The 1936–37 NCAA football bowl games were the final games of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 1936 college football season and featured six bowl games, an increase of two from the prior season. In addition to the prior season's four bowls, the Cotton Bowl Classic was played for the first time, and this was the only season that the Bacardi Bowl was recognized by the NCAA. All six games were played on January 1, 1937. The national championship, according to recognized selectors, was won by Minnesota.
Poll rankings
The below table lists top teams (per the AP poll taken after the completion of the regular season), their win–loss records (prior to bowl games), and the bowls they later played in.
AP Team W–L Conf. Bowl Minnesota Golden Gophers Big Ten — LSU Tigers SEC Sugar Bowl Pittsburgh Panthers Ind. Rose Bowl Alabama Crimson Tide SEC — Washington Huskies PCC Rose Bowl Santa Clara Broncos Ind. Sugar Bowl Northwestern Wildcats Big Ten — Notre Dame Fighting Irish Ind. — Nebraska Cornhuskers Big Six — Penn Quakers Ind. — Duke Blue Devils Southern — Yale Bulldogs Ind. — Dartmouth Indians Ind. — Duquesne Dukes Ind. Orange Bowl Fordham Rams Ind. — TCU Horned Frogs SWC Cotton Bowl Classic Tennessee Volunteers SEC — Arkansas Razorbacks SWC — Navy Midshipmen Ind. — Marquette Golden Avalanche Ind. Cotton Bowl Classic The Big Ten Conference did not allow its members to participate in bowl games until the 1947 Rose Bowl.
Bowl schedule Rankings are from the final regular season AP Poll. DateGameSiteTeamsAffiliationsResults Jan. 1 Rose Bowl Rose BowlPasadena, California No. 3 Pittsburgh Panthers (7–1–1) No. 5 Washington Huskies (7–1–1) IndependentPCC Pittsburgh 21Washington 0 Sugar Bowl Tulane StadiumNew Orleans, Louisiana No. 6 Santa Clara Broncos (7–1) No. 2 LSU Tigers (9–0–1) IndependentSEC Santa Clara 21LSU 14 Orange Bowl Miami Field Miami, Florida No. 14 Duquesne Dukes (7–2) Mississippi State Maroons (7–2–1) IndependentSEC Duquesne 13Mississippi State 12 Sun Bowl Jones Stadium El Paso, Texas Hardin–Simmons Cowboys (8–2)Texas Mines Miners (5–3–2) Independent Border Hardin–Simmons 34 Texas Mines 6 Cotton Bowl Classic Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas No. 16 TCU Horned Frogs (8–2–2) No. 20 Marquette Golden Avalanche (7–1) SWC Independent TCU 16 Marquette 6 Bacardi Bowl La Tropical Stadium Havana, Cuba Auburn Tigers (7–2–1)Villanova Wildcats (7–2) SEC Independent Auburn 7 Villanova 7
Conference performance in bowl games ConferenceGamesRecordBowls W L T Pct.Won Lost Tied Independents 6 Orange, Rose, Sugar, Sun Cotton Bacardi SEC 3 Orange, Sugar Bacardi SWC 1 Cotton Border 1 Sun Pacific Coast 1 Rose
See also Prairie View Bowl
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