The 1956–57 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games played in December 1956 and January 1957 to end the 1956 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 29, 1956, and concluded on January 5, 1957, with the season-ending Senior Bowl all-star game.
1956–57 NCAA football bowl games | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Season | 1956 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of bowls | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All-star games | Blue–Gray Football Classic East–West Shrine Game North–South Shrine Game Senior Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowl games | December 29, 1956 – January 1, 1957[a] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Champions | Oklahoma (AP, Coaches, FWAA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
editThe following table lists bowl games involving University Division teams; bowl games at lower levels are listed in the See also section.
† denotes conference champion
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Excludes all-star games.
References
edit- ^ "1956 College Football Bowl Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
- ^ "Today's Bowl Schedule". Albuquerque Journal. January 1, 1957. p. 6. Retrieved June 7, 2023 – via newspapers.com.