College Football Bowl Games - 1970-1979

College Football Bowl Games - 1970-1979

1970

Bowl	Location	Year	Date	Winning Team		Losing Team		Comment
Liberty Bowl	Memphis, Tenn.	1970	12/12/70	Tulane	17	Colorado	3
Sun Bowl	El Paso, Tex.	1970	12/19/70	Georgia Tech	17	Texas Tech	9
Pasadena Bowl	Pasadena, Calif.	1970	12/19/70	Louisville	24	Long Beach State	24
Tangerine Bowl	Orlando, Fla.	1970	12/28/70	Toledo	40	William & Mary	12
Peach Bowl	Atlanta, Ga.	1970	12/30/70	Arizona State	48	North Carolina	26
Bluebonnet Bowl	Houston, Tex.	1970	12/31/70	Oklahoma	24	Alabama	24
Rose Bowl	Pasadena, Calif.	1970	01/01/71	Stanford	27	Ohio State	17
Orange Bowl	Miami, Fla.	1970	01/01/71	Nebraska	17	Louisiana State	12
Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, La.	1970	01/01/71	Tennessee	34	Air Force	13
Cotton Bowl	Dallas, Tex.	1970	01/01/71	Notre Dame	24	Texas	11
Gator Bowl	Jacksonville, Fla.	1970	01/02/71	Auburn	35	Mississippi	28

1971

Bowl	Location	Year	Date	Winning Team		Losing Team		Comment
Mercy Bowl	Anaheim, Calif.	1971	12/11/71	Cal St-Fullerton	17	Fresno State	14
Sun Bowl	El Paso, Tex.	1971	12/18/71	Louisiana State	33	Iowa State	15
Pasadena Bowl	Pasadena, Calif.	1971	12/18/71	Memphis State	28	San Jose State	9
Liberty Bowl	Memphis, Tenn.	1971	12/20/71	Tennessee	14	Arkansas	13
Fiesta Bowl	Tempe, Ariz.	1971	12/27/71	Arizona State	45	Florida State	38
Tangerine Bowl	Orlando, Fla.	1971	12/28/71	Toledo	28	Richmond	3
Peach Bowl	Atlanta, Ga.	1971	12/30/71	Mississippi	41	Georgia Tech	18
Gator Bowl	Jacksonville, Fla.	1971	12/31/71	Georgia	7	North Carolina	3
Bluebonnet Bowl	Houston, Tex.	1971	12/31/71	Colorado	29	Houston	17
Rose Bowl	Pasadena, Calif.	1971	01/01/72	Stanford	13	Michigan	12
Orange Bowl	Miami, Fla.	1971	01/01/72	Nebraska	38	Alabama	6
Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, La.	1971	01/01/72	Oklahoma	40	Auburn	22
Cotton Bowl	Dallas, Tex.	1971	01/01/72	Penn State	30	Texas	6

1972

Bowl	Location	Year	Date	Winning Team		Losing Team		Comment
Liberty Bowl	Memphis, Tenn.	1972	12/18/72	Georgia Tech	31	Iowa State	30
Fiesta Bowl	Tempe, Ariz.	1972	12/23/72	Arizona State	49	Missouri	35
Tangerine Bowl	Orlando, Fla.	1972	12/29/72	Tampa	21	Kent State	18
Peach Bowl	Atlanta, Ga.	1972	12/29/72	North Carolina State	49	West Virginia	13
Sun Bowl	El Paso, Tex.	1972	12/30/72	North Carolina	32	Texas Tech	28
Gator Bowl	Jacksonville, Fla.	1972	12/30/72	Auburn	24	Colorado	3
Bluebonnet Bowl	Houston, Tex.	1972	12/30/72	Tennessee	24	Louisiana State	17
Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, La.	1972	12/31/72	Oklahoma	14	Penn State	0
Rose Bowl	Pasadena, Calif.	1972	01/01/73	Southern California	42	Ohio State	17
Orange Bowl	Miami, Fla.	1972	01/01/73	Nebraska	40	Notre Dame	6
Cotton Bowl	Dallas, Tex.	1972	01/01/73	Texas	17	Alabama	13

