The 1959–60 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games played in December 1959 and January 1960 to end the 1959 college football season. A total of nine team-competitive games, and four all-star games, were played. The post-season began on December 19 with the Bluebonnet Bowl and Liberty Bowl, and concluded on January 9, 1960, with the season-ending Senior Bowl all-star game. __TOC__
Schedule The following table lists bowl games involving University Division teams; bowl games at lower levels are listed in the See also section.
The nine team-competitive bowls consisted of seven played the prior season (the eighth, the Bluegrass Bowl, did not return) plus the first editions of the Bluebonnet Bowl and Liberty Bowl.
DateGameSiteTime(US EST)TVMatchup(pre-game record)APpre-gamerankUPI (Coaches)pre-gamerank12/19Liberty BowlPhiladelphia Municipal StadiumPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania1:00 p.m.NBCPenn State 7 (8–2) (Independent)Alabama 0 (7–1–2) (SEC)#12#10#10#1312/19Bluebonnet BowlRice StadiumHouston, Texas3:30 p.m.CBSClemson 23 (8–2) (ACC)TCU 7 (8–2) (SWC)#11#7#11#812/31Sun BowlKidd Field El Paso, Texas4:00 p.m.New Mexico State 28 (7–3) (Border)North Texas State 8 (9–1) (MVC)NRNRNRNR1/1Orange BowlBurdine Stadium Miami, Florida1:00 p.m.CBSGeorgia 14 (9–1) (SEC)Missouri 0 (6–4) (Big Seven)#5#18#5#201/1Sugar BowlTulane Stadium New Orleans, Louisiana2:00 p.m.NBCOle Miss 21 (9–1) (SEC)LSU 0 (9–1) (SEC)#2#3#2#31/1Cotton Bowl ClassicCotton Bowl Dallas, Texas3:30 p.m.CBSSyracuse 23 (10–0) (Independent)Texas 14 (9–1) (SWC)#1#4#1#41/1Rose BowlRose Bowl Pasadena, California5:00 p.m.NBCWashington 44 (9–1) (AAWU)Wisconsin 8 (7–2) (Big Ten)#8#6#7#61/1Tangerine BowlTangerine Bowl (stadium) Orlando, Florida8:15 p.m.Middle Tennessee 21 (9–0–1) (OVC)Presbyterian 12 (9–1) (Little Three)n/an/a1/2Gator BowlGator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, Florida2:00 p.m.CBSArkansas 14 (8–2) (SWC)Georgia Tech 7 (6–4) (SEC)#9NR#9NR Source:
See also Holiday Bowl (NAIA) Prairie View Bowl
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