Bowl History
1961
Conference
Bowl Record
- Alabama Collegiate 0-0 Alabama Intercollegiate Athletic 0-0 Atlantic Coast 0-0 Big 10 1-0 Big Eight 1-1 Border Intercollegiate Athletic 0-0 California Collegiate Athletic 0-0 Carolinas 0-0 Colonial Athletic 0-0 Gulf States 0-0 Heartland Collegiate 0-0 Independent 2-1 Interstate Collegiate Athletic 0-0 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic 0-0 Lone Star 0-0 Mid-American 0-1 Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic 0-0 Middle Three 0-0 Missouri Valley 0-0 Mountain States Athletic 1-1 Northern California Athletic 0-0 Ohio Athletic 0-0 Ohio Valley 0-0 Pac 10 0-1 Southeastern 2-2 Southern 0-0 Southwest 2-2
Bowl History
1961
Date
Bowl
Bowl Matchup
1/1/1962 Cotton Texas 12-7 Mississippi 1/1/1962 Orange Louisiana State 25-7 Colorado 1/1/1962 Rose Minnesota 21-3 UCLA 1/1/1962 Sugar Alabama 10-3 Arkansas 12/16/1961 Bluebonnet Kansas 33-7 Rice 12/16/1961 Liberty Syracuse 15-14 Miami (Florida) 12/30/1961 Gator Penn State 30-15 Georgia Tech 12/30/1961 Sun Villanova 17-9 Wichita State 12/9/1961 Gotham Baylor 24-9 Utah State 12/9/1961 Aviation New Mexico 28-12 Western Michigan
Great Moments in College Football History
Quarterbacks from Alabama won the first three Super Bowls. They also have more Super Bowl wins than quarterbacks from any other school (Kenny Stabler 1, Joe Namath 1 and Bart Starr 2).