1973

Bowl	Location	Year	Date	Winning Team		Losing Team		Comment
Liberty Bowl	Memphis, Tenn.	1973	12/17/73	North Carolina State	31	Kansas	18
Fiesta Bowl	Tempe, Ariz.	1973	12/21/73	Arizona State	28	Pittsburgh	7
Tangerine Bowl	Gainesville, Fla.	1973	12/22/73	Miami of Ohio	16	Florida	7
Peach Bowl	Atlanta, Ga.	1973	12/28/73	Georgia	17	Maryland	16
Sun Bowl	El Paso, Tex.	1973	12/29/73	Missouri	34	Auburn	17
Gator Bowl	Jacksonville, Fla.	1973	12/29/73	Texas Tech	28	Tennessee	19
Bluebonnet Bowl	Houston, Tex.	1973	12/29/73	Houston	47	Tulane	7
Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, La.	1973	12/31/73	Notre Dame	24	Alabama	23
Rose Bowl	Pasadena, Calif.	1973	01/01/74	Ohio State	42	Southern California	21
Orange Bowl	Miami, Fla.	1973	01/01/74	Penn State	16	Louisiana State	9
Cotton Bowl	Dallas, Tex.	1973	01/01/74	Nebraska	19	Texas	3

1974

Bowl	Location	Year	Date	Winning Team		Losing Team		Comment
Liberty Bowl	Memphis, Tenn.	1974	12/16/74	Tennessee	7	Maryland	3
Tangerine Bowl	Orlando, Fla.	1974	12/21/74	Miami of Ohio	21	Georgia	10
Bluebonnet Bowl	Houston, Tex.	1974	12/23/74	North Carolina State	31	Houston	31
Sun Bowl	El Paso, Tex.	1974	12/28/74	Mississippi State	26	North Carolina	24
Peach Bowl	Atlanta, Ga.	1974	12/28/74	Vanderbilt	6	Texas Tech	6
Fiesta Bowl	Tempe, Ariz.	1974	12/28/74	Oklahoma State	16	Brigham Young	6
Gator Bowl	Jacksonville, Fla.	1974	12/30/74	Auburn	27	Texas	3
Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, La.	1974	12/31/74	Nebraska	13	Florida	10
Rose Bowl	Pasadena, Calif.	1974	01/01/75	Southern California	18	Ohio State	17
Orange Bowl	Miami, Fla.	1974	01/01/75	Notre Dame	13	Alabama	11
Cotton Bowl	Dallas, Tex.	1974	01/01/75	Penn State	41	Baylor	20

1975

Bowl	Location	Year	Date	Winning Team		Losing Team		Comment
Tangerine Bowl	Orlando, Fla.	1975	12/20/75	Miami of Ohio	20	South Carolina	7
Liberty Bowl	Memphis, Tenn.	1975	12/22/75	Southern California	20	Texas A&M	0
Sun Bowl	El Paso, Tex.	1975	12/26/75	Pittsburgh	33	Kansas	19
Fiesta Bowl	Tempe, Ariz.	1975	12/26/75	Arizona State	17	Nebraska	14
Bluebonnet Bowl	Houston, Tex.	1975	12/27/75	Texas	38	Colorado	21
Gator Bowl	Jacksonville, Fla.	1975	12/29/75	Maryland	13	Florida	0
Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, La.	1975	12/31/75	Alabama	13	Penn State	6
Peach Bowl	Atlanta, Ga.	1975	12/31/75	West Virginia	13	North Carolina State	10
Rose Bowl	Pasadena, Calif.	1975	01/01/76	UCLA	23	Ohio State	10
Orange Bowl	Miami, Fla.	1975	01/01/76	Oklahoma	14	Michigan	6
Cotton Bowl	Dallas, Tex.	1975	01/01/76	Arkansas	31	Georgia	10

1976

Bowl	Location	Year	Date	Winning Team		Losing Team		Comment
Independence Bowl	Shreveport, La.	1976	12/13/76	McNeese State	20	Tulsa	16
Tangerine Bowl	Orlando, Fla.	1976	12/18/76	Oklahoma State	49	Brigham Young	21
Liberty Bowl	Memphis, Tenn.	1976	12/20/76	Alabama	36	UCLA	6
Fiesta Bowl	Tempe, Ariz.	1976	12/25/76	Oklahoma	41	Wyoming	7
Gator Bowl	Jacksonville, Fla.	1976	12/27/76	Notre Dame	20	Penn State	9
Peach Bowl	Atlanta, Ga.	1976	12/31/76	Kentucky	21	North Carolina	0
Bluebonnet Bowl	Houston, Tex.	1976	12/31/76	Nebraska	27	Texas Tech	24
Rose Bowl	Pasadena, Calif.	1976	01/01/77	Southern California	14	Michigan	6
Orange Bowl	Miami, Fla.	1976	01/01/77	Ohio State	27	Colorado	10
Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, La.	1976	01/01/77	Pittsburgh	27	Georgia	3
Cotton Bowl	Dallas, Tex.	1976	01/01/77	Houston	30	Maryland	21
Sun Bowl	El Paso, Tex.	1976	01/02/77	Texas A&M	37	Florida	14

