Season: | 1957 |
Number Of Bowls: | 7 |
All Star Games: | Blue–Gray Football Classic East–West Shrine Game North–South Shrine Game Senior Bowl |
Bowl Start: | December 28, 1957 |
Bowl End: | January 1, 1958 |
Champions: | Auburn (AP) Ohio State (Coaches, FWAA) |
Conference1: | Independents |
Conference1 Teams: | 4 |
Conference1 Wins: | 2 |
Conference1 Losses: | 2 |
Conference2: | SWC |
Conference2 Teams: | 3 |
Conference2 Wins: | 0 |
Conference2 Losses: | 3 |
Conference3: | SEC |
Conference3 Teams: | 2 |
Conference3 Wins: | 2 |
Conference3 Losses: | 0 |
Conference4: | Big Ten |
Conference4 Teams: | 1 |
Conference4 Wins: | 1 |
Conference4 Losses: | 0 |
Conference5: | Big Seven |
Conference5 Teams: | 1 |
Conference5 Wins: | 1 |
Conference5 Losses: | 0 |
Conference6: | Lone Star |
Conference6 Teams: | 1 |
Conference6 Wins: | 1 |
Conference6 Losses: | 0 |
Conference7: | ACC |
Conference7 Teams: | 1 |
Conference7 Wins: | 0 |
Conference7 Losses: | 1 |
Conference8: | PCC |
Conference8 Teams: | 1 |
Conference8 Wins: | 0 |
Conference8 Losses: | 1 |
The 1957–58 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games played in December 1957 and January 1958 to end the 1957 college football season. A total of seven team-competitive games,[1] and four all-star games, were played. The post-season began with the Gator Bowl on December 28, 1957, and concluded on January 11, 1958, with the season-ending Senior Bowl all-star game.__TOC__
The following table lists bowl games involving University Division teams; bowl games at lower levels are listed in the See also section.
The seven team-competitive bowls were unchanged from the prior season.
Date | Game | Site | Time[2] (US EST) | TV | Matchup (pre-game record) | AP pre-game rank | UPI (Coaches) pre-game rank | |
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12/28 | Gator Bowl | Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, Florida | 2:00 p.m. | CBS | Tennessee 3 (7–3) (SEC) Texas A&M 0 (8–2) (SWC) |
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1/1 | Orange Bowl | Burdine Stadium Miami, Florida | 1:30 p.m. | CBS | Oklahoma 48 (9–1) (Big Seven) Duke 21 (6–2–2) (ACC) |
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1/1 | Sugar Bowl | Tulane Stadium New Orleans, Louisiana | 1:45 p.m. | NBC | Ole Miss 39 (8–1–1) (SEC) Texas 7 (6–3–1) (SWC) |
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1/1 | Cotton Bowl Classic | Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas | 4:15 p.m. | CBS | Navy 20 (8–1–1) (Independent) Rice 7 (7–3) (SWC) |
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1/1 | Sun Bowl | Kidd Field El Paso, Texas | 4:15 p.m. | Louisville 34 (8–1) (Independent) Drake 20 (7–1) (Independent) | NR NR | NR NR | ||
1/1 | Rose Bowl | Rose Bowl Pasadena, California | 4:45 p.m. | NBC | Ohio State 10 (8–1) (Big Ten) Oregon 7 (7–3) (PCC) |
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1/1 | Tangerine Bowl | Tangerine Bowl (stadium) Orlando, Florida | 8:00 p.m. | East Texas State 10 (8–1) (Lone Star) Mississippi Southern 9 (8–2) (Independent) | n/a | n/a |