1958–59 NCAA football bowl games
{{short description|College football postseason game series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox College football bowl games
| season = 1958
| image =
| image_caption =
| regular_season =
| number_of_bowls = 8
| all_star_games = Blue–Gray Football Classic
East–West Shrine Game
North–South Shrine Game
Senior Bowl
| bowl_start = December 13, 1958
| bowl_end =
January 1, 1959{{efn|Excludes all-star games.}}
| championship_bowl =
| championship_location =
| champions = Iowa Hawkeyes (FWAA)
LSU Tigers (AP, Coaches)
| conference1 = Independents
| conference1_teams = 4
| conference1_wins = 1
| conference1_losses = 2
| conference1_ties = 1
| conference1_ap_poll = 6
| conference2 = SEC
| conference2_teams = 3
| conference2_wins = 2
| conference2_losses = 1
| conference2_ties =
| conference2_ap_poll = 3
| conference3 = Big Ten
| conference3_teams = 1
| conference3_wins = 1
| conference3_losses = 0
| conference3_ap_poll = 4
| conference4 = Big Seven
| conference4_teams = 1
| conference4_wins = 1
| conference4_losses = 0
| conference4_ap_poll = 1
| conference5 = Lone Star
| conference5_teams = 1
| conference5_wins = 1
| conference5_losses = 0
| conference5_ap_poll = 0
| conference6 = Mountain States
| conference6_teams = 1
| conference6_wins = 1
| conference6_losses = 0
| conference6_ap_poll = 0
| conference7 = SWC
| conference7_teams = 1
| conference7_wins = 0
| conference7_losses = 0
| conference7_ties = 1
| conference7_ap_poll = 2
| conference8 = ACC
| conference8_teams = 1
| conference8_wins = 0
| conference8_losses = 1
| conference8_ap_poll = 2
| conference9 = PCC
| conference9_teams = 1
| conference9_wins = 0
| conference9_losses = 1
| conference9_ap_poll = 1
| conference10 = MCAU
| conference10_teams = 1
| conference10_wins = 0
| conference10_losses = 1
| conference10_ap_poll = 0
| conference11 = Border
| conference11_teams = 1
| conference11_wins = 0
| conference11_losses = 1
| conference11_ap_poll = 0
}}
The 1958–59 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games played in December 1958 and January 1959 to end the 1958 college football season. A total of eight team-competitive games,{{cite web | url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/1958-bowls.html | title=1958 College Football Bowl Games | access-date=December 28, 2018 | work=Sports Reference }} and four all-star games, were played. The post-season began with the Bluegrass Bowl on December 13, 1958, and concluded on January 3, 1959, with the season-ending Senior Bowl all-star game.
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Schedule
The following table lists bowl games involving University Division teams;{{efn|Teams in this seasons's Tangerine Bowl were not from the University Division, but the bowl is included due to its history with such teams.}} bowl games at lower levels are listed in the See also section.
The eight team-competitive bowls consisted of the seven played the prior season plus the first (and only) edition of the Bluegrass Bowl.
Notably, Tangerine Bowl organizers initially invited the University at Buffalo, hoping that the Orlando High School Athletic Association (OHSAA), which operated the Tangerine Bowl stadium, would waive its rule that prohibited integrated sporting events. When it refused, the team unanimously voted to skip the bowl because its two black players (halfback Willie Evans and end Mike Wilson) would not have been allowed on the field.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11050955/tangerine_bowl_1958/ |title=Race Bias Makes Lemon Of Tangerine Bowl Bid |page=33 |newspaper=New York Age |location=New York City |via=newspapers.com |date=December 6, 1958 |accessdate=March 3, 2017}}{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26810201/east_texas_state_in_tangerine_bowl/ |title=East Texas State in Tangerine Bowl |agency=AP |page=18 |newspaper=The Gazette and Daily |location=York, Pennsylvania |via=newspapers.com |date=December 2, 1958 |accessdate=March 12, 2017}}
{{dagger}} denotes conference champion
See also
Notes
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