1977

Bowl	Location	Year	Date	Winning Team		Losing Team		Comment
Independence Bowl	Shreveport, La.	1977	12/17/77	Louisiana Tech	24	Louisville	14
Liberty Bowl	Memphis, Tenn.	1977	12/19/77	Nebraska	21	North Carolina	17
Hall of Fame Classic	Birmingham, Ala.	1977	12/22/77	Maryland	17	Minnesota	7
Tangerine Bowl	Orlando, Fla.	1977	12/23/77	Florida State	40	Texas Tech	17
Fiesta Bowl	Tempe, Ariz.	1977	12/25/77	Penn State	42	Arizona State	30
Gator Bowl	Jacksonville, Fla.	1977	12/30/77	Pittsburgh	34	Clemson	3
Sun Bowl	El Paso, Tex.	1977	12/31/77	Stanford	24	Louisiana State	14
Peach Bowl	Atlanta, Ga.	1977	12/31/77	North Carolina State	24	Iowa State	14
Bluebonnet Bowl	Houston, Tex.	1977	12/31/77	Southern California	47	Texas A&M	28
Rose Bowl	Pasadena, Calif.	1977	01/02/78	Washington	27	Michigan	20
Orange Bowl	Miami, Fla.	1977	01/02/78	Arkansas	31	Oklahoma	6
Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, La.	1977	01/02/78	Alabama	35	Ohio State	6
Cotton Bowl	Dallas, Tex.	1977	01/02/78	Notre Dame	38	Texas	10

1978

Bowl	Location	Year	Date	Winning Team		Losing Team		Comment
Independence Bowl	Shreveport, La.	1978	12/16/78	East Carolina	35	Louisiana Tech	13
Garden State Bowl	East Rutherford, N.J.	1978	12/16/78	Arizona State	34	Rutgers	18
Hall of Fame Classic	Birmingham, Ala.	1978	12/20/78	Texas A&M	28	Iowa State	12
Holiday Bowl	San Diego, Calif.	1978	12/22/78	Navy	23	Brigham Young	16
Sun Bowl	El Paso, Tex.	1978	12/23/78	Texas	42	Maryland	0
Tangerine Bowl	Orlando, Fla.	1978	12/23/78	North Carolina State	30	Pittsburgh	17
Liberty Bowl	Memphis, Tenn.	1978	12/23/78	Missouri	20	Louisiana State	15
Peach Bowl	Atlanta, Ga.	1978	12/25/78	Purdue	41	Georgia Tech	21
Fiesta Bowl	Tempe, Ariz.	1978	12/25/78	UCLA	10	Arkansas	10
Gator Bowl	Jacksonville, Fla.	1978	12/29/78	Clemson	17	Ohio State	15
Bluebonnet Bowl	Houston, Tex.	1978	12/31/78	Stanford	25	Georgia	22
Rose Bowl	Pasadena, Calif.	1978	01/01/79	Southern California	17	Michigan	10
Orange Bowl	Miami, Fla.	1978	01/01/79	Oklahoma	31	Nebraska	24
Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, La.	1978	01/01/79	Alabama	14	Penn State	7
Cotton Bowl	Dallas, Tex.	1978	01/01/79	Notre Dame	35	Houston	34

1979

Bowl	Location	Year	Date	Winning Team		Losing Team		Comment
Independence Bowl	Shreveport, La.	1979	12/15/79	Syracuse	31	McNeese State	7
Garden State Bowl	East Rutherford, N.J.	1979	12/15/79	Temple	28	California	17
Holiday Bowl	San Diego, Calif.	1979	12/21/79	Indiana	38	Brigham Young	37
Sun Bowl	El Paso, Tex.	1979	12/22/79	Washington	14	Texas	7
Tangerine Bowl	Orlando, Fla.	1979	12/22/79	Louisiana State	34	Wake Forest	10
Liberty Bowl	Memphis, Tenn.	1979	12/22/79	Penn State	9	Tulane	6
Fiesta Bowl	Tempe, Ariz.	1979	12/25/79	Pittsburgh	16	Arizona	10
Gator Bowl	Jacksonville, Fla.	1979	12/28/79	North Carolina	17	Michigan	15
Hall of Fame Classic	Birmingham, Ala.	1979	12/29/79	Missouri	24	South Carolina	14
Peach Bowl	Atlanta, Ga.	1979	12/31/79	Baylor	24	Clemson	18
Bluebonnet Bowl	Houston, Tex.	1979	12/31/79	Purdue	27	Tennessee	22
Rose Bowl	Pasadena, Calif.	1979	01/01/80	Southern California	17	Ohio State	16
Orange Bowl	Miami, Fla.	1979	01/01/80	Oklahoma	24	Florida State	7
Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, La.	1979	01/01/80	Alabama	24	Arkansas	9
Cotton Bowl	Dallas, Tex.	1979	01/01/80	Houston	17	Nebraska	14