Bowl History
1971
Conference
Bowl Record
- Atlantic Coast 0-1 Big 10 0-1 Big Eight 3-1 Big Sky 0-0 Big West 0-1 Colonial Athletic 0-0 Independent 1-3 Lone Star 0-0 Mid-American 1-0 Mid-South 0-0 Mid-South Athletic 0-0 Middle Three 0-0 Missouri Valley 1-0 Ohio Athletic 0-0 Ohio Valley 0-0 Pac 10 1-0 Southeastern 4-2 Southern 0-0 Southland 0-0 Southwest 0-2 Western Athletic 1-0
Bowl History
1971
Date
Bowl
Bowl Matchup
1/1/1972 Cotton Penn State 30-6 Texas 1/1/1972 Orange Nebraska 38-6 Alabama 1/1/1972 Rose Stanford 13-12 Michigan 1/1/1972 Sugar Oklahoma 40-22 Auburn 12/18/1971 Sun Louisiana State 33-15 Iowa State 12/18/1971 Pasadena Memphis 28-9 San Jose State 12/20/1971 Liberty Tennessee 14-13 Arkansas 12/27/1971 Fiesta Arizona State 45-38 Florida State 12/28/1971 Capital One Toledo 28-3 Richmond 12/30/1971 Peach Mississippi 41-18 Georgia Tech 12/31/1971 Bluebonnet Colorado 29-17 Houston 12/31/1971 Gator Georgia 7-3 North Carolina
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.