Bowl History
1953
Conference
Bowl Record
- Alabama Intercollegiate Athletic 0-0 Atlantic Coast 0-1 Big 10 1-0 Big Eight 1-0 Border Intercollegiate Athletic 2-0 California Collegiate Athletic 0-0 Colonial Athletic 0-0 Gulf Coast 0-0 Gulf States 0-0 Heartland Collegiate 0-0 Independent 0-1 Interstate Collegiate Athletic 0-0 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic 0-0 Lone Star 0-0 Mid-American 0-0 Middle Three 0-0 Missouri Valley 0-0 Mountain States Athletic 0-0 North State 0-0 Ohio Valley 0-0 Pacific Coast 0-1 Southeastern 1-2 Southern 0-1 Southwest 1-0
Bowl History
1953
Date
Bowl
Bowl Matchup
1/1/1954 Cotton Rice 28-6 Alabama 1/1/1954 Gator Texas Tech 35-13 Auburn 1/1/1954 Orange Oklahoma 7-0 Maryland 1/1/1954 Rose Michigan State 28-20 UCLA 1/1/1954 Sugar Georgia Tech 42-19 West Virginia 1/1/1954 Sun Texas-El Paso 37-14 Southern Mississippi
Great Moments in College Football History
The first bowl game, later known as The Rose Bowl, was played on January 1st, 1902 between the Michigan Wolverines and Stanford Cardinals. Michigan won 49-0.