/58
East Texas State
10
Mississippi Southern
9
 


1958

Bowl Location Year Date Winning Team Losing Team Comment
Bluegrass Bowl Louisville, Ky.
1958
12/13/58
Oklahoma State
15
Florida State
6
 
Gator Bowl Jacksonville, Fla.
1958
12/27/58
Mississippi
7
Florida
3
 
Sun Bowl El Paso, Tex.
1958
12/31/58
Wyoming
14
Hardin-Simmons
6
 
Rose Bowl Pasadena, Calif.
1958
01/01/59
Iowa
38
California
12
 
Orange Bowl Miami, Fla.
1958
01/01/59
Oklahoma
21
Syracuse
6
 
Sugar Bowl New Orleans, La.
1958
01/01/59
Louisiana State
7
Clemson
0
 
Cotton Bowl Dallas, Tex.
1958
01/01/59
Texas Christian
0
Air Force
0
 


1959

Bowl Location Year Date Winning Team Losing Team Comment
Liberty Bowl Philadelphia, Pa.
1959
12/19/59
Penn State
7
Alabama
0
 
Bluebonnet Bowl Houston, Tex.
1959
12/19/59
Clemson
23
Texas Christian
7
 
Sun Bowl El Paso, Tex.
1959
12/31/59
New Mexico State
28
North Texas State
8
 
Rose Bowl Pasadena, Calif.
1959
01/01/60
Washington
44
Wisconsin
8
 
Orange Bowl Miami, Fla.
1959
01/01/60
Georgia
14
Missouri
0
 
Sugar Bowl New Orleans, La.
1959
01/01/60
Mississippi
21
Louisiana State
0
 
Cotton Bowl Dallas, Tex.
1959
01/01/60
Syracuse
23
Texas
14
 
Tangerine Bowl Orlando, Fla.
1959
01/01/60
Middle Tennessee St
21
Presbyterian College
12
 
Gator Bowl Jacksonville, Fla.
1959
01/02/60
Arkansas
14
Georgia Tech
7